Lullabies for the Dormant Mind is the second studio album by Canadian metal band The Agonist. It was produced by Christian R. Donaldson (Cryptopsy, ..
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The Tempest (The Siren's Song; The Banshee's Cry). I say! Why do you grip so hard, that way? Of what, is there left to be afraid? Let the waves elope with your ..
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"The Agonist” have released another album, “Lullabies For the Dormant Mind”, yes it is metalcore, and yes, it is awesome. Don't let the album cover fool you, you ..
Dec 10, 2014.. Released: Feb 23, 2009; Genre: Melodic Death Metal; Label: Century Media Records; Number Of Tracks: 11; The Agonist's sophomore effort ..
Lullabies for the Dormant Mind is the second studio album by Canadian metal band The Agonist. It was produced by Christian R. Donaldson (Cryptopsy, Mythosis). The album demonstrates a more diverse sound than The Agonist's debut album and features classical, jazz, opera, grindcore, thrash metal, and black metal influences. It features guest violins by Avi Ludmer (Mahogany Rush) and orchestrations by classical pianists Melina Soochan and Jonathan Lefrancois-Leduc (Blackguard).
Overall, Lullabies For The Dormant Mind is a huge step up for The Agonist. It's a must have for all metal collections, in my opinion. I can't wait to here more from ..
Listen free to The Agonist – Lullabies For The Dormant Mind (Birds Elope With The Sun, Waiting Out The Winter and more). 11 tracks (43:42). Lullabies For The ..
$15.73 & FREE Shipping on orders over $35. Details Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when we ship the item. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available. This album is a wonderful mixture of so many musical genres; trash, prog, metalcore, gothic, classical, etc. I was taken in by this interesting ensemble. The album artwork, themed band pics, and colours make Lullabies For The Dormant Mind a complete work and really add to the feel of the music. It's somewhat of a twisted dreamworld where songs like "...And Their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep" is dark and haunting, "Globus Hystericus" is intelligent and thought provoking, and White-Gluz's acappella version of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" is beautiful and moving. It has many elements of their more metalcore first album Once Only Imagined, such as some heavy breakdowns accompanied by heavy growls. But Lullabies adds a gothic veil to the mix, adding orchestral accompaniment, killer guitar solos, and some ghostly operatic backup vocals. Overall, Lullabies For The Dormant Mind is a huge step up for The Agonist. It's a must have for all metal collections, in my opinion. I can't wait to here more from them! The Agonist is a female fronted progressive death metal band from the great white north, Canada. "Lullabies For The Dormant Mind" is their sophomore album that was hyped as an "album ahead of it's time", by it's label, Century Media. Bottom line is this is a modern metal band that infuses hardcore, death metal, deathcore, metal core, and black metal, with sometimes menacing vocals, and sometimes orchestral and soaring clean vocals; in short: polarizing. 1. The Tempest (4:46) 9/10 2. ...And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep (3:32) 9/10 3. Thank You, Pain (3:45) 9/10 4. Birds Elope With The Sun (4:30) 9/10 5. Waiting Out the Winter (4:03) 8/10 6. Martyr Art (4:31) 7.5/10 7. Globus Hystericus (3:41) 9/10 8. Swan Lake (A Cappella) (2:53) N/A 9. The Sentient (3:39) 8.5/10 10. When the Bough Breaks (4:13) 9/10 11. Chlorpromazine (4:07 ) 7/10 Overall: 11 tracks, @ 43:38 8/10 This album sounds exactly like I thought it would. You see, their debut album "One Only Imagined" was formulaic. Breakdowns littered every song, and it wasn't as technical as it wanted you to think it was, if you know what I mean. I knew that this band would branch out to incorporate more types of metal, and use less breakdowns, and they would try and appear more extreme, and unique. Well...they tried that. But at times, I feel like you can hear that they tried to sound that way, it doesn't come across natural for this band. And while being way more technical and intricate, some of the song writing was thrown in the recycle bin. So while "Once Only Imagined" was more connect-the-dots metal, I liked it that way; I enjoyed the breakdowns, and I enjoyed the structure, and the songs were well written modern metalcore.Read more › After my first listen of Lullabies For The Dormant Mind I was simultaneously stunned and astounded. Alissa White-Gluz is an absolute banshee with that mic - it's UNREAL (not to mention she's gorgeous!). She is the new queen of the female metal vocalists without a doubt. Her vocal range is nearly beyond comprehension both screams and clean vocals. As for the actual music that accompanies that monster with the microphone...well, it's incredible too. Their first album, Once Only Imagined, was a more straight-forward metalcore release with Alissa experimenting every so often with some clean passages, but nothing felt really cohesive or whole-hearted. It was a good first effort from these guys, however, Lullabies For The Dormant Mind is an enormous step up and beyond in terms of technicality, production and delivery. There isn't a song on this album that I don't like, including the A Capella masterpiece arranged by Alissa herself. If you're looking for a new band and a refreshing sound that's not that same run of the mill stuff then please look into buying this album. In this band lies very much potential. They could turn metal upside down. This album is pure sonic splendor that should not be looked over. I have been lukewarm on The Agonist ever since the demo for Century Media when they were called The Tempest. They were okay, but not exceptional, so I didn't buy thier first album. Needless to say, I still don't feel the need to pick that album up. Lullabies for the Dormant Mind, however, shows a marked improvement from these canadians. The Agonist plays an interesting form of metalcore...oh wait, it's deathcore...oh wait, grindcore...oh wait, black metal--okay make that symphonic black metal...or is it death metal...thrash?...gothic metal?...opera?...WTF? These guys and gal show traces of each genre listed above. That said, it comes off quite miraculous that it doesn't sound like refuse. As a matter of fact, it is quite good. This is coming from a guy who doesn't like much metalcore. This singer is impressive in her delivery and style as well as in the fact that she can go from soprano opera to brutal death growl and everything (and I do mean everything) in between. I can write scathing comments about every style of vocal she uses and mention more than once how it clashes with another style, but for all the good it does, I might as well be a BP employee trying to stem the flow of BS from the Gulf (thanks, No Clean Singing for that astute reference). For all the various styles, it is incredible how it all blends into one massive pretty picture, kind of like the album cover. I listen to alot of metal music, and I can tell you that this isn't your average metalcore band. If what I have said prior to this hasn't explained the music and how I feel about it, maybe a comparison will do. These guys sound like a cross between Within Temptation and Beneath the Sky. Yes, that ought to do it.Read more ›
