...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


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DARK SYMPHONIES is honored to announce our continued cooperation with pre-DARKANE Swedish death metal act AGRETATOR to reissue their long out of print sophomore release "Distorted Logic". More experimental than "Delusions", "Distorted Logic" shows the band's natural progression which would lead to the inception of DARKANE!

Additionally, we will be including band's 1997 "Infected" Demo as well as the band's 2 DEMISE (pre-Agretator) demos "Prophesy" from 1991 and "Visions" from 1992. This is a must-have to see where Darkane started out, or just for fans of Death Metal in General!

This CD will be designed after the original 1996 self financed released release, taking elements from the original layout with attention to detail, even down to the logo and typeface for a touch of nostalgia. Also included are brand new liner notes from original founding member and guitarist / vocalist Pierre Richter.

Additionally, a Japanese-style OBI-Strip will be included.

CD limited to 1000 copies worldwide! Stay away from BOOTLEGS! Support the band and official releases!!



This unique entity became much more known towards the end of the 90’s when they changed their name to Darkane, and when they started churning out releases on more regular bases. Those releases by all means have their moments, but the actual truth is that under the Agretator moniker the guys created much better music, more technical, more atmospheric, and with more heart and soul put into it. The full-length was an awesome display of talent, intricate thrash/death summing up the best from acts like Death, Pestilence, Invocator, and Sadus. It was only the fading interest in all things old school that prevented the guys from getting wider exposure.

They didn’t give up, though, and shot another effort two years later, the 5-tracker reviewed here. It was self-released, without proper label support, but was another splendid exhibition of musical dexterity. To the band’s fans’ surprise, though, the style is quite different from the blistering hyper-active one on the debut; it has mutated into a complex form of modern thrash, not much death metal anymore, one that sides with meisterwerks like Coroner’s “Grin”, Aftermath’s “Eyes of Tomorrow”, Aleister’s “Tribal Tech”, and early Meshuggah. “Chains of Retribution” is a dispassionate, still pretty atmospheric chugger with spastic speedier accumulations and hectic time-shifts, a not very predictable roller-coaster the semi-shouty death metal vocals ruling over the proceedings with fierce determination, with great leads serving the requisite doze of melodic “sanity”.

The title-track has a most logical quiet inauguration which alternates with jumpy robotic rhythms the contrasting symbiosis intercepted by a magnificent melodic lead section that gets repeated again towards the end assisting an enchanting choral inclusion, the surreal feel aggravated by tortured shouts splashed on the jolting, chuggy musical background. “Water” is a nice balladic instrumental the lead guitarist the main participant for the umpteenth time, and “Virtual Tragedy” is an outstanding futuristic technicaller the choppy riff-patterns quickly replaced by smattering speedy crescendos the latter the only overt reminder of the preceding full-length; twisted mazey guitars come to the fore mid-way before another passage of virtuous fast-tempos appears to wrap up this masterpiece. “Non-Human Level” is another highlight with listless gallops riding through a sterile mid-period Obliveon-esque scenery the vocals acquiring an authoritative, semi-declamatory timbre with stylish technical decisions galore plus a couple of atmospheric stops along the way which involve the bass more prominently as a finishing touch in league with alluring flamenco guitars; a unique musical combination adding more original nuances to this short, but utterly captivating affair.

This is a very appropriate transition the band changing the format, but preserving their creative flair all over, even managing to beat the debut in terms of out-of-the-box thinking and more audacious musicianship. It’s not as spaced out as, say, Pestilence’s “Spheres” or Atheist’s “Elements”, and not as overtly modernized as Invocator’s “Weave the Apocalypse”, to provide comparisons with the three brethren of the full-length, and consequently stays the closest to the band’s initially chosen style. There was certainly room for more abstract ways of expression, and those materialized more tangibly on the “Infected” demo three years later which contained three cuts of mechanical dry, djent-like rifforamas, an obvious nod to mid-period Meshuggah and to the industrial heritage of acts like Soulstorm, Puncture, and Grope.

The transformation to Darkane was complete by the end of the decade, and the guys haven’t looked back since. With six albums the band have managed to establish themselves on the forefront although it seems as though the magic from those “uncertain” times of distortions and delusions from the beginning will continue to elude them.

Bayern



..::TRACK-LIST::..

Agretator - Distorted Logic EP:
1. Chains Of Retribution 3:46
2. Distorted Logic 4:20
3. Water 3:07
4. Virtual Tragedy 4:06
5. Non-Human Level 5:29

Agretator - Infected Demo 1997:
6. Impure Inside 4:59
7. Inner Acts 5:42
8. Soul Divine 6:48

Demise - Visions Demo 1992:
9. Horizon Of Nothing 4:33
10. Critical Dimensions 4:01
11. The Inevitable 4:18

Demise - Prophesy Demo 1991:
12. Merciless Living 4:38
13. Prophecy 4:04
14. Cremation Of The Soul 3:41



..::OBSADA::..

Agretator:
Jörgen Löfberg - Bass
Pierre Richter - Guitars, Vocals
Peter Wildoer - Drums
Christofer Malmström - Guitars

Demise:
Jesper Granath - Bass (Tracks 12-14)
Christofer Malmström - Guitars (Tracks 9-11)
Jörgen Löfberg - Bass (Tracks 9-11)
Pierre Richter - Vocals, Guitars
Peter Wildoer -Drums




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