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| 4.0 excellent | MetalMarcJK | June 9th 16 |
Powerful, epic, expansive black metal. Melodic soundscapes intertwined with Dissection-esque, roaring black metal and a smattering of NWOBHM and Emperor. rFavorite track: Black Belief.
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| 0.0 | ramon. | April 14th 16 |
Wode tread the line between atmospheric and natural with remarkable proficiency. They manage to invoke darker moods purely through how they play, rather than saturating the sonic sphere with reverb and effects. A wonderfully bleak release (not to mention it's free!).
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| 3.5 great | ExoskeletalJunction | March 25th 22 |
24th March, 2022: Wode - s/t (black metal, 2016)
This one spurned a bit of an internal discussion last night about genre biases. How
sometimes, we have genres of music that we simply enjoy, almost no matter of the uniqueness
or creativity. I’ve started to feel that way about hypnotic atmospheric black metal recently.
There’s something just so comforting about this kind of music, just knowing the sorts of
patterns, knowing when the blast beats will come in, knowing the consistency of foot-tapping
and humming along - after all, it’s not as if the riff will change until after its eighth
repeat. This is a good album, and I feel like I should talk about how there really isn’t
anything special about it, but the simple fact is that I just really like black metal, if
it’s well produced, has dynamic drumming, well mixed vocals and interesting chromatic
progressions, I can vibe with it. There’s something comforting about it.
7.0 (3rd listen)
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| 3.5 great | Gary STAFF | June 12th 19 |
Great mix of heavy metal and melodic black. Very pleasant listen, the guitars have some extra, making this band sound original.
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| 4.0 excellent | zaruyache | March 6th 17 |
Wode's debut album borrows from Storm of the Light's Bane about as much as Storm of the Light's bane did Swedish melodeath. While Wode's core might be firmly rooted in blast-happy, fiery black metal, its frequent melodic leads hearken back to Gothenburg moreso than Oslo. There are also the noted NWOBHM-style influences and the occasional metalcore-esque riff on top of the aforementioned melodeath-isms and straight-up black metal fury. Wode mix these ideas together to create an album that, mathematically, should sound pretty unique but (not to their detriment) somehow still sounds wholly black. 3.8/5
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| 3.0 good | FullOfSounds | August 4th 16 |
Overstayed its welcome, but ultimately had a lot of great moments for it.
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| 3.5 great | Scuro EMERITUS | June 6th 16 |
rThis is really cool. The riffs are quite interesting because while they're atmostpheric, they're also catchy enough to keep you interested. The vocals are a bit dull but not bad, just nothing special, and otherwise this is a great performance with engaging songwriting and proficient musicians.
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| 0.0 | emester | May 2nd 16 |
Pretty solid yet standard fare black metal for the majority of the record. There is a kicker though. On occasion, glee-inducing NWOBHM inspired stylings and riffs show up and present what boils down to a black metal record with Arghoslent's essence scattered about. Not amazing by any means but god is it one hell of a rewarding listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | yayafa | February 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | March 30th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | August 13th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tropby | May 31st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Zecke | February 17th 18 |
| 3.5 great | heck | September 10th 16 |
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