Delain - The Human Contradiction

As Dutch symphonic metallers Delain embark on their long awaited tour with Within Temptation their brand new album The Human Contradiction hits the UK shelves and online retailers today.

The album opens up with Here Come The Vultures; the gentle yet dramatic opening of the song reminded me of the theme to Edward Scissorhands and I can imagine this song going down well with the audiences on their tour. It’s a very diverse track that kicks off the album very strongly.  The album’s title The Human Contradiction is demonstrated through tracks such as Here Come The Vultures, Your Body Is A Battleground and Army Of Dolls. As Charlotte Wessells herself explained the album is about the contradiction between human and non human nature and these songs demonstrate this perfectly through the lyrics.

My personal favourite songs on the album are Army Of Dolls, Sing To Me and Here Come The Vultures. I love the melody for Army Of Dolls, particularly the chorus as it still gives me goose bumps every time I hear it. Sing To Me features one of my personal favourite male vocalists Marco Hietala (Nightwish/Tarot/Northern Kings) and I love how he pulls his part of the song off exquisitely. Here Come The Vultures introduces us to the album with such style, diversity and it is a strange but a highlight none the less.

It vividly closes with The Tragedy Of The Commons featuring new Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White Gluz.

Overall a fantastic album from Delain. I am very much looking forward to hearing some of these new songs live this Saturday at Wembley [12th April 2014]. Be sure to catch them in a town near you. (see tour dates below)

Words by Charlotte Whittingham

Tour with Within Temptation

07.04.2014 Sporthalle, Hamburg (GER)
08.04.2014 Paladium, Cologne (GER)
09.04.2014 Arena, Ludwigsburg (GER)
11.04.2014 Apollo, Manchester (UK)
12.04.2014 Wembley Arena, London (UK)
14.04.2014 Academy, Newcastle (UK)
15.04.2014 Academy, Glasgow (UK)
16.04.2014 Academy, Birmingham (UK)
18.04.2014 Jarhunderthalle, Frankfurt (GER)
19.04.2014 Thueringenhalle, Erfurt (GER)
20.04.2014 Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER)
22.04.2014 Bikini, Toulouse (FRA)
24.04.2014 Radiant, Lyon (FRA)
25.04.2014 Zenith, Paris (FRA)
27.04.2014 Zenith, Nantes (FRA)
28.04.2014 L'aeroneuf, Lille (FRA)
29.04.2014 Lotto Arena, Antwerp (BE)
02.05.2014 Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (NE)

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