Album Rating: 4.0

Probably the best DM record of 2016. Words can't even describe the awesomeness of that opener.

Album Rating: 4.0

I went to the always reliable metal-archives to find some words for you:



"Each section expands into succeeding iterations often with overlaid leads capitalizing on buildup and summarizing intent to segue into increasingly more aberrant and tense forms, resulting in a consistent transfer of motion. All of these threads of development converge on slower, procession-like doom-dirges that settle and resolve preceding tensions and bring the songs to a severe, crushing sense of death-like closure."

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks, now I'm looking like a complete fool. : (

Album Rating: 4.0

Not at all.



It's impressive that you can rank the best DM albums of 2016. I don't even remember that year.

This is probably the best dm of the past several years, and probably including this one too.

Album Rating: 4.0

You are probably wrong.

It's definitely top five of the past five years, but there are a few that will/do give it a run for its money.

Album Rating: 4.5

Its happening, Im slappin a 5 on this asteroid.

Sweet. I should probs jam this again.

Album Rating: 4.5

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Track 1 is so damn good that I'd be willing to slap a 4.0 on it if it were advertised as a mini EP. The fact the rest of the album is just as good... MMMMMM.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah first track is one of the best dm songs ever tbh.

yeah, this is fucking awesome.
That album art alone just brings back memories of this metalhead family friend I had in the late 90's early 2000's that had a ton of obscure shit that had album covers like this and even kinda had the same production.

Stuff like this on paper I should hate, a bunch of nerds going back in time to play older DM that time has seemingly forgotten. So many genres do it and it's nothing more than kids playing music they were hardly old enough to remember.

But when you listen to it it actually works on so many levels here. I love me some modern metal but this is so much about the vibe outside of a nostalgia trip.

cruciamentum and Grave Miasma also get this type of sound right as well.

EDIT: forgot Horrendous as well are sweet

Album Rating: 4.5

Fuck yeah bro, was just about to jam some Cruciamentum actually.

Album Rating: 4.5

cruciamentum and Grave Miasma also get this type of sound right as well.



Hell yeah, along with these guys and Obliteration they are the torchbearers of throwback worship done right. Thing about good throwback worship is that the production values harken to days of yore but are - generally speaking - mixed much better thanks to technology but beyond that, bands like the aforementioned have a musical refinement that bands back then were simply not afforded because they were in the midst trailblazing new ideas, ideas that these aforementioned artists of the modern era now have the opportunity (and time) to lathe into absolute perfection.

Album Rating: 4.5

Can't wait until this band puts out some new stuff.

This band stands a bit more in a unique position considering this was all recorded analogue. I don't think those other bands do that.

obliteration and probably grave miasma do
e; jamming this now. don't think i've sat and listened to it this year

True, just looked it up and it seems Oblit do use (mostly) analogue apart from a hard-disk recorder. Never actually bothered looking into it before, I just remember this album was being marketed to highlight that fact over most other things so it seemed like it was a very uncommon thing

I can live with not having an analog production so long as they get the sound right. cruciamentum still have a very vintage sound but I see what u mean, the drums on this sound more organic than a Smith street fruit store.