 | Arsis A Celebration of Guilt
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| 4.5 superb | Shadows | July 16th 06 |
Arsis may only have one album so far, but they are already well on their way to becoming the best modern extreme metal band in existence. It's almost disgusting how well these guys can write and perform, especially considering there's only two of them. James Malone, a total fucking musical virtuoso, handles all of the punishing riffs and multiple harmonized solos as well as the basslines and the best melodic death vocals ever. Mike Van Dyne relentlessly pounds away with his lightning speed double ba Full of ss and blast beats with a dark-sounding low end drum tone that creates a menacing feel. Full of catchy and unique riffs and bursts of insane shredfests, Arsis sounds like no other band in the world and have already redeemed America's otherwise dying heavy metal scene.
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| 5.0 classic | MetalMan97 | January 22nd 13 |
This album is a masterpiece, i do not use that word lightly. The entire album is a journey through metal restored by this. The snarls, the speed, the skill never let up, it's hard to believe it's just two people. Drop what you're doing and buy this album now.
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| 0.0 | KieranVogel | December 27th 07 |
The Sadist Motives...
'nuff said. Well it would be if it wasn't for that damn 100 character rule. This album is really good, total opposite of metal in America *cough* Nu-metal.
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| 5.0 classic | mortalsoullefttodie | August 27th 06 |
Arsis is the best american metal bands since Death, and this is only their first CD. We can only expect even greater
work from then in the future. THe guitar, and drums are amazing, and never get repetitive. THis is why this Cd is a
must have, and a classic
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| 4.5 superb | BHAR | March 6th 16 |
Even though this is Arsis' debut album, it sometimes feels like it isn't. James Malone is a genius. His vocal work on this record is impeccable. Full of exploding and insanely catchy riffs and fast paced drumming, Arsis' The Celebration Of Guilt is a landmark album for both American metal and the melodic death metal scene. A must have for any fan of extreme metal. You won't regret it.
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| 5.0 classic | BRAman22 | July 31st 14 |
An absolutely flawless melodic tech death album. One of the best albums you'll ever hear.
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| 3.5 great | tom6 | April 1st 12 |
About as technical as melodeath can get without turning into full-fledged tech death, ACOG combines a strong sense of harmony and layering with a flair for dramatic melodies. In their best moments, they bring wholly different and unique colors to the death metal palette (The Face of My Innocence may well be one of the greatest songs in the genre), but Arsis recycle their formula far too much. The album lacks enough great riffs to be a true classic.
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| 4.5 superb | Progmaster85 | October 31st 09 |
For the most part, Technical Death metal is a genre of incredibly impressive instrumental work. The only problem is, sometimes extreme technical metal bands take that ideal too far and focus on brutality and raw energy over the more important collection of unique riffs and originality. Arsis is not one of these bands, as they blend crushing ascending scales, machine gun drumming, chilling vocals, and display their talent in a variety of ways. Arsis has both the quantity of magnificent riffs and song quality too. This is one of the best death metal albums that I have ever listened to, the hard part for Arsis is how they could surpass this excellent attempt. The only slight problem I found with this album is that the songs sounded too alike, which is a cliche in some aspects of the genre, but that didn't take too much away from the shear brilliance of this record. Another slight flaw was that it began to get a tad boring and redundant at the end, but again, this is still a monster of a record.
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| 3.0 good | CrazyFool84 | September 13th 09 |
For whatever reason this thing hit me pretty hard the first few times I heard it, but after a few spins, I found it getting kind of stale a little too quickly. There were definitely some standout moments on the disc, and it showcases a melodic technical death sound pretty well, though I can't help but feel like it fell a little short. I'm still curious enough to check out other work by these guys, as this definitely held some promise. I did have a bit of a beef with the production and the way they went about mixing the CD, really hoping they cleaned that up after this release.
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| 4.5 superb | Born2Lose | January 15th 07 |
This album is amazing, definately not one that should be over looked. Arsis plays great live shows, and they are really nice guys. I have met them and hung out with them a couple of times when they have come here to Utah.
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| 4.5 superb | Esp Griffyn | January 4th 07 |
Fantastic album musically, but for me it lacked any real sort of enlightening Content, so its a 4.5 from me. A great album for the general metal fan though.
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| 4.5 superb | Zxmbie | November 30th 06 |
I think this CD just rips, by far my favorite Arsis realease. There is something about the opening track that sucks me in and the rest of the disc is so superb. Every time I listen to this cd it inspires me to pick up guitar and learn a little more so one day I can play this good. Definitely a bright spot in the genre.
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