{"id":40508,"date":"2015-12-16T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=40508"},"modified":"2015-12-16T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T20:23:07","slug":"in-case-you-missed-a-sound-of-thunder-tales-from-the-deadside-music-inspired-by-shadowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/in-case-you-missed-a-sound-of-thunder-tales-from-the-deadside-music-inspired-by-shadowman\/","title":{"rendered":"In Case You Missed: A Sound of Thunder – Tales From the Deadside (Music Inspired by Shadowman)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are making sacrifices to the Loa over here, watch your step if you do not want to\u00a0get involved in\u00a0voodoo mysteries.<\/p>\n

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In 2000, a 10 year old Link was renting some Nintendo 64 games from\u00a0his local store. Browsing through the catalog, he found a blue cartridge that stood out from the grey plastic crowd. The sticker on the front depicted a bald man with black lenses pointing a gun. The little kid was excited and thought all the way back home how kick ass this new game, titled Shadowman, would be. And that was a huge mistake.<\/p>\n

When the child turned on the game, a big mask with a stitched deep blue background popped along a dark ambient resonating soundtrack that engulfed that tiny room and transformed it into an asylum. The story was related to a dark god murderer that was collecting souls to construct an intra-dimensional tower to serve as a prison for killers on the Deadside in order to unleash the Apocalypse on Earth. The villain constantly quoted Bible passages and was always spitting blood from his mouth. The voodoo-fueled concept art and the deep horror narration blew little Link\u2019s mind, and he went to bed so scared that when he closed his eyes, the gritty textured images of the game and the dark ambient soundtrack haunted the few dreams he had.<\/p>\n

But Enough of this chit-chat, let\u2019s just go to our business. Is the new A Sound of Thunder<\/strong> album a worthy follow-up to the impressive The Lesser Key of Solomon<\/em> (previously unflushed<\/a> by our hard-working team)?<\/p>\n

A Sound of Thunder took the risk of\u00a0the crowfunding <\/a>route and succeeded in their quest. With the valuable help of Valiant Comics, the Washington band created a 60-minute concept album<\/a> about the history of Jack Dominique Boniface as\u00a0he turned into the Shadowman and his trials in the fight against Master Darque, the ruler of the Tower of Souls that draws the vital energies of the dead.<\/p>\n

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The first aspect that pops out on this album is the excellent vocal performance of Nina Osegueda. While older albums were within the definite arena of her style, with that aggressive clean and charismatic pitch perfectly suited to the traditional heavy metal, in Tales from the Deadside<\/em> she exploited her broad vocal range to imprint more richness into the narrative style of the songs. Since the story depicted in the lyrics deals with multiple scenarios and characters, Nina\u2019s work is built around different techniques and multiple colors. The acid croons and raspy screams are still there, but she also whispers, narrates, and sings lullabies of doom with a memorable ease.<\/p>\n

The songwriting is highly melodic, but does not stray from the rivers of inspirational experimentation. Tracks like \u201cDeadside\u201d or \u201cLosing Control (The Unquiet Shadow)\u201d are testaments to different tempos and rhythmic bases that enrich the story and help to convey the different moods of the narration. In those songs, the progressive and doom metal influences detail the tribulations of the principal character, employing with guitar textures and mid tempos in some sections to empower the story twists.<\/p>\n