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| 4.0 excellent | God of terror, very low dost thou bring us, very low hast thou brought us | January 30th 24 |
Man wtf!? This has to be one of the strongest year starts for metal music. Crazy good records rdropping out of nowhere everyday.rThis one is sick, state of the art tech/prog disso death in the vein of Flourishing, rAeviterne, Castevet, etc... I guess people will mention Deathspell Omega, Gorguts and rUlcerate as usual too. But don't be fooled into thinking this is your avg 1000th disso death rband. The sludgy guitar tone, the sick drumming and combination of elements, from black metal rto core elements make this album stands on its own for all the good reasons. Two AOTY rcontenders in January already, wow...
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| 4.5 superb | Essence | January 29th 24 |
shockingly good prog/death metal. the dissonant ambient passage that bridges the two halves of Beyond Recognition is absolute genius
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| 3.5 great | cjbizzlebizzle | September 1st 24 |
Relentless and forceful, 'Divine Laughter' just oozes heaviness and brutal energy. Each drum hit, guitar chord and vocal passage just feels like it weighs 2000 pounds and comes with the swing of a hammer. While a lot of the record is uptempo and intense, Cave Sermon do well to throw in breaks here and there so it isn't just a continuous, monotonous wall of heavy. They do well to pace these moments and combine them with good tempo changes so that when the next heavy section is queued up, you are ready and waiting for it. The opening track, 'Beyond Recognition' showcases this effect very well and is a great stepping off point for the album.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | September 1st 24 |
From yesterday. I was going to say this is at time Ulceratey in dissonance, and am now realising everybody thought the same. Reminding me of Ulcerate is always a plus, especially when it's not copy catting but rather throwing in bursts of black metal, aerial post passages, and dare I say a whiff of deathcore that I kinda like. Most tracks would fit on a gym playlist save for the post- ones. Maybe gets lost a little bit as time goes but resolutely solid. A band to watch. [JBL car] 3.85
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | May 3rd 24 |
Cave Sermon nail their "modern everything metal" sound, with dissodeath moments leveraging the heaviness of post-metal and the urgency of black metal. A great indication that the scene is doing well.
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| 4.5 superb | Zakusz | February 1st 24 |
This is a great album, just wish the snare wasnt so dang loud compared to everything else. Kinda pokey sounding. Otherwise totally awesome record
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| 5.0 classic | Darrrk0 | January 30th 24 |
Solid Australian dissodeath / post metal. rUlcerate is a stand out similarity here. rFantastic heavy moments entwined with layers of rmelody and groove. This is the January surprise ralbum.
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| 4.0 excellent | Santet | January 16th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | December 11th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | haley | December 2nd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | November 29th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Polvo | November 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maniac! | October 31st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | NexCeleris EMERITUS | September 17th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | DType | April 19th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | April 13th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | March 30th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. EMERITUS | March 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | pengui | March 22nd 24 |
| 4.5 superb | 8genre | March 20th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | mRA | March 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | qt | February 22nd 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Mbranch | February 22nd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | February 21st 24 |
| 3.5 great | Elynna | February 17th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Harff7 | February 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | jlsg | February 12th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ectier | February 12th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | February 6th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | jhop | February 2nd 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Tasty | February 2nd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale EMERITUS | February 1st 24 |
| 3.5 great | trilo | January 31st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | dafjam | January 30th 24 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt | January 30th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kruppe | January 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | cendor | January 27th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Inveigh | January 22nd 24 |
| 4.4 superb | Ryan P STAFF | January 21st 24 |
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