Confront Hate - Diabolical Disguise of Madness

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Este é um grande disco de uma banda que tem passado um pouco despercebida em Portugal apesar dos inúmeros elogios ao seu trabalho lá fora.

Aqui ficam algumas das notas e comentários feitos ao disco:

9/10 - Medicine Metal (Germany)
7.5/10 - Pavillon 666 (France)
4.5/5 - Metal France (France)
7/10 - Bloodchamber (Germany)
7/10 - Metal.de (Germany)


Overall this is an amazing album and one I would recommend everyone should go out and buy. It is a brilliant mix of death and prog and lends itself very well to fans of Opeth and Gojira. It was recently released by Hell Xis Records.
Crave Metal (UK)

This is pretty heavy, crunching metal that knows how to bring in the right hooks to keep listeners gravitated rather than just repeating the same three or four riffs with vocals shouting over them. CONFRONT HATE’s album is certainly angry, but cleverly constructed to make one want to pay attention to their messages behind the music. It’s rare a debut comes off this strong, but when it does, it is certainly worth checking out. Fans of thrash metal, groove metal, or even modern metal in general will find this quite appealing.
Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

If you like groove metal or any of the said similar bands you should really check this album out because it is very good. Maybe not as much madness as I had hoped but a collection of eight good songs is never wrong.
Hallowed (Sweden)

Their first full-length, Diabolical Disguise of Madness, is a cyclone that’s sucking them into a cyclical hell of spirals.
The New Review (UK)


O disco pode ser adquirido aqui: http://www.hellxis.com/loja-online/musi ... f-madness/

[ScratchtheSurface]

Critica no site Blistering / http://www.blistering.com

It’s not all that often I get to hear what’s happening in the metal scene in Portugal, so I was quite keen to hear what Confront Hate had to offer on their debut full-length effort Diabolical Disguise Of Madness – the follow up to their self-titled EP from 2007.

Playing a mix of thrash and groove metal, it doesn’t take a huge amount of thinking to ascertain exactly what sort of band have played their part in influencing Confront Hate’s chosen style of music. Essentially what you have here is a mix of Pissing Razors, Pantera, Meshuggah and Divine Heresy, without sounding like any one of the bands directly. What this means in a lot of other ways too is that while the are competent at what they do, they certainly don’t have enough originality in their song writing to really make their songs stand out as anything remarkable or memorable.

After a short build up to ease listeners into the album (by way of the instrumental piece “Sokenra”), the band fully get the album underway in a heavy fashion with the fast-paced “Hate Will Never Die.” Brutal, full of crushing grooves and layered in a suffocatingly thick production, “Hate Will Never Die” is a solid track, and one that definitely gets the album off to a trustworthy start. But in terms of really latching into your mind after it’s finished, the song does lack a little in terms of a memorable chorus.

Right from the outset, it’s clear that Confront Hate are all about locking into a tight groove and running with it. And nowhere is it more noticeable than in tracks such as “Corrupted Desire,” “Conception” and “New Divine Shadow.” Precise riffs and a tight knit rhythm section is what the band really excels at delivering. But in terms of writing hooks (both within the choruses and on the riff front), the band still haven’t quite managed to find their niche.

The instrumental “Love Grows Cold” is a cool breather around the latter-half of the album, and serves nicely as a precursor to the title track, which is easily one of the more memorable efforts on the album with its jagged Meshuggah-like time changes, its extra measure of aggression and a chorus that does actually have some distinct sense of melody.

Unfortunately, the album ends on a bit of a confused note, with the band’s attempts to combine some progressive elements (ala Devin Townsend) with some heavier sounds on “Feeling The Silence” sounding ill-fitting. And as for the six minutes of silence at the end (which eventually makes way for a brief guitar effect right at the end), well it comes across as pointless filler.

Confront Hate have all the makings of a great band, but still need to work on writing songs that grab the listener rather than simply pass by without having an impact. Overall, Diabolical Disguise Of Madness is a good solid album, but also one that doesn’t really boast any moments that can be remembered once it’s finished.

[ScratchtheSurface]

Critica no site Metal Underground (US) / http://www.metalunderground.com

Plenty of interesting metal has been coming out of the Iberian peninsula, including the addition of Portugal's Confront Hate to the metalcore genre. Their debut full-length, "Diabolical Disguise of Madness," adds a certain level of polish and authenticity to that often-maligned sub-genre, for the most part giving a fairly decent factor of depth to the songs.

"Sokenra" starts the album by building an instrumental of subtle guitar strains that escalate into a stark landscape of leads and chords. What makes it listenable is the way the leads and rhythm are stacked and reverbed, making it sound akin to a synthesizer. They aim to convey desperation and alienation, and the whole release has bleak feel to it that at times is chunky and riff-heavy like Meshuggah, but mechanized like Fear Factory. The theme of disenfranchisement is loud and clear in "Love Grows Cold," another instrumental track whose lone guitar riffing builds from wind and thunder into the requisite breakdowns one finds in -core metal.

