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| 4.4 superb | Mitch Worden EMERITUS | November 2nd 16 |
Persefone about to show once again that it is one of the most consistent death metal acts out rthere right now.
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| 4.0 excellent | fantalas | August 2nd 19 |
It's excellent musically, but I wish they explored some different sounds. 80% of the album sounds pretty much the same :/
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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | April 3rd 17 |
Persefone have always felt like a band that has very high ambitions that show way too much in their music. The band is very obviously about as talented as they come in the progressive melodic death metal world but as a whole Aathma suffers from being a very flat experience. Emotionally the album has very few memorable ups and downs and the songs for the most part just blend in together. It is hard to remember any portion of the album even a few days after listening to it, they haven't really done much to push this style of music forward here. Impressive instrumentally and some solid songwriting moments but the experience as a whole is rather forgettable. All in all Persefone clearly has the drive and the ingredients to make a great album but they seem to suffer from trying to to way too much losing sight of composition.
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| 3.5 great | Xenorazr | March 2nd 17 |
Persefone are undoubtedly ambitious, with Aathma being their latest solidification. Sprawling, dynamic and occasionally whimsical, what we have here is nothing short of lush atmosphere to match the eye-catching cover art.
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| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | February 28th 17 |
When I think of a conventional progressive death metal, I think of death metal bands that add some melody, some technical chops, and maybe an increased emphasis on hooks, but that are otherwise still death metal. Persefone don?t fall into that stereotype at all. In the broadest terms, Aathema is like a 50/50 split of modern prog and progressive death metal, but without the excesses of either genre. Don?t get me wrong, though, the technical ability is definitely on display wherever you look. The moments where the guitar and keyboard merge to create one seamless solo scream of Dream Theater influence (but, again, without the excess), as do the abrupt rhythm changes, but the band know when to use them and when to return to the song. The clean singing and death vocals are also both well done, and complement the atmospheric undercurrent of every track (while the guitars and rhythm section continuously show of without becoming too much). Aathma is very well done and surprisingly melodic while still being pretty damn riffy.
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| 3.0 good | BlazinBlitzer | February 28th 17 |
The ending to this is infuriatingly insulting. I'd go as far as to say that this is the musical equivalent of the movie Sunshine, but not really Remember Me levels of awful.
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| 0.0 | ijy10152 | February 8th 17 |
I know people who have this disc and everything they have described sounds amazing to me. More keyboard heavy, less core sound, more tasteful use of prog. rGet Hype
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| 4.0 excellent | snakesc | April 12th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | zethmal | February 23rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Halez | February 4th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juuso | November 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Suyan | June 27th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | mackee | February 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | nash1311 | November 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | motyli | September 17th 22 |
| 3.5 great | epmxcx | February 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kantala | February 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | January 31st 22 |
| 2.5 average | qt | January 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | JAV | January 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zakusz | January 13th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | tekth | November 8th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | January 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | VigorRos | November 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | August 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Masha2k | August 13th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | bechas | June 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | May 1st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Crayak | March 21st 20 |
| 5.0 classic | qdgyu | March 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ICDD | February 23rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | telos | February 23rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | January 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | HybridF | August 22nd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Macck | July 29th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Metz | June 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flave | March 1st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Aranox | February 23rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | mursu | January 5th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Fear | December 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | KostekK | December 3rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Caronte | November 25th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Santet | October 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Solanum | October 23rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | IceMole | September 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Laymi | July 31st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | maglib | June 19th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Pon EMERITUS | April 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | April 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | hadriel | April 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | March 23rd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | RoseB | March 19th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Runeii | March 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | pxl | March 17th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | March 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Freitag | March 15th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Mogget | March 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | March 12th 17 |
| 2.5 average | K4nOo | March 12th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ulshad | March 10th 17 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | March 9th 17 |
| 2.5 average | trilo | March 9th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | RCBest | March 7th 17 |
| 2.5 average | p4p | March 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | helti | March 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | March 3rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Zougi | March 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Nishe | February 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | February 28th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | MelbCro | February 28th 17 |
| 2.5 average | adr | February 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | February 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | February 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | February 26th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Kiwi | February 26th 17 |
| 3.0 good | gilly | February 25th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | zougou | February 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | wulolu | February 25th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Nifkin | February 25th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | jybt | February 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | JJKeys | February 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kusangii | February 23rd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Dmax28 | February 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Toondude | February 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ebola | February 11th 17 |
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