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| 3.0 good | rattlehead42147 | March 17th 08 |
Ah, Spheres. The most despised Pestilence album, and it's really no wonder the band broke up after releasing such a lackluster effort as this (at least compared to previous masterworks of death metal which bear the Pestilence namesake). The keyboard interludes from Testimony of the Ancients got fruitier, and the band took on a more "progressive" direction as their peers Atheist and Cynic had found success in. Unfortunately it's almost as if the band didn't do their research and the music leaves much to be desired. The production doesn't help either; the guitar tone is one of the weakest I've heard from a death metal band of Pestilence's stature. Basically this album is only good for the (morbidly) curious. There are a few headbanging moments, and quite a few good riffs but as a whole, Spheres just has nothing on its predecessors. Give it a few spins if you really must know how this sounds (as I did) but it's just not worth your money.
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| 2.5 average | Mitch | November 22nd 23 |
what the fuck happened between this and Testimony?
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| 3.0 good | GamamJ | April 25th 20 |
Very inconsistent. Starts off as very solid Jazzy Tech-Death reminiscent of Elements era Atheist. However, near the middle it takes an ugly turn into way to many interludes, and the weird sounding synths take a steonghold until the last track. Bass playing is very enjoyable too.
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | July 12th 19 |
Pestilence go much softer on this one, both in prod and actual music played. They also go much more prog, and one effect is to make the synthy videogamey interludes work here. They sound crazy and prog a la TDEP or Refused, not out of place like on their previous lp where the contrast with brutal thrashened death metal was just bizarre. Tracks 4 and 7 are good example. This is true too for the main tracks, although most of the time those synthy and electronic sounds are poorly used and do sound out of the place like on track 5, sometimes they work really well. It creates a sort of weird crazy sound again a bit a la TDEP - I wouldn't be surprised if they liked this album - and track 3 for example is kind of a crazy weird jam. The middle section on 6 is a real prog jam too. However the album as a whole failed to convince me, as it has few true jams, and many many quirky dorky sections or sound that don't work, but I clearly prefer it over to TotA. 3.1
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| 3.0 good | MaidenUFO | March 2nd 16 |
Solid effort but it can't be compared with their previous records. Their last album before a 14-year absence from 1994 to 2008.
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| 0.0 | get your ass back here billy | December 6th 13 |
While I personally enjoy atmospheric touches in some metal albums, i'm afraid that the waning production value for the instruments as well as the vocals send what could've been a solid addition to a fantastic death metal discog right to the bottom. Despite some good moments, i'm afraid the presence of Malleus and Consuming Impulse will eventually make this album seamingly non-existent.
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| 4.0 excellent | relativeworld | January 24th 11 |
I don't really care much about rates! but this one is absolutely, criminally underrated!!!
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| 2.5 average | EpXeh | June 4th 10 |
This is a solid, if unspectacular album. None of the songs are really all that strong, but its interesting to listen to, as the album has a unique style.
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| 3.5 great | nbats | October 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Teddy23 | July 25th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | GhostK | May 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | haxxiy | March 5th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Phasma | January 25th 23 |
| 3.5 great | ffs | January 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | TboneP21 | November 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | October 25th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Bren80 | July 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | January 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | November 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | RoxSta | November 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | vakuola | November 19th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Nimlot | July 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | March 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | JKoppe | November 12th 20 |
| 3.5 great | hsb | September 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | MAB | July 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | May 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ulcer | April 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | April 19th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Korgull | September 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | May 31st 19 |
| 3.0 good | blou52 | April 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | sohudrk | April 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | JS98 | April 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | March 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | kkarron | January 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surtur | September 25th 18 |
| 3.5 great | heck | December 29th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Elynna | December 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | solrage | February 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | GxTxK | October 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bierlag | October 22nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Faenrir | September 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Faustus | September 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gazo | August 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Lanas | July 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | slikphuk | November 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Flave | November 14th 15 |
| 3.0 good | "Tab" | September 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fozzie | August 8th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | June 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | vicks45 | April 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | April 20th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Aion | March 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | AceeDeeC | December 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Inveigh | December 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Odium8 | November 23rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | May 15th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Weirman | February 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Regalia | December 6th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Nacen | October 14th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Den | September 9th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | pbass0 | August 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | fcuk | July 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Caelum | May 5th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | RayRay | February 3rd 13 |
| 2.5 average | CK | December 11th 12 |
| 2.5 average | sagu | September 27th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | voodman | September 14th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Geadom | September 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | sodas | January 6th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | DieDead | September 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Zool | August 24th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | v0vk | August 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Likferd | July 17th 11 |
| 3.5 great | YUJOS | June 13th 11 |
| 3.8 excellent | Trey STAFF | May 18th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | ev0ken | April 25th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Zyhaal | December 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | August 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | June 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | February 24th 10 |
| 2.5 average | pride | November 22nd 09 |
| 3.0 good | aeuk | November 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | krazaln | November 11th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Awake88 | September 30th 09 |
| 2.5 average | GibTG | March 3rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | Henry8 | December 21st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | morbid79 | November 22nd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slaytan | October 8th 08 |
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