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| 0.0 | emester | April 6th 16 |
Monolithic Blackened-Death that diverts from the expected Icelandic hell cyclone approach to black metal and opts for a songwriting style focused on scale, detail and bleakness. Honestly it's quite refreshing to see a something a bit less twisted to come out of the booming scene happening there, as it cements the notion that Iceland might be the new Norway when it comes to black metal and styles associated with it.
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| 4.0 excellent | AnAutopsy | September 26th 16 |
Highly recommended for all black metal fans or fans of music that just sounds pure EVIL! There are a ton of fantastic melodies on this record that give it quite a haunting vibe.
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| 3.0 good | Xenophanes EMERITUS | August 9th 16 |
This year's most derivative metal record is also the most instantly gratifying. Pretty easy to spin and enjoy in any mood or scenario.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | April 11th 16 |
Initially, I was expecting this album to be similar to the Ad Nauseam record from last year, but what I got was something that leans much more towards the atmospheric and slow-burning. This Icelandic quartet is suffocating black metal mixed with eerie and tense post-metal in an instrumental sense, while vocally being influenced heavily from death metal. The songs sometimes pull a hardcore influence out in isolated places, like after the first minute of "The Syringe Dance", and the all around feel of the tracks is very organic. The songwriting is generally very good, and while their might not be a standout track on the record, all of the songs here are great and flow with each other excellently. The production is quite varied, having a briskness to the guitars and drums during the black metal sections while also adding a more clean, airy sound to the instruments and the background during the post-metal passages. It's one more excellent metal album that Reykjavik has to its name.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol CONTRIBUTOR | January 27th 22 |
Some truly gnarly atmospheric blackened death metal happening here. To my great surprise a debuting collective managed to string together some ambitious harmonic and instrumental vision that doesn't drag, doesn't have low point too deep, doesn't feel particularly indebted to any specific influence. Fresh, hellish metal record. More like this, please.
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| 4.5 superb | Inveigh | December 15th 16 |
Saw these guys with Ulcerate in Chicago and was blown away. This record rips souls in a similar vein to Ulcerate and Deathspell Omega. Atmospheric blackened death with an upright bass! Plus the dudes in the band are very cool. Always a plus.
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| 3.5 great | StarlessCore | October 4th 16 |
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tight
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| 3.5 great | zaruyache | April 12th 16 |
Black metal/death metal. The first track has an almost blackgazey Amesoeurs vibe to it, but the rest is mostly cavernous b/dm. Riffs.
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| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | April 11th 16 |
Progressive/Atmospheric death metal that kind of reminds me of Ulcerate without being as chaotic.r
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| 4.0 excellent | heck | February 25th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surtur | May 7th 22 |
| 3.5 great | qt | December 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lvxfra | October 23rd 21 |
| 3.0 good | 8genre | February 5th 21 |
| 3.5 great | TanMan | January 31st 21 |
| 3.5 great | remi | October 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | July 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | wilemz | June 4th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Boivin | May 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | bbm | February 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | alpsi | September 30th 19 |
| 3.5 great | trilo | January 30th 18 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | September 17th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | kx8 | August 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Moge | January 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | January 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | December 31st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mRA | December 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale STAFF | December 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Tasty | December 20th 16 |
| 3.0 good | YUJOS | December 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | December 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | November 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | kLEpaCKa | November 25th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | botb | November 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | rid | November 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoeSef | October 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GodL1ke | September 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | hesperus | September 13th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | September 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Krvst | August 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | August 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | closed | August 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | August 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | adr | July 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | motyli | July 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | 16Dot | June 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | June 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | btati | May 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | prouty | May 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flunx | April 19th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | kriz | April 14th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Jots EMERITUS | April 11th 16 |
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