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Artist: The Agonist
Album: Lullabies For The Dormant Mind
Label: Century Media
Playtime: 43:41 min
Genre: Metal
URL: http://www.myspace.com/theagonist
Rip date: 2009-02-20
Street date: 2009-03-10
Size: 78.66 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 237 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

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Canadas most exciting female fronted export, THE AGONIST, strikes back with
their second full-length offering, Lullabies For The Dormant Mind, which
combines shredding leads with pure technicality, topped off with the
glamorous Alissa White-Gluzs brutal growls, as well as dramatically melodic
clean vocals, that take THE AGONIST to a new level of musical grandeur. It is
extremely rare to find an up-and-coming metal band taking strong political
stands, much less one thats led by a dominating, beautiful, edgy female.
This quartet delivers introspective, scathing lyrics, and their debut album,
Once Only Imagined, definitely caught peoples attention.

THE AGONIST, born in 2004, covers a wide range of styles from classical to
black metal. Their debut album, Once Only Imagined (2007), caught the eyes
and ears of many musicians and music fans alike, and their sophomore album,
Lullabies for the Dormant Mind, will once again prove the diverse talents of
these young musicians. The a cappella version of Tchaikovskys Swan Lake is
only one example of the bands musical abilities as it impressively exhibits
White-Gluzs mind blowing wide range of vocal skills and professionalism as a
singer.

Produced by Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy, Mythosis), Lullabies for the
Dormant Mind exposes new facets of the band and touches upon classical, jazz,
opera, grindcore, thrash and black metal influences in a complete metal opus.
Following a dark, twisted yet beautiful, surrealist visual concept from
Natalie Shau once again, THE AGONIST have created an uncomfortable yet
addictive setting for their metal. Lullabies For The Dormant Mind promises to
turn heads with its daring mix of moods and styles a challenging album well
ahead of its time.

White-Gluzs (who Revolver magazine recently hailed as One of the hottest
chicks in metal) vegan roots fuel her need to promote the protection of the
planet and its inhabitants, and she does so through this outlet. Along with
guitarist Danny Marino, bassist Chris Kells and drummer Simon McKay, each
member brings their own rich musical backgrounds to the table, creating the
perfect expression of melody and madness. Make no mistake, this is a
straight-up metal band that holds nothing back with one goal in mind: to make
music that is as catchy as it is heavy as sweet as it is loud and as angry
as it is melancholy.

THE AGONIST, known as being road warriors, toured relentlessly in support of
Once Only Imagined with a very diverse group of artists including Overkill,
Sonata Arctica, Enslaved, Arsis and The Faceless. This further proved that
their commanding and intense live performance can win over any crowd.
White-Gluzs uncompromising vision, intelligence and thought-provoking lyrics
has also helped garner some positive attention. Once Only Imagined tackled
some of societys biggest issues, including animal testing, drug abuse,
eating disorders, environmental protection and mans inhumanity towards
animals and each other. The bands ultimate goal, though, is simply to
encourage people to think for themselves.

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01. The Tempest (The Sirens Song The Banshees Cry) ( 4:46)
02. And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep ( 3:32)
03. Thank You, Pain ( 3:44)
04. Birds Elope With The Sun ( 4:29)
05. Waiting Out The Winter ( 4:03)
06. Martyr Art ( 4:31)
07. Globus Hystericus ( 3:41)
08. Swan Lake (A Capella) ( 2:54)
09. The Sentient ( 3:40)
10. When The Bough Breaks ( 4:13)
11. Chlorpromazine ( 4:08)

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