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| 0.0 | didnt ask to be staff, was made staff anyway, then got demoted for not doing staff stuff | May 1st 24 |
Ails do deliver some juicy riffs and crushing atmosphere, but they have commitment issues to their own approach, as every time the pace picks up and they burst into raging performance they feel the need to slow down and distance themselves and turn rather mellow, plain, spacey. That so often does not work on the album, even though the highs are indeed really high.
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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | August 28th 18 |
Very crunchy and crusty black metal with two distinct vocalists sharing the spotlight. At it's best The Unraveling has a fairly upbeatsound that shows the intense painful shrieks and doomy cleans of Christy Cather and Laurie Shanaman pitted in front of consistent black metal riffs that have folk, doom and death influence. The energetic opener Echoes Waned and later Mare Weighs Down are the high points of the album as the vocalists seem to find the best balance in these tracks. The production is OK as it leaves the vocals somewhat in the backdrop lending some dread and atmosphere to the consistent howls but it gets tiresome as the guitar is somewhat repetitive in the foreground. Ails rely a bit too much on a similar formula for the riffs and a few tracks is enough to get exactly what they are going for. In the end Ails have a great overall sound but some polishing in the production, varied songwriting and riffage could make for something really special.
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| 3.0 good | zaruyache | April 27th 18 |
This kinda sounds like Weakling in some rly weird ways, and of course I'm the only person on the planet obsessed with Dead as Dreams enough to make such a silly comparison. Laurie Shanaman's screams really do sound like John Gossard at times, though.
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| 3.0 good | Thibs | May 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | virpi | May 11th 18 |
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