Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh – Magma

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh – Magma
Best Song: Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn West


Magma is probably the most pretentious band in the world. A French progrock group that sings in a language they made up whose songs are about an Apocalyptic future. Wait don’t run! Once you get over the fact that these guys must have had an ego the size of the International Space Station you realize that it is no different then listening to music in a foreign language. It just means that you need to focus solely on the music since you won’t be able to tell what is going on.

And the music is pretty good. Not great but very epic and Wagner like. In fact that is the best way to describe what Magma is trying to do here; update Wagner. And they basically succeed without a hitch. You should think of this as one long piece with several different “movements” instead of as individual songs. Out of all the movements my favorites are the first two, since they are the most varied. It does start to get very monotonous towards the end and the entire album seldom rises above interesting background music so don’t expect a master piece. Not great but not bad, just something completely different.