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Borknagar Urd
2.5
04.27.12
Sentenced To Dissection Between the Worlds
To be honest, I only listened to a minute and it was so awful that I couldn't continue. I justify my rating in part based on the shitty band name.		1
03.27.12
Lantlos Agape
You know your album sucks when you've contrived to make the interesting song ("White Miasma") a bonus track. The other five songs just kind of wander here and there, really insipid really.		2
03.16.12
Scale The Summit The Collective
Believe it. Instrumental metal on a par with Canvas Solaris, which for my money was the best and most consistent instrumental metal band out there. Gorgeous melodies, excellent group dynamics, memorable passages abound. "Black Hills" is my personal favorite song, yours may vary.		4
02.21.12
Alcest Les Voyages De L'Ame
I had a hard time settling on a rating for this one. This is very professionally executed, the atmosphere created is great, and I'm really digging this subgenre right now. I rate the album's second track as the best song in Alcest's catalogue--from the unique manner of the harsh vocals coming in to the layering of guitars (a la Agalloch "Falling Snow") as the song rumbles to its conclusion it grips the listener's attention. On the down side, "Beings of Light" sounds like a weak imitation of earlier Alcest, and I'm surprised that it was included here as the spark of creativity is obviously missing.		3.5
02.13.12
Wolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters
Simply a boring album with repetitive, drawn-out riffs (think doom metal), and one not
executed very well at all. If these guys weren't American, I doubt you would have ever heard
of them. Cliched lyrics song titles and lyrics don't help either. On the positive side, the
last song has some truly inspired parts, which saves the album from an even worse rating.
And what the fuck is up with people comparing them to Emperor? They are far, far away from
them--musically, talent-wise, and in terms of writing memorable and heavy riffs.		2.5
02.08.12
Arch / Matheos Sympathetic Resonance
Jarzombek's drumming kicks the shit out of Mangini on the new Dream Theater album. The
songs, except the fifth one which falls into some of the more unsavory cliches of the genre,
are killer. Half-point off for solos that don't seem like they organically fit into the
songs.		4
02.08.12

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