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| 3.0 good | Tyler EMERITUS | January 15th 09 |
This is fairly run of the mill "progressive extreme" metal. I mean, it's not to say it isn't enjoyable, and I can certainly say it was far better executed and produced than I envisioned, but in the end I can't help but notice the palpable superficiality that really dominates this album. It feels too exact, and ultimately it brings very little to the table in terms of surprises and originality. Case in point, I spaced out for a good 15 minutes and didn't feel like I missed a thing.
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| 3.5 great | CrazyFool84 | January 15th 09 |
Probably the only band I've discovered soley because of random reading on this site, Ikuinen Kaamos is a pretty ridiculous progressive death metal band in a similar vein as Opeth, though distinctly different. It is perhaps this lumping in with Opeth that does this band the most injustice...there is definitely more here than another Opeth clone. While The Forlorn lacks much of the jazzy elements seen in other prog-death units, there is a definite love for 70's prog elements and folk movements. There is something almost refreshing in the style that Kaamos plays in, and I can't think of a least deserving band to go through the misfortunes they have as of late. This is an impressive debut offering, but really leaves the listener wondering just how impressive a follow-up would have been, had it been released in its entirety.
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| 3.5 great | Oobaloo | February 25th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Trundle | February 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | September 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Leymon | February 26th 16 |
| 2.5 average | mikep87 | August 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Daedus | August 22nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Aether | July 30th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | June 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | December 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hoenir | February 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | ameypv | November 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zip | May 25th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Zoo | August 1st 08 |
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