Decadence - Swedish Melodic Thrash Metal

Malice · 27-12-2009 11:58am #1

I love metal bands that balance their agression and brutality with a hefty dose of melody. I'm also a big fan of female-fronted metal. For those reasons, I was instantly very impressed with this band when I heard them first a couple of years ago. They seemed to drop off the radar with no new material released since 2007 and various record label and member changes.

Happily it was recently brought to my attention they had in fact released a new album this year. From what I've heard of it so far it is a stormer. Unusually among most metal bands, they publish the lyrics and meanings behind their songs on their website. It's also possible to buy their albums from that same site.

Their MySpace page is here.

Here's their first music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FxWw8pTAIc

And some older stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptIhSV1GRxc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15bvFFrsrpQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXJo16CxjUE

Kess73 · 27-12-2009 2:28pm

Getting a big vibe of When the Sun Burns Red from Kreator's Coma Of Souls album for the first song there.

Kess73 · 27-12-2009 2:30pm

Just looked on their MySpace page, and they have Kreator listed as an influence. Might explain that then.

Think I may have to dig out Coma Of Souls for a blast though, been too long since it got a spin.

Malice · 27-12-2009 6:12pm

I'll have to check out Kreator, I'm not familiar with them.

Kess73 · 27-12-2009 7:11pm

Coma Of Souls would be my favourite Kreator album, but most people seem to prefer Extreme Aggression, which was the album that came before COS.

If you are going to check them out, try to find the remastered versions as the sound difference is amazing, especially on the drums.

Malice · 27-12-2009 8:48pm

Thanks Kess. I just went to here to have a listen to them. Some of the guitar riffs are very catchy e.g. Hordes of Chaos but I'm not liking the shrieking vocals. I can definitely hear where Decadence have gotten some influences from though

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Kess73 · 27-12-2009 10:15pm

The newer stuff is pretty average to be honest, and most of the 90's were poor. Mille tried to experiment a lot with his vocal style after Coma Of Souls and when he finally reverted back to a thrash style of vocals, his voice was never quite the same.

Do try to get a listen of the two albums I mentioned earlier, I think you may like them as the vocal style is not quite as high, and the guitar work is far better and more aggressive.

Decadence - Swedish Melodic Thrash Metal

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