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| 3.0 good | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | February 28th 10 |
Fall Of Icons is not the album which Closure was hinting at. It is not a masterpiece and, to be honest, it is barely above-average. The tracks mash together in ways which almost strike away any unique features within them, and only during small moments of glory (for example, the clean vocals in "Condemned") does the album deliver on the lofty expectations set for it. The riffing is bland and all-too familiar, the variety in the vocals aren't used to their full potential, and the atmosphere isn't as profound as that of Closure. What promises were made with the massive success of Closure are strangely forgotten, and what we are left with is a lifeless shell of an album which lacks exactly what made Closure stand out from anything else in this genre: a soul.
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| 4.0 excellent | asdemonsburn | February 28th 10 |
Fall of Icons is pretty much a sequel to the EP "Closure", it fleshes out ideas and is longer obviously, but at the same time lacks some of the catchiness and freshness. The guitar tone remains the best aspect of this band. Melodic riffs sound as if they are being wept from the instrument, and the music overall is full of bleak atmospheres and emotion. Ikuinen Kaamos do an excellent job of conveying these moods without boring the listener into submission as most music in this genre tends to do, especially the band they are accused of worshiping (Opeth). The leads, acoustic passages, and vocal variety keep the listener interested to which direction the music will be taken next.
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| 2.5 average | VandV | May 25th 11 |
To sum this album up with an analogy, this is Omnium Gatherum's "Years in Waste" compared to "New World Shadows r(ie, Fall of Icons compared to Closure).
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| 2.5 average | Staker | April 10th 11 |
Opeth, but bad. The band would do well to get some broader influence.
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| 0.0 | chambered89 | February 20th 10 |
not fucking bad, not superb either though
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| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | September 15th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Oobaloo | February 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | AndyCrow | February 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | em17ah | December 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Leymon | February 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | cotras | February 6th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Bierlag | November 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Solaire | December 2nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Daedus | August 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | vdop | February 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | June 17th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Niels | September 24th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Nex | May 28th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Hoenir | March 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | advate | March 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | gzs75 | March 4th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Zip | March 4th 10 |
| 3.5 great | ameypv | March 2nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Zoo | February 27th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Photon | February 26th 10 |
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