Album Rating: 4.5
I am doing it, but sometimes the links don't work.
Well the link did work....and this is actually really, really good so far.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Stream: http://pitchfork.com/advance/81-teethed-glory-and-injury/
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is great.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Actually enjoying it more than White Tomb so far.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Well, I guess Hawks liked it since he 4.5'd it already. Heh. Well-executed post-black like this never gets old, though.
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Still gotta get on this.
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Album Rating: 2.5
I still laugh at the album art, but going to finally listen to this.
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Name sounds like a shitty deathcore band
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Good thing they are not.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
At all.
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Album Rating: 2.5
After first listen, this album is a big meh. I was tempted to give it a 2.5 but it feels like this is going to be a grower.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Nah, the reason it's actually so amazing is because it isn't "real metal". If it was it would be half as atmospheric, half as heavy and less than half as interesting.
You couldn't be more wrong. This is like the utmost generic take on post-metal, black metal, dark metal, whatever you want to call it (done well to a certain degree of course). Real metal is something you can feel and this only latches onto ideas that have been driven too far for it's own good and thus, not making for the most exciting thing in the world. I've listened to so much metal over my life and I'm sorry to say, Altar of Plagues are 21st century metal like a 10000 other bands.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Let it sink in.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I love the shit out of this and I thought White Tomb was clown shoes.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
You really should. The first few songs aren't even that great; it gets really good closer to the middle/end.
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Album Rating: 4.0
The closer is fucking brilliant.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Let it sink in.
I have, hence why it's a 3.5 for me ; ).
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Album Rating: 5.0
@ Wizard
"You couldn't be more wrong. This is like the utmost generic take on post-metal, black metal, dark
metal, whatever you want to call it (done well to a certain degree of course). Real metal is
something you can feel and this only latches onto ideas that have been driven too far for it's own
good and thus, not making for the most exciting thing in the world. I've listened to so much metal
over my life and I'm sorry to say, Altar of Plagues are 21st century metal like a 10000 other
bands."
Totally disagree man. I don't rate any of AoP's other stuff precisely for the reasons you outline,
but this one I think really transcends most of the mulch that makes up 'post-black metal'. Obviously
it isn't desperately original, but no metal band around today is so that is completely beside the
point.
Before you say "you haven't let it sink in yet", I've had the record for nearly two months now so,
yes, I have! Can understand it's not going to be everyone's favourite thing but I really do love it.
Also my usage of the term "real metal" was intended to be slightly sarcastic, for the record.
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I'm interested. I enjoyed mammal.
I do that stretch on the cover every morning. My goal is to take it down the stairs.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
For your sake, I hope you have carpeting on those steps, then...
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