The balance of the material contains vocalization that usually hits the mark in the way the singer belts out a gruff menacing spew of vitriol, similar to Machine Head. On the faster tracks, like "Conception," he's in his element, but when the slower segments come into play, it doesn't always jar. Those spoken-style lyrics on that song remind me of "Hangar 18" and sound out of place amongst the choppy tempo. Basically, I know they're trying to change it up on the songs, so it isn't all a traditional metalcore blueprint of "Corrupted Desire" or "Hate Will Never Die" - wanting to add more than a swift gait of shouts, breakdowns and a few subdued choruses.

The title track is definitely my favorite, since it integrates so many elements together. It fades in on a cloud of spacey vocals complemented by atonal guitar interludes that switch off with the stampeding rhythm. "New Divine Shadow" is also pretty good with its screeching, trebled leads, loud hammering chords and a rant about DNA. The longest song is the 13-minute opus "Feeling the Silence," which leaves you with more questions than requitement. Confront Hate sound like they're aiming for a unique, distinct sound with this one, but this song needs to make up its mind. The distant-sounding guitar gives way to a "stay with me" chorus that pegs higher notes like retro metal, but then abruptly dissolves into a lead loop. Then seven minutes into the song, it goes quiet - with no reprise. Next follows six minutes of dead air, which makes me think they have been listening to "The Misinterpretation of Silence" by Type O Negative.

Confront Hate has the basic metal hardcore sound down and make a lot of attempts towards rendering it interesting with a variety of elements. The key is, don't add too much unless you can really integrate it all. They do well on certain tracks when they don't try to be overzealous about it all and keep it simple.

Highs: Decent metalcore that adds depth to the simplicity of the genre

Lows: Many elements they try to add come off sounding obtuse

Bottom line: Fairly accomplished for a freshman effort and should be interesting to see what they put out next

[ScratchtheSurface]

Critica no site Sea of Tranquility | http://www.seaoftranquility.org

Confront Hate is a Portuguese metalcore band with an American sound. Diabolical Disguise of Madness is their new debut album which conveys a heavy and energetic sound, although less commercial than bands like Killswitch Engage. There are noticeable influences from KsE, and other similar metalcore bands such as As I Lay Dying. The song "Corrupted Desire" is a particularly enjoyable song that opens with a lowpass filter that fades into the full frequency of the song. This change between being muffled and completely open sounds huge comparatively. There's a lot of low palm-muted powerchords amongst harmonized lead guitar parts, and an epic chord progression underneath the solo that evokes an adventurous feel. "New Divine Shadow" seems to be influenced by Lamb of God as there are some similar riffs and vocal expressions used.

The title track "Diabolical Disguise of Madness" begins in a much more cinematic manner, and prior to "Feeling the Silence", is the longest track. Most of them range between 3 to 4 minutes. The short length allows a more concise sound which is abandoned for the last couple songs. Naturally, this extension of length makes the final two closing songs seem a lot more progressive. Strangely, the final two songs add up to almost half of the total length of 'Diabolical Disguise of Madness', which calls into question whether you could consider Confront Hate a metalcore band, or go as far as to call them progressive metal. It's an interesting concept, and the final two songs are impressively constructed and deserving of the progressive adjective. If Confront Hate had used a similar writing style for the majority of the album, however, it probably would have been a lot more consistent and enjoyable as a whole. The two "halves" are enjoyable, certainly, but they're two opposite sides of a coin. Also, half of "Feeling the Silence" is... silence. Not particularly exciting silence, and perhaps only slightly progressive. Ultimately, it seems like a gratuitous attempt to get the length up to 13:37. Very funny. Confront Hate taps into some interesting territory and put their personality into the songwriting while paying homage to some other bands in the metalcore genre. Diabolical Disguise of Madness is a wild ride with a few gems and good production that you won't regret checking out if you're into metalcore.

[ScratchtheSurface]

Não é bem uma opinião do disco mas quem quiser ouvir a entrevista dos António Freitas da Alta Tensão ao vocalista dos Confront Hate David Rosa aqui fica link do programa: http://www0.rtp.pt/multimediahtml/audio ... 9-30/98239

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Confront Hate - "Diabolic Disguice of Madness" Review

"Nos últimos anos têm saído vários álbuns de óptima qualidade nas vertentes mais contemporâneas do thrash e death metal, por parte de bandas portuguesas. Groove e modernidade são as palavras que unem estes grupos nacionais, mas cada um tem a sua personalidade própria, embora em grande parte das vezes as infuências musicais são semelhantes. São de bandas como Switchtense, W.A.K.O., Seven Stitches, Revolution Within, The Ransack, Grimlet, Blacksunrise e Echidna, entre outros, que estou a falar e que de há alguns anos para cá foram marcando o panorama de peso nacional, ao editarem álbuns de grande valia. Além destes, anteriormente já tínamos os RAMP e Mindlock, bandas já mais veteranas, a dar cartas na vertente mais modernizada do thrash. Além disso há outras bandas emergentes que ainda não editaram o seu longa duração de estreia como os Gates of Hell, Blackswan, Biolence e Final Mercy e que certamente irão deixar a sua marca futuramente, pela sua qualidade.
Mas o que interessa aqui é mesmo falar dos Confront Hate, a banda em análise nesta crítica. Este colectivo de Faro, vem sem dúvida acrescentar qualidade à cena de peso contemporâneo atrás falada, sendo um nome a colocar junto aos primeiros grupos que mencionei.(...)"

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