Malnatt - Happy Days

Malnatt is folk black metal with a kind of symphonic fury to it. This band has 6 members to give a nice robust sound. They sound kinda like Therion, or Satyricon, maybe Naglfar, a little more synthy than those bands though. The piano parts are very fitting and the horns sound authentic.

"Happy Days" is the the third full-length release from Malnatt and the name is taken from Samuel Beckett's 1961 play rather than the T.V. sitcom with Fonzie. Anyhow, the mood of this album is a lot more melancholy than the title would suggest and the lyrics effectively convey gloomy and nihilistic themes.

The music is well-produced, but not too polished black metal. It could only stand improvement with the addition of some guitar leads and maybe more tunes like the eighth track, "Il Mio Cranio" which has a more straight-ahead rock feel to it like a Dimmu song or something.

1. Pornokrator - Inno Della Gioventu Malnetta
2. Eretico Ermetico Ermaneutico
3. Montezuma
4. Al Terz Inper
5. Malleus Male Fica Rum
6. Manfredi 2.2
7. Un Minuto Di Assenzio
8. Il Mio Cranio
9. Finale Dipartita

CCP Records
Reviewer: mykke
Feb 26, 2009
Next review: Malkavian - Demo 2002

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