Assassine(s)

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Assassine(s) refers to the French word, which comes from the Latin term 'assassinus' and French is a romance language, a product of Latin. In English, it only refers to the murdering of 'important' political figures (they are all liars and do not care about the people, democracy is not even real) or contract/hired killers/hitmans. 'Asesino', the verb being 'asesinar' is also a more serious word for killing/murdering in a violent context tied with treason in Spanish, which is also a romance language. Therefore, Celeste are basically calling us murderers and our own traitors besides animals which circles back to Animale(s) and the tangent on Morte(s) Née(s). The artwork features extensive (female) nudity and various male hands scrutinising her body. Could be interpreted as the murder of innocence. Musically the record sounds more 'cohesive' and 'consistent' (it is also their shortest since Morte(s) Née(s)). The tremolo picking melodies became more melodic. For the first time, they included female clean vocals on one of the songs, which only serves as a way to make their music even creepier and more messed up. The vocals keep getting more and more black metal-like with each passing record, but still displaying their usual screamo influence. There are still breakdowns present as well as dissonance. The drumming is still as complex and hard-hitting as ever. Johan even sounds like a realised bassist here considering he previously only used to sing. The record is not tamer or more accessible than past ones. All the intensity and suffocating atmosphere is still there. Just achieved through different means.

via Last.fm

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