這十年間最精彩的重型作品 - Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
<p><b style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">小弟之 Review:</span><u><br></u></b></p><p><b style=""><u><br></u></b></p><p><b style=""><u>Night Is The NewDay</u></b></p>
<p>“The Great Cold Distance” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的成功</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">相信令不少人都會擔心</span> Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">下一張作品能否更上一層樓</span>. 2009 <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">年</span> 11<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">月</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">新作</span><span> </span>“Night Is The New Day” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">終於推出了</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">它雖說是</span> The Great Cold Distance <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的延續</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但它比</span><span> </span>“The Great Cold Distance”
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">更多元化</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">更加感性</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">而全碟的整體氣氛做出了作品主題的效果</span><span> </span>– <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">夜晚</span>.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">在一個</span> Katatonia<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的訪問中</span>, Jonas <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">及</span> Anders <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">皆說到對樂隊音樂上薰陶的來源</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">包括了</span> David Sylvian, The Cure,
Jeff Buckley, Red House Painter <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">等等</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">新作會有更多新嘗試</span>. </p>
<p>“Idle Blood” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">可算是全碟中</span>Katatonia
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">最明顯的新嘗試</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">一首</span> Folk Ballad <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">作品</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">一開始時那</span> acoustic <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">結他及</span> synthersizer <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">已帶出了那份憂鬱的感覺</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">而</span> Jonas <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">在這曲的唱功可說是更上一層樓</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">將歌曲那感情上波折的意識發揮得淋漓盡致</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">聽到眼濕濕</span>; “Nefilim” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">雖然沒有利用到任何激烈的唱法</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但卻加入了樂隊最早期極重型的</span> Doom Metal <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">元素</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">這是自</span><span> </span>“Brave Muder Day” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">後已再沒出現過, 新舊交替的一曲</span>. “Onward The Battles” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;"></span>Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">說是受</span> The Cure <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">所影響</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">可說的或許是那結他聲色及編曲確實有點相似吧</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但感覺當然比</span> The Cure <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">陰暗得多</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">亦是全碟最精彩歌曲之一</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">結構及歌詞雖然十分簡單</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但可聽性極高</span>, chorus <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">很像</span> soundtrack <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的結尾曲</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">中段所利用的一段</span> Synthersizer <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">在一片寂靜黑暗的環境下帶出了激昂的氣勢</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">結尾的則尤如散場</span>; <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">至於</span><span> </span>Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">之前一張</span>
Single “July” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">中的</span><span> </span>“Unfurl” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">為 "Night Is The New Day" 留下了伏線</span>, 大碟<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">內的</span> “The
Longest Year”, “The Promise of Deceit”, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">及</span><span> </span>“Departer” 等<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">皆充滿了</span>
Post Rock <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">及少許</span> Electro <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">味道</span>. <span style=""></span><span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">雖然 </span>Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">歌曲包含了文中上述那些大師級的音樂元素</span>, Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的出產仍然是</span> Katatonia<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;"> 獨有的聲音</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">依舊陰沉</span>,<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">黑暗而浪漫</span>. <span style=""> <br></span></p>
<p> “Night Is The New Day” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">中不少歌曲如</span><span> </span>“Forsaker”, “Nefilim”, “Liberation” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">都有重型激烈及柔和的一面</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">成了一個強烈對比</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但這沒有令</span> Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的音樂變得古怪</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">反而增添了歌曲的起伏</span> ,<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">不會使整體感覺平淡如水而令人感到沉悶</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">而</span> Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的音樂仍然是根基於重型的結他</span> riff, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但柔和的部份則是來自那些甜美而感性的結他</span> solo, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">以</span><span> </span>“New Night” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">一曲的那段最為難忘</span>.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">要用一詞來型容</span> Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的音樂</span>, “Dark Romance”<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">是最好不過</span>. </p>
<p><span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">初初出道</span> Jonas <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">及</span> Anders<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;"> 只有</span> 16 <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">歲</span>
(<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">若再計樂隊前身</span>Melancholium <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">其實是</span> 12 <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">歲</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">嘩</span>!!),
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">來到今天已是</span> 30 <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">多歲的中佬</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">隨著年齡增長</span>,
Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的成員無論是個人及寫作方面亦變得成熟了</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">技術進步是一定的</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">製作比以前更認真</span>, Jonas <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">比以前唱得更深情</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">但歌詞方面更能反映了他們的人生經歷</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">包括感情</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">是令這作品歌曲更感性的原因之一</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">以下是我很欣賞的其中幾句</span>:</p>
<p>“I can see fire, when I fall behind. When I Give Up, my
thoughs redefined” <span style="font-weight: bold;">(The Longest Year)</span></p>
<p>“The love for life once bright, out of sight; a burning fuse
is the only flame I have….Idle the blood, a black state of mind, all dreams
left behind” <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Idle Blood)</span></p>
<p>“My beloved one, if you were here you’d find that I’m not
feeling well, but that I will have to go on” <span style="font-weight: bold;">(New Night)</span></p>
<p>Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">再一次作出了突破</span>,
<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">其好友</span> Opeth <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">的靈魂人物</span>Mikael Akerfeldt<span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">已說明</span><span> </span>“Night Is The New Day” <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">肯定是這十年來最精彩的重型作品</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">我贊同的同時</span>, <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">亦會想到究竟</span> Katatonia <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">會再有幾多個十年去為我們顯出偉大的重型黑暗音樂</span>
!!</p>
<p>P.S. <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">極限量</span>
Swedish Edition <span style="font-family: PMingLiU;">奉上</span> bonus
track “Ashen”…good luck!!</p>
<p>Recommend Tracks: All, especially The Longest Year, Idle
Blood, Onward Into Battle, Nephilim, New Night, Inheritance</p>
<p><br></p><p>Grade: 99/100 </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>想更了解 Katatonia 的歷史可看我另一篇文章 Before The New Night: <a href="http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/lansmetal/article?mid=51">http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/lansmetal/article?mid=51</a><br></p><p><br></p> 小弟都苦無新歌可聽，gnr 高峰已過，nivirna又已成千古，aerosmith已經漸漸減產…
green day 又無聽開…
有機會無損分享… :lol
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