Mgla "Exercises In Futility" Northern Heritage Records (2015)

Hey Black Metal fans welcome at the review an amazing album, in the vein of Polish Black Metal this masters are: Mgła 

The strength of this poland band as far back with brutal and melodic riffs in the same parts songs, has always been the straightforward riffs and how they remain memorable, even when emphasized and repeated. Somehow, despite staying strictly confined to a melodic Black Metal realm leading to a similarity in theme between songs, this band has a multitude of tracks and moments for show our style. "Exercises in Futility" was released in september 4th, 2015, this album is classic band sound, this album is no exception to this; while my favorite tracks on this vinyl album were the first and last ones after the first few listens, 

I started gravitating towards "Exercises II" and "Exercises IV" once I had listened to the opener and closer way too many times, and then eventually the rest of the tracks grew on me once I gave them more time. Every track has something really cool to offer, which is something I couldn't even say about past Mgla album after all, but there are none to be found here. Exercises in Futility is surprisingly diverse despite remaining within the parameters of the band's style, and as a result it sounds the most well-rounded of any album they've put out.  

The track list in album is: 

Side A:

1. Exercises in Futility I

2. Exercises in Futility II

3. Exercises in Futility III

Side B:

4. Exercises in Futility IV

5. Exercises in Futility V

6. Exercises in Futility VI

Mgła line up in this record: 

Darkside: Drums

M: All vocals, Guitars & Bass

There are a couple extra spices that have been thrown into the mix that give Exercises in Futility its own flavor compared to Mgła's previous releases. Primarily the drums. Especially the drums. The way Darkside dances on the cymbals effortlessly to make the standard blast heavy black metal drumming really stick with you is awe-inspiring and persists throughout every song. The moments where the drums lay off the blasting for a little bit and settle into the pocket are great tension-releases, too, and the songs that have a mid-paced groove in them are on a whole new level as a result. I'm particularly thinking of the moments at the beginning of the album, the opening of the fifth track and the groove midway through the closing track--each one of these three segments of music is near-impossible not to bang your head to. It's rare that I find myself noting a black metal drummer having really interesting beats, but shit, this guy might be one of the most memorable drummers I've ever heard. The voice of "M" is really brutal, in the vein of Raw Black Metal and Depressive Suicide Black Metal without turning it. An amazing style 

The real beauty of Mgla lays in their songwriting, however. Because their riffs are so melodically similar to one another, they write songs that can take proper time and care to introduce the best riffs while still keeping every moment interesting in some way. They always write a hell of an epic closer, too (I'm starting to notice that I really like it when a band has a larger-than-life final track), and "Exercises VI" holds its own with the best of 'em. Starting off with a nice acoustic intro, a triumphant tremolo riff crashes in to introduce the black metal element, and then the song goes to a rolling double-kick while playing the distorted version of the opening riff. It sounds somewhat simple and mundane when I type it out, but I swear it's genius when you actually hear how it flows. 

Earlier Mgla was riffy and enjoyable on a more primitive level, but now that these guys have more patient songwriting everything stays as enjoyable on the twentieth spin as it was the first time around. "Mgla's third album shows them really maturing as a band and expanding on their earlier albums while staying true to their core" sounds like some stock music-journalist tripe and it pains me to even write a sentence like that, but at the same time I can't say it's incorrect. For me was a best Black Metal album in the 2015, for above others albums in the same style. Mgła is an awesome horde in the Black Metal scene in the world, all records are amazing and brutal, your fans are to much appear in the world at the last years. This is because your unholy hymns are present in the life of metalhead every time. 

Hailz Mgła 

This links is a from the album "Exercises In Futility".