The Didact

This article is about progressive metal album The Didact. For other uses, see Didacticism.


The Didact
Studio album by Means End
Released May 1, 2013
Genre Progressive metal
Length 51:24
Label Independent, Rogue Records America
Producer Acle Kahney
Means End chronology
EP
(2012)
The Didact
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sputnikmusic link
The Circle Pit link
got-djent link

The Didact is the self-produced debut album by Swedish progressive metal band, Means End, released in 2013. The album name "The Didact" derives from the Ancient Greek word, "didaktikós", meaning to instruct or be taught.

Musical and lyrical style

The album contains intellectual and philosophical lyrics about numerous topics and melds them together as the lines between humanity and technology are thinned.[1] The instrumentation incorporates electronic choirs, polyrhythmic riffs, jazz-influenced bass lines, and dynamic vocals among many other things The album also features a linear tempo rendition of Nox Aurumque, originally composed by Eric Whitacre.[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Candle in The Dark"   3:23
2. "Omega Barrier"   4:10
3. "Crimson Interloper"   3:36
4. "Aeronaut"   3:55
5. "Prometheus"   3:53
6. "Mourning Star"   3:57
7. "Magnanimous"   4:49
8. "Lied Von Leid"   4:06
9. "Nox Aurumque"   5:12
10. "Sun Wukong"   5:08
11. "Arbiter Of Time"   4:29
12. "To Love"   4:46
Total length:
51:24

Personnel


Acle Kahney (member of Tesseract, ex-Fellsilent), of 4D studios, mixed and mastered this album.[3][4]

References

  1. Robert Luciani vocalist of Means End on the Big Plantation. 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  2. Means End Bandcamp page.
  3. MEANS END EP The Circle Pit. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  4. The Didact got-djent page. 2013-04-01.

External links

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