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| 4.5 superb | maninthebox | January 1st 14 |
Omnium Gatherum produce the best guitar album of the year with Beyond. This is because on Beyond the guitar is not just a guitar,it sounds like a whole fucking symphony. What really makes this album amazing is that I had no idea they had this album in them. After hearing their last album New World Shadows there would have been no way I'd believe that they could make my top 5. But holy shit they did it, and not only with death metal brutality but also melodic death metal beauty as well. Just look at some these songs like opener instrumental Luoto, amazingly cleanly sung Who Could Say, and extra-beautiful closer White Palace. You can't listen to these songs with out envisioning a beautiful epic landscape complete with epic sunset. Also this album brings the riffs to so don't worry, just check out Formidable, The Sonic Sign, or Living in Me. Best songs: Living in Me, White Palace, and Luoto
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| 4.0 excellent | CrazyFool84 | April 28th 13 |
Feeling like easily their most accomplished and focused work to date, Omnium Gatherum?s 5th full-length offering, Beyond, is a monster of a record and a must have treat for fans of melodic death metal. This band ? who refers to their style as Life and Death Metal ? has always had a unique and particular approach to melodic death metal, giving them more than enough of an identity to stand above the legion of peers within the genre. It?s hard to find a track here that isn?t entertaining, and each offers up enough individualism to stand strongly on their own. The real beauty of this record is the sum of its parts though, with all tracks coming together to form a beast of a metal album and one with a nice, uniform feel. If the band was floundering in its past release or two, they?ve come back stronger than ever, and hopefully can continue to expand on their niche within the genre.
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| 3.0 good | Dodecahedron | February 15th 13 |
I'm not a very big fan of Jukka's vocals, but the music on here is absolutely amazing. I love the positive vibes it gives off.
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| 3.5 great | Hot Bowser | February 10th 22 |
Luoto 3.5 amazing instrum; New D 4; Rim 3; Night 2.5 mostly a long nothing; Formidable 3; Sonic 3.5; Who Could 4; Unknow 3; Living 4.5; White 2.5 another long nothing. subdivisions cover is garbage
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| 4.0 excellent | Xenorazr | June 24th 15 |
Omnium Gatherum continue from New World Shadows with less of a push and more of a slide; Beyond is a finer product that encourages repeat listens more than any of their previous albums. The contrast of low vocals and dark instrumental play with strangely tranquil ambiance--characteristic of doom--is an effective strategy that helps them craft a personable identity. What it lacks in innovation or creativity, it makes up for in effectiveness.
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| 3.5 great | Hastein45 | December 20th 13 |
One of the better melodic metal albums produced this year. Though the growls are below par, the music itself is quite good. These Finnish bands are very good in their ability to invoke emotional landscapes in the listeners head--taking one from the depths of sadness and despair to the triumphs of life and overcoming the negative. And sometimes it is physical landscapes which manifest themselves in one`s mind as well. When one listens to any number of Finnish melodic bands, I`m certain one`s mind leads them to cold and dreary, snow-filled surroundings. Omnium Gatherum is better than many other bands in the region at conveying this and this album highlights it.
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| 4.5 superb | MaidenUFO | November 17th 13 |
One of my favorite melodeath albums for 2013....Great album, my favorite songs are "The nyew dynamic", "In the rim", "white palace", "sonic sign"..All the songs actually! in general the whole album is fuckin perfect!
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| 3.5 great | bowlofsoup | February 15th 13 |
The music itself is pretty solid, but the vocalist brings this whole thing down. Overall, if you didn't like the genre before, this won't be changing your mind.
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| 0.0 | Julianna Reed EMERITUS | February 3rd 13 |
In which Omnium drop the riffs to focus on atmosphere.
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| 5.0 classic | KManoc1 | November 14th 25 |
| 3.5 great | MaSuPe | August 17th 25 |
| 2.5 average | Davey | March 16th 25 |
| 4.5 superb | gfgfg11 | September 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | August 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eyes4you | February 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | May 31st 22 |
| 3.0 good | qt | January 7th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | ballout | December 7th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Steiner | November 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | MonkMan | November 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | wulolu | November 5th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | pengui | January 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck07 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | kouichi | November 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | aGit | September 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | HybridF | August 25th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | June 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flave | February 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | January 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | mctang | December 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Akifexx | October 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | September 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Nishe | September 8th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | September 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | SuzyC | September 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryan P STAFF | July 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | VikkiH | March 26th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Soossi | November 29th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | mursu | February 24th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | MurphZA | December 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mRA | November 22nd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | tysly | November 21st 16 |
| 3.0 good | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | kark | August 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | IceMole | August 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | August 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | mEyck97 | December 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Camation | November 24th 15 |
| 3.0 good | ICDD | September 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ngk44 | September 4th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Dmax28 | July 10th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Rakkie | May 23rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | r1xTer | April 25th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Luxx | March 23rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Gigapax | February 6th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | naju890 | November 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | August 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | August 9th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | July 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | July 30th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hybza | May 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | DaniHoF | April 14th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Sagax | April 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Thibs | February 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rubinhio | February 18th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Shabz | February 13th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | jc3494 | January 30th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | leonm | January 21st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Nifkin | January 15th 14 |
| 2.5 average | adr | January 1st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | DrThodt | December 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Awake88 | November 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ArchoN | October 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | blabony | September 20th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | afafard | September 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | marasm | September 14th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | itseprkl | September 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | RAGG | August 29th 13 |
| 3.0 good | k4yser | August 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Gnome7 | August 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | seifer | July 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | valek | July 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | May 17th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | MaM | May 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Edlund | May 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | max13x | April 27th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Mogget | April 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | April 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dev518 | April 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | simonj | March 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | March 27th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Smaizi | March 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shiduba | March 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | adsta1 | March 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zhaotai | March 4th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Escain | March 3rd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Plm | March 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | Shogun | February 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | notwen | February 25th 13 |
| 2.5 average | kingsoby1 EMERITUS | February 24th 13 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | February 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Durrzo | February 22nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | leycec | February 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Sabaton | February 19th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Jewmee | February 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arashi | February 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | whiteadi | February 18th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | mcg182 | February 18th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Makku | February 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | arf | February 17th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Kadaver | February 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | CK | February 15th 13 |
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