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| 0.0 | Xenophanes EMERITUS | September 25th 19 |
Boy if two people with “666” in their names give this a 4 then you know it’s quality!
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| 3.2 good | Erwann S. STAFF | October 28th 19 |
Straightforward BM. Nothing mindblowing for me, but everything works: great vocals, nice performance, crispy production, and tasty synths.
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| 4.5 superb | buttgrinder | October 27th 19 |
Why the fuck is this so good? Easily the best black metal album I?ve heard this year. They jam-packed this thing with every aspect of the genre that I love and then cranked it up to 11. In other words...tits have been slapped.
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| 3.0 good | Doublez38 | December 11th 19 |
I really didn't get into a relationship with Daemon. I found that Mayhem had stayed in a comfort zone by offering musical content that is starting to date, and moreover, but this is more subjective, I really have trouble with Attila Csihar's "voice". Not original
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| 4.5 superb | DopeFiend | October 25th 19 |
this honestly might be their best record. didn't even have the foggiest idea they still had an album like this in them
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| 4.5 superb | Mitch | October 25th 19 |
Hold up, this thing slaps way harder than I was expecting. I might have to start getting into
black metal now.
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| 4.0 excellent | tenderscum | October 23rd 19 |
I feel dirty giving this such a high rating, but honestly deserves it (3 spins in). The malice and grandiosity have found its perfect symbiosis. In terms of BM by-the-books, you won't find anything better these days. Everybody is on their A-game, pumping in personality (keyword!) to the proceedings. And that MIX. I love it.
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| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | January 13th 23 |
My favorite Mayhem album is Grand Declaration of War and my favorite Mayhem guitarist was Blasphemer. He always seemed to throw at least a little bit of a curveball into Mayhem's ?true' black metal sound.Teloch and Ghul seem more inclined to play no-frills old school black metal, but if Daemon is any indication, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Daemon is almost entirely no-frills black metal, but the atmosphere that's created along with the few bits of outside-the-box ideas are enough to keep this interesting from beginning to end, even after multiple listens.
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| 3.0 good | Raichuzilla used MEGA KICK! | October 18th 21 |
a culmination of their more straightforward 2000s bm sound, essentially a sequel to chimera without any highlights
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| 3.5 great | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | October 24th 20 |
Well, the last time Mayhem spearheaded innovation in the black metal realm was in the 90s. I did not expect much new ideas and sounds here (or lately in black metal in general) and what I got was a good dose of black metal with decent atmosphere and great riffs. Stick any other band's name on it and you barely notice a difference. It's just so impersonal, despite how engaging the music.
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| 2.5 average | GamamJ | June 25th 20 |
A very uncharacteristically generic dose of BM from the legends in Mayhem. These guys are known for completely reinventing their sound with just about every new album, yet here they fall into the trap of sounding like just about every other BM act. Yes, the cold riffs are nice, Hellhammer imporsonates a metronome, and Atilla sounds like an alien, but still...
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| 4.0 excellent | noahconstrictor | May 14th 20 |
Insanely good black metal. Hit just the right atmospheric tones without going overboard, the riffs were great and varied, vocals were good, everything was just perfectly blended together. Definitely worth multiple relistens.
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| 3.2 good | Voivod STAFF | December 15th 19 |
In the epilogue of my review for Esoteric Warfare, I speculated that the Norwegians would come back after 3++ years with a potentially groundbreaking album. In posterity, I was right about the former and, unfortunately, wrong about the latter. Contrary to what the album title suggests. Daemon is filled with Mayhem's trademark traits, but not once did I caught myself craving to return to any of the songs. The sound work isn't particularly helpful either as, in contrast to the previous two albums, it make the guitars sound as a homogenized wall of noise. What's more, Attila in Daemon is at his more mainstream, for Mayhem's standards. Stream: http://musicmp3.ru/artist_mayhem__album_daemon.html
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| 4.0 excellent | shanks | November 25th 19 |
Bonus track's are well a added bonus , to a really already excellent album.
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| 4.5 superb | Fernando Alves STAFF | November 1st 19 |
Among Daemon's many virtues is its high repeat value, like an old house, where every corner has a story to tell and small details that we only notice when we look more closely.
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| 2.5 average | Brabiz | October 27th 19 |
I love Mayhem for their recent releases, Ordo and Esoteric Warfare were both incredibly unique albums with
astounding performances across the board. Daemon is just by-the-numbers black metal in the same vein as
DMDS. As much as i love that album, i’ve moved on from that style, it’s done to death. No matter how masterful
and refined it is here, i’ll never have more than a passing interest. This is boring imo, Mayhem can do so much
better.
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| 0.0 | skeletorissatan | October 27th 19 |
M/ hard .............................................................................r......r.......r.....rEven Kill would dig it
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| 4.0 excellent | chilledpunkrock | October 25th 19 |
Great straight forward, no BS black metal. I'm usually on the side of the more experimental stuff but this is perfect for when you want a no frills and ferocious album.
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| 4.0 excellent | starboystargirl | October 22nd 19 |
holy shit, this fucking slays. songs are way more streamlined compared to esoteric warfare..
much more to the point. just hard hitting, explosive BM with GOOD mixing
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| 4.0 excellent | bigguytoo9 | October 22nd 19 |
Quite surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Not a bad release at all. Hellhammer sounds fierce on this as usual.
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| 4.0 excellent | Verdr | March 6th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | gfgfg11 | January 15th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | November 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kelek | October 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Sarah | September 22nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | May 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | TheCrow | November 26th 22 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | October 25th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Zakusz | May 23rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Gazo | May 3rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Jonatas | February 11th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | GhostK | January 5th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Qualeen | December 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Azrael | December 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | Lvxfra | October 23rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | Jerrad | August 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | MonkMan | December 17th 20 |
| 3.5 great | remi | October 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | September 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kevin | August 17th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Nixos5 | June 29th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | qzaj66 | June 28th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Vjnop | June 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | GallyP | May 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kx8 | April 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | April 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | March 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | BeeRyan | February 13th 20 |
| 3.0 good | RyanW | January 10th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | IlRoz | January 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | January 1st 20 |
| 3.5 great | ARDCWE | December 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ElSomni | December 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gocsa666 | December 14th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | DJO | December 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | alpsi | December 9th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | November 28th 19 |
| 2.5 average | gk1979 | November 24th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | November 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | November 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale STAFF | November 12th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | dragoth | November 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | TanMan | November 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Spluger | November 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | emmny | November 6th 19 |
| 3.0 good | gnimas | November 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | November 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Essence | November 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jaxer | November 2nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | Juca89 | November 2nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | jmal00 | November 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | hsb | November 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Khu | November 1st 19 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | October 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | AriDoe | October 31st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | October 30th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Risodo | October 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | October 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Apathya | October 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | October 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ian b | October 27th 19 |
| 3.5 great | kiehe | October 27th 19 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | October 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | David83 | October 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | LMadden | October 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | prouty | October 26th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Faraudo | October 26th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Steev | October 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gary STAFF | October 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Simon K. STAFF | October 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | DRusso | October 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | AntalWS | October 25th 19 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | October 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | arcane | October 19th 19 |
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