{"id":14188,"date":"2018-02-01T23:14:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=14188"},"modified":"2018-02-01T23:14:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:14:07","slug":"chronique-de-the-malkuth-grimoire-alkaloid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=14188","title":{"rendered":"Chronique de The Malkuth Grimoire &#8211; ALKALOID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14190 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The_Malkuth_Grimoire-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The_Malkuth_Grimoire-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The_Malkuth_Grimoire-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The_Malkuth_Grimoire-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The_Malkuth_Grimoire.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Groupe<\/strong>: ALKALOID<br \/>\n<strong>Album<\/strong>: The Malkuth Grimoire (2015)<br \/>\n<strong>Label\u00a0<\/strong>: Season of Mist<br \/>\n<strong>R\u00e9\u00e9dition vinyle.<\/strong> Sortie le 9 f\u00e9vrier 2018<br \/>\n<strong>Note<\/strong>: 16\/20<\/p>\n<p>Alkaloid\u2026 ce nom ne vous dit peut-\u00eatre rien (\u00e0 moins que vous n\u2019ayez des connaissances en chimie mais \u00e7a, c\u2019est une autre histoire), mais le CV des membres de ce jeune projet vous est probablement familier si vous \u00eates amateur de death metal technique. Compos\u00e9 de musiciens issus de groupes tels que OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, SPAWN OF POSSESSION ou encore ABORTED, le moins que l\u2019on puisse dire, c\u2019est qu\u2019il y a un sacr\u00e9 niveau au sein de ce line-up\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Form\u00e9 donc en 2013, le groupe se lan\u00e7a directement dans la composition et sortit ce fameux \u00ab\u00a0the Malkuth Grimoire\u00a0\u00bb en 2015 en total autoproduction gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une campagne de financement participatif amplement r\u00e9ussie (le crowdfunding, des fois, c\u2019est sexy). Suite au succ\u00e8s de ce premier disque, le groupe eut l\u2019opportunit\u00e9 de jouer de nombreux shows en Europe, ainsi qu\u2019une date en Egypte o\u00f9 ils eurent d\u2019ailleurs l\u2019occasion de tourner un clip pour le morceau \u00ab\u00a0Cthulhu\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Il est ici et il est tout \u00e9trange\u00a0:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sidk6sU5bXs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Avec une notori\u00e9t\u00e9 toujours grandissante, le groupe se vit offrir une signature sur le label Season of Mist qui nous propose en ce d\u00e9but de f\u00e9vrier 2018 une r\u00e9\u00e9dition de ce premier album en vinyle, histoire de patienter jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la sortie de son tr\u00e8s attendu successeur.<\/p>\n<p>Mais alors, il est si bien que \u00e7a cet album\u00a0?<\/p>\n<p>Et bien d\u00e9j\u00e0, il surprend par son m\u00e9lange de styles et d\u2019influences et ce, d\u00e8s le premier morceau. Car, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 on pourrait s\u2019attendre \u00e0 un d\u00e9luge de notes couch\u00e9 sur un lit de blasts (et je suis fier de cette expression, dis donc\u00a0!), on se retrouve au contraire avec une entr\u00e9e en mati\u00e8re tout en finesse avec des guitares en son clair et un m\u00e9lange de rythmiques complexes qui rappelle \u00e9tonnamment du Tool.<\/p>\n<p>Bien entendu, le morceau part vite dans ce qu\u2019on attend d\u2019un groupe Death technique mais la composante progressive de la musique reste tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sente toute au long du morceau, offrant des moments plus a\u00e9riens, voir jazzy par endroits. Il y a d\u2019ailleurs une grande palette d\u2019influences diss\u00e9min\u00e9es \u00e7\u00e0 et l\u00e0 tout au long de l\u2019album.