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Malicious Dream
12+ albums
progressive death metalProgressive metalprogressive melodic death metalMelodic Death MetalDeath Doom Metal
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Reviewed by RememberMetal? on July 10, 2006 Site: www.metalunderground.com "Malcious Dream are a capable band and Innersensis should leave few doubters in its wake" If it were humanly possible to take Opeth and Moonspell into a blacksmith’s forge and mold them into a single entity, Malicious Dream would be the end result. Vocalists Anton Heesterbeek and Ben van Asselt sound exactly like a bartenders mix of Moonspell vocalist Fernando Ribeiro and Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt. Add one part Ackerfeldt to three parts Robeiro and stir vigorously. This equation holds true to both clean crooned vocals and bellowed death vocals. The rhythm section enjoys dense, high speed sonic tantrums but rely just as heavily on spacious acoustic and piano-laden passages that both Moonspell and Opeth have effectively patented. A number of musical alterations manage to set Malicious Dream apart from their forebears, however. Their sound deviates from their influences by being more thrash-oriented than either Opeth or Moonspell. The gothic flourishes that dominate Moonspell's doom and gloom theatrics are absent and there are no 13 minute dirges in the vein of Opeth. Production quality is crystal clear but a far cry from the richness Opeth and Moonspell currently enjoy. Arrangements are less intricate and more direct. Rather than take the listener on an epic musical journey, Malicious Dream keep the beginning, middle and end of their songs bound tightly together. Serrated guitars and guttural ro