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"Orphans" is the sixth studio album by Canadian metal band The Agonist. The album was released on 20th September 2019 on the Napalm Records label.
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While most of the songs on this album have a very typical Agonist feel and sound to them, a few of them take a more symphonic and dramatic approach like ‘Mr. Cold’. ‘As one we survive’ starts off along technical death lines but slowly evolves melody with some nice catchy chorus bits. Plenty of positive messaging in the lyrical content too. Almost like a light at the end of a dark tunnel, this can also be felt in songs like ‘The Gift of silence’. The group as also experimented with some folklore which sounds absolutely mesmerizing in ‘Blood as my guide’, it is also my personal favorite song on the record. Vicky vocals in this one are absolutely haunting.
On the whole ‘Orphans’ is an album is to be reckoned with for album of the year. The guitar lines are melodic, drumming is fast and the result is a flickering, iridescent and varied set of great tunes nestled between sheer brutality and melodic frailty.
The instruments also work very well together giving each other space yet having a full sound. song structure and patterns reflect some of the next generation metal that has become synonymous in new albums, yet it sounds unapologetically signature Agonist. It’s safe to say this is probably their best album yet.
Reviewed by Akshay Sharma for metalwani.com.
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