Hi, friends! Miran is online!
With this video we’re starting a new branch of MetalMusicMadness episodes – reviews on your releases.
We had some episodes with Russian/Ukraine bands before, but now we have changed the format a little bit. Now any band from anywhere can become a guest of MetalMusicMadness but we have one condition – the band must have one LP at least.
And in order to minimize the flow of unnecessary information we will speak exactly about certain releases.
So, if your band has one or more LP you or tour label can send us a CD by mail and we’ll make an MMM episode just for your band. 
And the pioneer of new MMM format is Swedish band which combines metal, dub-step and drum’n’bass – Rave the Reqviem.  
Firstly I want to tell how it happens that the first CD I received from Swedish band. 
The point is Rave the Reqviem has a well-organized system of internet promotion. The musicians are registered in our beloved social networks and they communicate with fans with pleasure.
Also they have nice VK public with all the band’s info like history, line-up or equipment – it’s better just to check it there.
And we will have a look at their first self-titled album Rave The Reqviem.
Well, the first track acquaints us with the key thing of RtR – the vocal set. 
It starts with “filtered” clean vox of Filip Lönnqvist, then it comes to scream and then we hear a beautiful soprano of CarolaLönnqvist – Filips mother.
Yeah, Rave TheReqviem is the first band I’ve ever seen where vocal roles are distributed among two generations of one family. 
And this interesting feature can make even subjectively disposed people check some tracks. And here the music part starts acting.
The first track “The Ascension” and a couple of followings tracks are chosen very correctly: wide gradation of tempo values shows RtR style from the different sides. Metal part is figured by guitar, drum’n’bass is brought out by peculiar drum beat; also there are modern sub-drops of Dub-step and trance gates of trance music.
Probably, most of the songs here have the structure like “Verse by Filip, Chorus by Carola”. The only one exclusion with Exhale – all the vocal parts here are at Filip’s disposal. This song is providently located in the middle of track-list. 
But such “monotony” is needed to be rated as a good peculiarity – individual traits of each song are easily singled out from resembling structures. 
For example, there is skunk-beat in peculiar electronic performance In “Svlphvry Void”, “Schizophreniain Reverse” is the only triplet song on the album and “Thirstleblower” chorus is arranged with epic Carola’s vocal parts. I doubt whether you will not be able to get confused with RtR’s songs.
The debut CD has simple, but beautiful artwork – RTR logo occupies a lot of its cover. And that’s right – let people remember it. And there are CD, family photo inside and…a couple of business cards?
There are not only 13 original songs, but also 4 remixes by famous bands like Combicrhist, Noisuf-X, Alien Vampires and Seraphim System.
What do we have as result?
Peppy music, interesting line-up, well-organized promotion and simply open-hearted personal contact –these are strong sides of Rave the Reqviem. It’s easily to prophesy a long creative path for RTR with such foundation. 
And RTR has all the chances to avoid sameness – they can make the songs more “metal” with more various guitar parts, or they can become more “electronic”  and approach Celdweller, Pendulum etc. – there are many ways. And I believe that RTR will do everything rightly!
And now we are going to wait for their coming to check their live show. And there is no so much time to wait – RTR will visit Moscow in October, so I think we’ll meet them in MMM.Live soon. I describe all the details later. 
So, my musician-friends – if you released an album, short magazine’s reviews don’t disclose its essence and you want to find your audience – just message us! Send us PM in VK.com, Facebook or e-mail us by the links below, send us your CD and we will take your music to people. 
And I remind you that now we publish many interviews with a lot of interesting musicians in every issue or “Rockcor” magazine. 
So, will be great if you post in comments below you thoughts about new MMM format and our today’s guests – Rave the Reqviem.
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Miran was with you! Cya!
