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| 4.0 excellent | Pon EMERITUS | April 6th 17 |
Holy fuck, the universe isn't ready for this album
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| 4.5 superb | Have you tried jamming Helcaraxe? | March 23rd 17 |
I don't know how many modern death metal bands write about weeby alien shit but this band sure as hell must be the best of them
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| 4.0 excellent | Xenophanes EMERITUS | February 16th 17 |
While there are some moments that literally seem copy/pasted from their debut, there's enough twists ("Static rShattering" could be a Krallice song) to make it interesting enough to stand on its own. It's a darker and heavier ralbum but still a lot of fun.
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | April 12th 23 |
Infrared Horizon is an Artificial Brain record alright, lying halfway between undecipherable and clearer than the Alps' water. Most importantly, they leverage that duality with these devastatingly clean guitar lines crawling out of the putrefied block of riffest. I'd however say this is the album of theirs that stuck the least with me, but that only proves how great this band is at linking engaging songwriting with the most alien take on death metal.
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| 0.0 | shittyriemann | December 21st 20 |
Man this has some beautiful songs but gets a teensy bit tiresome. Maybe a 4.5 hmmm
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| 4.5 superb | dbizzles | January 3rd 18 |
Only when you stare into the lifeless eyes of an android and see the reflection of our exploding sun will you fully understand the scope of the galactic destruction that makes up this album.
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| 3.5 great | BRAman22 | August 24th 17 |
Very fast, wanky tech death. I should love this, but it just seems a bit sterile, for lack of a better word.
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | May 19th 17 |
Infrared Horizon is a technical death metal experience that sticks to a formula throughout but stays refreshing thanks to a few key elements instrumentally and vocally. Artificial Brain hammer away at dissonant chords for much of the album rather than relying on down-tuned open string rhythms and on the whole this gives the experience an anxious, creepy atmosphere as if there is imminent danger but you do not know where or what it is coming from. Perhaps the true key to the musical side of things is the percussion. AB's drummer takes a spastic, unpredictable rhythmic approach rather than hammering away at the double bass constantly. Focusing in on the drums on this record is exhilarating; what an impressive performance. The vocals range from piggy grunts to harsh shrieks, a variety that allows the album to elevate itself above many of it's contemporaries. Sticking to one would have been a tragic mistake. It is a bit difficult to chose a few tracks that standout above the rest because many of them are similar but in this case they are all pretty high quality and the album flows just fine.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | April 29th 17 |
It's a dually intriguing and disconcerting thought for a machine to gain sentience, for a huge number of reasons. It's fitting; Artificial Brain sound like a bunch of androids that gained the ability to express emotion through music, and as Infrared Horizon is an alien record, it is also an album dripping with creativity and passion. The combination of tech-death, brutal death, and a dose of blackened death is ridiculously complex and speedy, but there's an audible sense of urgency and vexation when they play, as if they are the troubled android described throughout the album's lyrical escapades. Vocalist Will Smith is phenomenal as well, utilizing a variety of deliveries from a low gurgling growl to black metal-esque screaming; plus, that shriek at the beginning of "Anchored To The Inlayed Arc" is absolutely unreal. It's an angular, oftentimes unsettling beast, but it's that type of uncompromising mindset that can help make a great metal record, which Artificial Brain have certainly done here with Infrared Horizon.
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| 3.5 great | emmny | April 23rd 17 |
not as hook-y/catchy as their first album  ( better production tho
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| 3.5 great | Britch2tiger | April 22nd 17 |
Instrumentally savage, but I dare not to rate this any higher (at the moment) until I have a better "objective" references for death metal. Still a pretty brutal album!
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| 0.0 | ramon. | February 16th 17 |
Artificial Brain is as Artificial Brain does. Only blacker this time.
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| 4.5 superb | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | March 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | bungy | January 26th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atari STAFF | December 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | November 22nd 22 |
| 2.5 average | Nike94 | November 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | June 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Metaxu | June 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | raddlad | March 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpturk21 | February 25th 22 |
| 3.0 good | qt | January 14th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | efp123 | December 13th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | WillOTG | December 13th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Lvxfra | October 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Harff7 | September 16th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Frost15 | September 10th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Taku | April 12th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | March 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thranth | October 2nd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Alyssa | June 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | gr8seas | June 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | 2ool | March 31st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Steev | February 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | January 16th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | yoil | December 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | December 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | LSX | November 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | FakeOne | September 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krvst | September 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Korgull | August 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | josh | July 25th 19 |
| 2.5 average | blou52 | May 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bbgames | January 31st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | cfg26 | December 15th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | November 5th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | November 2nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | Skoj | October 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | arf | October 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loveloth | September 23rd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | YuckFou | September 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | cwebb0 | June 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Casavir | April 25th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rausku | March 31st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | bnyby | March 8th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | February 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | February 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | adr | January 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bulgaro | December 28th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Essence | December 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | December 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | DRusso | December 15th 17 |
| 3.5 great | ellagos | December 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Butkuiss | November 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loot | November 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | deaad | November 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | gnimas | November 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Solanum | October 23rd 17 |
| 2.5 average | mikep87 | October 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Sapee | October 6th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Wizard | September 21st 17 |
| 3.0 good | KSR0203 | September 12th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Zecke | September 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Santet | August 24th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | AriDoe | August 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | August 10th 17 |
| 3.5 great | btati | August 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | August 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | rid | August 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | xerox | July 29th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | motyli | June 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | June 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ignika | June 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | May 31st 17 |
| 2.5 average | Rail | May 29th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | heck | May 8th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Warpt | May 8th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | EJinHD | May 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Hawks | May 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | April 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | April 29th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | April 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jips | April 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | April 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | K4nOo | April 26th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | April 26th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | April 26th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | betray | April 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | April 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | April 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jedaum | April 22nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Flunx | April 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Nacen | April 22nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Torii | April 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | April 22nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | GhostK | April 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gmork89 | April 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | April 21st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Piglet | April 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Feels | April 21st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jeejee | April 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | April 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | April 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt | April 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | April 17th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | trilo | April 16th 17 |
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