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| 4.0 excellent | ti0n | September 24th 12 |
6.4 from pitchfork. OH WAIT. PITCHFORK RAITING METAL?
it's lacking stand-out tracks, tho as whole it's their most ambitious effort yet.
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| 0.0 | AngelofDeath EMERITUS | September 27th 12 |
1st listen: Their most progressive album yet. The first half sounds much like BTBAM's
"Alaska" without the post-hardcore bass drops. Amazing!
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| 2.5 average | alt | September 27th 12 |
After being spot on for the last decade, Enslaved finally stumble.
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| 0.0 | Trebor. EMERITUS | September 27th 12 |
John RIITIIR was a cool guy RIP
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| 4.5 superb | Tunaboy45 | February 28th 15 |
No one does progressive black metal better than Enslaved, every track is fantastic but Roots Of The Mountain is particularly amazing.
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| 4.5 superb | 05McDonaldT | February 9th 13 |
It's nice to see some actual progression from them.
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| 4.5 superb | DarkNoctus | September 27th 12 |
touche, enslaved. :]
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| 0.0 | conesmoke | August 14th 12 |
Fucking great, constantly twisting with some seriously well thought out sections of music.
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| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | January 13th 23 |
By now, everyone probably knows what to expect from these guys. They’re epic, classy, black metal complete with mellow sections, clean singing and quicker black metal parts. The biggest thing that these guys have going for them is that they do it better than most and their songs seem to have a lot more direction without resorting to being weird.
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| 1.5 very poor | its fkn snowing | June 19th 22 |
they went nearly full prog and im bored af someone save me plz i still have like 40 mins of this ffs. edit: why does this sound like a ghost album edit2: i made it thru bros, forsaken isnt actually that bad but album sucks balls as a whole 1.5 stays
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | June 12th 19 |
Solid as always, one of the most consistent bands out there. However, I don't feel that much differentiation between their 2010s albums: they are all great, but none stands out above the others.
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| 4.5 superb | BRAman22 | April 28th 14 |
This is a really great album. This band seems pretty cool.
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| 0.0 | Lambda | December 3rd 13 |
RIITIIR is a grower. It contains some of Enslaved's best songs ("Death in the Eyes of Dawn," "Roots of the Mountain") but they, and indeed the whole album, require multiple listens to appreciate. The performances are great across the board, but what steal the show for me are Ivar's clean vocals. The improvement is obvious; they are fantastic, and the choruses on which he sings comprise some of the record's best moments. The only songs which don't quite do it for me are the last two- they are good, but each feels a little drawn out. Overall though, RIITIIR is a superb record and shows Enslaved's relentless commitment to progression. 4.5
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| 4.0 excellent | ForestGagnon | August 15th 13 |
Some of the sections in this album are too abrasive for my tastes, but Death in The Eyes of Dawn is a 5.0 by itself.
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| 5.0 classic | sputnik1 | February 9th 13 |
I hear something great on each additional listen. Epic!
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| 4.5 superb | maninthebox | October 18th 12 |
On their new album RIITIIR, Enslaved stick to the same one two punch of prog and black metal that they've used on their past albums, but they keep things different and engaging with interesting song structures and some of the most epic atmospheres I've ever heard. Enslaved have definitely melded beautiful cleans and atmospheres with vicious black metal highs and riffs to create one of the best albums of 2012. Best songs are Death in the Eyes of Dawn, Roots of the Mountain, and Forsaken.
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| 4.5 superb | sprngl | October 6th 12 |
I've been listening to this album for a few days now and I just can't get over how majestic this entire album sounds. It's like they took all their music starting with Below The Lights and went way beyond it. I didn't like the album at first, but repeated listens are almost a necessity with this kind of music. After a while, you start noticing things on each listen, things that weren't there before. A true masterpiece from one of the best BM bands around.
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| 0.0 | glezz | September 28th 12 |
Are they Streaming this somewhere!?! It hasn't even been released!
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| 4.5 superb | Yea, my final legacy to this piece-of-shit site. | September 28th 12 |
As of right now, I'd say this would probably come after Vertebrae, Axioma Ethica Odini, and Below the Lights (in that order). Enslaved just never disappoints. Death in the Eyes of Dawn and Roots of the Mountain may very well be some of the best songs they've ever put out.
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| 4.5 superb | Panzerchrist | September 28th 12 |
First listen reminds me of masterpiece progressive band Rush! Marvelous! Masterful!
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| 5.0 classic | bodiesinflight57 | September 7th 12 |
Best metal album I've heard for about, hmmm, five years or so?
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| 4.5 superb | Robert Davis | August 16th 12 |
currently writing a review for this album. I'm literally drunk with excitement.
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