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| 5.0 classic | God of terror, very low dost thou bring us, very low hast thou brought us | January 27th 21 |
I read a review online saying this sounds like a hidden gem from the early 90s found in a
Norweigan basement, and that's a neat description of this. It's black metal infused with some
classic heavy metal riffs. It's so weird yet so good I'm not hiding this is one of my fav black
metal albums of the last decade. It's raw production helps a lot for it's cult status aura. I'm
pretty sure this will be an underground classic someday.
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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | April 17th 19 |
An overextended and at times awkward early era black metal record with hints of speed/heavy metal, guitar leads that sounds thrown in at random and production that leaves a lot to be desired. It feels like Funereal Presence are caught in between two styles. At times their medieval sound works as a base to the speed/heavy metal guitar and at the very least is interesting. On the whole it sounds pasted together and haphazard and Funereal Presence are at their best when they stick to the fast-paced buzzsaw black metal riffs. When things slow down the lead guitar sounds very out of place and the band feels lost. The production does not help with the efforts to integrate all of the leads into an old-school black metal package. The leads sound very sharp in the mix and everything else comes off as fairly dull and flat. Last but not least, the pace and structure of the songs is so hit or miss. At times they lineup a few juxtaposed fast-slow-fast moments that create great movement evoking emotion but for the most part it just feels thrown together riff to riff. Great vocals, a lot of really good BM riffs and plenty of instrumentation that garners interest but in the end it feels way longer than 48 minutes and is just too haphazardly thrown together (oh, the cowbell actually works very well here).
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| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | December 11th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Lvxfra | October 24th 21 |
| 3.5 great | BeeRyan | December 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aeternal | September 11th 20 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | June 15th 20 |
| 3.5 great | kx8 | May 3rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | April 17th 20 |
| 3.5 great | rid | March 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | YUJOS | January 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Donchivo | December 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vamos | September 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | blou52 | July 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | May 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Daesu | April 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pon EMERITUS | April 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Elynna | March 20th 19 |
| 3.5 great | tyler | March 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | necropig | February 27th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Spluger | February 24th 19 |
| 3.0 good | gnimas | February 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | AntalWS | February 21st 19 |
| 5.0 classic | brnedr | February 12th 19 |
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