Sunday, March 09, 2008

Disarmonia Mundi - Nebularium

Here's the 2002 debut from Soilwork. No wait, my bad, this is Disarmonia Mundi. I shouldn't say that as if it was a bad thing, because these guys are definitely releasing some quality metal. I always thought that their second album, Fragments of D-Generation, was their debut though (I didn't really research into the band much). I'm sure most people didn't know this band existed until they got Bjorn Strid of Soilwork to contribute vocals on Fragments. After hearing Fragments I thought to myself "This is what Soilwork should be sounding like." My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I think the mostly disappointing Figure Number Five came out around the same time as Fragments. And now with both of Soilwork's original guitarists out, Soilwork is probably done. At least we'll get to continue to hear Strid's voice in Disarmonia Mundi.

Ok, on to this record. Melodic death metal from Italia! It's obvious what bands these guys are influenced by, but they do a good job with their own form. The production on this isn't quite up to par as their more recent albums, and obviously Bjorn's killer voice isn't on it, but the other guys are more than adequate vocalists. The album is slightly slower paced than Fragments or Mind Tricks, but everything on it is evident that its the same guys writing the stuff, despite the numerous band member problems this band has endured.

This album, and this band, is certainly capable without the presence of Bjorn Strid on vocals. Its a shame that Strid had to enter the picture for this band to get some well deserved recognition.

7/10 Good debut album from Soilwork 2.

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