Score: 7.5/10
Current Line-up:
Charlotte
Wessels - vocals
Martijn
Westerholt - keys
Sander
Zoer - drums
Otto
Schimmelpenninck - bass
Timo
Somers - guitars
Guest Musicians:
Alissa
White-Gluz (Arch Enemy, ex-The Agonist) - vocals
Marco
Hietala (Nightwish) - vocals
George
Oosthoek
- vocals
Tracklisting:
01
Here Come the Vultures
02 Your
Body Is A Battleground
03
Stardust
04 My
Masquerade
05
Tell Me, Mechanist
06
Sing To Me
07
Army Of Dolls
08
Lullaby
09
The Tragedy Of The Commons
"The
Human Contradiction" is the latest release from the Dutch band, Delain.
When
I first listened to this album, I immediately noticed a change in musical
style. It was much heavier compared to their previous album, "We Are The
Others", and I felt as though it had an almost poppy feel here and there.
I also thought that it was very reminiscent to how they sound live.
The
band are known in the symphonic metal community for having guest musicians on
their albums, most notably, Marco Hietala (Nightwish), who has been
collaborating with the band since their debut album "Lucidity". On
"The Human Contradiction", he features on "Your Body Is A
Battleground", in which Napalm Recrods released a lyric video for and
"Sing to Me", where Charlotte and Marco sing a duet together. Amongst
this dreamlike host of guest musicians is Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy, ex-The
Agonist), who features on "The Tragedy of the Commons". She
contributes both clean vocals and grunts on this song which, I think, adds a
really nice touch to the song by making it even heavier than it already is. And last but not least, with the addition of George Oosthoek who, like Marco Hietala, has collaborated with the band since "Lucidity", the album is rounded off nicely as a whole.
My favourite songs from the album are Here Come the Vultures, My Masquerade, Sing to Me and Lullaby.
The reason why I have given the album a 7.5/10 is because it was difficult for me to get into at first because of the change in musical style. I will say that, if you are familiar with Delain, it will take you a couple of listens to get used to their new sound but after that, I'm sure you will love it just as I do!
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