 | Thou Tyrant
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #96 for 2007 | |
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| 5.0 classic | Chino smoking it up! | September 5th 18 |
oh fuck this one has the riffs! What a debut...can't believe I waited for Magus to get "really" into Thou. Recd tracks: All of them 5 tracks!!
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| 5.0 classic | dbizzles | May 15th 17 |
This crushing debut LP sets the tone for all Thou albums to come. Riffs and despair collide at all speeds to paint a disgustingly accurate portrait of the pitfalls of humanity.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | October 4th 16 |
For the last decade or so, Thou has made a name for themselves as one of the most consistent and top-quality sludge/doom metal bands around. Their sound on their debut full-length, Tyrant is of slow, plodding doom metal that revels in its misanthropic nature for several minutes before relenting itself and letting moments of relative beauty and clarity shine through. This is obvious even on the opener/title-track, on which vocalist Bryan Funck turns in the first of five masterful performances, when halfway through the song some quiet clean vocals and mesmerizing guitar pierce through the armor of rock-solid sludge riffs. This is also seen in "I Was Ignored. And Judged. And Cast Down.", when the riffs at the end of the song are almost uplifting despite the grim vocals and lyrics. Things never get fast here, but tempos are changed enough, and the riffs are plentiful enough, to add a nice variety to the music that gives it an edge over many of their contemporaries. This isn't two-dimensional stuff we're talking about here. All of this and more goes into why Tyrant is a wonderful debut from one of dooms most well-rounded and talented bands.
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| 4.0 excellent | BtwntheAKIRAndMe | August 1st 15 |
Mid 8 out of 10: On their debut LP, Thou proves they have what it takes to be an incredibly hard-hitting sludge metal act. However, what they do lack in is creating songs that can be listened to on their own. This LP is great as an entire LP, but you will need the time to listen to it all at once. At least that's how I feel.
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| 4.0 excellent | mkamrass | April 25th 14 |
This is a good combination of black metal, sludge metal, and occasional post-rock. The album is really heavy but also manages to have a good amount of mellow parts.
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| 3.0 good | doofy | January 10th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Jurtz | August 18th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Tyll | January 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | December 11th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo05 | November 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Above | October 19th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Jerrad | July 13th 22 |
| 3.5 great | qt | February 13th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Bobshat | January 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | November 27th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Lvxfra | October 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | September 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Harff7 | September 16th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Jebull | August 27th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Metaxu | May 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | April 1st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | cowleast | February 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerbzz | February 14th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | November 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | sicrvat | November 3rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | gk1979 | August 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | January 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | crab | December 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | trilo | December 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | unkle | November 9th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | JoExo | October 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | September 15th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Veldin | September 9th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | August 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | August 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | January 29th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Fear | December 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | November 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | August 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | July 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | El Olam | December 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Santet | December 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GodL1ke | September 5th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | August 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Verlix | June 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | April 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | closed | March 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | February 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | November 20th 15 |
| 3.5 great | JS19 | October 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | June 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | rid | April 17th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | slaps | December 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | August 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | 76TVs | July 28th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | akimbo | May 14th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | PFNPJ | March 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ffs | July 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rail | May 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nikkolae | February 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | HWBTW | December 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | smeaf | October 28th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | September 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Vesper | August 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pizza | August 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | April 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | djunior | April 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | qwe3 | February 2nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Hawks | February 1st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | NaCl | December 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Foxhound | December 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oceans | September 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Heysatan | September 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | feav233 | July 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Evisc | May 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | iranscam | February 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cerbyrus | February 20th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | krazaln | November 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phantom | October 16th 09 |
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