Eight Ways

Eight Ways
Eight Ways
Studio album by Madder Mortem
Released	11 May 2009
Genre	Progressive metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, doom metal, alternative metal
Length	64:17
Label	Peaceville
Madder Mortem chronology

Eight Ways is the fifth studio album by Madder Mortem, released on 16 June 2009. It was their second CD release on Peaceville Records.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Formaldehyde"	5:24
2.	"The Little Things"	4:59
3.	"Armour"	5:01
4.	"Resolution"	6:25
5.	"A Different Kind of Hell"	5:12
6.	"The Riddle Wants To Be"	4:08
7.	"Where Dream & Day Collide"	5:44
8.	"The Flesh, The Blood & The Man"	4:32
9.	"Get That Monster Out Of Here"	5:37
10.	"Life, Lust & Liberty"	4:19
11.	"All I Know"	3:48
12.	"The Eighth Wave"	9:14

Personnel[]

Madder Mortem ^[1]

– lead vocals
– Guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
– Guitars
– bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
– drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

Produced by Madder Mortem
Engineered by
Mixed by
Mastering - Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering, California, U.S.A

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	^[3]
Metalrage.com	85/100^[4]
Metalunderground.com	4/5^[5]
Sputnikmusic

On Sputnikmusic, the album is rated 4 out of 5 or "Excellent":

"Eight Ways is hard to pinpoint as far as its status of enjoyment goes because its melding of unconventionalities with dynamic clichés is frankly remarkable. Think what you may, you’ve never heard something like this before. [...] Madder Mortem is without doubt a black sheep in the metal scene, and that’s just how it should be because not everyone can appreciate such rare flowers."
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Likewise, Metalunderground.com also rates the album 4 out of 5, "Excellent":

"Their fifth studio album, 'Eight Ways,' is the type of album that takes a few listens to sink in, but once it does, the result is one of deep satisfaction.
[...] The band has a tendency to jam a lot of content into one song, and with the average song length being over five minutes, the first listen may not sink in all the sharp turns taken with the songwriting. The transition from smooth jazz to harsh guitar tones and screaming vocals may prove to be jarring in the beginning, but as time goes on, everything starts to click and the album begins to make sense, piece by piece, minute by minute." ^[5]

References[]

^ http://www.maddermortem.com
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^ http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-5821_madder_mortem_eight_ways.aspx
^ https://www.metalrage.com/reviews/2951/madder-mortem-eight-ways.html
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Madder Mortem - Eight Ways". Metalunderground.com. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Madder Mortem - Eight Ways". Sputnikmusic.com. 2009-07-152. Retrieved 2013-02-09. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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[Metalunderground.com-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Madder Mortem - Eight Ways". Metalunderground.com. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2013-02-09.

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Studio albums	Mercury (1999) All Flesh Is Grass (2001) Deadlands (2002) Desiderata (2006) Eight Ways (2009) Red in Tooth and Claw (2016) Marrow (2018)
EPs	Where Dream and Day Collide (2010)