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@MementoMori

On a final note, one thing that bugs me about the incessant focus on cultural relativity/constructivism is that, for the most part, all you can do with it is note the facts, such as that tonality has been widely integrated into a variety of cultures. I do not see how this helps explains at all WHY this happens. For one thing, culture is little more than the product of and acceptance or rejection of such products via the minds of people within that culture. If we take something like tonality, it would be hard, I think, to find a culturally specific reason why it’s been accepted in every country it has, because you’d have to account for a lot of countries with a lot of very different cultural histories. OTOH, if something like tonality is fundamentally appealing to the shared aspects of our human psyches, then it’s pretty easy to account for why it’s been so accepted everywhere it’s been introduced, and equally able to explain why atonality has not been. If you want to hypothesize a cultural reason for these two phenomena, I’m open to hearing it.[3]

Agreed

Album Rating: 4.5

For those complaining this lacks hooks and sounds the same, that the riffs/drums are too busy; one of the reasons I've kept coming back to Ulcerate over the past year or two is because the music is so dense that every listen feels like a new experience because you're noticing some new riff, drum pattern, or detail you didn't before. The lack of "hooks" is precisely what maintains the freshness of their albums. Eventually, I tire of most music because I've listened to it enough where I have every detail memorized. I can't do that with Ulcerate, which is an awesome thing if you enjoy the music and atmosphere they create. Not that I have anything against hooky music--I love a lot of pop music too--but there's a ton to appreciate/enjoy here if you don't demand hooks.

Album Rating: 4.5

so many 5s

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm probably the thousandth idiot to say this, but I really wish this dude would sing some cleans. The whole growling thing loses its appeal after an hour. This ends up being just a decent album instead of a superb release in my eyes because his presence is so overbearing and detracts from all the awesome stuff going on (the guitar tone blows me away). I'm sure that's just how this style of metal is, but damn.

Album Rating: 5.0

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Yeah some banjo wouldnt go a miss either, maybe a folk interlude

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'sup Morningrise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSYxveAbckE

It would sound a lot like the latter half of this

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First listen this was good but over the full runtime a little...'dull'..cerate

Album Rating: 5.0

"The whole growling thing loses its appeal after an hour."



good thing this album is 58 minutes long then

Album Rating: 3.0

I had to use that but in all jest I'll judge this 2nd listen more

Album Rating: 4.5

@SowingSeason

Traditionally, most death metal doesn't have clean vocals. Bands like Opeth and other melodeath that mixed cleans/growls were the anomaly when they started, even though their popularity meant more and more bands that have mixed since then. I mean, if you aren't used to straight growls I would never recommend Ulcerate as the first band to start with. Go back to Death and Morbid Angel, progress to Gorguts, Immolation, and Cryptopsy, then maybe Necrophagist and Demilich... then maybe come back to Ulcerate. For one thing, listening to most of those bands will give you a good idea of where Ulcerate is coming from musically and will also help you appreciate where they've taken the genre. They're kinda like if you mixed Gorguts with Immolation and then threw in some post-metal ala Neurosis, Isis, and Cult of Luna.

I think it helps if you listen to growls more like you'd listen to a distorted rhythm guitar rather than vocals. Think of them as just another musical texture rather than an emotive vehicle for lyrics.

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"The whole growling thing loses its appeal after a while"



How does this thread CONTINUE to decline

"but I really wish this dude would sing some cleans."

Did I actually just read this?
I wish someone would pour some battery acid in my eyes rn

“I'm probably the thousandth idiot to say this, but I really wish this dude would sing some cleans“

How to be sowing example 27.

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lol

Album Rating: 4.5

Listen, I'm the first to admit I know nothing about death metal lol.