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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | August 4th 20 |
Mire is a lesson about the state of metal in the late 2010s. Fusing all trendy genres from atmosludge to black metal to melodeath to crusty hxc and even some post-rock, they placed great emphasis on dynamics for the different influences/parts to come together in a fluid way. That's quite clearly the record's greatest asset, as this mixture of popular metal genres could have resulted in a messy gloubiboulga. Instead, each blastbeat accentuates the sludgy riff already in place, and the cleans complement the more atmospheric side of the band's music. So, if you don't know anything about what extreme metal sounds like in the late 2010s, go for this one.
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| 4.5 superb | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | June 27th 23 |
There isn't a lot more one can ask of a debut album, and there isn't a lot more one can do beyond those blistering vocals. Did you know Dan Nightingale doesn't even need a mic to gutter out those horrifying growls? He just steps off and does it from a distance (like on "Hollow") and you can still hear him. Goddamn, dude.
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| 3.5 great | dbizzles | December 31st 18 |
When this sounds like a well-versed sludge/doom band, it is great. When it sounds like it's going
on tour with Rivers of Nihil next spring (happening, btw) it is not great.
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| 3.5 great | meenwolf131 | April 3rd 18 |
massive progressive exposure of heaviness / dynamic shifting, configuration of riffs, melodic noise, and atmosphere / smooth energetic flow of chaotic aggressive soundscape / blending various influences to make an interesting vibes
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| 4.5 superb | Risodo | March 14th 18 |
"Mire" took me by surprise in one day that i didn't expect to hear something so genuine. Inspired by many genres, Conjurer was able to put together in one record, seven songs that travel through various aspects of heavy music. The Doom aspect is characteristic, just as Post-Rock takes care of the atmosphere and identity of the work. A full and very diverse dish, with the only fault of containing only a few songs.
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| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | March 9th 18 |
"Mire" is a nice blend of atmospheric doom, technical-ish death metal (like a modern Ulcerate sound), and even occasionally black metal and clean singing. The thing that keeps "Mire" from being rated higher is that it is kind of frustrating. When the band is on, they're really on, but when they're kind of losing focus, the drive and intensity drops away quickly. Fortunately they're on way more than they're off.
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| 4.0 excellent | Viot | December 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | chaz1254 | November 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | January 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | December 21st 22 |
| 4.5 superb | egobag | October 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyll | August 26th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | StixxUK | August 25th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trundle | July 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | strayk | July 11th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | July 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | zzf1918 | June 16th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | iGuter | April 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | motyli | January 30th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | December 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | tinytim | December 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | sevhar | November 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Macck | November 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sally J. | September 20th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Jebull | September 1st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | yayafa | August 23rd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Metaxu | July 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | July 9th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Pon EMERITUS | December 22nd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | shem | December 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shuyin | July 16th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Prancer | February 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Emo | February 22nd 20 |
| 3.0 good | h0rsie | February 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | RobotE | February 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | January 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flomink | November 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Korgull | October 19th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | TBH717 | October 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moge | September 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | HybridF | September 3rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | josh | August 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zero13 | July 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | April 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | April 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | February 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Acole9 | December 31st 18 |
| 3.0 good | CGayda | December 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ktjammin | December 24th 18 |
| 3.5 great | thedoom | December 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | EvoHavok | December 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JLR2DEG | December 9th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Uzumaki | November 30th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | SadLad | November 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo005 | November 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | November 5th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | bde1314 | November 1st 18 |
| 3.5 great | psim | October 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | LedZep94 | September 17th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | kx8 | September 1st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Thor | July 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Tasty | June 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Warpt | May 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adam | May 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | May 2nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | cazzill | April 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | gnimas | April 10th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | April 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Feels | April 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | April 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ctay145 | April 5th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Gary STAFF | April 4th 18 |
| 3.0 good | trilo | April 3rd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Zecke | March 30th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Rausku | March 29th 18 |
| 3.5 great | IMSBRO | March 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | March 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | March 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | March 18th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | March 15th 18 |
| 2.5 average | clavier EMERITUS | March 15th 18 |
| 3.0 good | botb | March 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Larosa | March 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | March 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spluger | March 10th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | zmol | March 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | March 5th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | max13x | March 4th 18 |
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