 
Finish technical metal gods Medeia are back with
their fourth studio album ‘Iconoclastic’
which is a ten track long album which runs for
just over 40minutes and has Cleary been created
to be listened to at full volume as Medeia really
have gone all out with big frantic riffs and general
beefy soundscapes.
The album opens with the title track ‘Iconoclastic’
and what an opening it is, the song is full of
big in your face guitar riffs which are seriously
never ending, big drum beats and big gruff agressive
vocals from Keijo Niinimaa, instrumentally in
places the band remind me of my favourite Canadian
metallers Protest The Hero and that is mainly
due to the technicality of their riffs but what
sets Medeia apart from Protest The Hero here is
their sheer heaviness and big growly vocals which
has been taken to the next level.
‘A Waste Of Skin’ opens with a similar
style of technicality as the six members that
make up Medeia go all out in a mad jamming rage
creating big brutal sounds. ‘Dethroned’
is a full on brutal short song where Medeia really
do bring the noise. ‘The Dominant Species’
opens with a beautiful sounding guitar intro and
massive growls from Keijo Niinimaa and as the
song progresses once again the band show off just
how technical they can be.
‘Sleep’ happens to be the track which
stands out the most on the album as it is easily
the most accessible track and one that I can see
people listening to again and again as it features
the heaviness we have come to expect from Medeia
from now but in places the song get’s melodic
especially when the softer sounding female vocals
come in which works so well alongside the aggressive
vocals of Keijo Niinimaa.
Overall ‘Iconoclastic’ is a solid
metal album where each and every member of Medeia
shows off their skills and how talented they are
as a band and the only negative point I can find
within the album is that it is quite samey in
places but that is soon forgotten when you get
lost in Medeia’s aggressive sounds for the
best part of 40minutes.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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