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Pikazilla
October 14th 2020


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The fact that he doesn't like progslaved but fives butt prog a la ghost reveries greatly confuses me

Dewinged
Emeritus
October 14th 2020


33048 Comments


We are all a mystery around these parts, pika, specially you lol

WatchItExplode
October 14th 2020


10705 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Homebound is a killer, love that tune.

Demon of the Fall
October 14th 2020


39105 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

'The fact that he doesn't like progslaved but fives butt prog a la ghost reveries greatly confuses me'.

I dig Axioma, so that's not entirely true. They created such a huge sound, I really bought into the atmosphere and it was stylistically cohesive and consistently satisfying. This one is limp, sparse, rarely gets out of 2nd gear and gives me a completely different vibe. Reminds me of what happened when I first heard RIITIR after Axioma, just with an additional unwanted dose of bizarre and ill-fitting prog-isms.

Demon of the Fall
October 14th 2020


39105 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Argh, thinking I'm being slight harsh on this. Hang on...

Dewinged
Emeritus
October 14th 2020


33048 Comments


Ouch

BigPleb
October 14th 2020


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Album is a bit of a letdown, E is a lot better.

Eakflanderyof
October 14th 2020


6663 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is like 4th best prog era enslaved maybe. I'd put axioma, vertebrae, and maybe even riitir or in times over this

BigPleb
October 14th 2020


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is the weakest of their prog era, definitely.

DDDeftoneDDD
October 14th 2020


23535 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

This album is really pretty and imo better than E, by a wide margin. I like how they experiment, like in the semi-electronic track Urjotun, suuuper cool. The whole thing flows very well. I think the existence or not of growls is a fair argument, although I kinda like the balance/contrast here.

Eakflanderyof
October 14th 2020


6663 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Also depends on how far back we consider prog era enslaved to be. I might even put ruun over this one

BigPleb
October 14th 2020


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

E had Storm Son for starters, which is better than anything off of here.



Homebound is a great track off this one, still spin that one quite regularly.

Eakflanderyof
October 14th 2020


6663 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah homebound is probably the best. Sequence is close though

DDDeftoneDDD
October 14th 2020


23535 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Homebound is "the song" in this. Not my fave here though, but very good.

bloc
October 14th 2020


70880 Comments


Excellent album

Orb
October 14th 2020


9638 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Kinda lost interest in this band after RIITR but Im tempted to check this out.



Smashing review as always!!

Bananings
October 14th 2020


21 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Always really admired Enslaved's musical directions. In my opinion they've not released a bad album since 1998. I'd put them at the absolute pinnacle of Norwegian black metal's matured sound.

parksungjoon
October 14th 2020


47227 Comments


could have just said you think blodhemn is the only bad one

Pikazilla
October 14th 2020


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

what if he doesn't like eld as well

parksungjoon
October 14th 2020


47227 Comments


that would be LAME



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