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| 4.0 excellent | DarkNoctus | March 16th 17 |
'a plea for understanding' is breathtaking. this may be their best effort yet.
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| 4.5 superb | BenCee | March 18th 17 |
Pallbearer have expanded their sound and have created a masterpiece. They've really mastered the art of giving each song amazing momentum. "A Plea For Understanding" is probably one of the most heartfelt songs I've ever heard.
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| 5.0 classic | patol | December 30th 17 |
definitely AOTY. and the choice was hard this year, belive me
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| 4.5 superb | mrpotatochap | February 25th 23 |
Best Songs: Thorns, I Saw The End, Fear & Fury, Dancing In Madness, Cruel Road
Worst Songs: none
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| 3.2 good | Erwann S. STAFF | March 19th 19 |
There are riffs, solos and melodies that are simply gorgeous (eg that solo at the beginning of "Dancing in the Madness"), but as a whole it does not work as well for me.
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| 5.0 classic | marf1300 | January 17th 18 |
Beautiful progressive doom. It's like floating on a cloud. . . from a coal power plant.
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| 4.5 superb | Arokan | December 2nd 17 |
Filled with contrasting emotions. The band was able to channel tremendous pain and sorrow but also hints of hope and happines. Tracks go together really well, album tempo is just perfect and the epic closer 'A Plea for Understanding' is propably one of the most moving tracks i've heard. This may be the album of the year.
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| 3.0 good | Xenorazr | December 2nd 17 |
A nicely crafted and commendable release, just not one that I'm particularly fond of.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | June 4th 17 |
I'm almost one-hundred percent positive that if you harshened the vocals and sped up the music by half, you'd have a halfway decent melodeath record on your hands. I might be wrong. But, Heartless works far better as a doom metal record, and though occasionally Pallbearer can end up sounding like a more upbeat Warning, everyone loves Warning, so it's not a problem really. In all seriousness though, this may not be their best outing, but it's only a tad bit below their best, which is to say that they still come through with addictive riffs, a solemn atmosphere, and at times wonderful vocals. Compositionally, they're still very strong, and though they can spend time goofing around in a range that doesn't befit them (the first few minutes of "Cruel Road"), they're near the top of their game most of the time here. That guitar tone is scrumptious, too. In all, it's another winner for Pallbearer, who are becoming one of the most consistently great doom metal bands out there.
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| 3.0 good | TheManMachine | April 24th 17 |
These coffin-carrying slow+steady heavy-riff-heads aren't the macabre maulers ya may be expecting, and they certainly ain't heartless -- their melodic chops and stretches of soft and prudent performances say otherwise. Gorgeously sprawl-n-soar-n-groove they do, graceful passages that emit emotional epicness and staidly rock your face off are provided and oft-parallel. Gets ho-hum on the whole tho -- their studied arrangements and samey-paced wanderings tend to usurp the tunes+juice. As does the bleary wail-rawk vox.
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| 5.0 classic | BRAman22 | April 4th 17 |
Heartless is a fucking beautiful mixture of catchy riffs, hypnotic vocals and well-integrated solos. Pallbearer have taken the excellent sound from Foundations of Burden and drenched it with 70's hard rock/metal influence. While all of the songs are fantastic, Lie of Survival, Dancing in Madness, the title-track and A Plea for Understamding are standouts. It's saying something when half of a great all-around album stands out.
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| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | March 20th 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Avet | October 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | July 31st 23 |
| 3.5 great | arf | September 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | borkle | August 7th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Bren80 | July 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | November 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Lvxfra | October 24th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Jebull | August 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luna | April 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gbhill | December 29th 20 |
| 3.5 great | danielp | December 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | November 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | remi | October 25th 20 |
| 3.5 great | neikos | October 21st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Kevin | July 8th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | April 9th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Suyan | February 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | GamamJ | February 20th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | TyLaw | September 10th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Jergal | September 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | HybridF | August 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Macck | May 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | k1ngy6 | March 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sarah | March 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | crab | February 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | sicrvat | January 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | bde1314 | November 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | October 14th 18 |
| 3.8 excellent | Atari STAFF | October 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loveloth | September 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jhator | May 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | nicksz | March 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Viot | February 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | nateiv | December 29th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jamsei | December 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gmork89 | December 21st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ricdark | December 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | December 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | El Olam | December 13th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Tritium | December 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | December 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | AGumby | December 4th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Tyll | October 30th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Marci | October 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | October 28th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ka7 | October 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | euro | October 26th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Lolpes | October 24th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Solanum | October 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ctay145 | October 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Toms | October 8th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | zzf1918 | September 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | motyli | September 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | rid | August 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | garsiai | July 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swarm | June 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Smeg | May 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | May 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Warpt | May 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | hsb | April 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maniac! | April 20th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Moraff | April 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | April 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | April 16th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | April 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | April 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | April 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | greg84 EMERITUS | April 7th 17 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | April 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | April 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | April 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ziroth | April 4th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | cd908 | April 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | adr | April 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | NoSons | April 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | emmny | April 1st 17 |
| 3.5 great | Piglet | March 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | March 31st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | bnyby | March 30th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Jips | March 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lalka | March 29th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | fdrc | March 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | sncold | March 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | March 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | JWT155 | March 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | N2B3J | March 25th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | March 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | March 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Radex | March 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Simon K. STAFF | March 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | March 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | March 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | March 24th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | GhostK | March 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | March 22nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | zxlkho | March 18th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | tomr4 | March 18th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | TBH717 | March 15th 17 |
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