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AlexKzillion
Emeritus
June 28th 2024


19106 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

am i a sludge guy now

FowlKrietzsche
Emeritus
June 28th 2024


2459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Every honest man has a sludge guy phase, go listen to Acid Bath for 4 to 6 months pls n thank you



This rips btw, does almost none of the things I hate about post metal

Sevengill
June 28th 2024


13226 Comments


is this a good place to start with Sumac? I've just never made the jump given the more mixed reception it's gotten compared to Isis.

JohnnyoftheWell
June 28th 2024


64287 Comments


i hit What One Becomes just before this having had similar feelings (and gone straight to Haino's bands instead of sinking time into these collabs) and found it was a) a killer record and b) a pretty helpful warmup tbqh

PrPillMNTNz
June 28th 2024


29 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This might be the best thing that Turner has ever done.

DType
June 28th 2024


3375 Comments


Well, that was really boring, a nothing burger, they totally lost me after debut which was great

Orb
June 28th 2024


9639 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah What One Becomes is pretty much the only SUMAC record I've felt like listening to more than once. I think this tops it pretty easily too.

trilo
June 28th 2024


7215 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"Well, that was really boring, a nothing burger, they totally lost me after debut which was great"



bro how you gonna sleep on what one becomes

FowlKrietzsche
Emeritus
June 28th 2024


2459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This rules!!!! The bass tone is like an untouched slab of marbel and the drums the chisel

bighubbabuddha
June 28th 2024


1419 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this is several levels below any of the ISIS stuff, passable yes but it lacks a distinct personality

FowlKrietzsche
Emeritus
June 28th 2024


2459 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Uh clearly the personality of this is that it is ANCIENT and FORMLESS and UNDENIABLE, the prime mover in riffz

JohnnyoftheWell
June 28th 2024


64287 Comments


"lacks a distinct personality"
one of the weirdest takes imaginable for this album ngl

calmrose
June 28th 2024


7141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

^^^



of all the things you can say about Sumac, lacking a distinct personality is not one of them

DType
June 28th 2024


3375 Comments


"bro how you gonna sleep on what one becomes"

I don't remember being too crazy about it but i'm gonna check again


Demon of the Fall
June 28th 2024


39535 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

“This rips btw, does almost none of the things I hate about post metal”



wat now? And there’s me thinking we could be friends



also, I dig Acid Bath but repping them + dissing the genre where metal arguably peaked is a little irksome, lol



will check this over the weekend. I don’t remember liking early Sumac but I’m a changed man and I imagine things may be different these days

frozencarl
June 28th 2024


2053 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

man, those riffs





bighubbabuddha
June 28th 2024


1419 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i don't know, i'll give it another listen but would i choose ISIS over this? everytime. Would I choose Neurosis over this? everytime. Would I choose Thou over this? everytime. Would I choose Melvins over this? everytime. Would I choose Cult Of Luna over this? everytime.

JohnnyoftheWell
June 28th 2024


64287 Comments


sounds like a v mature and balanced basis to take this band which does not sound like any of those bands on its own terms

DType
June 28th 2024


3375 Comments


I can't compare this band to ISIS honestly, far too different, this is way more sludgy while ISIS more post

Ryus
June 28th 2024


37885 Comments


never heard this band but this is pretty good



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