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| 4.5 superb | AlexTM510 | October 29th 11 |
Februus is designed to played on good speakers. You would be doing yourself a disservice otherwise because you'd be missing half of the pieces. Although it splits at 10 tracks this feels more like 3 parts which ultimately should be digested all in one listen. In it's duration, the album maintains an ambience that keeps the songs flowing. But unlike many artists who use a small dose of ambience to segue tracks, Uneven Structure utilizes these ambiences as their own separate entities.
This in return contributes to the success of Februus-mixing half ambience and half groove metal in a beautiful manner that ultimately puts you in a trance while at the same time making you want to head-bang to it's poly-rhythmic grooves. Vocalist Matthieu Romarin also does a good job guiding the listener through the music with his versatility. His best strength kicks in with his growls during the heavier moments on the album which help build up on the intensity. Although the entire album is a treat, it's ultimate buildup to 'Finale' really showcases US's power in aces. Soaring on a three chord progression, heavily textured while maintaining groove and constant loop, until the ambience creeps in eventually completely drowning out the band and submerging the listener in abyss. US have created one of the best metal albums of the year with Februus and this is a highly recommended listen if you remotely consider yourself a fan of post or groove metal.
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| 4.5 superb | xandermander | October 26th 11 |
This blows away everything I have heard from this new wave of progressive-djent metal. I have a feeling this is what everyone was hoping for when TesseracT released One.
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| 4.5 superb | Ssssssss | October 25th 11 |
The fuck? This is the same band??
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| 5.0 classic | Woksauce1 | April 27th 20 |
It is unreal how ethereal in tone and complexity this release is. An album as equally foundational as it is genre defining only occurs organically ever so often.
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| 5.0 classic | monocaust | June 14th 19 |
I still haven't found an album as immersive as Februus, with a climax as breathtaking as Finale
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| 3.0 good | Philalethes | November 3rd 11 |
The songs on this album use pretty simple chord structures along with average melodies. The math metal polyrhytms do little to make the songs unique or interesting. The use of atmospheric electronic noise also is not enough to disguise the fact that this band is copying the exact sound from any other djent band that is currently out there. I get a sense of this is what Staind would sound like if they decided to make a djent record.
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| 4.5 superb | Nine | October 13th 18 |
The ambient pieces combined with progressive metal here is astounding. In order to fully enjoy this, you would need to soak in the ambiance, let your mind wander as it plays, and let the energetic riffs handle the rest. A perfect example of this would be the final three tracks Limbo/Plenitude/Finale. Personally, that is the prime example of how you end an album of this type.
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| 4.5 superb | Alex C. | March 15th 15 |
A sonic mayhem - the sum up of amazing musicianship, inspired lyrics, a visionary writing style (check the videos..). One of the best metal debut discs of all time.
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| 5.0 classic | cloakanddagger | December 16th 14 |
Pushed this up to a 5 because even after listening to it an untold number of times I still
haven't grown tired of it. Phenomenal record.
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| 3.5 great | titanslayer | August 11th 14 |
Djent with ambient undertones works way better then I would have ever expected, but some of the song writing is a little questionable, many of the songs just end abruptly which is rather jarring
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| 4.0 excellent | Psykryph | November 9th 13 |
These guys might not be very original or have complex songwriting, but it still sounds great due to their skillful use of ambiance and atmosphere. However, I usually only listen to Awaken/Frost/Hail in one 16 min track and skip the rest of the album, because it gets a little too formulaic at times. Still one of my favorite albums to listen to while blazed.
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| 4.0 excellent | CrazyBrave1982 | July 20th 13 |
it delivers a finely balanced aggresive ensamble of sound. There is so much precision on show you find yourself skipping back often to previous parts for a second listen.
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| 2.5 average | Epicenter | June 21st 13 |
I have no idea why I don't like this. On paper, I should love the fucking shit out of this, but I don't for some odd reason. Something about it just feels... off. Will give more listens to try and like it.
