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| 4.0 excellent | Fernando Alves STAFF | April 19th 19 |
Apoptosis is all that can be expected from Allegaeon, a tech grooving death metal assault, which rests on the same rather distinctive well-known formula of the band's previous albums, and although the band never really get out of their comfort zone, Apoptosis is more stimulating and less exhausting than Proponent For Sentience, despite having 11 songs and more than 55 minutes, revealing a more focused and effective songwriting. Personal highlights: Extremophiles (B and A), Metaphobia, Stellar Tidal Disruption and the title track.
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| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | January 13th 23 |
That fucking bass player. His performance is probably one of my favorite things about this album, but he isn't on his own here. Allegaeon deliver a relentless collection of riffs, shredding solos, and guttural growls that also have just enough melody and groove to stick in your head, even on first listen. This is what technical death metal should sound like.
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| 3.5 great | cjbizzlebizzle | July 3rd 19 |
Kind of a tale of two halves. Apoptosis is the fifth LP from the very consistent tech/proggy/melodic death metal outfit out of Colorado. If you forgot the cell cycle stages, Allegaeon has you covered in the first few tracks and in general the album's themes revolve around science. The first six tracks are really, really good with the band sticking to more structured songwriting often trading groovy verse riffs with chord driven hooks, the occasional breakdown and blistering solos in between. These tracks are dynamic and Interphase//Meiosis and Extremophiles (B) have beautiful tension and transitions. At about the midpoint of the album, things seem to change gears and become a bit more toned down and less tight in terms of songwriting, it feels like the band is wandering with less direction. What makes this a great album? The vocals are a step up from some of their earlier work. There are at least 3 or 4 guttural tones and good cleans to keep things fresh. The riffs and basslines are proggy and technical but still groovy, clean and energetic. Worth checking out for anyone into the genre but an album that kind of shows its card early and teeters on the edge of too repetitive and one that won't need endless replays.
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| 3.5 great | Chino smoking it up! | May 8th 19 |
Potential 3 album with too many tech highlights to be ignored. Found the melodic parts vs harsh parts a bit inconsistent. m/ Recd Tracks - Interphase // Meiosis; Metaphobia.
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| 4.0 excellent | Robert Davis | April 28th 19 |
One of the best progressive metal albums of the year. In a lot of ways this reminds me of Persephone's latest full-length but with more engaging musicianship and some riffs to lick your lips to. This may be the band's best.
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| 3.0 good | metalphil | April 19th 19 |
Initially gave this a 3.5 but it fell off pretty hard for me, had to drop it.
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| 5.0 classic | Nifkin | April 19th 19 |
The album is such a banger and this band can really do no wrong at this point.
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| 4.0 excellent | MaSuPe | October 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | zuzek | September 20th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | January 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Suyan | November 23rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | tekth | November 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sally J. | September 20th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | August 25th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Tartay | April 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | arf | December 12th 20 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | October 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | KrillBoi | February 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | IlRoz | January 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Haelaeif | December 20th 19 |
| 3.5 great | dcube | November 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Awake88 | October 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jotun35 | October 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jergal | September 3rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | GhostK | August 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | josh | July 3rd 19 |
| 2.5 average | remi | June 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Defcol | June 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bde1314 | June 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | RyanW | June 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | June 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | June 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | May 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | May 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Daesu | April 30th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | hussam | April 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Keira | April 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | wulolu | April 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | April 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Khu | April 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | pengui | April 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | T5Cx | April 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | tcarafi | April 19th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | April 19th 19 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | April 19th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Elynna | April 19th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Tasty | April 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | April 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | zzf1918 | April 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | April 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | trilo | March 20th 19 |
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