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| 4.5 superb | Jared Floryan | December 4th 15 |
Ever since the release of 2006's Death of a Dead Day, people have kept on asking ad infinitum, "When will the forest speak again?"; the forest in this context referring to British progressive metal act Sikth. It looks and sounds like the forest is talking once more with Opacities, an EP featuring brand new songs. Though I'm a little miffed that there's no "Hold My Finger" here nor is there a "Such the Fool", I am overall totally fine with this recording picking up from where the band left off on the last release. If anything, it's amazing how these energetic weirdos carrying that obscene scent never lost their edge. Opacities is almost way beyond the fond, old river in my book, and Sikth's songcraft hasn't dulled one bit. I can see the EP making EOTY lists without a doubt. Don't forget to smile!
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| 0.0 | LewisShaw | December 3rd 15 |
tfw you are unable to halve numbers properly
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| 2.0 poor | zaruyache | December 10th 16 |
I don't like this. It hurts my face.
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| 3.5 great | Smashingfrogballz | June 13th 16 |
A fun album. I'm honestly not a fan of the dirty vocals. I'm just okay with them but the music is surprising enough to entertain me. I give it a thumbs up for the aggression but admit it's a lil much for my soft self sometimes. Still great stuff.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | December 9th 15 |
Making some noise for the first time in nine years is experimental metal band SikTh, a band that was notable for their frenetic leads, tempo changes on a whim, and strange, yet endearingly great, vocals. Their music, instruments, vocals, and all, seemed to interact with itself like different elements mixing to create a reaction. And for the first three tracks on this EP, that's pretty much exactly how it sounds, with "Philistine Philosophies" even adding some pop sensibility into the mix. Yet, two of the last three songs are unfortunately lackluster, with closer "Days Are Dreamed" refusing to go really anywhere with anything it does. Still, it is really nice to see SikTh back in action, and this EP undoubtedly has fans everywhere very happy. It's good to see them back, but it'd be even better if they built off of this EP.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alex C. | December 8th 15 |
They did it again! Short but intense as hell, Sikth is back and hopefully here to stay.
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| 2.0 poor | torts | December 3rd 15 |
what even is this.
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| 3.0 good | BtwntheAKIRAndMe | December 3rd 15 |
Low 7 out of 10: No, it's not absolutely amazing by any means. It's pretty much just a continuation of where they left off. That being said, the fact that we received something from fucking SikTh after nearly a decade, I have to say I am really satisfied and am hoping that they release a killer full length ASAP. Welcome back SikTh, I missed you so.
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| 4.5 superb | bSmith | March 12th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | EXSCHISM | September 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zac124 | March 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | tcarafi | April 5th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Get Low | February 1st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | November 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | November 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xenoflux | September 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | craPkit | March 5th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emim | October 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziggity | April 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rausku | February 9th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | nbats | September 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | April 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wongeh | May 2nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | December 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tethyan | November 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ctay145 | October 27th 17 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | May 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | April 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | SadLad | March 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | cazzill | February 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | December 20th 16 |
| 3.0 good | mCihhh | December 4th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | cozzy | November 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | October 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | elry2k | September 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | tgdv | July 2nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | gilly | June 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Snide | May 19th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Rail | May 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krishna | April 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tib | February 29th 16 |
| 2.5 average | trilo | February 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Since | February 1st 16 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | January 30th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | January 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hyppo93 | January 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | koloss | January 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prune | January 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | ellagos | December 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | gallus90 | December 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Kingdok | December 24th 15 |
| 3.0 good | maddin | December 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | EvoHavok | December 18th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | December 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Puckoff | December 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | December 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ebola | December 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | mzeet | December 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | slaps | December 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dev518 | December 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | December 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | December 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Acsheff | December 11th 15 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | December 10th 15 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | December 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | December 9th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | BadgerU | December 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeeDeeM | December 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pavera | December 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Essence | December 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | brollin | December 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | MikeC26 | December 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sodom28 | December 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | misho87 | December 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | December 6th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Spec | December 6th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Majkl | December 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | N2B3J | December 5th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Kratzer | December 5th 15 |
| 3.5 great | elch21 | December 5th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | December 5th 15 |
| 3.0 good | rid | December 4th 15 |
| 3.0 good | NBA | December 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cryio | December 4th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | auvas | December 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | December 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | December 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowan5215 STAFF | December 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | December 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | December 3rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | December 3rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | JKoppe | December 3rd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | zxlkho | November 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Minomol | November 2nd 15 |
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