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| 4.5 superb | asaf | December 22nd 11 |
woah daddy... I still do not understand the scope of this release and the 40+ minutes of ambience found on the second disc of this album. A great showcase of the expansion of metal that occurred in 2011 and went into the second decade of the century. But as a package, from the cover, to the djent, to the whatever else you can find here, it sits shoulder to shoulder with Amia Venera's epic release in 2010 and builds on the progress that was, in my opinion, evolving into a new scene that was influenced from the european countries.
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| 3.0 good | thekorben | November 14th 11 |
Decent record that is dragged down by inconsistent song writing, somewhat muddy mix and weak
clean vocals. If you want to do djent with clean vocals, you better get somebody who
actually can sing (e.g., TesseracT) or some really good post-processing (e.g., Periphery).
It's a shame, really, since the harsh vocals are quite excellent.
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| 3.5 great | JeebusRools | October 27th 11 |
Some of the songs are stretched out too much. i see what they're going for, but honestly,
TesseracT did it better on the "Concealing Fate" EP. This is by no means an average album,
just not as good as it could be.
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| 4.0 excellent | trilo | October 17th 11 |
Probably the best album all year. Only flaw is it needs a little less chug.
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| 0.0 | Aspenshadow | October 13th 11 |
Just heard Frost off of this. Unbelievable. Can't wait for its release.
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| 3.5 great | Halez | November 2nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | xeom | July 13th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Glovoc | April 19th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | February 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | memnite | November 28th 22 |
| 3.5 great | PFKlax | November 5th 22 |
| 3.5 great | sicky | May 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | efp123 | January 7th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Jerrad | November 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | October 16th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Macck | September 18th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Mattia | March 1st 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | January 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | April 27th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | kaknaka | October 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | October 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | tellah | October 18th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Nomos2 | April 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | March 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | February 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | January 20th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Rausku | January 14th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Hawks | December 28th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Bobshat | December 23rd 18 |
| 3.0 good | latpac | December 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | tcarafi | November 16th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | zruF | October 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | September 18th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | ramon. | April 13th 18 |
| 3.0 good | clavier EMERITUS | September 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Redlar | March 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swarm | December 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | JoskuA | August 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | BenCee | June 6th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ngk44 | April 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | January 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeeDeeM | December 9th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bierlag | October 26th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | chowa4 | October 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | October 10th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Sacul | September 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aaron77 | January 8th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Greem | November 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krysis89 | September 21st 14 |
| 5.0 classic | dbilidb | September 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | June 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apollo | May 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | April 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | March 4th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | motyli | January 14th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Motyl | December 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | h0rsie | November 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | chaitu | November 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Sulphur | September 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | brunch | September 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Curse. | August 29th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kurazz | August 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | HuronPL | August 9th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Hail | July 17th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Zar | July 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Whale | June 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | T5Cx | May 8th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | April 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Majkl | March 19th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Mehtal | December 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kronzo | December 6th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Madz279 | December 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kris/KJ | November 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Benc | October 23rd 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Moodown | October 18th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | dpez | September 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Puzzles | September 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | September 18th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Circle | August 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | July 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rail | May 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | viri | May 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ILJ | May 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tale | April 19th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | VinVal | March 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gmork89 | March 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | MTTS | March 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss2 | February 27th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Warpt | February 24th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Drawk | February 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | rid | February 19th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | taa672 | February 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | W477ZY | January 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dev518 | January 18th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Cryio | January 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | d00derz | December 26th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Brumas | December 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Drpibb | December 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deathcar | December 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | HeroZero | December 12th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | pxl | December 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | November 28th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | November 23rd 11 |
| 5.0 classic | 6chris6 | November 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Freakeye | November 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | pfc514 | November 10th 11 |
| 3.0 good | TanMan | November 8th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Photon | November 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | November 4th 11 |
| 3.0 good | jg777 | November 4th 11 |
| 3.0 good | ev0ken | November 1st 11 |
| 3.0 good | zuzek | November 1st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | 7kthulu | November 1st 11 |
| 3.5 great | gosk8n | October 31st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | siddha | October 30th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | HiLion | October 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Torii | October 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | October 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | greg84 EMERITUS | October 27th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Texture | October 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | itchy | October 26th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | apan | October 24th 11 |
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