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| 5.0 classic | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | July 11th 19 |
False's newest effort Portent is a modern incarnation of Emperor's symphonic bombast filtered through 25
years of black metal evolution and supplemented by USBM's knack for twisting genre staples into something new
and previously unheard. And to be honest, there really is nothing that sounds like False; Portent takes all the
conventions of overly pompous black metal - orchestral backdrops, furious blasting, winding tremolo guitars - and
whips it all together into a maelstrom of melody and chaos. Thanks to their roots in the Minnesota DIY and
hardcore scenes, there is a underlying punk pastiche that makes the record feel real and grounded despite its
potential to burst through the stratosphere. In a year where black metal is dominating (especially the black metal
coming from the band's label, Gilead Media) False matches their peers' excellence and raises the bar for
everyone else.
6 Bumps | Bump |
| 2.0 poor | 2ool | July 9th 20 |
the drum programming is pretty awful
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| 3.5 great | Chino smoking it up! | July 22nd 19 |
Super cold and fast paced BM. Drums and bass are amazingly fast. Vocals are BM classic, but pretty flawless. Guitars are tremolo grandiose. Recd Tracks - The Serpent Sting, The Smell of Goat (THIS TRACK IS BEAUTIFUL)
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| 4.0 excellent | Laen | July 17th 19 |
only complaint is that it's 40 minutes long, because dear god I need more
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| 3.5 great | Prole | July 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | kx8 | May 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | rid | March 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Agonba | February 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | January 31st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | yoil | January 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | dbizzles | December 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Sunnyvale EMERITUS | November 2nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | cvlts | September 30th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | September 13th 19 |
| 3.5 great | JOK | September 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Haelaeif | September 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elros | September 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | mRA | July 30th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | July 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atari EMERITUS | July 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | July 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | July 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | mifzal | July 14th 19 |
| 2.5 average | bmelt | July 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | July 10th 19 |
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