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| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | December 9th 20 |
After releasing a string of great, progressive and technically proficient black metal records in the late 2000's and early 2010's, the polarizing New York quartet have been steadily venturing away from their established sound for something that is less tension building and more nimble and riff-oriented, to mixed but overall interesting results. Their first transition certainly was a bit of a surprising change, with 2015's pretty enjoyable Ygg Huur seeing the band going for a very Gorguts-y tech death sound, especially reminiscent of their comeback record Colored Sands for which Colin Marston also played bass and did production for. 2017's Go Be Forgotten saw them embracing a more purist ambient infused black metal aesthetic, as if they were almost jokingly trying to turn their hipster-metal-hating naysayers around, which to me was a cool idea but messy and inconsistent in its execution despite having its moments. With Mass Cathexis however, I feel like the band pulled off its best balance of the angular sound introduced on Ygg Huur and the more spacious direction of their most beloved output, with again incorporating synths and more overall atmosphere in their technical death metal sound. Combining their usual virtuosity again with passages that don't feel as densely packed and also genuinely beautiful at times has resulted in what I feel like is a dynamic 40-minute record where Krallice sound like they're actually back in their element. I may still not prefer it over their first four albums, but this is still their best release since Years Past Matter in my opinion.
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| 0.0 | Toondude | August 18th 20 |
I wonder how Crysis is gonna make a gif avatar with this
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| 3.5 great | Xenophanes EMERITUS | March 8th 21 |
I overrated this one hard, sorry guys.
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| 5.0 classic | Blaidd | December 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | NeoZod | May 18th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | April 29th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | March 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | February 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vusra | January 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Daymare | December 8th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Azrael | December 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | Lvxfra | October 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | October 4th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Taku | April 8th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Elynna | March 3rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | October 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | RogueZ | October 8th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Pon EMERITUS | October 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | andrewsk | September 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | JKzer0 | September 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | AntalWS | September 11th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | 2ool | August 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Steev | August 18th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tasty | August 16th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | kx8 | August 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | August 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | August 7th 20 |
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