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| 2.5 average | LukeN4HisDestNE | June 23rd 22 |
If I had a dollar for every minute of boring intros to post black metal songs, I'd be, at the very least, a millionaire.
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| 2.5 average | Inoculaeted | June 23rd 22 |
Quiet/Loud dynamic grows tiresome when it doesnt aspire to conjoin as one at any point. On
closer inspection this album is shockingly stale. Its mostly blast beats and tremolo picking to
a hard stop saxophone ambiance just to get back to the black metal monotony. Either make a way
cooler black metal part or make a way cooler atmospheric jazz part. Dont give me the derivative
version of both on some moronic hour long conga line.
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| 0.0 | Gary STAFF | June 22nd 22 |
Leviathan was pretty nice, but the rest of the album was... quite boring. Don't get me wrong, it's a quite unique record, but sadly most of these songs just "flew by" and ngl, I cannot remember any cool moments from this other than the beast opener song. Mild disappointment at first, might be a grower later.
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| 4.0 excellent | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | June 8th 22 |
This is a step up from Love Exchange Failure and the band's most compelling and thorough synthesis of black metal and jazz yet.
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | August 29th 22 |
Black metal already proved to fusion well with many genres: why not dark jazz? These dark jazz parts add a "film noir" vibe that works well with the band's gloomy take on atmoblack, both aesthetics giving space to let the other one leverage its dynamism. Shame the best example of such an aesthetic is the opener, the rest of the album offering a tad too much monotony.
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| 3.5 great | Zakusz | June 16th 22 |
My 2000th rating, and I cannot think of a better one to give it to. What an album, could be a contender for me for AOTY after three full listens. Gotta spend more time with it though
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| 4.5 superb | LucretiaMyReflection | November 29th 23 |
I have been following the Ukrainian experimental/atmospheric black metal outfit White Ward since the release of their 2017 albumFutility Report. The band have continued to wow me with every release, adding new colors and sounds to their rich auditory landscape. However, with this year?s False Light, I believe White Ward has supplied us with the full package. From the album art and supplemental visual materials, the record seems to reflect upon suburban decay and forgotten structures, a very possible meditation on their war-torn native country. All of this can be surmised before even hearing a single note of music.rThe music perfectly reflects the dystopian nature of first impressions. The band have kept the foundation of their powerful and sprawling black metal assault with loads of atmosphere and jazz noir saxophone inflections, but this time adding in influence of spacious, dark, and gothic neofolk akin to something like Current 93, Death In June, or King Dude. This inclusion adds unexpected dour clean vocals and dreary melodies accompanied by acoustic guitars. There is even a trumpet that sits somewhere between Miles Davis?s smoky fusion and Ennio Morricone?s masterful Spaghetti Western film scores. In summation, this album is not something I can truly describe in words. My best recommendation would be to pick it up on vinyl, sit down with it on the stereo, pour over the breathtaking photography by Lucas Deshazer, and get lost in the sonic journey.
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| 4.5 superb | SteefJan1970 | July 27th 22 |
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| 4.5 superb | ajcollins15 | June 23rd 22 |
On the band's true third album they continue to dial in their ambitious and dark sound with their unique fusion of atmospheric black metal and dark jazz. What?s most impressive about the album is the extreme balancing act that is done with these two Seemingly opposite genres of music. Several artists throughout the last 10 to 20 years have tried the sound but always lack the ability to fully fuse the two genres instead they opt to make it a two-sided affair with neither genre really being put together. Truly an amazing listen from front to back and to top it all off the subtle nuance infuses other genres like post-punk and alternative metal here in there as the album goes along.
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| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | June 20th 22 |
For me it is more difficult to get into it than their record before. But False Light is the better record. I hope it will grow on me.
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| 4.5 superb | Kees Visser | June 14th 22 |
This album can compete with almost all the distinctive albums of all the distinctive metal bands that have radvanced the genre. Most importantly, the album contains only great songs, there is a lot of beauty to find inside the rsongs. The album itself and the majority of the songs are characterized by a constant alternation between quiet and fast rpassages. White Ward also pushes the boundaries of the genre through a mix of metal, jazz (eg sax) and ambient sound rand will hopefully inspire more metal bands to make groundbreaking music.
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| 5.0 classic | cloakanddagger | June 11th 22 |
Definite AOTY contender for me. These guys have been my favourite black metal discovery of recent years.
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| 3.5 great | nbats | April 8th 25 |
| 3.5 great | T5Cx | March 27th 25 |
| 5.0 classic | Wilt | March 18th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | s0nicx | February 11th 25 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | January 6th 25 |
| 3.5 great | boato | November 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bard0 | May 12th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | haley | January 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | December 9th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Nishe | November 25th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Ryan P STAFF | October 23rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Avet | October 21st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Voluk77 | October 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | April 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | vannaie | March 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | February 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marxman | February 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | DType | February 14th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Tartay | January 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dustx85 | January 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kx8 | January 2nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Brabiz | December 31st 22 |
| 3.5 great | sevhar | December 27th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Rick64 | December 24th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Blaidd | December 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | karlulol | December 16th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | h0rsie | December 15th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | December 11th 22 |
| 3.5 great | alamo | December 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | kkarron | December 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilneto8 | November 29th 22 |
| 2.5 average | botb | November 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | mRA | November 17th 22 |
| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | November 8th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | abou105 | November 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | MAB | November 3rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | aGit | October 18th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Lvxfra | October 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | epmxcx | October 6th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Darrrk0 | September 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | hadriel | September 24th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Gunny87 | September 23rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Prancer | September 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | September 8th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Pho3nix | September 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyll | August 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | xlev | August 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | GodL1ke | August 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | JoneHK | August 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | August 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chippe | August 4th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Elynna | August 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | July 25th 22 |
| 3.0 good | qt | July 21st 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Tasty | July 21st 22 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | July 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | July 15th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | 8genre | July 10th 22 |
| 4.2 excellent | Sunnyvale EMERITUS | July 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Feels | July 1st 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Gbhill | July 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | June 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | BurntUt | June 28th 22 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | June 28th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Zac124 | June 27th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Above | June 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | rc239 | June 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | June 24th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | TT | June 24th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | motyli | June 24th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | GhostK | June 23rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | luetin | June 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | morry | June 23rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Raqinq | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | kalli15 | June 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | June 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | jhop | June 20th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Zoinks | June 19th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Rausku | June 18th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Macck | June 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kruppe | June 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | June 17th 22 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt | June 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | arf | June 13th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | June 9th 22 |
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