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| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | January 30th 23 |
Not as unrelenting and forceful as their previous release, and not as experimental as the last few before they broke up (or went on hiatus?). That leaves As In Gardens... in a weird middle ground where it doesn't stand out as much, but it is still really good. I'd say this one is more melodic than the previous releases, and maybe a little less aggressive but it's still well worth checking out. Also, this album does get a little more experimental during the second half. Nothing as crazy as their first era, but more than their last release.
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| 3.5 great | Gary STAFF | January 25th 23 |
Pleasant symphonic black metal album, however it's definitely not as punchy as Cosmic World Mother was - and I kinda miss that.
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| 3.5 great | Santa Koopa | December 14th 24 |
ARIEL HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED AND KING TRITON IS PISSED
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| 3.5 great | cjbizzlebizzle | September 2nd 23 |
Melo/symphonic black metal chock full of some of the better synth seen in recent black metal albums. The synth really adds an excellent layer of melodies and atmosphere to this record. Really recommend the first two tracks as well as the last one but perhaps a bit repetitive in the middle portion of the record.
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| 4.0 excellent | mystagogus | June 1st 23 |
Maybe just one tiny bit less exciting than Cosmic World Mother, still excellent.
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| 4.0 excellent | Panzerchrist | January 27th 23 |
I think that, if you were to go into this record looking for the same unrelenting
aggressiveness that ...and Oceans' recent comeback record, 'Cosmic World Mother' seemed to
shovel out constantly, you might be a touch disappointed.
That said, this seems to tweak the formula moderately to good effect, and I think that goes a
ways toward giving it some additional longevity. Imagine if this WAS just a carbon copy of
the previous record...wouldn't that feel tiring?
Ultimately, I think the band made a smart move altering their course here, because they made
the changes intelligently. My only caveat would be the length. Truthfully, it's just too
fucking long. No black metal record needs to be 50 minutes. But that's my only serious issue
with it, thus far.
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| 4.0 excellent | Parasite | September 22nd 24 |
| 3.5 great | Suyan | January 3rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | FunJan | December 20th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | November 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | damon r. EMERITUS | November 25th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Blaidd | November 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | October 20th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Zubisi | September 25th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | August 1st 23 |
| 3.5 great | bbm | July 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryan P STAFF | July 26th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | qzaj66 | April 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Darrrk0 | February 19th 23 |
| 3.5 great | UrukHai | February 16th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | KManoc1 | February 14th 23 |
| 3.5 great | mRA | February 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | February 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | February 4th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Faraudo | February 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | JoneHK | February 2nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | arf | February 2nd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Masha2k | February 1st 23 |
| 3.8 excellent | Dewinged EMERITUS | February 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 31st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | January 31st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | January 30th 23 |
| 3.0 good | dafjam | January 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dustx85 | January 29th 23 |
| 3.0 good | qt | January 29th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | January 28th 23 |
| 3.0 good | cendor | January 28th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 28th 23 |
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