Despite traveling even farther away from black metal's roots, Old Man's Child is still one of the consummate death metal acts, mainly because In Defiance of Existence remains as uncompromisingly vicious as it is confidently experimental.
Ambient keyboard swells rule the landscape, changing tempos and volume as often as necessary, but not too often to usurp the catchiness of the fast riffing and drum fills, making this disc the best of all worlds without sacrificing anything out of supposed contradictions.
In a genre that is either black or white, Old Man's Child has released a disc that resides in gray areas previously unexplored and even feared unattainable, making the transformation from pedigreed players living on reputation alone to a force to be reckoned with.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felonies of the Christian ArtGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 05:48 | 13 MB | 46 MB |
| 2 | Agony of Fallen GraceGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 3 | Black Seeds on Virgin SoilGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 4 | In Defiance of ExistenceGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 40 MB |
| 5 | Sacrifice of VengeanceGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | The Soul ReceiverGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 7 | In Quest of Enigmatic DreamsGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 00:51 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 8 | The Underworld DomainsGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 38 MB |
| 9 | Life DeprivedGalder | Old Man's Child | Play | 04:49 | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| 39 mins | 90 MB | |||||
| 39 mins | 318 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Barker | Drums, Group Member |
| 2 | Gus G. | Group Member, Guitar |
| 3 | Galder | Bass, Composer, Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Producer, Vocals |
| 4 | Gene Hoglan | Group Member |
| 5 | Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
| 6 | Jardar | Group Member, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 7 | Arnold Lindberg | Engineer, Mixing |
| 8 | Sebastian Ludvigsen | Photography |
| 9 | Fredrik Nordström | Producer |
| 10 | Old Man's Child | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Cristophe Szpajdel | Logo |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |