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| Extol ranked
Some pointers on how to learn to know and appreciate Extol's discog as I see it. My ranking doesn't read that way, but if you're new to Extol, 3 might be your best entry to their work. The two EP's aren't necessarily my least favorite Extol, just giving priority to the full-lengths here. | | 1 |  | Extol
Synergy
Groundbreaking avant thrash record. Elusive, innovative, attractive, all in being undeniably thrash. Many may disagree, but I think this is their most seminal effort. | | 2 |  | Extol
Undeceived
Essential prog black/death metal album with lots of twists. Would have been a classic already if people didn't keep running away from the 'Christian' tag. Which is pointless and silly. | | 3 |  | Extol
Extol
Wonderful tight blend of everything they've done before (mostly Undeceived, then Blueprint Dives, Burial, Synergy), resulting in a crushing package bigger than the sum of its parts. Progressive, beautiful yet very heavy, with added Yes-like vocal harmonies. | | 4 |  | Extol
Burial
Best unblack metal debut ever, for sure. (Lol @ unblack) | | 5 |  | Extol
The Blueprint Dives
Extol loses Ole Borud, goes Deftones but remains as elusive, challenging and progressive as ever. My least favorite of theirs, but hey who am I? | | 6 |  | Extol
Mesmerized
EP bridging Burial and Undeceived. 3 stunning tracks in their own right, plus 3 awkwardly superfluous ambient/electro Burial remixes | | 7 |  | Extol
Paralysis
If you've got the extended edition of Undeceived, you still need to listen to this EP for Your Beauty Divine alone. | |
DePlazz
11.21.18 | Azusa thread made me do this. | Source
11.21.18 | Undeceived at #2 eh? Interesting! | DePlazz
11.21.18 | Ranking is random & subjective, really. Each of their albums is rather unique. | Source
11.21.18 | They never make the same album twice that's for sure | Source
11.21.18 | You should add their two ep's. They both rule except for the remixed songs on their first ep | botb
11.21.18 | Peep Mesmerized if you haven’t it has imo their best track | Source
11.22.18 | Storms of disillusions? | Dewinged
11.22.18 | Sweet ranking man, I skimmed through most of these when preparing for reviewing Azusa but I need to sit down and give them a proper jam. | Source
11.22.18 | Check paralysis if you havent heard it and if you can find it. It slays so hard | DDDeftoneDDD
11.22.18 | Great rank. Gonne crazy with 1 already. 3 was a bit too folk metal but still great. Only listened to the 2 first tracks of 2 and omg wtf was that? Heavy and fast and then doom! Great great band. who Cares if they don t worship the devil? | botb
11.22.18 | You got it source | Source
11.22.18 | The old songs like storms of disillusions where they used power metal vocals are sweet | DDDeftoneDDD
11.22.18 | The track inferno was amazing. TKS guys =) | ramon.
11.22.18 | I feel like extol are one of those bands where I could understand a best albums list written in any order | DePlazz
11.22.18 | ^true
Will add Mesmerized and Paralysis. Storms Of Disillusions is one of the tracks most blatantly ripped off by The Faceless.
And there's 2 tracks off Paralysis I still haven't heard, gotta get working. | BigPleb
11.22.18 | Blueprint is so underrated.
Band never released a bad album imo. | DePlazz
11.22.18 | I've added the EP's. As stated in the header, these aren't necessarily my least favorite Extol, just giving priority to the full-lengths here. | TheNotrap
11.22.18 | Need to jam this band | Demon of the Fall
11.22.18 | Thanks for this, definitely getting on Extol's discog hard in the coming weeks. I think the Azusa record will end up being one of my albums of the year (hopefully). | DDDeftoneDDD
11.22.18 | actually from the listens I've given, I totally agree with the 1 2 3 rank (according to my taste) | DePlazz
11.22.18 | Yeah, personally I prefer their thrashy side. | DDDeftoneDDD
11.22.18 | "the Azusa record will end up being one of my albums of the year (hopefully)."
2 | DePlazz
11.23.18 | ^[3]
Up there with Voivod's latest. |
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