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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | April 25th 16 |
Albums from Chthe'ilist and Howls Of Ebb have already taken the death metal world by storm this year through their untraditional, uncompromising, and unique takes on the genre. Zealotry's The Last Witness will be next to join them. Coming from a place more ostensibly alien, Zealotry's style conjures images of extraterrestrial beings and planets unlivable by humans. It's production backs this up very well, with the guitars sounding angular and strange, with an atmosphere that feels tense and otherworldly. The vocal performance is pretty good, and the lyrics are surprisingly one of the coolest things about the album, describing the complete and total eradication of Earth and its people through the will of a nefarious "Overmind". Nothing new, sure, but it's done expertly. And though the album is not as varied or quite as satisfying as the aforementioned bands' records, it's still very much in the same echelon, as exemplified by moments like the ending of "Mutagenesis" and the entirety of tracks "Progeny Omega" and closer "Silence". In all, it's an album that accomplished the goal of pushing death metal's boundaries even further, which is an impressive feat in and of itself.
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| 0.0 | emester | April 24th 16 |
Beyond dense and grimy death metal that channels the alien aura of Nespithe way beyond the capabilities of Zealotry's contemporaries. The technical aspects, especially in regards to instrumental separation and lack of production caveats definitely propel The Last Witness above The Charnel Expanse. Truly fantastic.
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| 0.0 | Black Daimon | October 14th 16 |
Another mammoth disappointment this year, along with the new Chttkjtt''ksisjsllksishest record.
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| 4.5 superb | bmelt | November 1st 22 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | November 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | closed | January 16th 17 |
| 3.0 good | jet22 | January 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | December 31st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | December 31st 16 |
| 2.5 average | progsun | December 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | September 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | August 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | adr | July 16th 16 |
| 3.5 great | tgdv | July 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | June 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | May 30th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 15th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Ebola | April 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vetimus | April 28th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Ryan P STAFF | April 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | April 26th 16 |
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