Arcturus The Sham Mirrors
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kkarron
February 23rd 2025


1846 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

stupid sexy varg

budgie
March 25th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

faaaaaaaart

pizzamachine
March 25th 2025


28286 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It’s like wearing nothing at all



Nothing at all



Clarification for budg boi: this comment is obviously in response to kkarron’s comment.

budgie
March 25th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

stlop following me

budgie
March 25th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

ive always loved this band but im beginning to love how much i love them

Trifolium
March 25th 2025


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Good.



This is one of my all time faves actually. Incredibly replayable and there's nothing like it out there.

budgie
March 25th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

ur nexus polaris rating is so low 😥

Trifolium
March 25th 2025


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I know. It doesn't have a lot of nostalgia value for me and I didn't like it much in full, although some peaks are undeniable there.



Really has been years since I last heard it though, so perhaps it's time for a revisit!

budgie
March 25th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

PERHAPS INDEED

pizzamachine
March 25th 2025


28286 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This is actually my thread and y’all are invaders



But yeah this album slaps, love it

budgie
March 26th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

eggy i love u eggy i love u

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 26th 2025


116093 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

The Sham Men

Egarran
March 26th 2025


36862 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Might get flak for this. But for the sort of music I like this is the only record that this band created really checks those boxes for me. Sounds like a heavier Faith No More with some black metal riffs. Big fan of that as I love FNM. Back in High School I started off with their debut and it was fine but I found the rhythm guitars quite boring in most places as they just seemed to be there to support the keys. Never liked their second album either. Sounded like bad circus music to me… But what kept me coming back to this record was how much lore involved the guitars were. I really loved how Collapse Generation has so many moods in it in such a short time for example! The weirdness works so well here. So if you are looking for good Experimental/Alternative Metal I’d highly recommend this!

Trifolium
March 26th 2025


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

🤭💚

Egarran
March 26th 2025


36862 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

They spelled flak correctly, that should be applauded.

PostmanPat
March 28th 2025


549 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Agree Egarran, Sham Mirrors hits all the wrong notes correctly, and it works wonderfully. Sideshow Symphonies was too... "normal," if that makes sense. It sounded as if the guys who made Sham Mirrors were *trying* to be "weird for the sake of it" rather than just doing something happens to have some odd or weird experimentation along for the ride. Sham Mirrors is a deliberately executed album, no doubt, but it somehow feels more natural and less "try hard" than other Arcturus albums, despite, again, being clearly deliberate itself. Hard to explain. There's a few bands or albums I have experienced this phenomenon with, I don't really have a proper way to word it. The other Arcturus albums are totally listenable - they're just not even in the same galaxy as Sham Mirrors.



TL;DR I agree with your take above, and also peepee poopoo.

Egarran
March 28th 2025


36862 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pooman Pee?

budgie
March 28th 2025


42323 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

be a adult egarran

PostmanPat
March 28th 2025


549 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Pooman Pee, Pooman Pee, Pooman Pee and the closed lid flush

all particulates, swirling

draining and a-whirling

Pee feels he's a really happy man.

smaugman
May 25th 2025


5731 Comments


Is it just me or is the production pretty bad?



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