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| 4.0 excellent | nightbringer (all ratings are 4 or 2) | March 6th 21 |
This really nails it for me on a number of levels. Firstly, the shoegaze elements bring a depth of texture. But when it comes to heavy music, I also really value rhythmic complexity. I was thinking how this album reminds me of Lantlos - Melting Sun, particularly in the vocal department. I like that album but find that the simplistic rhythm section puts a cap on how I can gush about it. This album, by contrast, keeps me on my toes, rhythmically. That's partly due to a djent element here but the accompanying guitar tone is more rooted in shoegaze fuzz than in... whatever obnoxious tone djent is typically associated with. So yes, the rhythms are choppy. Yet unlike Car Bomb, the songs retain a sense of cohesion, and the rhythms have a sense of feel and groove rather than mathematically generated randomness. To top it off, the vocals bring a melodic release that makes the abrasive nature of the music less fatiguing. The vocals are also perfectly placed in the mix and avoid being too washed out - something I can struggle with in some shoegaze. Great stuff.
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| 3.5 great | ajcollins15 | July 9th 20 |
A three-piece post-metal and shoegaze outfit from Portland, Maine have delivered their debut album and all around there is a lot of promise for this band based on what is present here. All the way through you will be taken on a winding and long-winded post-metal and metalcore album that doesn?t relent for one minute on the 52-minute album. However, there is a lot of work the band needs to do to fully come into their own sound because they really just sound like every offshoot of this sound from Astronoid to Deafheaven. They definitely started in the right place, they just need to fully develop themselves into the future. So, I look forward to seeing what this band will create in the future.
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| 2.5 average | hadriel | August 10th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Macck | July 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | trilo | July 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | jesper EMERITUS | June 30th 20 |
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