Medeia - “Shards” mp3
Medeia - “Medeia” mp3
You all know those circulating links that lead you to a website that innocently asks you to put on the speakers and then to find three differences from the included pictures. You start to closely look at the picture, hmm, they look the same, and then all of a sudden some damn ugly undead pops in front of the pictures screaming way too loud - and you shit your pants.
I love those stupid links.
Medeia is the band equivalent. Just lay back, listen to how ”Had This Dream” turn into “Had Clean Underwear”… Even if the band’s name connects with the emocore/whatever scene we all so righteously abhor, Medeia is first and foremost about heart attacks, not heartaches.
It’s hard to pinpoint Medeia’s sound since they borrow from a large variety of extreme music styles. They don’t compromise, but still at times that - being uncompromised - makes them sound too obvious or even naïve. Especially, knowing that this is self-financied album and also a project that have taken so much time that it’s unhealthy, suspicions whether it was worthy in the first place or not, arise. Always when the band lists dates when music for the album was written and it ranges over - say - five years period, raise red alert. After few more listenings, however, the band’s sound justify the means while all the small details start to unveil. It is possible for the listener to appreciate this music in a manner that it is being held dear for the band.
Apart from the uncompromising overall style, I love the riffs - mostly. At times they are like Dimebag jamming couple of Converge riffs, couple of 1990s Testament riffs and also something that I think is a Slipknot riff. Low end shredding with artificial harmonies and bends, it just underlines the fact that it’s a metal band you’re listening to. Vocals are high-pitched shreeks, and even if they are livid and insane, I’d like to hear more variety in that department. Songwriting is - well - promising, but still I think the album as a whole is much better than any individual song.
For a Finnish band they are fresh, but globally it’s hard to make a career from Tampere, Finland, with this sort of music. I wish them strenght.
