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| 0.0 | Andy H. B. | September 8th 13 |
A display of self-ness.
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| 4.0 excellent | Ignimbrite | October 14th 13 |
Combine Vertikal (including The Flow Reversed) and Vertikal II into the single album they were meant to act as, bookended with the acoustic version of Passing Through, and you have yourself Cult of Luna's best album since SatH.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | March 16th 23 |
It's Cult of Luna, and it's called Vertikal II. Voila. Synth lines carry the cold futuristic aesthetic while the rest of the musicians deliver the typically gargantuan CoL sound. 35mins is a tad too short for them to install their soundscape properly.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | October 19th 21 |
It's been a while since Vertikal, but I feel like these tracks embody the cold, machine, steel aesthetic a whole lot more potently,especially with the digital electronic tones and the synths. It feels like being in desolate dunes of mirrors. 1 is particularly good at this with its slow tempo. 2 Would be probably quite cool live, but in comparison to 1 was too much of a slow repetitive burner to truly engage me all the way. 3 was also way better at doing it, making 2 probably the weakest track, despite a nice main hook that is present from the intro onwards. 4 has some very pretty moments like 7:30 and a sweet buildup, but the vocals aren't really all that convincing and the unfolding is a bit missing before the track dies out in quite a cool way with its almost tribal vocals. I wasn't super focused, so it is impressive that the record gave me such precise mental imagery, but equally it is also quite clearly not the best CoL out there as it lacks dynamics overall. 3.7r
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| 3.5 great | Robert Garland STAFF | August 10th 13 |
Four tracks with one remix, it's not an expansive full-length release but its merits are deserved. Play it off the end of Vertikal (1) and the atmosphere matches the first. A display of self-ness, presented by a band that didn't want it any other way.
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| 4.0 excellent | Brains | June 22nd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Blaidd | June 18th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Wzzzard | November 7th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Luna | August 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | El Olam | February 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jips | August 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | Majkl | February 13th 21 |
| 3.5 great | heck | November 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ItsKanae | September 25th 20 |
| 3.5 great | SYL | September 27th 19 |
| 3.5 great | JS19 | March 1st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Tethyan | November 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | tarcus | February 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | October 13th 16 |
| 2.5 average | algo | September 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | May 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | March 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | morry | February 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeeDeeM | December 9th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Mazarb | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | btati | November 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ABlake | October 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Deviant. STAFF | October 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | loulou | July 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | JAV | January 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DaniHoF | January 18th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | fdrc | January 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krimea | December 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | TaMo | July 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tuth | July 17th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | wwba | July 12th 14 |
| 3.5 great | MF79 | June 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | fjutt | March 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | January 23rd 14 |
| 2.5 average | VinVal | January 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uqnivde | December 9th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | December 2nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | November 11th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Kriss | November 9th 13 |
| 3.5 great | oskrr1 | October 24th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Nethal | October 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | dosia | October 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Hati | September 26th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | September 20th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Amebix | September 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Gbhill | September 18th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | September 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | N2B3J | September 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | neikos | September 5th 13 |
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