 | Avenade Our Raging God Unknown to Us
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| 4.5 superb | ajcollins15 | October 25th 23 |
The third album from Matt Hawkins (probably best known for his No Agreements supergroup) under the noise rock pseudonym sees Matt continue to expand upon and experiment with the noisy undertones of rock music, whether that comes from noise rock or shoegaze and the aggressive nature of genres like alternative metal and post-hardcore. ORGUTU is an intricate listening experience that can take one a few tries to get settled into, but once you get used to the noise and blistering ideas you will be shown how innovative this album is. Each track is laced with some classic 90s recording haze that has become popular with punk music. But each track weaves in and out of various styles as mentioned above. Whether that be the ever-grooving alternative and stoner metal style of ?Prism? or the droning metal style of ?Myasthenia?, or even the use of ambiance on the 17-minute monster of ?Separations, or the Grim in Four Acts?. Avenade asks a lot from its listener, but you will be shown what true modern alternative metal could and should sound like.
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| 3.5 great | Robert Davis | October 18th 23 |
A real fresh sound this is. A lot of melodic moments which give way to this powerful albeit raw atmospheric twist which sees each band member giving 100%. The mammoth centrepiece that is "Separations" is an obvious highlight but I think of the album as a more consistent piece which is fluid if not always memorable.
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| 4.5 superb | FrozenFirebug | October 17th 23 |
One of the best things I've heard recently, and I don't even know how to pigeonhole it.
Overarching shoegazey wall-of-sound production and vocals that coat tasteful proggy/postrocky
arrangements and rhythms. Lots of fuzz. Lots of texture. Lots of atmosphere. Some hype nu metal-
esque riffs and screams. Hits all the right notes at the right time and coalesces all the
aforementioned elements almost perfectly. If you like Deftones/Tool/Chevelle/Hum, blast this at
full volume, because you'll probably like it too, even though it doesn't really sound like any of
them.
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| 3.5 great | Azazzel | December 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | hadriel | December 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | December 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | November 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Elevon | November 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | October 31st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Macck | October 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tranqyl | October 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | October 23rd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Hawk | October 15th 23 |
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