<\/p>\n<p>On ressent \u00e9videment les influences des t\u00e9nors du style, ce qui est assez logique vu le pass\u00e9 des membres, mais ils arrivent malgr\u00e9 tout \u00e0 se forger un son qui leur est propre ce qui est assez rare pour \u00eatre signal\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Dans les influences plus classiques, on se surprend \u00e0 penser \u00e0 Morbid Angel sur des morceaux comme \u00ab\u00a0Cthulhu\u00a0\u00bb cit\u00e9 plus haut avec sa rythmique \u00e9crasante et mid-tempo.<\/p>\n<p>Le cot\u00e9 progressif de la formation est aussi tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sent avec plusieurs morceaux de presque 10 minutes (voir 15 pour le plus long) et j\u2019admire le fait que \u00e7a ne tourne pas \u00e0 la d\u00e9monstration technique gratuite. Et vu le niveau des gaillards, \u00e7a fait plaisir de voir que l\u2019accent a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis avant tout sur la qualit\u00e9 des compositions.<\/p>\n<p>La production est puissante et tr\u00e8s claire, ce qui permet d\u2019appr\u00e9cier toutes les subtilit\u00e9s de jeu, que ce soit les nombreux m\u00e9lodies et arp\u00e8ges de guitares qui s\u2019entrem\u00ealent avec un jeu de basse fretless tr\u00e8s \u00e9labor\u00e9 ou encore le jeu de batterie parfois fr\u00e9n\u00e9tique, parfois groove mais toujours hyper pr\u00e9cis. Il y a \u00e9galement beaucoup de passages aux guitares et voix claires qui rendent l\u2019ensemble assez digeste<\/p>\n<p>Alors certes, ce n\u2019est pas un album imm\u00e9diat. Tous les morceaux n\u2019ont pas forc\u00e9ment de refrains catchy m\u00e9morables (mais \u00e7a reste inh\u00e9rent au style jou\u00e9 ici) et il faudra plusieurs \u00e9coutes attentives pour en cerner toute la subtilit\u00e9. Et il y a quelques passages tr\u00e8s exp\u00e9rimentaux, notamment avec le morceau \u00ab\u00a0C-Value Enigma\u00a0\u00bb, piste enti\u00e8rement instrumentale qui \u00e0 la particularit\u00e9 d\u2019avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 enti\u00e8rement compos\u00e9e et modifi\u00e9e informatiquement. Une approche tr\u00e8s exp\u00e9rimentale et barr\u00e9e donc mais pas d\u00e9nu\u00e9e d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat.<\/p>\n<p>Si vous \u00eates tent\u00e9s par l\u2019aventure qu\u2019est l\u2019\u00e9coute de ce \u00ab\u00a0Malkuth Grimoire\u00a0\u00bb, il va falloir faire l\u2019effort de l\u2019\u00e9couter attentivement car ce n\u2019est pas le genre d\u2019album qu\u2019on met en bruit de fond pendant l\u2019ap\u00e9ro. Celui-ci titille l\u2019excellence m\u00eame s\u2019il p\u00e8che parfois par son c\u00f4t\u00e9 un peu herm\u00e9tique.<\/p>\n<p>Il s\u2019y passe donc beaucoup de choses et il serait dommage de ne pas prendre son temps pour en d\u00e9celer tous les petits tr\u00e9sors tant\u00f4t m\u00e9lodiques, tant\u00f4t furieux que rec\u00e8le ce premier effort de groupe qui donne vraiment envie d\u2019entendre la suite.<\/p>\n<p>En conclusion, je dirais que nous avons l\u00e0 un tr\u00e8s bon disque qui a le m\u00e9rite de proposer quelque chose d\u2019original dans une sc\u00e8ne souvent satur\u00e9e par les m\u00eames gimmicks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Groupe: ALKALOID Album: The Malkuth Grimoire (2015) Label\u00a0: Season of Mist R\u00e9\u00e9dition vinyle. Sortie le 9 f\u00e9vrier 2018 Note: 16\/20 Alkaloid\u2026 ce nom ne vous dit peut-\u00eatre rien (\u00e0 moins que vous n\u2019ayez des connaissances en chimie mais \u00e7a, c\u2019est une autre histoire), mais le CV des membres de ce jeune projet vous est probablement familier si vous \u00eates amateur de death metal technique. Compos\u00e9 de musiciens issus de groupes tels que OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, SPAWN OF POSSESSION ou encore ABORTED, le moins que l\u2019on puisse dire, c\u2019est qu\u2019il y a un sacr\u00e9 niveau au sein de ce line-up\u00a0! 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