Malevolence is the third hard rock album from Sophia Marie and the first which includes songs that are full on "Metal!"
If you were to listen to all three albums in order of release, you will notice a theme progression in the lyrical content of the bulk of the tracks. The first album showcased the decline into promiscuity and sin as the result of a broken heart. The second album focusing on the pleasure sin gives us, but also showcasing songs about liars and evil, which gives us a taste of what kind of world sin brings us into but at this stage of the musical journey the two themes seem disconnected.
With the Malevolence album we finally see what sin turns us into. Selfish and Malevolent. The opening track Point Of No Return slams into the ears with a full on 80's thrash pace, describing the time in a man's life where there appears to be no turning back. Black As The Night describes a vampire like person who is no longer human with four chugging guitar riffs that seamlessly interchange. The Devil You Know, a grinding song about being in a rut that you know is destructive but is too familiar to leave. Malevolence, the heaviest track of her entire career, using double kick drums to ram the aggression home. Finish "side 1" with a powerful ballad about loss, Can't Carry On. "Side 2" begins with Under the Siege an exploration into the effects of war on the soul set to military drums and a pumping bass line. The Warrior brings in guest singer Stephen Wells to put a medieval Conan fantasy to music. Cuts To The Core is the most pop rock song of the album, catchy but still set to a heavy metal guitars. No More Lies berates a lying partner in the most rocking way possible. The album concludes with Anything For You a song about domestic violence from the perspective of a woman with Stockholm syndrome. Hang around at the very end for an emotional refrain of the song that will send chills down your spine.
Description:
Deep Space auditory exploration as seen through a prism of primeval human emotions
This album is a musical exploration of various imaginary landscapes, a collection of snapshots of nature's both, static and dynamic states.
At the same time, it is a meditation on human condition, and an insight into one's emotions in relationship to those landscapes and nature's events.
Slow moving and constantly evolving, these ambient pieces invite a listener to look at the presented sights and vistas through a unique sonic prism - as if painted with various shades of greys, blues and off-white brush strokes.
We invite you to emerge yourself in this convergence of sound and sight, and flow gently through the chapters of this musical novel.
Emotional and hopeful Cello music tracks. The motivational mood will evoke an emotional uplifting and positive feeling. They will work well with corporate video, film, sports, and business projects.
Clavier means keyboard. In Bach's time there were many different keyboard instruments (but of course, not the modern piano), which had, until 1700, been tuned in a rich but limited way, so that only a small number of keys could be used. Bach's development as a musician coincided with a new kind of tuning: this allowed all the keys to be played, but some would sound richer, less discordant, than others. These systems were called 'well-tempered' tunings. The Equal Temperament to which pianos are tuned, irons out entirely these subtle but vivid differences of timbre and harmonic interest.
Bach was inspired by his mentor J. C. F. Fischer, to compile a monumental set of pieces in the form of preludes and fugues, using all 24 keys, major and minor, to form what is often known as 'The Forty-Eight'. These were for his students, for their entertainment as well as for developing their skills. There is a huge variety of mood, from thrilling prestos to introspective adagios.
Colin Booth's complete performance of this masterwork, which Bach doubled in size twenty years later with Book Two, has received copious praise, for its grace, style, and depth of understanding of the conventions of the period. The tuning system employed is one devised by Bach's favourite pupil.
