Devil Sold His Soul   A Fragile Hope
3.9
excellent
Ranking: #110 for 2007

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0.0 Fugue | October 11th 09

With A Fragile Hope Devil Sold His Soul have delivered a monumentally epic record that surpasses all initial expectations. From the start a menacing background permeates through the record and the aggressive nature of songs like As The Storm Unfolds goes a long way to maintaining the intimidating dynamic that the band expertly play off. The pounding rhythm section often resort to unorthodox measures to maintain an aura of structured chaos and the guitar riffs and synthetic beats saturate the gaps to create a claustrophobic onslaught of sound. However more often than not it is the colossal vocals of Ed Gibbs that reign supreme; his range stretching from dry-lunged raw-throated screams to stunningly gorgeous cleans and frequently it is this combination that makes up the majority of the record. Fans of both conventional post-metal and Converge-esque metal-core are highly advised to seek out this underappreciated record as it fits perfectly in the gulf between the two. In other words, this album is just phenomenal.

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5.0 classicTrickStyle | February 2nd 08

Architects are sooo much better,luke i thought you were good at figuring out anagrams XD =]]]
good review mate although im pretty sure you made a mistake when rating the muse albums :P.!!
got the anagram yet. seriously good review and great band!!


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1.5 very poorCalumJohnston | June 25th 12

Sounds like BMTH attempting to make music like ISIS

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