| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | May 4th 22 |
In the past, Black Mountain's creative trajectory has been taking them from a steady 70s pastiche to a balanced hybrid to a fully modernised sound, but now they seem to have hit a point they are most comfortable with. 'IV' is a lot like its preceding album, in that it is much more colourful, accessible, and melodic than Black Mountain's work before 'Wilderness Heart'. A little polishing and softening of the sound here and there, but certainly not to the detriment of the album overall.
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| 4.0 excellent | John L | April 4th 16 |
pretty hard jams right here. the synths are so right and some of the riffs are rock hard. fave tracks: cemetery breeding, mothers of the sun, space to bakersfield, and defector.
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| 4.0 excellent | RadicalEd | April 1st 16 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USHKQ4Ntc8 - Mothers of the Sun.May very well be the best song
of the year so far.
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| 4.0 excellent | Underflow | April 1st 16 |
Black Mountain consolidates its sound from three fairly different full-lengths while adding the much-needed textural overhaul of futuristic synthesizer. The result is the band's best album to date: an ambitious, rocking affair that's more engaged and more ambitious than anything else under the band's belt.
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| 3.5 great | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | cipo | March 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | March 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | June 29th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Akifexx | September 28th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | August 26th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | memedfg | November 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | DANcore | November 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | teach64 | July 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ACVPV | June 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | June 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | unkle | June 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | N2B3J | April 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Ulshad | April 4th 16 |
| 3.5 great | greg84 EMERITUS | April 2nd 16 |
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