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| 4.5 superb | TheManMachine | March 14th 18 |
As someone weaned in my teens on powerviolence+grind and later on a staunch admirer of all-consuming drone-rock a la Swans, these Tokyo terrors have struck a nerve. Well, something more like slaughtered a nerve -- this is severely stentorian, enough to drop even Ballou's jaw one would hope; a magnitude they can and will preposterously replicate live. Probably implausible after the stringent litmus test that is "Nerve Rain", but there are a few real melodies to be had and crucially it'll get ya grinning. Cuz beyond unfailingly flabbergasting and leavin' your brain busticated it offers up the thrill of a sonic free-for-all: every shriek is all-ya-got bloodcurdling, low roars register as no less than a 500-foot demon, dense as hell din, oscillating babble, speed-n-sludge gone sensational. Ludicrous enough to come off cartoonish but so berserk+pulverizing en masse that you kinda just gotta bow. Bow to the sad sobber, the ablaze raptor, the scream collage where a slice-o-Psycho fits right in.
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | August 7th 17 |
Through The Mirror is an auditory journey that is bound to test the patience of just about any
listener much thanks to the effort of the vocalist Naichi Taguro; this is a good thing. Get out
the thesaurus and find synonyms of brutal: savage, vicious, barbaric, ruthless, etc. and you will
have descriptions of what this person is doing with the microphone. Patience testing? In a good
way?... because Naichi seemingly never stops screaming, loudly and furiously, in your ears. This
band must have quite the live show. He matches the machine gun pace of the excellent backing band
and compliments the great blend of noisecore, mathcore, powerviolence and black metal found here.
There are long stretches where the band slows down, much of the two longest tracks, but they
remain as loud, dissonant and noisy as ever during these times. Not your everyday listening album
but a complex, chaotic dive into the depths of noise and metal. The title track and Your Ghost Is
Dead are highlights but this one deserves an attentive straight-through listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | Panzerchrist | April 6th 17 |
"Converge comparisons are more than apt, the production on this out-Jane-Does Jane Doe."rWell when Kurt Ballou does your mixing, yeah, that would make sense
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| 4.0 excellent | Grungil | May 19th 21 |
The Converge comparations are indeniable, but it also shows how good this band can be.
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| 5.0 classic | vgotho | April 5th 17 |
Experimental Noisecore quintet released an outstanding, cathartic and extreme 46minutes long
journey. Deserves and requires a lot of listening.
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| 3.5 great | transgoggle | March 27th 17 |
Converge comparisons are more than apt, the production on this out-Jane-Does Jane Doe.
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| 4.0 excellent | BenCee | March 16th 17 |
Absolutely savage noise/grind/black metal with a vocalist that rivals Jacob Bannon in pure ferocity. "Torch Your House" is especially vicious yet also uplifting.
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| 4.5 superb | Prole | June 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | July 29th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Brabiz | December 4th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aranox | September 30th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Stagger | December 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | "Tab" | August 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jamdbz | February 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | August 23rd 18 |
| 3.0 good | tyler | August 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | botb | March 21st 18 |
| 3.0 good | hsb | October 12th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Rail | September 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | July 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Hawks | July 6th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jots EMERITUS | April 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | April 5th 17 |
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