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| 4.0 excellent | SkapalPes | July 24th 14 |
When this was released, death metal fans pricked up their ears, because debut album from Norwegian group Dark Throne (I think they were using this form of their name at that time) was very promising, bringing another great band to nascent Swedish death metal scene. Everybody knows what happened later, Swedish scene were left on its own...rAfter more than 20 years, "Soulside Journey" is still very interesting to listen - in fact I think it`s one of the best death metal records of early nineties. DT were capable to create one original record with strong and heavy sound (Sunlight). In their songs there are many changes of pace, mostly going in mid-quick or doom/death slow tempos with strong atmosphere, that is sustained by use of keyboards (maybe they could use it even more). Unlike Entombed, who helped them to get into the studio, they are less straightforward, trying to use more complicated structures of songs. Among an instruments, drums are standing out, Fenriz plays very technically here. On the other hand, Nocturno is better as black metal vocalist and album becomes slightly eventless after few songs... they are quite similar in guitar riffs.rAll in all, this is interesting album for both black and death metal fans.
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| 3.0 good | Hot Bowser | April 5th 22 |
middling dm album no wonder fenriz jumped on the bm boat when he could
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 12th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 4.0 excellent | Pangea | December 2nd 20 |
Darkthone build really nicely on the sound they explored in the Cromlech demo. Great, energetic album with so many excellent riffs and cool basslines. There so many twists and turns in every song that keeps the listening experience always fresh. It's kind of a shame that they didn't explore this sound further cause it rules pretty hard
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | October 1st 20 |
It's not a surprise that this isn't really the record DT are known for, nor that it won't be my favourite of theirs, as this is relatively (but not wholly) generic early 90s dm, and good but not incredible. There are some relatively unique touches, especially synthwork, but with the exception of the great first track where they are a fantastic albeit short-lived surprise, I don't find them well integrated at all. Like come on some of the sounds on 10 and 11 just sound ridonkulous. While in the early tracks this was actually solid dm despite my historical unappreciation of the genre, looking at a 3.8 or thereabouts despite some occasional quirks (some solos - although on 7 despite it being cringe the tone is really cool -, the weirdly abrupt end of 3 although maybe that is just the version I listened to, some of the vocals on 4), with time and especially from 9 onwards this starts to feel long and a bit too repetitive, as the most successful track really was 1, which makes the album gradually drop to a 3.5
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| 3.5 great | Voivod STAFF | February 12th 19 |
Rotten early '90s death metal, full of twists and turns, that sounds somewhat different from all the peering early '90s death metal.
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| 2.0 poor | EasterInTheBatcave | August 13th 16 |
Darkthrone's debut is not black metal; rather, it is death metal with thick production, mild synthwork, and lots of alt-picked riffs which abruptly change mid-song. It's filled with wonderful individual moments (the closing bass solo on "Sempiternal Sepulchrality," the synth openings of "Cromlech" and "Grave with a View"), but it ultimately grows old far before the finish line because the songs' sound incredibly similar to one another. The band never stick with one part long enough for it to leave any impact, so the whole record runs together in a sludgy pool (save those aforementioned moments). There is some sloppiness in the performances too, though they are mostly good.
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| 3.5 great | Inperiour | December 1st 07 |
I agree with your review to some extent but I think you are comparing this album with the bands legacy in Black Metal which they had not experienced yet. At the time, no one knew what the band would go on to acheive, and I think this album is an awesome Death Metal album for the time, you could easily slot this in between Death's Scream bloody Gore and Leprosy minus the vocals. I think this is the rightful place any listener should start if they want to experience the Darkthrone treatment, and not work themselves backwards and then forwards form Transilvannian Hunger.
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