Madder Mortem
Disiderata

Release date: March 27th 2006
Label:
Peaceville
Distribution:
VME (Denmark)

Website:
www.maddermortem.com
Style:
Nu-goth-thrash

Rating: 49/100
Cover artwork rating:
70/100
Reviewed by:
Thomas Nielsen
Date:
May 29th 2006

Now, I don’t particularly enjoy being negative, especially not when reviewing bands that have been in play for a long time and did their share.  

In the case of Norwegian Madder Mortem’s latest outing, “Desiderata”, you constantly think “this is beginning to sound cool”, but, you know, it just doesn’t.  

There are mad bits and there are raw bits in the band’s blend of nu-thrash and goth, but it’s so disparate and fragmented that it turns out to be more annoying than anything else. And front wailer Agnete’s voice easily gets on my tits for some reason. Perhaps I’m just an idiot who fails to recognise a brilliant band, but fact is that I don’t get it.