Triton Enigma - Black Lies
The Swedes have traditionally delved into death and black metal and brought to the surface the choicest solidity. I will not go into the list here, but alas the statement is true. Triton Enigma lives up to this tradition. When I first heard BLACK LIES, I thought of TE’s fellow Swedes, Arch Enemy, because the sound is similar in the clarity of play, the trio structure, and the tall lightish-haired female lead vocalist. Triton Enigma’s Metallic Kitty has of course found a sound that reflects the growing traditions of female fronted metal bands but with a pop sensibility that by calling herself Kitty and singing metal, she even makes me think of the American pop-metal band Kittie and the inherent cool sexiness of pretty women in black and leather. Purr! I find this to be strength for the band’s international marketability. Strong metal elements plus beautiful singer.
Triton Enigma is not simply layered with an aesthetically pleasing front-person, the band opens BLACK LIES with “Sanity Unlisted” with a cleanly deliberate heaviness that features such a black metal styling that is snakey growls (as bold as Naglfar)-cum-slightly-grindcore vox. The alternation of vocal styles in just the first track is enough to grab one’s attention. The CD carries on but all kinds of awesome variations through to the end. For instance, in the second track, “Into My Reality,” the drums are open on a powerful stop-beat then changes into something straight ahead metal as the song traverses its rhythm changes from measure to measure. And the vocals slow accordingly, still with said snake growls. The CD, BLACK LIES, opens like a decent novel with a crash of creativity, gets into the nitty gritty of working out its ideas, then rolls into a strong denouement that slows down deliberately, like any good album recorded with a purpose. The first track opened with “Sanity Unlisted.” Well, the final track is called “Madness” and it ends the CD with the conclusion of emotional metal death favored so well at the start.
Triton Enigma is not simply layered with an aesthetically pleasing front-person, the band opens BLACK LIES with “Sanity Unlisted” with a cleanly deliberate heaviness that features such a black metal styling that is snakey growls (as bold as Naglfar)-cum-slightly-grindcore vox. The alternation of vocal styles in just the first track is enough to grab one’s attention. The CD carries on but all kinds of awesome variations through to the end. For instance, in the second track, “Into My Reality,” the drums are open on a powerful stop-beat then changes into something straight ahead metal as the song traverses its rhythm changes from measure to measure. And the vocals slow accordingly, still with said snake growls. The CD, BLACK LIES, opens like a decent novel with a crash of creativity, gets into the nitty gritty of working out its ideas, then rolls into a strong denouement that slows down deliberately, like any good album recorded with a purpose. The first track opened with “Sanity Unlisted.” Well, the final track is called “Madness” and it ends the CD with the conclusion of emotional metal death favored so well at the start.
1. Sanity Unlisted
2. Into My Reality
3. Past Life Thoughts
4. Hysteria
5. Cleared Mind
6. Broken World
7. The Faultless Sins
8. The Mirror
9. Ominous Thoughts
10. Behind Bleeding Eyes
11. Madness
Open Grave Records
Reviewer: Jesse
Feb 26, 2009
Feb 26, 2009
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