Obsidian Kingdom Mantiis
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Evreaia
December 31st 2012


5406 Comments


Most songs are pretty short yeah, songs are concrete but well done

overal album still last for almost 50 minutes so its pretty normal in length

This got featured or are my eyes playing tricks with me, lol.

Brostep
Emeritus
December 31st 2012


4491 Comments


Gratz on the feature, could do with some grammatical cleanup though. I'll help you if you'd like.

Evreaia
December 31st 2012


5406 Comments


That would be awesome my friend. Just gimme every error and I'll edit them out asap

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
December 31st 2012


11505 Comments


Happy new year everybody, 2013 just entered in Europe :-D

Evreaia
December 31st 2012


5406 Comments


happy new year my friend!

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
December 31st 2012


11505 Comments


Also dling this, heard so many good things about it.

Brostep
Emeritus
December 31st 2012


4491 Comments


Sure, here we go then:

Press releases and advertisements, of late those two only seem to be used as coals for a hype train, the train that will delude inattentive listeners into buying just about anything despite the quality of the product.

Poorly worded. Maybe something like "Of late, press releases and ads only seem to be...train, a train that will..."?

Their sound is build on a foundation of something located on the fine line between post-rock and post-metal. But glossed over, dressed up with the use of a lot of other genres and electronic effects.

Don't really need two sentences here. Probably something like "...post-metal, though it (what? might want to be more specific here) is glossed..." would work best.

Sometimes even in the same song, as demonstrated in “Last of the light”.

1. Not a full sentence. You're missing a verb.
2. "Light" should be capitalized.

bands often loose themselves in their ambition and end up with a disjointed result

"loose" should be "lose." Plus, you have an extra period after this parentheses.

Fantastic review overall, if you wrote more (and had a slightly better grasp of English grammar and vocab, which will come with time), I have no doubts that you'd be one of the best reviewers around here. Have a well-deserved pos.

Evreaia
December 31st 2012


5406 Comments


thanks for the advise, i'm going to edit t right away.

And really thanks for the kind words my friend!

Evreaia
December 31st 2012


5406 Comments


Okay fixed most of what you said (didn't do the second thing, I kinda like how it is now, despite the fact its two sentences).

And without sounding stupid, what are parentheses? (I'm not native English)

Brostep
Emeritus
December 31st 2012


4491 Comments


Parentheses are (these things) - the brackets you used above.

Evreaia
December 31st 2012


5406 Comments


ah, and whats wrong with them? (sorry to ask)

FrozenVain
January 1st 2013


3043 Comments


"Also band used part of my last paragraph on their website, I feel honored.
http://obsidiankingdom.com/2012/12/mantiis-2012-press-summary/"

Congrats, man. That's actually really cool.



PumpkinLord45
January 1st 2013


7 Comments


I love almost everything about this album except the screaming parts. Just can't stand it though. Also great review! Got me interested in this album!

Brostep
Emeritus
January 1st 2013


4491 Comments


Nothing's wrong with them, you just had an extra period after one of them which you didn't need.

Where most bands that use a multitude of genres in their music forget to make sure it sounds and flows well (bands often lose themselves in their ambition and end up with a disjointed result).Obsidian Kingdom’s final result is cohesive, well-structured and flows perfectly.


Right after that last parentheses you've got a period instead of a space.

Calc
Contributing Reviewer
January 1st 2013


18002 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

dammit brostep help me with my grammar once in a while!! anyway as soon as i get a day at work by myself this will be playing. will my patients be afraid?

BlueW
January 1st 2013


2282 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

vocals were a turn off for me

Evreaia
January 1st 2013


5406 Comments


Only two songs have small parts with vocals that can be annoying. Wouldn't really say that ruins an
entire album

@Captain: damn sweet bro

MarvinLapsus
January 1st 2013


136 Comments


A friend of mine recommended this to me a few days ago, and it sounds quite promising.

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
January 1st 2013


11505 Comments


Some suggestions:

Where most bands that use a multitude of genres in their music forget to make sure it sounds and flows well (bands often lose themselves in their ambition and end up with a disjointed result).Obsidian Kingdom’s final result is cohesive, well-structured and flows perfectly.

A comma (not a period) and a spacing are needed between "...result)" and "Obsidian..."


it’s done well and devoid of those all those strange “out-of-place”

and it lacks of those “out-of-place”...


Mantiis feels more like a single huge track existing out of multiple movements in place of a collection of 14 songs

Mantiis feels more like a single huge track consisting of multiple movements, all of which form a collection of 14 songs

FrozenVain
January 1st 2013


3043 Comments


It's great



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