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| 3.5 great | Panzerchrist | November 10th 16 |
A lot of potential here, not yet to be fully realized. It's excessive in length, has really gaudy, borderline hokey keyboard riffs and some less than inspired vocal performances, but even so, it manages to create some truly inspiring moments throughout these vast, winding tracks. If you enjoy Ne Obliviscaris, or just a more prog-oriented death metal act, give these guys a shot. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about them really soon.
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| 4.0 excellent | ExoskeletalJunction | February 10th 22 |
2nd February, 2022: An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate the Path (progressive death metal,
2016)
The show is stolen a bit here by the final track, which is a cover, and has really got my
noggin joggin about whether or not I include it as a part of my overall view of the album.
After all, the interlude “Talvatis” is also a cover of sorts, being an interpretation of
“Collapse the Light into Earth” by Porcupine Tree. But outwith the covers, this is still a
very solid piece of melodic extreme metal - in fact I’d go as far as to say it’s one of the
only melodic death metal albums I’ve really been taken by in recent years. It knows how to
balance the styles, with frequent melodic and progressive passages punctuating the bursts of
death metal. There’s also a nice absence of the sterile production associated with such
genres, perhaps due to the band’s subtle black metal influence.
But yeah, the cover track is exceptional. I was already a fan of that Windir record before I
heard this, but this version has made me go back and re-evaluate it, and I might even go as
far as saying it’s one of the best black metal tracks ever recorded. The version here
transposes it into synth-led prog-black, which really just goes to show how strong the
composition is that it’s able to make that adjustment. Honestly, it wouldn’t sound out of
place in a nightclub with some of those huge synth lines. Someone do a house cover of it
next.
7.3 (4th listen)
Part of my listening diary from my facebook music blog -
www.facebook.com/TheExoskeletalJunction
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| 3.5 great | audiosmurf | September 27th 16 |
Album has a few riffs that are straight up copied (Animals as Leaders and Vektor, that ive noticed
so far) but its pretty good
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| 2.5 average | Hawks | February 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aeternal | December 17th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | October 9th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | rudy4u51 | September 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vas1901 | August 31st 23 |
| 3.5 great | zuzek | May 23rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Macck | January 7th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Suyan | December 17th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | klauzer | November 3rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zac124 | October 30th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | October 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | October 13th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | knia | September 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | September 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yonder | January 18th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Raoul | June 9th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | November 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | RMHQ | April 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Nud | December 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loot | November 2nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | IceMole | October 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hyndez | September 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | September 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | August 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Dmax28 | August 6th 16 |
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