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| 4.5 superb | moltenlava | May 12th 08 |
It's difficult to accurately describe what's going on here except to say that if you like Mastodon and Baroness, there's a pretty good chance that you'll like Giant Squid as well. Their music is doom-laden, yet highly progressive. The guitars of Squid display a distinct enough tone to seperate them from the two aformentioned bands, but not so much that you couldn't picture all three of these groups on the same bill. I don't know if there's already been a music journalist who's christened this sub-genre with a name yet, but it wouldn't be too far from the mark to describe this stuff as 'Art-Metl'. Can't call it Progressive Metal because that term conjures up thoughts of groups like Dream Theater and Symphony-X. And, these three bands are pretty far removed from that direction anyway. But, while the songs are, on average, much shorter than the material evidenced on the typical 'DT' recording, Squid's music is still highly progressive, extremely artistic and instantly recognizable as a new and original direction. The songs are accesible and melodic, yet there's also a controlled use of dissonance permeating much of their work. There's some sparse layering, a heavy reliance on atmospherics and periodic tinges of keyboard and horn accompaniment scattered throughout the album, that, when all taken together, gives this band a very deep, multidimensional sound. This dynamic is furthered by the decison to pair up a male and female voice on many of the vocal parts. If you demand a level of cerebral sophistication from your Hard Rock/Metal, then Giant Squid's Metridium Fields is probably for you.
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| 4.0 excellent | TRMshadow | February 26th 13 |
If you can get past the vocalist's sometimes a bit too "Serj-ey" style of delivery, this album has more than a fair amount of enjoyable music. I will admit however, this is one of their weaker performances. Their two subsequent releases are a bit stronger performances (at least in my opinion). 3.8/5
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| 4.0 excellent | Trundle | January 31st 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Avet | October 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | July 28th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | thawey | June 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nero | May 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | hesperus | September 25th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | November 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pavera | December 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | December 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | August 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | BadgerU | January 5th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Pho3nix | October 27th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | hybreda | September 15th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Kralle | February 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | gagnonov | November 14th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Kurazz | August 18th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | July 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | March 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Feels | December 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Troggy | August 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | svjchtr | August 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | January 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | jg777 | November 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | October 19th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | RK2THIS | October 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moos | October 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheTurr | March 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | CutMan | January 31st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Lakes. | October 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | taroo | April 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jruined | April 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Markk1 | January 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | k616g | August 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | kromml | April 26th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | KYZAR | March 3rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bhima | July 22nd 08 |
| 2.0 poor | natey | May 19th 08 |
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