Press - Reviews
01st August 2005
Turbulence review, Novo Metal
"À primeira música até que não fica evidente. Um Gothic/Dark Metal bem elaborado e cheio de mudanças, com vocais femininos e masculinos. Um andamento que mistura melancolia com rapidez. Mas a partir da faixa "Traces" o ouvinte vai começando a notar uma forte influência do ThanatoSchizO, uma grande banda chamada Opeth.
Vale lembrar que estou falando de uma influência, o ThanatoSchizO não é uma mera cópia do Opeth. Os sintetizadores participam bastante das canções, assim como a vocalista Patrícia Rodrigues (achou o nome familiar? Se trata de uma banda Portuguesa, opá). Esse é o diferencial da banda mas se você focar seus ouvidos somente nas guitarras, não tem como não exclamar em vários momentos “mas isso é Opeth!”. Ainda por cima o ThanatoSchizO aposta em composições de longa duração, que vão de 6 à 10 minutos.
Turbulence é um daqueles álbuns pra se ouvir várias e várias vezes. A cada ouvida você percebe um detalhe novo: alguma contraposição melodias de guitarras, alguma linha nova de teclado, a alternância de vocais, etc.
Destaque para a faixa “Void” com sua intro baseada em música mediterrânea (que possui muita semelhança com a música árabe), mais de 10 minutos de duração e muitas variações.
Agora basta esperar que alguma gravadora daqui não marque bobeira e disponibilize esse grande trabalho em sua versão nacional. "
Nota 9.0
Edson Rocha
English translation:
The most acknowledged bands of the Portuguese metal scene are Moonspell and Heavenwood, the only ones who have managed to make a real breakthrough outside the boundaries of their home country over the past few years. The things might as well be heading for a change if the band presented here will benefit from plenty of support in order to be promoted as it should. ThanatoSchizO is not exactly a new name, having already released their third full length album entitled "Turbulence". But since for me this album represents the first contact I ever had with the band, I cannot draw a comparison between this album and their previous efforts. The truth is, anyway, that no comparison is even needed, since "Turbulence" is the kind of record that goes straight to your heart from the first audition.
Starting with the artwork, and going through the lyrics onto the music, ThanatoSchizO must be given credit for being able to release an unconventional album, with a great amount of originality, a thing so hard to find today with similar releases. I don't know if the style they're supposed to be playing, according to their label, which is progressive death metal, is correct, but for sure "Turbulence" offers a doze of complex metal, structured around death metal, with a lot of avant-garde elements, apparently incompatible. If Opeth and Ram Zet had gathered their efforts to release an album together, the result would have been close to Turbulence.
I was pleasantly surprised by the way the guys have managed to combine the aggressive, heavy parts, with the melodic ones, and although everything is complex and twisted, I may say, you never get the feeling the songs are missing a logical link. The contrast is noticeable in the vocals as well, where we can find three types of voices: Patricia's angelic one, and Eduardo's mix of clean and growling vocals. Although the album contains only seven tracks it doesn't have a short playtime, thanks to the fact that the shortest song is 6:20 minutes long.
The production is brilliant, so that every detail can be heard, the countless effects, bizarre percussions and vocal harmonies raising the album to a higher level of dynamism. Together with the seven tracks, the disc contains a multimedia section with pics, as well as a movie clip of short studio moments during recording. Instead of a conclusion, I will say just this: Turbulence was declared in Portugal by the readers of "Loud!" magazine (the most important Portuguese rock/metal zine) as the best album of 2004, and ThanatoSchizO the second best group after Moonspell, obviously.
"À primeira música até que não fica evidente. Um Gothic/Dark Metal bem elaborado e cheio de mudanças, com vocais femininos e masculinos. Um andamento que mistura melancolia com rapidez. Mas a partir da faixa "Traces" o ouvinte vai começando a notar uma forte influência do ThanatoSchizO, uma grande banda chamada Opeth.
Vale lembrar que estou falando de uma influência, o ThanatoSchizO não é uma mera cópia do Opeth. Os sintetizadores participam bastante das canções, assim como a vocalista Patrícia Rodrigues (achou o nome familiar? Se trata de uma banda Portuguesa, opá). Esse é o diferencial da banda mas se você focar seus ouvidos somente nas guitarras, não tem como não exclamar em vários momentos “mas isso é Opeth!”. Ainda por cima o ThanatoSchizO aposta em composições de longa duração, que vão de 6 à 10 minutos.
Turbulence é um daqueles álbuns pra se ouvir várias e várias vezes. A cada ouvida você percebe um detalhe novo: alguma contraposição melodias de guitarras, alguma linha nova de teclado, a alternância de vocais, etc.
Destaque para a faixa “Void” com sua intro baseada em música mediterrânea (que possui muita semelhança com a música árabe), mais de 10 minutos de duração e muitas variações.
Agora basta esperar que alguma gravadora daqui não marque bobeira e disponibilize esse grande trabalho em sua versão nacional. "
Nota 9.0
Edson Rocha
English translation:
The most acknowledged bands of the Portuguese metal scene are Moonspell and Heavenwood, the only ones who have managed to make a real breakthrough outside the boundaries of their home country over the past few years. The things might as well be heading for a change if the band presented here will benefit from plenty of support in order to be promoted as it should. ThanatoSchizO is not exactly a new name, having already released their third full length album entitled "Turbulence". But since for me this album represents the first contact I ever had with the band, I cannot draw a comparison between this album and their previous efforts. The truth is, anyway, that no comparison is even needed, since "Turbulence" is the kind of record that goes straight to your heart from the first audition.
Starting with the artwork, and going through the lyrics onto the music, ThanatoSchizO must be given credit for being able to release an unconventional album, with a great amount of originality, a thing so hard to find today with similar releases. I don't know if the style they're supposed to be playing, according to their label, which is progressive death metal, is correct, but for sure "Turbulence" offers a doze of complex metal, structured around death metal, with a lot of avant-garde elements, apparently incompatible. If Opeth and Ram Zet had gathered their efforts to release an album together, the result would have been close to Turbulence.
I was pleasantly surprised by the way the guys have managed to combine the aggressive, heavy parts, with the melodic ones, and although everything is complex and twisted, I may say, you never get the feeling the songs are missing a logical link. The contrast is noticeable in the vocals as well, where we can find three types of voices: Patricia's angelic one, and Eduardo's mix of clean and growling vocals. Although the album contains only seven tracks it doesn't have a short playtime, thanks to the fact that the shortest song is 6:20 minutes long.
The production is brilliant, so that every detail can be heard, the countless effects, bizarre percussions and vocal harmonies raising the album to a higher level of dynamism. Together with the seven tracks, the disc contains a multimedia section with pics, as well as a movie clip of short studio moments during recording. Instead of a conclusion, I will say just this: Turbulence was declared in Portugal by the readers of "Loud!" magazine (the most important Portuguese rock/metal zine) as the best album of 2004, and ThanatoSchizO the second best group after Moonspell, obviously.
