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| Leviathan (band) ranked
Just as the title says. Wrest da gawd. | | 1 |  | Leviathan
The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide
1. After spending years releasing demos, Leviathan finally dropped this gem. Early on in his full length career, Wrest found the perfect blend of atmosphere and throat ripping black metal. There is no better example of this than on the masterful title track, which features eight minutes of breakneck speed black metal, followed by seven minutes, of a slower and more withdrawn Leviathan. This includes but isn't limited to some industrialized drum sounds and slow paced keyboards over some melodic riffing. Nostalgically, this was one of the first black metal albums I heard and it remains top tier for me. Also, it features some of the most cohesive bass work I've ever heard in the genre. | | 2 |  | Leviathan
Scar Sighted
After years of controversy and the often over looked TTTW record, Wrest channeled everything that made his work great in the past, polished it with improved production, more refined song writing and released his most diverse record. Tracks like The Smoke of Their Torment show Wrest as angry as ever and not afraid to go outside of the typical black metal sound to write a quality song. Yet on the other hand, songs like Dawn Vibration and A Veil is Lifted, find Wrest in his comfort zone, perfecting his craft. These two tracks would have fit perfectly on previous records such as MCAL. The glue that holds all of this together though is the final three tracks, a true ode to everything past and present that makes Leviathan great. They weave together so well, they could have made up one large track. Those that enjoyed the Lurker of Chalice project, will find a lot to love in the last section of this record. | | 3 |  | Leviathan
Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
What was once supposed to be the follow-up to the self titled Lurker of chalice record, eventually transformed into the third Leviathan full length. This record is so good it almost hurts having to put it as low as three but then again, that's also a toast to how consistent the project is with it's albums. It also should come as no surprise that this was originally intended as a LOC album as it may be the most atmospheric in the discography. The balance here between crushing riffs and rich atmosphere is perfected here. An example is Made as the Stale Wine of Wrath, the first six minutes are chaotic and heavy as the song thrashes along at breakneck speed. Yet above all that, hanging over its head like a mushroom cloud, is this atmospheric like dread, that after he six minute mark, completely engulfs the song and takes over with slow paced keyboards. The transition is perfect, well executed and never feels forced. This is a common theme on this record and it's biggest positive. | | 4 |  | Leviathan
Tentacles of Whorror
If you love your black metal full of catchy riffs, please start here with Leviathan. Featuring some of their easier to digest tracks like Heir to the Noose of Ghoul and Vexed and Vomit hexed are carried by these riffs mentioned above. This may be the catchiest Leviathan record and clearly by the album title, song titles and overall attitude in this record, Wrest doesn't seem to take himself as serious here as he has on other records. A really straight forward record, he did not try to follow the same exact formula that worked on TTSLOS and therefore managed to avoid the sophomore slump here. | | 5 |  | Leviathan
True Traitor, True Whore
Here we have it, the ugly duckling of Leviathans discography. While I do have it ranked last, this is by no means a bad record and I still find it highly enjoyable. The only issue here, is that the record suffers from inconsistency and a lack of cohesiveness. Some tracks like Shed This Skin seem to go nowhere, yet it followed up the incredible Contrary Pulse which is a well executed slab of atmospheric black metal. Therefore making this record just feel a little rushed. This is a Leviathan record that has some really great individual tracks but doesn't seem to have an identity. Does it want to be a straight forward black metal album (True Whorror)? Does it want to experiment with atmosphere (Harlot Rises)? It never really answers these questions because it doesn't spend enough time carving out these ideas. Still a worthy addition to his discography though. | |
DoctorDoom
07.21.15 | I love this band so damn much. | EvoHavok
07.21.15 | Only know 2, but cool list. | SCREAM!
07.21.15 | Sweet list man. Your sound offs are very well written. Gonna jam a few of these this afternoon m/ | SCREAM!
07.21.15 | Still haven't gotten around to 5 though...It's reputation kept me away from it for a long time. I'll have to correct that sooner rather than later | DoctorDoom
07.21.15 | Not a bad record at all, like I said just a little rushed. There are some great individual tracks and some really memorable parts. I have it at a 3.5/5 | SCREAM!
07.21.15 | Planning on checking it out. Would love to get some Leviathan merch too. All I have so far is the cd box of his new album. His stuff tends to have really great artwork | DoctorDoom
07.21.15 | Yeah, I'd love a tenth sub level long sleeve or something. | hal1ax
07.21.15 | nice ranking dude! massive conspiracy barely beats out scar sighted for me though. | hal1ax
07.21.15 | and did u not rank Howl Mockery because its technically a compilation ? cuz thats in my top 3 of his works | MoosechriS
07.21.15 | Urgh, such a good band. Nice list dude | SCREAM!
07.21.15 | Would've been interesting to have the demos/eps worked into this as well but a lot more work for the list maker haha | DoctorDoom
07.21.15 | Thanks, guys. Yeah I'm gonna do a separate one for eps, demos, compilations etc etc. agree that record rules. His ambient record would also be top five overall | adr
07.21.15 | Cool list heard only his new one tho. Will listen 1 and 3 soon :] | DoctorDoom
07.21.15 | Highly recommend both, dude. It was a tough choice deciding which one was two and which was three. | Nocturnalize
07.21.15 | 1 is my favourite black metal album | puntugruhm
07.21.15 | have you only heard these 5 albums? | DoctorDoom
07.21.15 | No, I just did their full length albums, didn't do compilations, demos, eps, etc etc. | hal1ax
07.21.15 | oh shit you said that he has an ambient record? i have not heard this.. any good? | DoctorDoom
07.22.15 | Incredibly good, I absolutely love it. Highly recommend. | Gameofmetal
07.22.15 | drop 1 behind 2 and 3 and you have mine
yea i used to think true traitor was shit but it has some great tracks along with some bad ones | DoctorDoom
07.28.15 | Yeah, it's just the lack of consistent that kills it. Also bumping this list because I love talking about Leviathan. | Gameofmetal
07.28.15 | thinking i need to buy 2 since i cant find a torrent for it but ive bought too many albums lately and need to save money :( | DoctorDoom
07.28.15 | Holy mountain printing has some great leviathan merch if you're looking. Do you know if this has gotten a vinyl release? Can't find it, an absolutely need it. | Gameofmetal
07.28.15 | no idea, i dont really keep up with vinyl. been wanting to start collecting for a while but it seems like a bit of a pricey hobby to start at the moment | SCREAM!
07.28.15 | as far as I know they've only done 2 as a cd box | DoctorDoom
07.28.15 | Yeah it is pricey, I go in an out of phases of buying records. Yeah the dc box looks really cool. The whole release feels really well thought out. |
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