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| 5.0 classic | svinariezas | March 7th 16 |
It was simply too much ahead of its time. Criminally underrated and misunderstood.
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| 5.0 classic | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | September 16th 16 |
This album has a punishing, unique groove to it. It mostly doesn't thrash like their previous albums at all, but it instead builds upon the hints of an unsettling atmosphere glimpsed at in No More Color and Mental Vortex. This album packs a ton of atmosphere actually, from its strange percussive intro to the ambient droning interlude to the various sound effects and movie samples utilized. They even utilize electric sitars and female backing vocals sometimes. (The latter was done on Mental Vortex, but that was a Beatles cover, so...) The final track, Host, is stunning in how eerie it manages to be, and is a fantastic display of Coroner's capabilities beyond simply thrash metal. With its experimental nature, long songs, and occasional odd time signatures, I'd classify this as a progressive metal album with some serious bite. With Tommy T. Baron's fantastic guitar work (stellar riffs and amazing leads abound), Marquis Marky's excellent drumming and lyrics (which are quite thoughtful and really compliment the album's dark atmosphere), and Ron Royce's best vocal performance (and best bass performance, for that matter), this album is a criminally underlooked masterpiece. Truly ahead of its time.
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 1.5 very poor | Do I have somfing n my face? | October 10th 21 |
what is this shit. only good song is lethargic age. boring, lazy, nu metally, no wonder this was their last album
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| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | July 8th 21 |
The weakest Coroner album by a small margin, but still a damn solid offering. The first 2 tracks are pretty weak, but everything after that slaps.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gary STAFF | April 23rd 21 |
Super interesting album, where they took a huge step away from their tech thrash style and entered into the sinister realms of progressive/groove metal. 'Grin' has a very interesting aura, and had probably the best studio work from their whole catalog.
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| 4.0 excellent | Resident Metalhead Piranha | June 30th 17 |
Coroner ceased to never make the same album EVER, and their progression made every following record better than the last from the primitive yet well developed aggression of R.I.P to the sophistication of Punishment For Decadence to the mayhemic technicality of No More Colour to the unprecedented progressive nature of Mental Cortex, and now you have the even stranger Grin. "Dream Path" opens with eerie, industril sounds and tribal like drums then it leads way into "The Lethargic Age" which is far groovier than previous works. It's a strange shift from the already different Mental Cortex, but it's a natural progression, and the result is the closest 'groove' was ever perfected in metal (fuck Pantera). It's atmospheric, creepy, yet headbangable, and the production is marvelous: mechanical yet clear and unique. "Internal Conflicts" is a riff fest not unlike anything from their previous works fill with avante garde like sound effects and distortion. "Grin (Nails Hurt)" and "Serpent Moves" aren't heavy on lyrics but instead are uplifted by riffs (the former) and atmosphere and eerie vibes (the latter which also features an incredible guitar solo). Floating into industrial, groove, progressive, avante garde, and some thrash all at the same time, Grin is their most diverse and seemingly atmosphere driven work and one of the strangest yet most compelling records out there.
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| 3.5 great | Progamuffin | June 21st 15 |
Worst Coroner album, but still very good stuff. There needs to be more progressive/groove metal albums made of cold and unsettling atmosphere like this.
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| 0.0 | AuraExe | December 19th 12 |
A deadly amazing album. Probably my favorite death metal album ever. Amazing.
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bren80 | August 8th 23 |
| 3.5 great | qt | April 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | gckator | April 16th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrIceTea | February 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | KManoc1 | December 19th 22 |
| 2.5 average | KuyJuk | November 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | bikvid | March 20th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Jerrad | January 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miyu Yan | November 19th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | September 30th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | July 16th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Harlz | February 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | BogdyB88 | November 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | November 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Kevin | July 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 15th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | March 24th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Butland | February 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Wizard | February 9th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Ziopsis | January 27th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Arolde | January 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | dcube | October 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | sevhar | October 26th 19 |
| 2.5 average | jmal00 | September 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gk1979 | August 2nd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | blou52 | April 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | phylyps | April 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | February 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apathya | February 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | February 12th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | kkarron | January 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Stonik | January 17th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | January 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jurtz | January 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | SuzyC | November 23rd 18 |
| 3.0 good | Elynna | November 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Host78 | September 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | September 7th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | July 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | July 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flave | February 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loch | January 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Fear | December 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Death | November 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ben STAFF | September 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | July 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | June 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Freitag | March 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | karo | January 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpjpablo | December 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | November 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ICDD | November 10th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | GxTxK | October 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | smaugman | September 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Faenrir | September 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | September 6th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | August 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeg | July 26th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Lanas | July 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck97 | June 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | June 9th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | forall | May 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Leymon | February 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | December 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | trve | October 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fozzie | August 8th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | silva | July 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | trvvve | May 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Trifod | March 21st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Aion | March 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | February 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | January 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Odium8 | November 23rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | sapient | September 26th 14 |
| 3.0 good | adr | September 15th 14 |
| 3.0 good | zdebo3 | March 30th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tbsprut | December 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hoppoman | December 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ThrashK | December 7th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Smial | September 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | llima | July 17th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jackus | June 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | kual21 | April 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | facupm | March 4th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | jg33 | February 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | walfernu | February 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | godhell | February 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | 3M0N1C | January 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | arcane | December 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dask | December 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atheus | November 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | SWAGBRVH | November 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Curse. | November 6th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Lynx1 | October 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | zenin | October 5th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Tib | July 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geadom | May 19th 12 |
| 3.5 great | voodman | February 28th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Coast | December 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | November 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | FLRTE | October 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zool | August 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | March 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Judape | November 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Aether | November 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Enex | November 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oceans | November 3rd 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Voivod STAFF | September 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | April 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | bazzim | January 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | aeuk | November 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Awake88 | October 27th 09 |
| 3.0 good | DrReg | October 14th 09 |
| 3.5 great | bboy333 | September 23rd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | jomyers | December 29th 08 |
| 3.5 great | cotras | November 21st 08 |
| 5.0 classic | pallid | September 20th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | rqsys | May 28th 08 |
| 3.5 great | C.O.A. | February 20th 08 |
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