 | Gorod A Maze of Recycled Creeds
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| 3.5 great | ReAnimator | December 13th 15 |
I was expecting something much harsher from the cover art and what I remembered of Leading Vision, the only other Gorod album I've listened to and which I was thought was pretty manic and excellent. I was taken aback by the more methodical nature of these songs and the pleasant, jazzier elements others have noted, but also a bit disappointed by the lack of immediacy across the album - I haven't been following their progression as a band, but this feels like a safe album, and sometimes even a familiar one.
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| 3.5 great | BRAman22 | October 21st 15 |
The technical flourishes and jazzy sections are what make this for me. Other than that it's rather mediocre, somewhat proggy death.
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| 4.5 superb | variabletoknife | October 16th 15 |
An absolute master class in technical metal, I don't know who'll better it, this year.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | October 2nd 20 |
One of the more bearable Gorod albums, but again not something I plan on coming back to ever. While this is ripe with ideas, riffs and grooves, the epileptic way they are connected with one another plus the occasional solo or bad vocal just make it an experience that I might want to cherry pick from, but not really relive on the whole. It certainly is one of the better ones though. Although cheesy we are graced with an intro track again, and while the entry on 2 is a bit questionable especially vocally, it gets bettern and from the midtrack on it's actually darn cool. 3 starts off with cool riffage and despite some vocals and sections is on the whole actually dope, especially the bridge midtrack - again, I much prefer Gorod's soft sections than when they go brr brr constantly. The intro is a bit lel but the track is kinda cool thereafter. However you start feeling the Gorod syndrome where it all starts feeling like a blur of blast beats and tapped arpeggios, which makes 5 quite forgettable. The intro on 6 but the rest is still meh. The band does however give us a break in the last third. This is a recurring theme actually: they give you breaks and bridges and things, but always too late for things to not get annoying first. 7 has some riffs and groovy sections, but 8 brings the wankeriness up a notch and is quite a rough part honestly. 9-10 have some funky bits but also some questionable vox, some of which remind of a Gojira ersatz - waddayaknow. But here some of the grooves feel a bit ridiculous if I'm honest. Ah, this is ok, but I feel no urge to hear it again really. 3.4
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| 4.0 excellent | GamamJ | August 3rd 20 |
Gorod's best since Leading Visions. After a bit of what I can only refer to as a decline in songwriting quality over their past 2 LPS, they return fully progged out. The music contains all sorts of interesting passages, and takes the listener all over the place, all while keeping to a main sound. The riffing and leads especially stay amazing, and the production has taken a slighrt bump too.
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| 4.5 superb | branflakes911 | March 7th 17 |
Picking up where "Leading Vision" left off, that is to say, throwing technical death for a loop refreshing a genre prone to stagnation. The same level of refinement and purposeful experimentation of form and composition that made "Leading Vision" unique is found here, amidst an aptly named maze of off-genre influences and metal-insider references. These guys seem to know that trying too hard to innovate is just as bad as mimicking what's popular; somehow they've navigated through this trap.
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| 2.0 poor | DoctorVelvet | October 17th 15 |
Such an insanely tight sound on this album, even for Gorod's standards. The production is also amazing. Unfortunately, many of the songs themselves just aren't very good.
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| 4.5 superb | Panzerchrist | October 15th 15 |
Might be my favorite Gorod album since Leading Vision. While perhaps not as immediate as A Perfect Absolution, this one is particularly weighty in the songwriting department. Also: it brings the fucking jazz.
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| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | October 15th 15 |
This one is a grower, this is something I can be sure about.
Once again Gorod demonstrate their ability to produce great music that doesn't look like everyone else.rThis doesn't look like Gorod's old material, but still, it is good they are continuing to evolve as they manage to produce high quality music.
My favorites so far are celestial nature and Inner alchemy
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| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | September 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kneepel | March 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | x1balb4 | January 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | mrfixit | November 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trundle | March 22nd 21 |
| 2.5 average | Thranth | August 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | July 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | telos | February 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Derek | February 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | SuzyC | December 30th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | zruF | May 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | xfortinx | February 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | January 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | madtwoo | April 2nd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Defcol | January 10th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Arolde | October 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | June 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jksilvi | April 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | wulolu | April 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tellah | December 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greidy | October 2nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | trilo | February 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Twiddlw | December 7th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | November 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | oli89 | November 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | voodman | November 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck97 | November 7th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | fll | October 29th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | em17ah | October 22nd 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Hati | October 20th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sodom28 | October 20th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | GhostK | October 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | October 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kronzo | October 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jotun35 | October 18th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | October 17th 15 |
| 2.8 good | Trey STAFF | October 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JKoppe | October 16th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Dmax28 | October 16th 15 |
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