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| 4.0 excellent | Eggnog Addict | August 6th 24 |
wild hazardous thrash to simultaneously deprive and invigorate all your vital functions highlights in title and retribution
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | November 1st 19 |
This improves enormously on their debut - it sounds like a different band -, but it still isn't a super strong album. The singer woke up, and the prod is much better but far from perfect, with the bass still being a touch weird and the overall sound feeling quite muddy in places. 1 is nice and brutal, probably partly owing to the surprise effect compared to the previous album. The run from 2-5 progressively lost me, the good riffing being too occasional compared to other bands. The album lacks dynamics and feels like a constant stream of the same riff over relentless kick drum pounding. The breakdown mid 5 brings a welcome pause but really isn't all that great. 6-8 improves massively, 6 being a jam, with much better riffage and super cool sections. 8 is a rollercoaster of quality and has some of the album best bits but also boring sections. 9 is meh again, and the album has no finale at all - it just abruptly stops. Eh, may come back to a couple tracks but that's all. 3.15
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| 4.0 excellent | Resident Metalhead Piranha | June 30th 17 |
Devastation takes a considerable step forward on their sophomore album Signs of Life which appropriate shows signs of life for the group. The tempos are much faster this time around, the production is better, the riffs are much better, and they lean towards the darker side of thrash this time around. "Eye For an Eye" is a great example of them leaning towards early death metal tendencies while delivering more exciting music. The vocals still suck, but they're tolerable this time around, and the guitarwork is epic to say the least. It's not quite the mix of prog./thrash/death that they do the next album around, but it's a very solid release in the genre. Sits around a 3.5 and a 4.
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| 3.5 great | westerndragon | January 28th 16 |
Accurate title. Some good riffs show here, but ultimately they show signs of something better which they delivered with Idolatry.
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| 4.0 excellent | Mac55 | March 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | lorr | June 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jopower | February 17th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | FWX | February 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | KILL | February 18th 12 |
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