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| 3.5 great | GamamJ | September 5th 20 |
Amazing album. Powerful vocals and a crushing sound. The gothic piano vibe really helps the atmosphere, but let's get straight to the point: Dobber Beverly! His drumming throughout is just incredible, and had basically all my attention. Syncopation all over gives the illusion of odd-meters though most of the record is rooted in 4/4 or 6/8. Truly amazing fills throughout, and general jazzy feel camping on the ride and all. Cover sucks.
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| 3.8 excellent | Trey STAFF | January 13th 23 |
I've been tracking this band for three albums now, and I've always had to fall back on their 'potential' to describe them. They've always been on the cusp of greatness, and each album has even had a few awesome songs, but no album has been consistent. That changes with their self-titled fourth release. They've finally dropped a vast majority of the death vocals and allowed their excellent vocalist, Cammie Gilbert, to shine. Their songwriting has also improved immensely. Previously, it sometimes felt like the music was aimless and there was very little in the way of memorable hooks. Not this time. Look no further than "A Return to the Earth Below" for this band's potential totally realized. Musically, the band finally feel like they're all on the same page instead of trying to pull the songs in multiple directions. Oceans of Slumber's self-titled album is one of the more unique 'doom' or 'post metal' albums to come out in a long time.
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| 3.0 good | hangth3dj | March 13th 21 |
Some very good moments on this album, but it is very long & does drag in places. Could definitely do with some trimming. Having said that, I feel this album could reward me further with repeated listens, so will return at some point.
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| 3.5 great | SgtShock | September 30th 20 |
Maybe I need to give it some more listens but the lyrics just do nothing for me. For
every sick line ("I pray for fire") there are twenty more that sound like they were
randomly plucked from dollar store fantasy novels. I think if they get some stronger
lyrics and emphasize the vox more with their instrumentation then their next album will
be hard to ignore.
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| 2.0 poor | YellowVoid | September 24th 20 |
I don't get the hype surrounding this album. It drags on way too long. Songs are bland. The emotion sounds forced.
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| 4.0 excellent | Dustx85 | February 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | July 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | January 15th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | December 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Amdusias | November 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | October 1st 20 |
| 3.5 great | hadriel | September 22nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Yoni91 | September 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | ghworin | September 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Macck | September 7th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Rodstar | September 5th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | LedZep94 | September 4th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | zzf1918 | September 3rd 20 |
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