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| 4.0 excellent | AgentMadhatt | December 30th 17 |
Excellent blend of ambient, psychedelic trance and black metal. Has a few minor flaws but all in all it's great. I'd definitely say it will be loved more by those who are already fans of ambient/atmospheric black metal. Otherwise it'll probably only get middle of the road reviews.r
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| 2.5 average | cjbizzlebizzle | December 10th 17 |
A dense, atmospheric blend of proggy black metal with unique electronic elements resulting in a general futuristic, sci-fi moodscape that is ultimately brought down by shoddy production and repetitive vocals. The major strengths of this record lie in the atmosphere they pull off which is spacey, epic and gloomy. Between the music and the cover art the experience brings one into another dimension and the musicians provide a soundtrack to this. The synth does well in the mix and the overall sound has a deathy black metal feel. Also joining in on the fun are flutes, tribal drums and even a dubsteb section all of which work out well in this space atmosphere. This all sounds fine until you actually hear the production; it is an absolute mess. All of the instruments come off as overly compressed and the vocalist is totally lost in the mix. To accentuate this further there seems to be gain on the vocals and it makes them come off as beyond generic. Even more so the singer sticks with the exact same approach for the hour runtime. Summed together the vocals are boring and loud drowing out some of the strengths of the album. A remastering of this album might help resolve some of the issues as after a while it just isn't pleasant on the ears despite good atmosphere and solid songwriting. Great instrumentation but lots of room for improvement beyond that.
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| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | July 29th 17 |
Definitely an ambitious death metal band. I hear sci-fi sounds, ethnic stylings, melodic death metal, progressive tendencies, and the songs are pretty damn long. My only issue is that it feels a litle too unfocused and a little too unrefined so none of the songs really maintain their draw through their entire runtime.
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| 3.5 great | Toondude | June 9th 17 |
Really interesting sci-fi black metal/ambient record. If I do have one problem it's that some of the song structures and mixing are rather messy.
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| 4.0 excellent | jw | May 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | hsb | September 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | max13x | June 17th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Steev | June 12th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | arf | May 5th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Agonba | March 12th 18 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | November 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | unkle | October 1st 17 |
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