Minus exitus

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Minus exitus
Dark Age studio album

Publication
(s)

February 2008

Label (s) Remedy Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Melodic Death Metal

Title (number)

12

running time

44 min 18 s

occupation
  • Guitar: Jörn Schubert

production

Eike Freese

Studio (s)

Eikey Studios, Hamburg

chronology
Dark Age (2004) Minus exitus Acedia (2009)

Minus Exitus ( Latin for minus death ) is the fifth studio album by the German melodic death metal band Dark Age . It was released on February 22, 2008 via Remedy Records .

Emergence

After the release of the DVD “Live, So Far…” the band began to write new songs. At the same time, singer and guitarist Eike Freese began commissioning his "Eikey Studio". Since the neighboring companies in the studio building complained about the noise from the studio, some modifications had to be made. To make matters worse, the studio dates for other bands were already getting closer. The recordings for “Minus Exitus” thus took place in stages between the other productions. The original release date in April 2007 could not be kept. Initially, the publication was postponed to autumn 2007. After all, it wasn't published until February 2008. All music was written by the band together, the lyrics completely by Eike Freese.

The album was produced and mixed by Eike Freese. "Minus Exitus" was mastered by Olman Viper. The artwork was designed by dark tranquility guitarist Niklas Sundin . Guest musicians include Dew Scented singer Leif Jensen, the former Dark Fortress singer "Azathoth" and ex- Nayled singer Ron Brunke. The piano on “October” was recorded by IM Pietro.

Meanings

With the album title, the band wants to express that you can emerge stronger from negative experiences. In an interview, Eike Freese explained the meanings of the songs:

  • In “Black September” Freese tried to describe the arrogance of the western world from the perspective of the people of the Middle East .
  • “Outside the Inside” is about obsessional neuroses , for example people who often do not leave their home for a long time.
  • "The Dying Art of Recreation" describes the difficulty a person has in recovering from blows of fate. The text contains various quotations from Friedrich Nietzsche .
  • "Exit Wounds" is about people hurting other people when they are hurt or tortured themselves. These people hope that this will relieve their own pain.
  • "Seven" refers to the seven deadly sins . The song begins with a dialogue from the movie Seven : " Ernest Hemingway once wrote: 'The world is so beautiful and worth it that you fight for it.' - I agree with the second part. "
  • “No Way Home” describes a home, family and friends as important pillars in a person's life. It is the first Dark Age song with clear vocals since "My own Darkness" on the album "Dark Age" (2004).
  • "Life for Blood" criticizes today's music industry. Due to a lack of funding from the record companies , many talented bands cannot record albums.
  • "The Echoes Discipline" deals with personal vices that everyone has and that one has to face. Eike Freese dedicated the text to the former bass player Torsten Eggert.

On “The Ghost of Libra” you can hear a clock ticking for ten seconds . The point is that human life is finite.

Track list

  1. Minus Exitus - 4:16
  2. Black September - 3:59
  3. Outside the Inside - 3:43
  4. The Dying Art of Recreation - 4:06
  5. Exit Wounds - 4:06
  6. Seven - 3:21
  7. The Ghost of Libra - 0:10
  8. No Way Home - 4:56
  9. Cold - 4:53
  10. Instrumental - 4:27
  11. Life for Blood - 3:59
  12. The Echoes Discipline - 4:20

As a hidden track one's cover version of U2 -Liedes "October" from the same album to listen to.

Versions

The album was released in Europe in two versions. In addition to the conventional CD, there is a limited edition with a bonus DVD . The DVD contains a 35-minute “making-of” video, a concert recording of about the same length from the “Rage Against Racism” festival in Duisburg in July 2007, and a 30-minute documentary “Beyond Touring”, in which backstage recordings were made Germany, Denmark, France and Switzerland can be seen. The Japanese version also contains the song "Children of the Revolution".

reception

"Minus Exitus" received good to excellent reviews from the media. The German edition of Metal Hammer named the album “Album of the Month”. In his review, Matthias Mineur praised the fact that Dark Age "perfectly reflects the signs of the times and probably plays the most modern metal that you can find at the moment - at least in Germany". The album received six out of seven points from him. Minus Exitus was also named album of the month by the online magazine Bloodchamber. According to Björn Gieseler, Dark Age "created their own niche somewhere with this masterpiece, without being able to be compared with any other bands", for which he awarded the highest rating of 10 points.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b metal.de: And down with the pants ...  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.metal.de  
  2. ↑ metal.de: Song By Song
  3. ↑ bloodchamber.de: Dark Age - Limits
  4. ↑ dark-age.de: MINUS EXITUS - OUT 22 FEBRUARY 2008! (Message from January 27, 2008) ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dark-age.de
  5. ↑ metal-hammer.de: Album of the month in METAL HAMMER 03/08 ( Memento from July 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ bloodchamber.de: Critique of the Dark Age - Minus Exitus

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