 | Gorod Leading Vision
4.1
excellent
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| 4.5 superb | Tyler EMERITUS | December 25th 06 |
If you've ever wondered what would happen if a technical death metal band could write as well as they played, Gorod is your answer. With their sophomore release Leading Vision, Gorod proves that their blend of complex arrangements and technical execution is second to none. By adding a progressive slant to their already original sound, Gorod outdoes themselves in nearly ever respect: the lyrics are intelligible, the vocals don't come in at seemingly random intervals, and the level of technicality has been upped to a new height, all without turning the album into a total mess. One of the best technical death metal albums to ever be released.
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| 5.0 classic | Spliffhanger67 | January 19th 13 |
Favourite death metal album of all time. Technical, but catchy. Heavy, but not over-the-top brutal. There's something to being French and playing death metal.
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| 4.5 superb | bobohed | November 23rd 06 |
this album really caught me off guard. neurotrip was decent, but it never really grabbed my attention. two spins of leading vision and i'm hooked. every instrumental element is performed with the utmost of expertise, and finess. each song has its own personality, developing a diverse album that never gets old or repetitive. this reason i didn't give this a 5 is because i haven't had it long enough to see if it ccan pass the replay test. i try to get my friends who don't listen to any death metal at all to check this album out, as i can't see how anyone couldn't appreciate such a masterfully orchestrated "technical" death metal phenomenon. seriously.
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| 0.0 | wheeliemakesyouthink | March 14th 23 |
Take Spawn of Possession. Kidnap and force-feed them a gallon of soymilk a day for a month and hold them hostage at gunpoint until they complete an LP. Leading Vision is created. Soyrod.
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | September 27th 20 |
Like the debut, has many many flaws, but has neither the excuse of being a debut nor the novelty factor for me to save the rating. The first half had me looking at a 2.5 range rating honestly. It felt a lot more wankery and like it had fewer cool moments than the debut - in reverse proportions almost. 1 has no intro whatsoever and goes chug chug right away. The midtrack riffing is fun, but the vocals and especially the pig squeals in the second half are really not my jam - a recurring criticism here.2 at 1:05 is pretty darn cool, but 3 then goes on to wankeriness and awful soloing etc. I like the instrumental tech stuff like min 2, but it is quite rare. 4 is less bad, 5 brings the pig vox again but the instrumental section at 2:30 is really cool. Then, after a rather laughable intro, 6 starts an upwards shift in quality in the album, with from 0:55 onwards the longest uninterrupted streak of enjoyable music here that makes even the questionable vocals and soloing work quite well - probably the best track here. 7 continues this with a meh intro but a nice opening riff. On 8 the porcine wankeriness is back at min 1 but then it goes away again and the riff at 2:15 frankly owns. See what I mean by good moments interspersed with bad stuff? 9 has an awful start but doesnt get too bad after that, and 10 changes things up a bit with groovey ouroboros-esque stuff that I dont mind (preferable to soloing heh) and then an outro that is, well, a nice surprise although questionably fitting. Some rare great ideas, but overall I am far from convinced. 3.0
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| 3.5 great | GamamJ | July 27th 20 |
Gorod expand their soundscape, releasing another excellent album. While the forst album concentrated mostly on neoclassical death metal brutality, this one moves into more conplex, varied and progressive territory. They also make the album a bit shorter, whoch is certainly a plus. This is very close to 4 territory, but it lacks that little bit of spice imo. Still one of the best modern tech-death bands for sure.
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| 2.5 average | Oceandrowned | September 12th 17 |
Meh, fuckin stupid testosterone pumped metal. I really enjoy tech death, but this shit is boring af.
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| 4.0 excellent | InHumanForm | June 30th 09 |
Great album, drumming is a weak point, but the riffage is excellent
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| 4.5 superb | feastingfool | March 21st 09 |
Hidden Genocide 2:30 and 4:30
Blackout 0:35
Life Controller 1:20 and 3:40
State of Secret 1:53 to the end
Eternal Messiah 1:40
These moments cannot be describes with words
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| 2.5 average | Dethtrasher | March 21st 09 |
Gorod is probably one of the most professional and tightest technical death metal bands today. This is quite obvious in Leading Vision. Their guitar and bass skills are absolutely incredible! Tight, quick and complex riffing and soloing is mixed with flawless and precise drumming. But this type of tech-death is quite different than most tech-metal bands. There is almost too much guitar trickery and it can be a quite tedious listening. All the intros are really interesting and intriguing but the rest of the actual song becomes boring. The first four tracks are great but the rest of the albums really drag. The band is cool, the music is cool and the album concept is cool, but... You will either get bored by this or amazed by this album.
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| 4.5 superb | Veldin | June 29th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Glovoc | June 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | ffs | March 24th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | FunJan | March 13th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | March 13th 23 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Metaxu | May 28th 21 |
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| 3.0 good | Pon EMERITUS | May 1st 17 |
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| 4.5 superb | dvd0bvb | February 12th 16 |
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| 4.5 superb | voodman | November 8th 15 |
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| 3.5 great | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | September 19th 15 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Azazzel | June 13th 12 |
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| 3.5 great | Feels | May 5th 12 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | March 25th 12 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Andrew | December 1st 11 |
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| 4.5 superb | a7c7e7 | October 27th 10 |
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| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | July 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Niels | May 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | drewkar | March 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | pixmpy | December 19th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Pizza | December 5th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | dch528 | November 22nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | mareep | October 19th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | shaitan | September 21st 09 |
| 4.5 superb | pride | September 9th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stones99 | September 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | GibTG | July 30th 09 |
| 3.5 great | RedSky | June 13th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Warpt | May 27th 09 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Wizard | February 27th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | CeeBone | October 29th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Zoo | October 21st 07 |
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