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| 3.0 good | FearThyEvil | September 20th 12 |
One of the very few bands where cleans like this don't bother me because of the instrumental work.
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| 3.5 great | Ignimbrite | September 18th 12 |
The album art is some of the best of the year, and the music ain't half bad either. No, it doesn't have ranything as brilliant as Drowning/Sinking or An Ocean of Lights, but it's ridiculously consistent.
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| 2.7 average | Erwann S. STAFF | May 22nd 19 |
A mix of screamo, post-rock and atmo sludge should be GADDAYM. It wasn't. Not bad, but nothing mind-blowing, and the clean vocals, while not awful, are clearly not top tier. There are some nice moments (eg the end of Crusader, but it's honestly a generic post-rock ending), but that's about it.
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| 2.0 poor | MasBarHigeuoris21 | September 25th 12 |
The vocals, especially the cleans, have always been hard to listen to but at least they were mixed in with superb musicianship which made them at least bearable. Why they decided to do a whole album with the cleans being the focal point is beyond me. This is horrible from a band capable of so much more.
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| 3.5 great | NonApplicable | September 21st 12 |
Edit: I have revisited this album a year later and have come to conclusion that my original
soundoff should be complete redacted. I can't believe how wrong I was about this record.
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ORIGINAL SOUNDOFF
Despite the lad's input, the outcome is uninteresting. Devil Sold His Soul's previous
outings displayed a masterful blend of ferocity and beauty. Empire of Light still
retains many of the band's trademarks, but is watered down to the point of no longer
adequately representing their aforementioned "yin and yang" like qualities. The root of this
misstep is the lack of balance. Meandering vocal melodies, tame atmospherics, and monotonous
guitar work, litter the majority of the album's duration. Although these cleaner passages
had proven to be an asset in the past, moderation was the foundation of that success.
Unfortunately Devil Sold His Soul have focused all of their attention on the poorest aspect
of their sound and consequently have alienated their uniquity.
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| 4.5 superb | RandMcNally | September 18th 12 |
Another classic album full of beauty and rage. Perfection.
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| 4.0 excellent | immortalizepain | September 17th 12 |
Still on the first song but I'm already loving it!
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| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | April 15th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 21st 23 |
| 3.0 good | xlev | February 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uzumaki | January 31st 22 |
| 3.5 great | Jimbly | August 28th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Halez | July 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | April 17th 21 |
| 3.0 good | ChuppaC | September 19th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | May 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | qwenta | October 6th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | July 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | April 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | betray | February 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tgdv | December 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | November 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Henry | May 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | IVIII | May 5th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Bierlag | November 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wigmore | October 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | MikeBG | March 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | malitze | November 28th 14 |
| 3.5 great | mrnic3 | November 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBH717 | October 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | mikep87 | September 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | msm008 | May 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | April 20th 14 |
| 3.5 great | wil94 | October 26th 13 |
| 2.5 average | adr | September 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SeaCow | August 20th 13 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | August 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Pndi | April 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Weedon | March 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | limbs | January 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | T5Cx | January 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Shimana | December 20th 12 |
| 2.5 average | snewso | October 26th 12 |
| 3.0 good | lucho | October 19th 12 |
| 3.0 good | extant | October 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Photon | October 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Wongeh | October 9th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Dev518 | October 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mace | October 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Balerion | September 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | max13x | September 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zuzek | September 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Arked | September 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | IN64 | September 24th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | KSK1 | September 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spec | September 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Majkl | September 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss2 | September 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | fckyou | September 21st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | astreaz | September 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shuyin | September 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | d00derz | September 17th 12 |
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