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| 0.0 | Camstr | April 1st 12 |
This really is a great DH album. One of their best for sure. It has everything they do well all wrapped together into an hour long epic.
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| 0.0 | buddhaabdi | April 1st 12 |
A "metal" album against everything metal stands for. A pile of garbage filth made by christian propaganda, disgusting.
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| 0.0 | | November 17th 12 |
With solid improvement in the vocal department, some experimentation, good variation in the structures of songs and some nice instrumentals, Demon Hunter's latest effort shows them halting the regressive path that they have been on the last couple albums. Instead, they chose to push themselves further, and the result was an enjoyable album.
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| 2.0 poor | Ossacip Olbap | June 10th 22 |
not quite the come back they were going for, tho its heaps better than thorn. a mix of some thrash, mccore, and mostly nu. crucifix is the best track, some solid tho slightly dented melothrash, god forsaken is alright with some editing, my destiny is decent but suffers from the usual demohunt debuffs, then the rest is pure ass until dead flowers, admitting some veritable pathos despite the autotuning straight off last album
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| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | April 28th 17 |
True Defiance is a massive improvement over The World is a Thorn, and sees them renewed
with ambition and energy. With energetic performances such as "Wake", or "God Forsaken", this
record grabs the listener's attention, unlike the previous effort.
Furthermore, the ambition of Demon Hunter shines through songs such as "I Am a Stone", with
absolutely no guitars or drums; just violins and other string arrangements. Clearly, this payed off,
considering it's one of Demon Hunter's most popular songs; which is most definitely well-deserved.
Final Rating: 4.1/5
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| 3.0 good | bbgabbins | December 20th 16 |
A solo in every song made the album formula seem stale and the the production is a step lower for a DH album. Especially for the drums. Still, songs like God Forsaken, Wake, Someone to Hate and Dead Flowers show the bands growth.
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| 2.5 average | savaah | April 4th 14 |
Used to listen to this band at church camp, it was the only thing that kept me from listening CCM only to find out it wasn't that different. They are not that bad, they're just painfully average.
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| 0.0 | emester | March 19th 14 |
Fuck it. the sentimental value is too great to be a 3.0
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| 0.0 | Scamp4553 | March 18th 14 |
Not really their best work to date, but True Defiance still showcases the band's evolving technicality.
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| 3.5 great | Trueromance2 | April 25th 13 |
Great album, saw them live in Sydney and not only is their music pounding, their live show proved they are a very talented set, true defiance is a great effort and worth the listen.
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| 3.5 great | Deuce8311 | June 21st 12 |
If Demon Hunter sticks with the formula used for this album, they will see a subsequent rise in fans and popularity. True Defiance is a very good record and their best to date I must also say. The choruses are spectacular as the cleans fit perfectly to help the song soar and have them stuck in your head for days to come. The drumming is spectacular throughout and really keeps the pace nicely. A nice use of variety is showcased as certain songs have an almost radio-freindy rock sound to it which is nothing short of an unexpected yet pleasant surprise. I do believe everyone should pick up a copy of this even if they are not a Demon Hunter fan. I certainly wasn't but became one after listening to True Defiance.
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| 0.0 | XRez | May 7th 12 |
This album is much more consistent than Thorn (what a jumbled mess it was). It's a big improvement but I can't really listen to this album for more than 3 songs or so before getting bored. Some songs have high energy intros only to be brought down during the choruses (though Ryan's clean vocals are great). The solos are average but appreciated, it seems more and more Metalcore bands choose the breakdown path since it's easier.
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| 4.5 superb | Duckman118 | April 9th 12 |
Exquisite work indeed. mmm yes quite fancy i may add.
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| 3.5 great | guitarnater | April 3rd 12 |
I expected to hate this notably more than I really do. Some pretty good tracks here, some really boring ones, worth a shot if you've ever enjoyed anything post-self-titled by the band. If only they stopped recycling old formulas for each release.
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| 2.5 average | DemonicReaper | April 3rd 12 |
To say this album is great or even good, you would have to stack it up against their previous albums. Upon comparison it can easily be seen this isn't their best work and to give it a much higher score would simply be a fan boy rating.
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| 3.0 good | Ignimbrite | April 1st 12 |
This is way better than The World Is a Thorn, but they still have yet to rediscover their Triptych mojo.
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| 5.0 classic | KIMN | July 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | June 3rd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | KManoc1 | January 9th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Awake88 | December 21st 22 |
| 2.5 average | Kewpie | November 7th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | tinytim | April 21st 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Vusra | January 28th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Zeist | October 20th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | jc3494 | March 7th 21 |
| 3.0 good | neikos | September 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Crayak | March 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | October 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Lucman | October 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | NickRF | April 21st 17 |
| 3.5 great | Keira | April 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Snide | March 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | nope | February 26th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Jeejee | February 23rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | ZairoN | February 4th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | branm25 | December 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kour0s | November 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | swipenet | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheTripP | September 9th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Tib | July 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zaxmon | June 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | boff | May 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | pbass0 | April 12th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Sigh99 | March 5th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xhoven | February 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | heck | February 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kbob95 | August 26th 14 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | April 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tusason | February 20th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Jinx89 | February 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | bgregab | January 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | January 17th 14 |
| 3.5 great | TayBad | December 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | CK | October 29th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Kazem | October 14th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Hati | September 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Zeg | March 28th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Xav | January 13th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Spice | October 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bang2014 | September 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lonkipur | September 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | BN03 | April 21st 12 |
| 3.5 great | kada41 | April 21st 12 |
| 3.0 good | itchy | April 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | JDOG | April 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Durrzo | April 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | 32left | April 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | DylanP | April 13th 12 |
| 3.5 great | GhostK | April 12th 12 |
| 2.5 average | tnp101 | March 31st 12 |
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