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{"id":8489,"date":"2016-05-02T06:16:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T04:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2016-05-02T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T04:23:14","slug":"genus-ordinis-dei-ep-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/genus-ordinis-dei-ep-2016","title":{"rendered":"Genus Ordinis Dei &#8211; EP 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Symphonic elements in metal can lead to the spectacular (Dimmu Borgir), bright and powerful (Kamelot), or downright cheesy (Rhapsody, Rhapsody On Fire, Luca Turilli\u2019s Rhapsody, Rhapsody 3.0, etc.).\u00a0 So with such a fine line to get all the elements right, it\u2019s a wonder that some bands use the added flavor of symphonics into their brand of metal and don\u2019t think about meshing it with the overall sound.\u00a0 Such is the case with Italy\u2019s <strong>Genus Ordinis Dei<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From the opening track \u201c<strong>From The Ashes<\/strong>\u201d with a classical intro that transitions immediately into a \u00a0straight ahead and crunchy melodic death prowl, we\u2019re shown tiny bits of promise at first that quickly goes the clich\u00e9 route and gets very boring and predictable in a timely fashion.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing striking that sets the music apart from any other melodic death band.\u00a0 The riffs and song structure for the most part can be seen a mile away.\u00a0 The operatic synth is too present and up-front in far too many situations for my liking in the five tracks presented for me to peruse.\u00a0 It takes too much emphasis off of the other instruments, which is somewhat alarming considering every band member comes from an academic musical background in which they studied and graduated in some of the best music academies in Italy (RGA, MMI, NAM).\u00a0 You would think with these credentials that there would be a better overall flow to the music, but instead I\u2019m treated to some moments that look like I\u2019m finally about to indulge in something exciting, only to have the pace pulled back or to have the electronic element halting progress.\u00a0 As soon as the band gets some decent momentum going with a good riff run, they mess it up by going overly symphonic and killing any traction that was built up.\u00a0 I see a huge problem in symphonic type music where synthesizers are overly present, and instead of accenting the sound, they make the listener pay too much attention to it as the driving force of the sound as opposed to something helping the other instruments along.\u00a0 It should be a background element, and not front and centre, in my personal opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Tommy Mastermind\u00a0(seriously?) is the one bright spot in this somewhat messy concoction as his guitar playing is deliberate, pounding and fluid (like in moments during \u201c<strong>That Beast Astray<\/strong>\u201d), which confuses me more profoundly when I realize he\u2019s credited with the orchestral arrangements.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost as if he\u2019s in a tug-of-war with himself on giving both areas of his musical itinerary an even playing field instead of letting the music flow freely.<\/p>\n<p>The lone track to get any sort of attention from me was \u201c<strong>That Beast Astray<\/strong>\u201d, with it\u2019s almost streamlined direction with less emphasis on the symphonic backbone of their sound.\u00a0 It was a welcome detour and it showed me what was possible if this element was dropped down to accents and scattered appearances, and not as a necessary evil.\u00a0 Stick to this more well-rounded sound for the next album and I might give the band a second look.<\/p>\n<p>With five songs clocking in at a quick 22 minutes in total for this EP, I\u2019m left to wonder that instead of making the most of that time allotted, why would the band take such a safe and almost over-calculated approach to their songwriting?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01. 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Red Snake<\/p>\n<p><strong>Playing time:<\/strong> 22:06<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release date:<\/strong> 17 June, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Label:<\/strong> Mighty Music<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/genusordinisdei.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genus Ordinis Dei Official Website<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Genus Ordinis Dei - From The Ashes [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DkhUE8s3DJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Symphonic elements in metal can lead to the spectacular (Dimmu Borgir), bright and powerful (Kamelot), or downright cheesy (Rhapsody, Rhapsody On Fire, Luca Turilli\u2019s Rhapsody, Rhapsody 3.0, etc.).\u00a0 So with such a fine line to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/genus-ordinis-dei-ep-2016\" title=\"Genus Ordinis Dei &#8211; EP 2016\">[Read \u00bb]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1085,"featured_media":8490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1226,1227,28,149,124],"class_list":{"0":"post-8489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews","8":"tag-album-reviews","9":"tag-genus-ordinis-dei","10":"tag-melodic-death-metal","11":"tag-metal","12":"tag-symphonic-metal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8489"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8496,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions\/8496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}