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| 5.0 classic | i want to mort. | August 1st 19 |
the moon cult writes an album about fearing the dawn? shocker
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| 0.0 | InFiction | July 31st 19 |
This is going to be their best since Somewhere Along The Highway, I can feel it
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| 3.0 good | Xenophanes EMERITUS | November 14th 19 |
Fine and unremarkable.
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| 5.0 classic | bigguytoo9 | September 19th 19 |
Second track alone is worth it. Great record all around. Once again COL comes out with another essential slab of music.
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| 5.0 classic | Ectier | September 17th 19 |
Well this is incredible. Nightwalkers is crushing and lights on the hill id immense and one of their best songs on the levels od Dark city, dead man
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| 4.5 superb | Robert Garland STAFF | September 9th 19 |
Well this is magnificent. The Silent Man is but a tease boys and girls.
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| 3.6 great | Trey STAFF | January 13th 23 |
Most post metal drives me crazy because there are parts that are so good, but they're separated by large sections of plodding minimalism. A Dawn to Fear cuts out a vast majority of the sparse post metal influences and just consistently jumps right into what makes post metal so damn good; epic crushing crescendos, visceral vocals, abrasive melodies, and oppressive atmospheres. Even the longer songs such as "The Silent Man," "Lights on the Hill," and "The Fall" manage to keep the momentum going, and they don't waste any portion of their extended run-times.
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| 3.0 good | noahconstrictor | May 14th 20 |
Solid doom metal with hints of sludge, nothing genre defining, but definitely worth a listen if you like the genre. Not my cup of tea per se, but certainly an enjoyable listen nonetheless.
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| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | November 12th 19 |
Dense and crushing while maintaining the smoggy sensibilities I loved so much on Vertikal, this record is one mind-blowing crescendo after the other.
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| 3.0 good | tenderscum | October 4th 19 |
If you're new to music, you might find something here to 5 over.
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| 4.0 excellent | Doublez38 | October 2nd 19 |
Cult of Luna continues to feed its cult (bad joke) by offering us a new modern, rich and meticulously controlled prophecy. First of all, they managed to create a perfect balance between "sung" and instrumental moments, between power and respite, which is a difficult task, especially since the album is almost 80 minutes long. I would have preferred it to be shorter, even if I am well aware that it distorted the work. Each piece transports you to a different universe, but each piece complements the other. I really enjoyed Nighwalkers and We Feel The End. It's probably one of the best metal albums of the year, maybe even the best, to be seen at the time of the report.
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| 4.0 excellent | svinariezas | October 1st 19 |
Really good. But I like other albums (except Eternal Kingdom) so much more.
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| 4.5 superb | qwenta | September 30th 19 |
More than 2 great tunes. Even last track and t/t are mediocre, rest of the album is great, with nightstalkers and loth being superb.
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| 4.5 superb | BlazinBlitzer | September 26th 19 |
This band just keeps getting better and better. Slow, fine progression over years of hard work. Awesome stuff, fellas.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | September 25th 19 |
Might be a grower. Super solid CoL record. Love the proggy organic sounds they're adding,
although they're mostly subtle and only truly shine in a few select places (1,7). The post-
rocky guitars are nice too and just in the right amount. 6 is the only weaker track and
feels like a misplaced dragged out album outro, although the bells towards the end of it
are absolutely gorgeous. Basically every other track has jammy sections, and they're pretty
much all jams except perhaps 3 which slows down a bit too much. 5 and its slow, enormous
buildup is going to be a huge jam live. However, 4 and the second half of 1 are on first
listen the only two real classic-worthy moments, and the rest has a lot of nice jammy
sections but that don't quite cut it to that ultimate level, bathing in nice CoL material.
I feel like the record is missing some clean vocals too - Julie's or not. Still a solid and
tentative 4.15
Edit: bumped a bit, this is super solid. 5 grew on me and is the album's second peak after
1, 7-8 being the last peak. The album is fantastic but goes up and down in intensity a bit
too much imo. 4.2
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| 5.0 classic | JOK | September 25th 19 |
Monolithic. I can't believe they made their best album 20 years into their career.
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| 4.5 superb | ItsOnlySkinDeep | September 24th 19 |
It may have taken them a while to get back to the good days but they succeeded with flying colors.
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| 4.5 superb | Erwann S. STAFF | September 22nd 19 |
Cult of Luna may have tried to tell a story. The story of human society, or maybe the story of a single man. After tales of anger (eponym & The Beyond), we move to more peaceful times, where we accept to show some tenderness (Salvation). This allows us to reconnect with earthy feelings (Highway). However, by doing this, we reconnect to our human deeds and invent lies (Eternal Kingdom). This lie was propagated and resulted in the city (Vertikal). After realizing how far we've gone and how miserable we were, we left to start something new (Mariner), only to find that nothing can start. Nothing is created, nothing is lost, and everything is in constant evolution. So, this is no true dawn; it's merely a restart button, and, given how bad it already went, we have nothing to do but fear. Or maybe they weren't trying to tell any story; they just wanted to put out some of the best metal we got in the last 20 years. And that's ok.
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| 5.0 classic | haesslichermensch | September 22nd 19 |
after listening to it 5 times I can say that is my AOTY so far. it has been a pretty good year in music releases and I know it is hard but so far this is the shit
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| 5.0 classic | Chino smoking it up! | September 21st 19 |
potential 5 here tho...I just love when these bands get real classy X)
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| 4.5 superb | skudboi | September 21st 19 |
The Nightwalkers, Light on the Hill, We Feel the End stretch is beautiful
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| 5.0 classic | DarkNoctus | September 19th 19 |
lights on the hill. 'nuff said.
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| 4.0 excellent | Nikkolae | September 19th 19 |
back in business baby
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| 4.5 superb | SlyZ | September 15th 19 |
Oh god...some songs have clean vocals as well...a real shocker. Lights On The Hill is their best
song yet. 4.5 EASY.
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