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| 4.0 excellent | ManiacBlasphemer | September 23rd 19 |
Don't be bothered by the overall rating. Metalheads couldn't get this more wrong. Many of them got scared about the very polished production of this record, a novelty for a Razor record who historically has been plagued by very bad produced albums. Some fans prefer their thrash albums as raw-sounding as possible. If you have people bashing this album, yet liking drivel such as "Morbid Visions", you know the opposite is the real deal. Decibels is well written, relentlessly fast and well produced, quite a fun album to listen to. Had this album been released in 1992 when thrash was still relevant, the rating would have been much higher. But 1997 was not a good year for metal in general, much less thrash metal. There is some very faint industrial experimentation on this album, mostly related to the vocals as well. First 6 tracks are stellar, with the opener ranking as one of the best Razor songs ever released. The last 4 tracks are weaker with maybe the exception of Ninedead.
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| 2.5 average | Resident Metalhead Piranha | April 30th 17 |
Sure, it's heavy and all, but something is missing...The riffs don't feel fresh, the vocals are a bit too raspy at times, and there's a lack of fluid transitions between songs; it's monotonous. The tempos aren't a serious issue if lacking in something as lightning fast as "United By Hatred" or as grooving as "Out of The Game." It's hardly offensive by any stretch, but the album is shockingly bland. A rather poor last outing for the group.
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| 2.5 average | Phate72 | January 8th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Elmo | July 29th 22 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | November 15th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | Mitch | September 25th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Oobaloo | February 1st 21 |
| 2.0 poor | jmal00 | September 19th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | gk1979 | August 16th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Abraxas | February 25th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Lought | June 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | KILL | February 21st 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Enex | November 4th 10 |
| 3.0 good | aeuk | November 17th 09 |
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