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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | April 16th 16 |
Adopting the ethos and production style from the strange beast that was The Marrow Veil and placing it into slightly more accessible, yet still twisted songwriting, Cursus Impasse is another study in psychedelic, incensed misery, and the complete deconstruction of many of the laurels of death metal. It's hard to describe the sound in layman's terms, so I'll submit this image for your approval: imagine yourself stranded upon the volcanic plains of Venus, lava spewing forth from the underbelly of the planet. The massive, yellow mountains leer and the atmosphere burns with intensity. The fires begin to speak to you of the unholy secrets of the cosmos, and you for all your experience cannot even begin to comprehend what these things mean. That's basically what this album sounds like, more or less. It's ironic, though, that such a band that turns death metal on its head like this cannot escape one of the most important laurels of it: that it take us to places we cannot see, and probably were not meant to. All the more reason why Howls Of Ebb is one of the most interesting, fascinating, and endlessly entertaining that metal has to offer.
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| 3.5 great | zaruyache | November 3rd 21 |
this is death metal for people who like orthodox black metal.
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| 3.0 good | OldCrime | November 27th 16 |
Innovative? Yes. The future of death
metal? I hope not.
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| 4.2 excellent | Xenophanes EMERITUS | March 3rd 16 |
If you have enjoyed this band in the past (which you should, as they're one of the most fascinating death metal acts currently making music) then you'll find a lot to love here. Their second record takes the infernal psychedlia of "The Marrow Veil" and packages it in a manner more like their debut, with palatable songs and more standard structure. It's a tightened and condensed version of last years EP, albeit without the boundary pushing presentation. Still, it's an excellent slab of death metal that everyone, especially fans, should check out.
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| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | October 10th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | eloli | March 11th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Lvxfra | October 22nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | September 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | April 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Suyan | February 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Santet | January 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | January 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stagger | December 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | June 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | shanks | April 20th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Warpt | May 29th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Basara | March 16th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | January 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Nacen | June 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Pon EMERITUS | April 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | April 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Veldin | February 23rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Hyndez | February 20th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Feels | January 20th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | GhostK | December 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Swarm | December 9th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | progsun | November 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | FakeOne | November 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Archael | November 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geadom | November 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | rid | November 3rd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Inveigh | October 25th 16 |
| 2.5 average | bbgames | September 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | snewso | September 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GodL1ke | September 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maniac! | August 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | August 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | chunto | August 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | closed | August 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | August 3rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | adr | July 16th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Bongo | July 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | June 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Thibs | May 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | April 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | April 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | April 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | trve | April 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DragonM | April 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | April 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | April 14th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | April 6th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | 8genre | April 6th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | April 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Essence | March 30th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Steev | March 30th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Brabiz | March 6th 16 |
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