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| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | April 7th 26 |
Has elements of their best material, as there are echoes of Arche across this, and a lot of moments which feel plucked from Withering To Death. However it?s all suffocating in some of the darkest, most effective soundscapes the band has imagined thus far. The songwriting and textures feel very different to their other work, making this feel like its own entity, and it?s refreshing to see the band pushing and exploring their sound again. Its groovy and progressive, and gets stranger as the album goes on, with everything after The Devil In Me being some of the best work the band has ever done. It downright shocked me for how good and expansive it was, closing on a massive, gorgeous piece in No End. I truly hope thats the case, and the band continues to release music, though I would not be particularly upset if this was their swansong, it would be a fitting end.
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| 4.0 excellent | Comatorium. | April 9th 26 |
Every time DEG releases an album I know I?m in for a weird ass ride and this one doesn?t disappoint. Some branching out
in directions I didn?t expect at this point in their discography. Vocals are a gold mine, as always. This one is quality but
still waiting for them to top dum spiro spero.
The fuck is that AI as fuck sound off from disthymia lmao
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| 4.5 superb | disthymia | April 8th 26 |
MORTAL DOWNER feels like the final piece of a retrospective trilogy. Following the raw aggression
of The Insulated World (Vulgar) and the melodic despair of Phalaris (Withering to death.), this
record leans into the sludgy, low-end grooves of The Marrow of a Bone. The production is
notoriously murky. It trades the clarity of their Tue Madsen days for a dense and claustrophobic
mix that has been enduring post-ARCHE. Kyo provides a restrained performance that focuses on
atmospheric textures over his typical manic gymnastics. The tracklist is expertly paced. It
front-loads the aggression with Discard and Bloodline before entering a phenomenal run of
highlights starting with the crushing The Devil in Me through the progressive heights of MOBS and
Void, and finally the high energy of Demand. The pair of Moumoku ga Yue ni and no end are great
in their own right and provide a solid ending to the album. It is a mature and remarkably dark
addition to a thirty-year career. It takes a while to get going, but the second half of the album
makes it worth it. If this timeline continues, a potential revisit of the UROBOROS era is a
thrilling prospect.
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| 0.0 | decisions | April 8th 26 |
A satisfying DEG album that would probably be better if it started at Track 5.
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| 3.5 great | FrozenFirebug | April 8th 26 |
serviceable prog nu metal that's occasionally too simple and repetitive with the riffage and all
throughout sounds like it was recorded in a sewer pipe. singer's unique vocal range is, per
usual, the focal point, but is unfortunately at times used to annoy here, rather than paint with
sound. please see the following shitposts for apt summary; skibidi direngrey; marrow of a
barebones; production downer
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| 3.5 great | LeakingFountain11 | April 8th 26 |
A sort of blend of their Marrow of a Bone era and Arche era, but with weaker songwriting. Certainly nothing
groundbreaking, but all the members still got their chops, Kyo is still the best vocalist alive, and it's a good fun DEG
time.
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| 3.0 good | nbats | April 9th 26 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | April 9th 26 |
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