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| 5.0 classic | DarkNoctus | October 10th 17 |
absorbing, crushing and unusually accessible for an 84 minute single-track funeral doom metal album. flawlessly executed and so easy to get lost in. i was absolutely paralysed for its runtime and all i wanted to do after it ended was sit in silence before putting it on again. repeated listens show a frankly brilliant display of songwriting simplicity yet meticulous attention to detail, and the sheer weight of its cathartic emotional power coupled with masterful restraint are what make its 84 minutes feel half that. 'mirror reaper' is a standard setter for the genre and a standalone masterpiece.
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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | December 29th 17 |
Mirror Reaper is certainly one of the most intriguing albums of 2017. The backstory is both chilling and inspiring and one can only imagine how hard a task it would be to write an album under the circumstances with pre-recorded vocal tracks. The atmosphere is stunning, the bass is epic and the vocals do well shifting between different styles but in the end the record does not need to be 83 minutes long. Beyond the first 50 minutes the music is fully developed and it is left to the vocals to carry the experience. They do that to some extent but at times many passages feel unnecessary. With the backstory in mind the entire experience adds up to something surreal but without knowing that the album is overextended and loses steam before its ending.
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| 4.0 excellent | MetalSoliloquy | September 22nd 17 |
A rather ethereal, floating approach to Funeral Doom. Atmospheric and emotional. Another great album by Bell Witch.
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| 3.5 great | rage11111ro | September 18th 21 |
Extremely slow, building emotion like a spider net, a truly amazing journey within your inner depths.
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| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | December 25th 17 |
Funeral Doom has a high cost of entry. One does not simply walk into a funeral doom album unprepared. The music?s lethargic pace coupled with riffs and melodies that can take minutes to come together, and death growls that sound more like a continuous abstract groan than actual words or syllables ? these are the hurdles that one most overcome in order to enjoy most funeral doom. That doesn?t even begin to get into the genre?s propensity to write songs that are ten-to-twenty minutes (or even longer). Mirror Reaper is all of those things, except taken to a one-hour and twenty-four minute runtime. It?s also really good and a rewarding listen for anyone that has the time and patience. Despite the extended runtime, the melodies are fairly instant and memorable and the death growls are broken up by the occasion clean vocals. Would this be the album I recommend to someone just getting into the genre; probably not. Is it something those already into the genre absolutely should check out? Definitely.
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| 3.0 good | Erwann S. STAFF | August 7th 23 |
The one Bell Witch record that fails to properly embark me on its moody journey.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | April 21st 23 |
Meditation music for degenerates, and I am all here for it.
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| 3.5 great | thurs | February 7th 18 |
I like it, and there's some great moments in here. But ultimately, I feel the decision to make this one long song was a foolish one, and I say that as someone who generally enjoys really long songs.
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| 5.0 classic | judasgoat | October 25th 17 |
Four Phantoms was a superb album and even that seems underdeveloped compared to this. One of the best records of the year, easily.
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| 0.0 | on suicide watch | October 22nd 17 |
How the fuck do you get this kinda sound with just a single bass
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| 4.5 superb | Vileath | October 17th 17 |
I don't listen to Doom metal often per say, I usually stick to regular death or melodeath. This being said the album art is what originally caught my eye, I am not a man of much patience but listening to the pure soul crushing 84 minutes of this album was just an easily digestible and emotional experience for me. I feel like even during the slowest points on the album everything just feels so deliberate, intentional and natural. Where the English language falls short of being able to entirely express sorrow I feel like this album makes up for the lack there of, truly full of despair but beautiful.
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| 4.5 superb | ragnarjon | October 14th 17 |
To counter those undeserving zeros; why spend effort to zero something undeservedly out?
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 9th 24 |
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| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | October 19th 23 |
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| 5.0 classic | Jhator | December 29th 17 |
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