Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows)

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Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows)
Studio album from Mekong Delta

Publication
(s)

1990

Label (s) Aaarrg Records

Title (number)

4th

running time

38:11

occupation
  • Bass , guitar: Ralf Hubert

production

Ralf Hubert

Studio (s)

Phoenix Studio, Herne

chronology
The Principle of Doubt
(1989) 		Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) Kaleidoscope
(1992)

Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) is the fourth studio album by German progressive - thrash metal band Mekong Delta . It was released on Aaarg Records in 1990.

Creation and publication

After The Principle of Doubt , founding member Frank Fricke left the band while recording the new album Wolfgang Borgmann. The latter was replaced by Doug Lee. Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) was recorded in the Herner Phoenix Studio and produced by Ralf Hubert. In November 1990 Mekong Delta also played their first concert in Vienna. Shortly afterwards, Peter Haas replaced Jörg Michael . In 2002, Zardoz Music released a remastered version of the album with an (unnamed) bonus title; AFM Records reissued it in 2007.

Track list

  1. Dances of Death - 19:09
    1. Introduction
    2. eruption
    3. Beyond the Gates
    4. Outburst
    5. Days of Betrayal
    6. Restless
    7. Sanctuary
    8. final
  2. Transgressor - 3:17
  3. True Believers - 5:25
  4. Night on a Bare Mountain - 10:20

style

Mekong Delta play fast progressive thrash metal on the album with hard riffs , many breaks , distinctive bass playing and melodic vocals. The compositions are varied and complex. The final piece is a catchy adaptation of a symphonic poem by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky .

reception

Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) was positively received by the press as early as 1990 and is now considered a classic of progressive metal. Frank Trojan from Rock Hard considers some passages of the first track to be "too drawn out" and prefers the second half of the album, on which the band "has not spent any revolutionary new ideas, but simply pressed great songs on vinyl" . Georg Heep from Babyblauen Seiten thinks that the band succeeds “like on all of their previous records, making the fast passing of the music extremely interesting with a multitude of twists and turns”, and Michael Büttgen sums it up: “This album has everything a Progmetal masterpiece must have. Great compositions, bubbling energy from beginning to end, sweeping melodies, highly qualified musicians and [...] heart and soul ”. Both Rock Hard and eclipsed magazine included Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) in their respective lists of major prog metal releases.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bio , mekongdelta.eu , accessed December 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Mekong Delta. Dances of death (and other walking shadows) , Baby Blue Pages , accessed December 13, 2012.
  3. ^ A b Frank Trojan: Mekong Delta. Dances Of Death , Rock Hard # 45, accessed December 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ Rock Hard No. 270, p. 94.
  5. ↑ eclipsed No. 144, p. 31.