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| 4.5 superb | Steev | May 28th 15 |
Hard to find the words to describe this music... If I had to try though, i'd say it sounds as
though Arcturus and Unexpect decided to have a baby with Kauan as the surrogate mother. The result
is an oddly effective mish-mash of experimental/symphonic doom metal that will leave your mind a-
boggle.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | August 14th 15 |
I hate the term "Alien Metal". It writes a check that basically can't be cashed when bands like Rings Of Saturn call themselves that. It's worth mentioning, then, that they literally have no stake in that claim when bands like Oxxo Xoox are around. This is the closest thing to "Alien Metal" that I've ever heard. The band never makes such a statement, but the fact that they created their own language to sing with, and have such an avant-garde take on epic doom metal is all the proof I need. There really isn't a way that I can relay all of this to you without you actually hearing it, though. It's actually quite hard to describe in words how weird and yet so, so fun this music is. The length may seem daunting, but this is an album that is pretty easy to get lost into. It's a bit of a slow burner, though, as things start out pretty good, but don't get especially serious until "Da I Lun". The fact that it is in an esoteric tongue has its vice, though, as the lyrics basically mean nothing. Still, the music behind it sounds incredible, and the vocalists are pretty good regardless. As it stands, Namidae is one of the most interesting pieces of metal I've heard in a while, and certainly one of the coolest metal albums this year.
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| 4.5 superb | MikeNew | July 14th 15 |
I've never been this amazed for a doom metal album. Just wow, high AOTY contender for me.
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| 4.5 superb | Azazzel | September 15th 23 |
all futures already exist. insanely cool and coherent avant-psych bm
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| 2.5 average | stabbler | February 11th 17 |
why did it need to be so long and repetitiverwhy did it need to be so long and repetitiverwhy did it need to be so long and repetitive why did it need to be so long and repetitive
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| 3.5 great | leycec | September 20th 15 |
A bit disappointed, actually. I expected UnExpect meets Lost Paradise; I got Lost Paradise with time changes (which is good) but without the emotional engagement (which is really, really bad) or unorthodox wittiness of UnExpect (which is neither good nor bad). It's clear that Oxxo Xoox spent an obsessive amount of time laboriously constructing this -- from the constructed language up to the actual compositions themselves. It's also clear this isn't terribly fun. At least, not for me. A 3.5 is nonetheless warranted for the tremendous effort on display here.
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| 4.5 superb | JasonCarne | July 17th 15 |
Holy shit, this is really cool, one of the most unique records of the year. Not even sure what to
rate it yet but people should listen, seriously. They invented their own damn language for this,
it's super weird but awesome at the same time.
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| 3.5 great | Hawks | September 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | arf | December 15th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 19th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | August 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Suyan | February 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | May 31st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | progsun | December 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | February 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Dizchu | February 11th 16 |
| 2.5 average | advate | November 2nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Escain | July 15th 15 |
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