The Maledict

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The Maledict
General information
origin Mildura , Australia
Genre (s) Death Metal (initially), Death Doom , Gothic Metal
founding 2012
Current occupation
Ian McLean
Electric bass , vocals
Stuart McCarthy
Karl Friday
Electric guitar
Stuart Henry

The Maledict is an Australian death doom band from Mildura that was formed in 2012.

history

The band was founded in 2012 as a project by guitarist and singer Ian McLean and bassist and singer Stuart McCarthy. By the following year, the line-up was supplemented by the drummer Karl Freitag and the guitarist Stuart Henry. Towards the end of the year, The Maledict presented a first demo under the name Salvation in Yielding , which was followed by regional appearances. In 2015 the debut album Dread was self-published and already re-released in 2016 on Transcending Records .

style

Stephan Rajchl from metal1.info wrote about the debut album that the group mixes death and doom metal equally, starting out as a pure death metal band. In an interview with him, Ian McLean stated that the group is often compared to Gothic Metal bands like Paradise Lost , My Dying Bride and Anathema and that these are also the influences of the group. There are also Celtic Frost , The Cure , The Sisters of Mercy , contemporary soundtracks and classical composers like Max Richter and Kenji Kawai . He usually bases the lyrics for the songs on excerpts from his diary. According to Serge from merchantsofair.com in his review of Dread , the band initially played Death Metal before adding more melodic and slower passages and also getting closer to Doom Metal. So there would be powerful Death Metal and atmospheric Doom Metal passages on the album. In addition to growling , clear vocals are also used in the songs. In terms of composition, one resembles Saturnus , Officium Triste , old Amorphis and Obituary . Marco's "Big Daddy" Garcia from metal-temple.com also reviewed the album and assigned the group to Death Doom, but also found occasional influences on traditional heavy metal . The songs are a change from calm, melodic moments and more aggressive passages.

Discography

  • 2013: Salvation in Yielding (demo, self- publication )
  • 2014: Frozen (single, self-published)
  • 2015: Dread (album, self-published)
  • 2017: Imperilled (single, self-published)

Individual evidence

  1. xFiruath: The Maledict Releasing "Dread" Album. metalunderground.com, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  2. ^ Brian Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . 3rd revised edition. Dark Star, Katoomba 2015, ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2 .
  3. Bio. triplejunearthed.com, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  4. ^ The Maledict - Dread. Discogs , accessed June 22, 2018 .
  5. ^ Stephan Rajchl: Interview with Ian McLean from The Maledict. metal1.info, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  6. Serge: The Maledict - Dread. merchantsofair.com, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  7. Marco's "Big Daddy" Garcia: The Maledict - Dread. metal-temple.com, accessed June 22, 2018 .