Thursday 18 July 2019

Press: Roadie Metal - Review: Tatius Wolff - The Relapse (2019)

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One of the essential factors to Metal has always been the thrust of his emotions, experiences and embedded feelings in vigorous lines compositions, and of course this is also one of the elements present in the world musical creation in all styles, but the metal itself, It has a fluidity to the extremes of feeling like no other style, anger, despair, and all the peaks of human emotions are embedded easily and this is where I start the analysis of the first full-length, " the Relapse ", the Australian project Tatius Wolff , released on the last day June 8, 2019 independently.


Influenced by the wave of noventista gothic metal, melodic and progressive, m was founded in 2017 as the solo project of alternative metal Stephan 'Wolff' Borg inspired by Type O Negative, Tool, Nine Inch Nails and Deftones, a search for the mix of sounds flowing between silent interludes and more aggressive landscapes in a very characteristic identity.

I always mention how much I consider it important that the emotional aspirations to be used as combustion for music and inevitably also becomes a therapeutic process or a torment exhaust process and as I mentioned above we can say that Stephan knew employ this creation.
Stephan is a multi-instrumentalist from Sydney who grew up between the metal influences to join the band of Death and Doom Metal "Oblique Visions" as guitarist, with which it was launched the demo "The Fallen" in 1994, followed by the album "Seas of Serenity "in 1995.
in 1998 Stephan moved to Australia, which ended his involvement with the band and 17 would follow until the EP" thumbscrews "containing three single tracks were released in 2017 already as Tatius Wolff.




In the same year Stephan was hospitalized and went through all the turbulence that a debilitating disease submitted it on a journey of trials, tribulations, hope and despair. Feelings derived from the delay in recovery and instability vivid for those who face the struggles of becoming ill.
After the data run to the album starting with the cover that exemplifies picture indisputably where the foundations are in place, the phrase "For a good listener word half simply" can be used here and how not to mention that art is the exact album contents.



Start my hearing in " Auxilium ", an instrumental track from 4:35 traveling in oscillating guitars and setbacks in an atmosphere that awakens a feeling depressed and at the same time with fury, I confess that it is a time of uncertainty about what we will find the follow, but it's interesting how the nuances change through the " the Shock" Where you will find all of the above elements and influences but the way this is all grouped the listener is quite intriguing, so the instrumentation continuously diverge as the general representation of each style. We can define as follows, you will find a marked progressive presence with brief solos that flicker, the aggressiveness of Death rhythmic metal harsh and aggressive and a dissonance with the industrial pinches of Gothic Metal in its melancholic.
I like the distant keyboards introducing that run in sequence for more sharp lines, the first tone of the vocal comes here and although this stylized tone not like me much I still see him as a good fit the theme of the nuances developed.
We spent the " Recovery"And textured vocal is maintained while the battery work get more presence. There is plenty of counter-time at several points and sonoplásticos effects are employed in a synthetic sound.
" False Hope " comes to counter aspects of guitars that keeps more in the Death metal weight and can finally hear any more the voice of Stephan. A curiosity about Tatius Wolff is I have enough of the metal feel of bands like Godflesh in times of "Streetcleaner" in a blender with Tool in times of "The Pot", I just like to find in the foreground more vocal.
The title track, " The Relapse " is a bit darker turn and a distant gothic atmosphere is present but has lucid points lapses pianos.
Alternative Metal is something quite confusing in my opinion because it deals with almost mind - blowing pulsations of the human psyche and in fact it gets delirious tones even musically, sometimes even a bit incomprehensible, but it is nice to get to " Proelium " that holds only a diffuse instrumentation .
" Trauma " and is the point of this album where extreme confronts the most cynical depression Gothic Metal, and I like this contrast although I feel that is too abrupt between the passages of time within the range.



" The Tormentor " is quite different from all the rest is possibly the one that pleased me so far to contain a more consistent fit at all points, starting winding and developing more creatively within the styles mentioned. Extra point on the vocals that finally gain a most remarkable place. So far the best track on the album.
We finished the album in " Despair " with the metal in a more stimulating presence.
I must say that this is a rather curious album and a really good example for those who are familiar with the lines of the alternative metal. This is an album for more selective tastes in style but overall Stephan can take you to very distressing feelings and reflective with a taste trip to the '90s.




Note : 8/10

Track listing

1 - Auxilium
2 - The Shock
3 - Recovery
4 - False Hope
5 - The Relapse
6 - Proelium
7 - Trauma
8 - The Tormentor
9 - Despair

Band members

Stephan "Wolff" Borg - All instruments, lyrics and production

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