Fractured Insanity - Age Of Manipulation
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FRACTURED INSANITY – AGE OF MANIPULATION LABEL: XTREEM MUSIC RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 18th 2025
They dance upon their strings, limbs convulsing as I drum my fingers upon the charred arms of my throne. My words of poisoned honey slip into their ears, caressing their hearts with promises of wealth, fame and adoration…and there is no price they will not pay, no one they will not offer up upon my altar. I have conquered them with whispers and they have laid the bones of their loved ones at my feet. They have lit the fires of their immolation and scream for acceptance and recognition even as they burn. What a race of empty vessels, vacuous fools all ripe for the harvest…
Infamous Belgian death metal force, Fractured Insanity, celebrated their 20th anniversary of musical devastation this year - and marked that milestone by completing work on their incredible fifth album, Age Of Manipulation. This act of sonic warfare is a stunning display of brutality and creativity, an accomplished collection that clearly demonstrates all the experience that Fractured Insanity have accumulated over the last two decades. Beginning with the slow burn build and then explosive attack of ‘Exaltation Of A Fallen Glory’, with its headbanging death march of a chorus, Age Of Manipulation then proceeds to transmute into ever more powerful and formidable forms. ‘Divide And Conquer’ possesses a teeth-grinding intensity that threatens to peel the skin from your face with its remorseless velocity and neck-breaking gear changes, ‘The Hangman’s Chair’ is steeped in horror and propelled by some breathtaking drumming, while the album’s title track crushes you beneath the sheer weight of the guitars, like a monstrous behemoth striding through the broken bodies of the fallen. This album is shrouded in sinister atmosphere and wickedly inventive, with bewildering moments and shocking twists, yet it remains deeply rooted in the cold soil of classic death metal. There is no weak moment, no let up in the sheer obliterating magnificence as the highlights just keep coming – from the nightmarish splendour of ‘Slumber In The Deep’ with its gargantuan vocal performance and towering riffs, to the devastating masterstroke of soul-crushing death metal that is album climax, ‘We All Die In The End’.
Mixed and mastered at the renowned Hertz Studio in Poland, to whom the likes of Hour Of Penance, Vomit The Soul and Vader have also entrusted their albums, Age Of Manipulation sounds sharp and vicious, with a clarity that highlights the fantastic individual performances on display and the metallic muscle to knock you back in your seat. With a new deal signed with Xtreem Music, the label that released Fractured Insanity’s classic ‘Mass Awakeless’ and ‘Manmade Hell’ albums, Age Of Manipulation will be unleashed on February 18th on CD and digital formats. Prepare to fall to your broken knees before the might of death metal supremacy!
Genre: Death Metal
For fans of: Deicide | Nile | Behemoth | Hate Eternal Line-up:
Stefan Van Bael - Vocals/Bass
Jeroen Buysse - Guitar
Dieter Daems - Guitar
Ignace “Hammerman” Verstraete - Drums
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