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| 3.0 good | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | May 1st 24 |
Svalbard's early days is a little indistinguishable and very rough around the edges, but the ferociousness and performance is there.
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| 2.5 average | Bedex | March 22nd 19 |
Not a huge fan of this. I see what they were trying to do and the mix of genres (post-rock, hardcore, Oathbreaker) is great, but it just did not work well for me. A bit too formulaic and having trouble with most of the vocals - although they are sometimes great like at the end of 'The Vanishing Point', reminding of 90's screamo vocals, or on the closing track. The intro melody in the first few seconds of the first track is gorgeous. 2.6
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | October 29th 15 |
Manners disbanded earlier this year (*tears up*), so I suppose Svalbard is the new melodic hardcore band to keep my eyes on. And so far, they've delivered. Vocalist and guitarist Serena Cherry is the one running the show here. Her shouts and yell have the bark, and her riffing has the bite. Everything from the vocals to the drums to the lyrics sound so passionate and intimate on this album, which is exactly what a record in this style needs. You feel like someone has confided in you after you hear it. And while there's definitely a few moments where what the band is doing has been done before, it never feels disingenuous or phoned in. In between the riffs and the blasts, there are moments of relative tranquility, with a post-rock-esque sound, that provide a welcome change of pace and feel like natural progressions of the songs. It's a really professionally done debut, and for a band only a few years into playing, that can only be a good thing.
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| 4.0 excellent | InVein | October 13th 15 |
Meloviolence at its best! Reminds me of Oathbreaker, Employed to Serve or Punch but much more melodic. Great album.
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| 4.0 excellent | Halez | November 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ectier | October 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | aightnow | December 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | October 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | emmny | October 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | April 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | h0rsie | October 9th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | HybridF | August 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | March 22nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Thibs | August 25th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Kurai | May 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swarm | May 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shukal | March 17th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | sevhar | December 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | gr8r8m8 | September 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | June 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Johhey | April 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | March 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | December 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sodom28 | December 4th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | d00derz | October 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | September 22nd 15 |
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