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Reviews 3
Approval 44%
Soundoffs 72
Album Ratings 195
Objectivity 85%
Last Active 03-13-20 8:50 am
Joined 03-13-20
Review Comments 4
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 | Defecto Duality
Album is such a banger! Very pop-metal and dad-rock oriented songwriting with a progressive edge, but the hooks are undeniable. Every chorus is a belter. | 4.0
12.12.25 |  | Between the Buried and Me Colors II
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12.12.25 |  | Beyond Creation Earthborn Evolution
Extremely sophisticated record, not only showcasing that quality in technicality and musicianship, but also in the compositional departments. Many songs are long, but never lose sight of their goals, and despite being peppered heavily with great riffs and dynamically interesting sections, everything is connected amazingly. | 4.0
12.05.25 |  | Shadow Of Intent Imperium Delirium
It's fine, perfectly serviceable. There's a bunch of cool moments. But the focus on aggression, speed, and the types of melodies they are most often crafting here are coming at the cost of the epic, the melancholic blackened vibes, and great guitar melodies I come to Shadow of Intent for. This record doesn't feel grand, it just feels big, and that's fine, but a far cry from what Reclaimer and Melancholy achieved. | 3.0
12.05.25 |  | Shores of Null Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying)
This album ebbs and flows like the tides of life. It pulls itself back into soft and sombre, atmospheric sections before crashing down in titanic waves of grief, never wallowing too long in any one aspect of its multifaceted sound. Repeated refrains that appear throughout the album are recontextualized on reappearance, and beautifully so. Despite being a grief-stricken and depressive record at times, through melodic phrasing and intensely emotional lyricism, it feels as if there is always a glimmer of hope, or at least that it is never far. Deeply evocative. | 4.0
11.25.25 |  | Fires in the Distance Echoes From Deep November
Unfortunately, I feel the simplicity detracts from this record, coming across as
amateurish rather than restrained. There are certainly nice riffs, but I found I
gravitated most towards those that showed promise of a more complex riff-based
songwriting, than the pure chordal structures, which there are a lot of, and not much in
the way of hooks, lead guitar or vocally to accompany them. | 3.0
11.25.25 |  | Amorphis Borderland
Album definitely has some bangers, but is mostly frontloaded with them, my interest slowly waned as we wore on from the mid-point. The Circle, Fog to Fog, and The Strange absolutely wreck house though, with spectacular hooks coupled with notable bits of proggy writing. Overall the album just feels like a slightly lesser version of Queen of Time | 3.0
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