Lego

While at the "Tribe" period there were no words to reflect the greatness and ingenuity of Italians' music, in the case of "Lego" there are also no words...but in a completely opposite sense - for a dramatic reduction of the general level. After a rather average reception of "Crust" (interestingly, in some groups it was considered brilliant - and this is absurd like premium products from Biedra [company of the cheapest shops in Poland]) and minor line-up changes (Oinos was replaced by Alessio Spallarossa), the Tommy Talamanca's band decided to go crazy with experiments, immersing themself in a completely different style. It took them for quite fashionable and sought-after sounds in the 00s.

Well, the band decided to go into...nu-metal with industrial influences (?), completely rejecting the earlier, progressive style! What was the purpose of such an absurd transformation, hard to guess (known as - $$$), but the problem is that...this style does not make me feel at the greatest bands from this trend! - so it's hard to find a rational approach. What's worse, with Sadist, the matter looks even more unfavorable if you look at the instrumentalists' technique and the general, earlier cds. Against the background of the brilliant "Above The Light" and "Tribe", such a turn in search of a "new face" appears like a punch right in the face for fans of twisted or related to previous longs prog-death metal playing. Well, with the content of "Lego", "Crust" seems to be quite decent and reasonably diverse material! In the case of this album, unfortunately, there is nothing to worth paying attention to - they are all very bad. Fabulous technique, neoclassical melodies, intriguing atmosphere, all these elements evaporated in favor of repetitive, shredded riffs, tired singing in the style of Jonathan Davis (with additional, pissing-off groans), a quasi-psychedelic atmosphere and kitschy keyboards similar to a Rammstein parody. And for dessert - the album lasts nearly 70 minutes.

However, the worst thing was that so many negative words must have fallen under one of my favorite prog-death bands. Well, the standards of the previous recordings and the departure of the Italians into nu-metal led the band to a drastic drop in quality, and as a result, that Sadist only a year later split-up. Fortunately, after the reactivation, similar incidents did not occur anymore.

Originally on: https://subiektywnymetal.blogspot.com/2021/11/sadist-lego-2000.html