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| 5.0 classic | Nocturnalize | July 17th 16 |
Easily the greatest death metal of all time. Every riff, blast, growl and bree is on point. This album is absolute perfection.
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| 5.0 classic | HisBelovedMaker | July 16th 16 |
OMG! - this was my exact reaction when I heard this album. This is exactly what extreme metal
lacks these days. I have no doubt that this will be considered a deathcore classic 10 years from
now, just like The Ills Of Modern Man. Could this be the best extreme metal release of this
decade?
Also, mad respect to these grown men (they're all over 30) for not being afraid to do pig squeals
and for not jumping on the 8 string guitar bandwagon.
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| 2.5 average | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | July 23rd 16 |
can I get a, BREEEEEEEEEEeeeee
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| 4.0 excellent | Dedicated1 | July 20th 16 |
I've certainly moved away from this sound over the years, but the nostalgia trip hit me like a freight train in the best possible way. No djenty/nu-metally bullshit here. Straight up 2008 style deathcore. Fun as hell, and sometimes that's all music needs to be.
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| 3.5 great | Risodo | February 6th 18 |
After seven years, one of the most important bands of the genre returned to the active. Even though in a discreet way, Despised Icon returned with an insane speed, with pig shouts that are spectacular and a technique that has always highlighted the whole. The hip-hop style adopted in the clips is still hilarious, to be honest.
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| 2.0 poor | lecolumbus | September 4th 16 |
This would have been mediocre in the mid 2000s and doesn't fare any better nowadays. "The Aftermath", "One Last Martini" (a re-recording of a song written 10 years ago) and the title track are highlights, but most of the songs here show their death metal-injected style of deathcore to sound terribly one note. "Bad Vibes" is absolutely awful - it makes me wonder if the people who accused them of being tough guy stereotypes after "MVP" came out were right.
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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | July 27th 16 |
Despised Icon are one of those deathcore bands that do it right: aggressive, heavy, occasionally catchy, and above all, fun. On Beast, their first record in seven years, these things are here again, and it sounds like something straight from the mid-2000's, with twenty-nine minutes of agressive, no-frills deathcore blasting through the speakers at a blistering pace. The problem here doesn't lie with the songwriting, or the vocal performance (which is quite good), or even the lyrics. It has to due with the production. Put simply, it lacks punch. Many of the slams or breakdowns sound kind of hollow, and the "oomph" that is necessary for these kind of records isn't really there. It's a shame, because this is a well-written and pretty fun album, but it could've been so, so much better had some extra time been spent in the production department.
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| 4.5 superb | RedRightHand | July 24th 16 |
Pretty damn awesome, but greatest death metal of all time? Really now...
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| 3.0 good | grandfather | July 23rd 16 |
Despised Icon are back with all the juns but less of the fun
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| 4.0 excellent | Comatorium. | July 22nd 16 |
Everything I could have wanted out of this reunion. A no holds barred blast from the deathcore past complete with pig squeals and breakdowns galore, Despised Icon don't waste a single second on Beast, and the album revels in its sound. No shame turning this on and blaring it for a good old time that reminds me of high school.
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| 4.0 excellent | Hypochondria | July 17th 16 |
Slams, brees and chugs like it's 2008. Inner Demons is a solid jam and so is Drapeau Noir. Grind Forever is probably one of the most intense songs they've ever written.
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| 4.0 excellent | JimIntegrity | July 17th 16 |
So good to see them back. Album meets and exceeds expectations. Slams and Bree's for days.
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| 3.5 great | Davey | April 16th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Kleeg | July 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 19th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Get Low | February 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arolde | August 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziggity | April 14th 20 |
| 3.5 great | josh | July 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ARDCWE | December 30th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Cashew | September 28th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Prole | September 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | heck | September 3rd 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Wicker | July 30th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | tgdv | May 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | sjurd | April 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Redlar | March 20th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Wolfe | January 4th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | December 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Memecore | November 25th 16 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | October 6th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Ben STAFF | September 23rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Gestapo | August 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Thibs | August 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | brunch | July 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Korpcun | July 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckypro3 | July 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | betray | July 27th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | July 26th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | rc239 | July 26th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Ebola | July 25th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | July 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Dmax28 | July 22nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | jgagz | July 16th 16 |
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