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Frost15
September 7th 2023


3622 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This never fully clicked with me but maybe I need to give it another chance. I mean, after The Mantle and Ashes I was too spoiled by this band. Releasing such monumental CDs in a row is nuts.

Faustian Echoes = The White >> This (in my memory)



And now thanks to this thread I found out they are back, wow... Let's just hope Serpent was a misstep and not a new direction.



Chippe
September 7th 2023


416 Comments


This never fully clicked with me but maybe I need to give it another chance. I mean, after The Mantle and Ashes I was too spoiled by this band. Releasing such monumental CDs in a row is nuts(2)

Please, release new material in the vein of these two masterpieces!

Demon of the Fall
September 7th 2023


35524 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is their second best release after Ashes.

DungeonBoy
September 7th 2023


9945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"Faustian Echoes = The White >> This (in my memory)"



This is a wild take my dude

Hawks
September 7th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm the only person around here that loves Serpent apparently.

Azazzel
September 7th 2023


937 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

the vanguard knows what's good. CD has never left my car since release and has led to some beautiful moments out in the wild

Zac124
November 2nd 2023


3108 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I feel like this album is slightly overlooked within their discog. Black Lake Niðstång is one of their best songs.

DungeonBoy
November 3rd 2023


9945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

How about that 2.5 review though?

0GuyMan0
November 6th 2023


4933 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I must be the only one who thinks this is their best.

Hawks
November 6th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Def not best but still amazing yeah.

pizzamachine
November 6th 2023


27668 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

A pleasant album but defs no Anal Cunt

Odal
Staff Reviewer
November 6th 2023


2370 Comments


This one's always a weird one for me.

The internet at large jumped on this far more than their other stuff and it's pretty dang good, but lacks some of the secret sauce and magic that their earlier albums did. I struggle to see how you could place this over Ashes, Mantle, or Folklore. It's leagues better than Serpent, but I do agree with the criticisms levied in the 2.5 review of a lot of the songs meandering a bit and refusing to commit to the promise that they show (versus, say, Serpent's songs that completely lack that promise). I would take the White EP over this, but it's still good

pizzamachine
November 6th 2023


27668 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

No you’re right, the fairy magic is gone

artiswar
November 6th 2023


14747 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I hated this album when it came out, it was just so dreary and self-indulgent after Ashes, but overtime it grew on me a lot. Transports me right back to winter of 2010

PizzaBear
November 6th 2023


678 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"It's leagues better than Serpent,"



Aaaaaand you lost me

porcupinetheater
November 6th 2023


11054 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

“This is their second best release after Ashes.”



So so close to the take, but oof, it’s second after Mantle

Hawks
November 6th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pale Folklore is best though.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
November 6th 2023


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Mantle as best anything is a cute high school take and I am here for that level of porc

Odal
Staff Reviewer
November 6th 2023


2370 Comments


It feels like such a cliche thing to say, but I really do think all three of their first three LP's can take the top spot in their catalog depending on the day.

Marrow is a great addition, but not in the conversation for me. Serpent is cheeks

Hawks
November 6th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I honestly don't get the Serpent hate lol. I've always loved it. Not as much as the others but still.



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