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[Forest of Shadows, Six Waves of Woe<\/i>, 2008]<\/strong><\/p>\n

de \u015etefan Bolea
\nclick for the English version<\/a>
\n 
\n\u201cgrowing hell\u201d (Forest of Shadows)
\n\u201cour spark of hope is black\u201d (James Thomson)
\n \n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nForest of Shadows, one man band-ul suedezului Niclas Frohagen, vine dup\u0103 patru ani de gesta\u0163ie cu un album conving\u0103tor, mai pu\u0163in agresiv dec\u00e2t precedentele realiz\u0103ri, dar mai bine \u00eenchegat \u015fi mai armonios. Din punct de vedere instrumental, Forest of Shadows a progresat (ajung\u00e2nd la o maturitate manierist\u0103, atent\u0103 la detalii); de exemplu, dac\u0103 \u00eenainte (\u00een Under the Dying Sun <\/i>sau Where Dreams Turn to Dust<\/i>) dialogul dintre extreme era radical, cu schimb\u0103ri bru\u015fte de ritm, care asigura violentarea benefic\u0103 a ascult\u0103torului \u2013 acum produsul final este mai coerent, mai soft<\/i>, pu\u0163in clasicizat. Altfel spus, dac\u0103 Where Dreans Turn to Dust<\/i> (2001) poate fi caracterizat drept muzic\u0103 de medita\u0163ie pentru gropari (cu o capodoper\u0103 epic\u0103 suprem\u0103, Wish<\/i>, ce combin\u0103 perfect mesajul cu instrumenta\u0163ia), Six Waves of Woe <\/i>seam\u0103n\u0103 cu un audio-book motiva\u0163ional pentru catatonici, sau, ca s\u0103 continu\u0103m compara\u0163ia precedent\u0103, cu un album mortuar, pentru beneficiul celor care \u015fi-au pus cap\u0103t zilelor \u015fi vor s\u0103 aib\u0103 un trip<\/i> mai relaxant. Mai trebuie ad\u0103ugat ca la nivel de mesaj (cu excep\u0163ia piesei Moments in Solitude<\/i>), albumul prezint\u0103 anumite sc\u0103deri \u2013 exist\u0103 \u015fi versuri banale (care arunc\u0103 textul \u00een zona pop: \u201cPlease tell me why I can\u00b4t be there\/ To welcome another beautiful day\/ To taste the sweet honey of life\u201d). Cu toate acestea, Forest of Shadows \u00ee\u015fi p\u0103streaz\u0103 semn\u0103tura caracteristic\u0103 (monotonie exploratoare + simplitate obsesiv\u0103), cre\u00e2nd o muzic\u0103 pentru oamenii r\u0103stigni\u0163i pe canapea, \u0163intui\u0163i de propriile lor depresii. Acest diagnoztic poate fi \u00een\u015fel\u0103tor: lentoarea nu este un prilej pentru torpoare \u015fi lene spiritual\u0103, paradoxal monomania av\u00e2nd un caracter ascensional, prilejuind un inner trip<\/i>.
