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| 4.5 superb | Gary STAFF | May 10th 20 |
Outstanding atmoblack release. Thuggish, heavy, great synths, perfect runtime - everything is given. They kept a tiny little dose of industrial as well, but I liked this modern ...And Oceans more, I think. Cathartic 'til the end.
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| 4.5 superb | Panzerchrist | May 10th 20 |
The best melodic black metal album this year, and potentially the best album in their catalog. Produced perfectly, full of fantastic symphonic arrangements and organized especially well as well. Love how the album starts to emanate little industrial flourishes as it blisters quickly towards its ending.
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| 4.5 superb | mystagogus | June 1st 23 |
'Musical equivalent of a flamethrower', seemed unmemorable in the beginning but grew well
over time.
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| 3.6 great | Trey STAFF | January 13th 23 |
I wasn't following ...And Oceans when they were around the first time. Apparently, they started as just another black metal band, but quickly evolved into some sort of industrial black metal hybrid that never really clicked with most their fan base. That's not Cosmic World Mother. This album is blisteringly fast and aggressive black metal with little symphonic/melodic keyboard flourishes. It features the classic 90s-era black metal sound that I love. Having gone back though their back catalog since hearing this, I can say the second coming of ...And Oceans is easily their best.
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| 3.5 great | cjbizzlebizzle | October 20th 20 |
Pedal to the metal, highspeed melodic black metal that keeps the pace intense for most of the record but gives you a nice synth bridge or downtempo break everytime you feel you need it. Vox are a very nice mix of ghastly black metal shrieks and more throaty screams while the riffs have nice melody and the symphonic backings are laid on thick but compliment what the guitars are doing without ever feeling cheesy. 'Five of Swords' is really great in all aspects and shows the band can write a catchy track with a nice hook. Another standout track like this and it would put the album over the top.
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| 3.0 good | Chino smoking it up! | May 18th 20 |
One of Light, One of Soil rules. I wish the album followed that lower tone more often, it would give it a nice balance... other wise, and although the industrial aspects fit nice here and there, I feel a little too one sided and annoying high/screechy.I really dig the closer too, don't ask me why X)
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| 0.0 | Blud Vidal | May 11th 20 |
Really solid melodic black metal calling back to ...and Oceans' early days. The lumbering synths underpinning much of the tremolos, blasts, and impressive growls serve enough melody to satisfy an age-old fan, but the general dark atmosphere achieved through all of the above plus the solid production is this record's defining characteristic. The album is bifurcated into a more traditional BM first half and a slightly more experimental second half; I probably would have dinged this album down a half point for lack of more experimentation/variation, but the title track is such a banger I have to 4 this.
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| 3.5 great | FunJan | December 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | February 9th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Hawks | June 1st 21 |
| 2.5 average | Jerrha | September 25th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | JKzer0 | August 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | July 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bbm | June 26th 20 |
| 3.5 great | rid | June 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | June 1st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | heck | May 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | kx8 | May 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | May 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Steev | May 7th 20 |
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