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| 4.0 excellent | TheManMachine | October 21st 17 |
This metal-meets-sax instrumental quad squad is triumphant and terrifying, patient and pulverizing. They're post-y without too much draggage, fuck with the structures but still gorgonize ya groove-wise, atmospherically affecting whether on a slow+spacy stretch or blisteringly BM-squallin' the night away or an intermingling of those things. Starts off safely-n-studiously enough; but the following two 12-minute epics allow em to rave up and develop and wondrously wander into all-encompassing oblivions. Which brings me to saxman Colin Stetson's application of trademark squawks throughout: able to add a symphonic flutter, convince you Godzilla is not only present but looking in your window, and become a vital and haunting voice all on its own.
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| 0.0 | Nazzadan | July 20th 17 |
Haha this album was Ex Eye-llent heh lmao. rWho knew the sax could be in GOOD music pfftr:DAB:
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| 4.0 excellent | Jacob818Hollows | July 9th 17 |
Is it black metal? Is it post-metal? Is it jazz? Who cares? This is awesome.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | May 18th 19 |
I really liked this - and I am surprised that I did because John Zorn-esque experimental saxophone sounds usually start to annoy me very quickly. Here the integration with vaguely blackened post-metal is brilliantly done and works well. I was worried that this would get too repetitive and annoying after the first two tracks though, and this is where the album is very well constructed as it throws at you a phenomenal ambient noisy track with no or little saxophone to relax your ears. The last track was the only one I disliked, but a couple minutes in I realized it actually was a bonus track and ditched it. Needs a re-listen. 4.1
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| 3.5 great | cjbizzlebizzle | November 11th 17 |
Ex Eye is an instrumental amalgamation of sax, synth, guitars and drums playing an ill-defined mixture of jazz and metal (black, prog, sludge). Ex Eye do not need a singer and the imagination of a singer over the music makes you realize they stand strong and are probably better off without one. Where many instrumental metal bands feel rather dry without vocals Ex Eye strives with deep musical content, strong/epic ebbs and flows and a perfectly balanced sax performance. Colin Stetson fits in so well with the rest of the musicians as the sax is neither bluntly in the foreground or cast aside to be only atmospheric. The dark music overall is repetitive, seemingly purposefully, as it drives forward intensely but also has a creepy trance inducing, calming feeling to it.
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| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | January 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | lurxy | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | November 16th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Gary STAFF | February 9th 18 |
| 3.0 good | patol | December 30th 17 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | December 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnimas | October 14th 17 |
| 3.5 great | DANcore | September 20th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Brandon | September 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Meta123 | September 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | JJKeys | June 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | NBA | June 24th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Jots EMERITUS | June 24th 17 |
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