\n 
\n\u00cen prima pies\u0103, Submission<\/i>, accentul este pus pe atmosfer\u0103, nu pe text. Ca observa\u0163ie general\u0103 pentru \u00eentregul album, versurile sunt fragmentate, intonate uneori cu jum\u0103tate de voce, ca \u015fi cum lipse\u015fte hot\u0103r\u00e2rea de a fi rostite r\u0103spicat \u015fi \u201eteribilist\u201d. Mesajul primului single (\u201cThere, in the radiance of deceit\/ Facing final submission\u201d) pune accentul pe dezam\u0103girea unui subiect, asupra c\u0103ruia se str\u00e2nge la\u0163ul infernal, ce nu se mai poate ap\u0103ra \u00een fa\u0163a for\u0163elor cotropitoare; asemenea unui condamnat, care presimte \u00eentr-un lento<\/i> macabru articularea securii c\u0103l\u0103ului. Selfdestructive<\/i> posed\u0103 o arhitectur\u0103 complex\u0103; solistul folose\u015fte trei intona\u0163ii: una intimist\u0103 (asemenea unei sirene, care-\u015fi arunc\u0103 n\u0103vodul), alta de o subtilitate romantic\u0103 \u015fi, \u00een fine, ultima agresiv\u0103, catastrofist\u0103, autentic\u0103. Am impresia c\u0103 nu \u00eencepem s\u0103-l ascult\u0103m cu adev\u0103rat dec\u00e2t atunci c\u00e2nd se exprim\u0103 cu a treia voce. În Detached<\/i> exist\u0103 schimb\u0103ri de ritm geniale; de\u015fi piesa are o coeziune aproape clasic\u0103, armonia te trece gradual de pe o frecven\u0163\u0103 pe alta. A patra pies\u0103, Moments in Solitude<\/i>, o adev\u0103rat\u0103 art\u0103 poetic\u0103 sau un manifest psihopatologic, mi se pare reu\u015fita clar\u0103, evident\u0103 a albumului. De la observa\u0163ii existen\u0163iale (\u201cThis withering grey existence\/ A paradise for a sleepwalking kind\u201d \u2013 descoperirea con\u015ftiin\u0163ei de sine ca diferen\u0163iere fa\u0163\u0103 de incon\u015ftien\u0163a generalizat\u0103), la \u00eempuns\u0103turi ritmice ce amintesc de primele e.p.-uri, la expansivitatea quasi-delirant\u0103 a refrenului (\u201eTo where I rule my own life\/ A kingdom for myself\/ A place without fear\/ And with no need of your gods\/ That\u00b4s where I find eternal peace\/ Somewhere among nowhere\u201d), Moments in Solitude<\/i> este trademark<\/i>-ul evolu\u0163iei muzicale a trupei. Al cincilea \u201eval\u201d, Pernicious<\/i> se prezint\u0103 drept o melodie comprimat\u0103 \u015fi insinuant\u0103, bazat\u0103 pe tehnica dialogului dintre extreme: avem depresie \u015fi isterie (isteria este mai entertaining<\/i>!) sau \u00eentr-un alt plan, disperare \u015fi speran\u0163\u0103 (care are o sc\u00e2nteie funerar\u0103). Deprived<\/i>, ultimul single, cel mai lung, este focalizat pe chinurile animei<\/i> prins\u0103 \u00een p\u00e2nza de p\u0103ianjen (\u201cSleepwalking she entered the delusion\/ Sleepwalking she entered his golden cage\u201d), constituind \u00eens\u0103 o realizare modest\u0103.\u00a0 Six Waves of Woe<\/i> este un album care \u00ee\u015fi trage for\u0163a din concepte (supus, autodistructiv, desprins, nociv, deposedat<\/i>), al c\u0103rui punct nodal const\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 \u00een Moments in Solitude<\/i>, pies\u0103 complet\u0103, arhetipal\u0103, care te arunc\u0103 \u00een noaptea de ghea\u0163\u0103 a celor de la Forest of Shadows.
\n 
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\no versiune anterioar\u0103 a acestui text a ap\u0103rut \u00een revista Sisif<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Forest of Shadows, Six Waves of Woe, 2008] de \u015etefan Bolea click for the English version   \u201cgrowing hell\u201d (Forest of Shadows) \u201cour spark of hope is black\u201d (James Thomson)     Forest of Shadows, one man band-ul suedezului Niclas Frohagen, vine dup\u0103 patru ani de gesta\u0163ie cu un album conving\u0103tor, mai pu\u0163in agresiv dec\u00e2t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1005,125],"tags":[1165,1020,1129,943,1024,39],"class_list":["post-10138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-39-40","category-invitat","tag-egophobia-39-40","tag-forest-of-shadows","tag-invitat","tag-muzica","tag-muzica-literatura","tag-stefan-bolea"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-2Dw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10138"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10933,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10138\/revisions\/10933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}