Fractal Gates
Beyond the Self
10 Track Album
Great Dane Records
Released January 2013
Outstanding!
Fractal Gates – Paris, France
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/fractalgates
Clean vocals on tracks 3 & 10 by Dan Swanö
Solo guitars on track 7 by Sotiris Vayenas
Solo guitar track 10 by Arnaud Hoarau
All guitars and bass recording by Stéphane Peudupin
Drums on the album by Sébastien Pierre
Vocals Recording by Andrew Guillotin (Hybrid Studios)
Mixing & Mastering by Dan Swanö (Unisound AB)
Executive Production – Great Dane Records
Artwork by Sébastien Pierre
Genre: Progressive Melodic Death
Metal
Biography:
“This marks the birth of Fractal
Gates formed in 2007. Metal and Dark Rock with grooved catchy tunes and
screams. The band emphasises mainly on extra-terrestrial life forms, ancient
civilisations, planets, esotericism, and science fiction. Fractal Gates’s music can only be described as pure ‘energy’.
In August 2012 Fractal Gates
entered the studio to record their upcoming album "Beyond the Self". The album was released at the start
2013 on Great Dane Records, and was produced by the great Dan Swanö! Which
features Sotiris (Septic Flesh) and Dan himself! Expect over 50 mega tons of
pure entrancing energy! Stay metal, stay Fractal! We are the imagination of
ourselves!”
Too good not to share - Beyond the Self
By Fractal Gates
Dissonance
Starts by bending the mind to its outer limits and teasing the
senses so they roll over and submit to the wild and passionate groves that
entrance them. The gruffness of the vocal tormenting is proficient in making
you quickly focus attention on them. The army of guitars are sheer mesmerizing
while the synth strikes an angst and unease into the mix. This track is one
torrid love affair with the mind!
Everblaze
Nothing timid about ‘Fractal
Gates’ what so ever as this track takes a stride down a fearless path and
boldly strikes without hesitation. With sheer stupefaction the guitars come
together producing a magnetic swagger of rhythms while the synth employs a
tempered haunting.
On your own
In another charged composition this track keeps the pressure on and
delivers a manic anxiety with its towering riffs a plenty and harsh abrasive
vocal edge are likely to leave its listeners somewhat in awe and bewilderment.
The Sign
This again toys with the mind so much so it will cause a neurosis of
sheer magnitude as it plays out. There are no reservations this means business
and goes all out to show its composure with sonically charged malignancy while
still adorning solid melodic grandeur.
Visions VIII
The solicitude of the track is all empowering and bristles with
angst as it unfolds, also harboring a certain apprehension but only short
lived.
Timeless
This has to be my favorite track so far – its melodic core really
gives the ears something to feast on, while the tones of the synth reach
furthering heights and washed in a dramatic guttural gnawing – it blisters
feverishly into oblivion taking the senses with it! Thunderously stomps all
over your head and certainly living up to its name, simply losing you in time,
space and reality! Well repeat worthy! I will go as far to say this track goes
way beyond the self!
Crushing - Timeless!
We are all Leaders
Sometime later... and managing to literally drag myself away from
the previous track, although very difficult as it just sucks you into its
addictive strikes – the next track blisters on a feverish bed of energy – not
surprising either! And another fretful track exploring the further and harsher
side of the band that ignites a tempestuous surge in temperature and injects
trembling uneasiness into their resounding heavy structural tapestry, using
melodic tones to fury the anguish.
Reverse Dawn
The agitation creeps forward on this one and then explodes with a
force that shows no let up as it stalks with vengeful vindictiveness! Pumping
spiteful malevolence into the heart. The vocals again sounding threatening and
forcibly cutting a path directly for you to focus on.
Mighty Wings (Cheap
Trick)
Is a rampaging chug that sweeps through its virtual reality in a bid
to cause serious calamity. It outlines a more rock structure with clean rock
vocal and baking it up are of course the gnarly guttural slur but not forgetting
its deep wicked melodic hues.
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“This transforms into a very
sensual album that will wreak havoc on the mind and take it, too far away
destinations, one’s that contain gratification, reward and first class
contentment!”
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The Experiment
Showing further vibrant riffs and over locking synth notes that
chill the overall sound is on par with a nuclear holocaust! The bewitching whispered
vocal is sinister and malicious and delves deeper into a pit worthy of Satan
himself to reside in! The synth - now on critical sends out tiny shards of
mesmerizing and excitable notes.
Beyond the Self
The depravity continues in a twisted form of obscene energy driven
and excruciating endeavor. The melodies keeping it well balanced although it
seems to be breaking its restrains and gives out a monstrous and brutish gait
that scintillates.
Glooms of Cyan
The final track of what has been the most rewarding experience. The
unrelenting power continues to surge under the weight of its mighty anger and
flourishes with exuberance to the point of sadistic but in a stabilized
fashion.
Visions IX
Is a filler track that portrays some strange molecular structures of
ambiance and concludes the Album?
Summary
There is so much going on, here it is hard to really know where to
start in summing up, but let me try...
The highly crafted and skillful musicianship is second to none that
much has to be said. Fractal Gates
are indeed an energy driven experience that can flaunt their prowess with
pride.
Since the album finished it has left me feeling somewhat stripped of
pleasure and as I say that my feelings are to immediately reach for the replay
button and carry on this most immense listening recreation, just to indulge the
senses to their full capacity once again and feed off the melodic structures
for maximum excitement.
Although I do have my favorite track ‘Timeless’ that will no doubt
be played continuously but the rest of the album holds its own and heaps
lashings of deeply infused rhythms with zest toward the listener and are more
than feisty and palatable.
This transforms into a very sensual album that will wreak havoc on
the mind and take it, too far away destinations, one’s that contain
gratification, reward and first class contentment.
I want more!
10/10
Track List:
Dissonance
Everblaze
On your own
The Sign
Visions VIII
Timeless
We are all Leaders
Reverse Dawn
Mighty Wings (Cheap Trick)
The Experiment
Beyond the Self
Glooms of Cyan
Members:
Jeremy Briquet – Live Drums
Stéphane Peudupin – Lead/Rhythms Guitar
Sébastian Pierre – Vocals/Synths
Arnaud Hoarau – Rhythm Guitar
Antoine Verdier – Bass
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