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| 4.5 superb | Wolfe | March 23rd 20 |
#CALEBSCOFIELDFOREVER // LONG LIVE SCOFIELD
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| 0.0 | Dewinged STAFF | March 25th 20 |
If you didn't feel anything during "Death Rhymes" you might start considering looking for a new
soul, cause the one you got now is pretty much dead at this point.
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| 3.5 great | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | November 16th 20 |
As far as post metal goes, the first of Old Man Gloom's 2020 double-effort is nothing innovative and nothing stand-out at first. They are just doing their thing, being heavy and animalistic. Cannot say that it hides many surprises or even moments that impress beyond a basic "that was pretty cool" impression, but it also never really disappoints or has a noticeably weak link. All is tight but serviceable. The context of the album does grant it more weight in the lyrical content and after having learned the background, the emotion of these songs is more tangible. However, the straight running work with no left turns or risks still dours the experience a little bit.
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| 4.5 superb | ElAlbert94 | March 28th 20 |
Brutal! What a great surprise to have a double album by this monstrous Super Group. Never getting disappointed by these guys!
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| 4.0 excellent | buttgrinder | March 27th 20 |
Dewi is right, honestly I wouldn't mind a full album of tunes like Death Rhymes. That shit is just absolutely gold.
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| 4.5 superb | ThyCrossAwaits | March 26th 20 |
Geezus can?t wait for the prequel if this slams this hard, one time fake-out album is cool but twice is god-tier insanity
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | March 26th 20 |
Farewell Caleb. As in 2014, OMG puts out two separate album during the same year. Still waiting for the second part (Seminar VIII, weird they released IX before VIII btw) but this one riffs hard while bringing the emotion of the void left by Scofield. Good examples of that is for example The Bleeding Sun, which is as pounding in the background as beautiful in its main riff. I also felt some hard Owsla-era FoE in this song (basically it's crusty). Fortunately, the album is everything but a simple homage to the bands' deceased bassist: it is as diverse as we could expect Old Man Gloom to be, fusing sludge and post-metal, noise rock and their typical noisy ambient section. This last subgenre of theirs has unfortunately never striked me as 100% necessary, and I once again get that feeling (Canto de Santos's first part). The emotion however climaxes in Death Rhymes a beautiful and soulful tune in which Caleb is memorialized, one last time.
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| 4.0 excellent | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Deebo05 | November 25th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Jerrad | July 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | VlacDrac | February 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jamdbz | February 8th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Jebull | August 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zakusz | June 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | March 1st 21 |
| 4.5 superb | El Olam | February 2nd 21 |
| 3.5 great | gschwen | December 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | December 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bulgaro | November 24th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Pon EMERITUS | October 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | September 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | JS19 | July 9th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | GhostK | June 18th 20 |
| 3.5 great | SYL | May 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | h0rsie | May 25th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Rail | May 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zakkusz | April 23rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | Lalka | April 23rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | wwf | April 17th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | April 15th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | April 9th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Wizard | April 3rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | April 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Martvyk | April 1st 20 |
| 3.0 good | trilo | March 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Macck | March 25th 20 |
| 3.7 great | clavier EMERITUS | March 23rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | NBA | March 23rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Gbhill | March 23rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | JOK | March 23rd 20 |
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