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| 4.5 superb | Spag | February 27th 15 |
I now have a legitimate reason to keep on living my worthless life. EDIT: Amazon pushed the NA
release date by 2 weeks and my patience is gone. Heard the leak and it's extremely awesome,
everything I expected from Arcturus and more. EDIT 2: "While smartly ignoring the fourth" Yo, they
didn't ignore it. Just listen to Archer as it's completely similar to a lot of SS man. Also
ignoring ANY Arcturus is a crime.
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| 0.0 | Jerrad | April 28th 15 |
I haven't enjoyed an Arcturus record this much since I first listened to The Sham Mirrors nearly five years ago. Great stuff.
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| 4.5 superb | Jared Floryan | October 23rd 15 |
Anomalous and vaguely innovative, Norwegian avant-garde metal band Arcturus's 2015 record certainly tries as best as it can to convince listeners that utmost patience is a virtue in moments such as this. Arcturian, although not really a cakewalk to sit through, is like an ingenious marionette sitting on the lap of a fair maiden once people begin to let it grow on them. It's beauteous from an instrumentation perspective, and the album proper may very well stand the test of time. The fusion of black metal, folk, electronic music, and also symphonic elements here is cheesy, but keep in mind that bombast and goofiness do have what it takes to live long and prosper. Arcturian, clocking in at 47 minutes, is an undeniable attention grabber - and it's extremely fun from start to finish. ICS Vortex's vocals combined with the unpredictable, yet strong instrumental work are a delight and a half.
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| 3.9 excellent | Voivod STAFF | October 1st 15 |
After the release of Sideshow Symphonies, I had little hope that the Norwegians would return to the grandeur of their past albums, so the brilliance of Arcturian definitely caught me off guard. Every element - the elaborate electronic parts, the folk manipulations, the black metal outbursts, the floating keyboards emulating the random configurations of the Northern Lights - has been masterfully appended in each song; The album highlight though, is none other than Vintersorg's vocals, and that comes from a die-hard fan of Garm and La Masquerade Infernale, which is still the best Arcturus album by far. Favourite song: Warp. Stream the album at play.spotify.com.
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| 0.0 | TheFourthCircle25 | June 6th 15 |
The weirdest album of the year, and also one of the greatest! As someone who is new to Arcturus and avant-garde music, I was actually surprised by how crazy their music is. This is pretty amazing stuff that is way out there, but also implements what I love about experimental and progressive music: it gives us something we've never heard before. If you're a fan of this style, definitely check this one out.
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| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | May 19th 15 |
The best thing they've done since their debut. Mixes the best of the first three albums while smartly ignoring the fourth.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | August 12th 19 |
Futuristic symphonic progressive metal. While others seem to genuinely enjoy the clean vox, I'm having a lot of trouble with this kind of overly theatrical (read: power metal) vocals. The harsh ones are extremely good though. Musically this is top-notch, the music flows seamlessly between calm and extreme moments, and only the clean vox are meh.
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| 3.5 great | Alex C. | January 15th 16 |
This album could have been so, so, so GOOD with a fine production. But no, they had to go the kvlt way. And some fine and original metal like it were recorded in a black metal studio of the nineties. What a waste!
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| 4.5 superb | Steev | May 25th 15 |
So Vortex has some pretty damn decent harsh vox... Game Over, man! GAME OVER!!
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| 0.0 | Johnny Maccaroni | May 24th 15 |
This is REALLY GOOD, really, just one listen in and I'm blown away... will spin it more to give an accurate rating... It has a haunting atmosphere, and then comes a raging storm and after that the sun shines again... it really is that good....
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| 2.5 average | Phasma | January 25th 23 |
| 3.5 great | mursu | October 7th 21 |
| 3.0 good | MAB | April 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | yayafa | March 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 12th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Hehe | December 8th 20 |
| 3.0 good | gnimas | October 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | July 31st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | July 9th 20 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | November 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | October 2nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | aGit | September 24th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | August 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Blurbs | March 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | kkarron | January 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nisraak | October 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tritium | January 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | orakst | October 4th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Santet | May 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | April 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | stesta | April 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | chanson | February 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Skye09 | December 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | GxTxK | October 24th 16 |
| 3.0 good | OmairSh | September 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | August 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xavier | June 2nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | seifer | April 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aeternal | February 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Camation | December 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | pumi | December 22nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | December 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Or220 | December 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeeDeeM | December 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | betray | December 8th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Pegana | December 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | sheep | November 7th 15 |
| 3.0 good | oli89 | October 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fll | October 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Awake88 | October 14th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | hsb | September 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | mikep87 | September 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | IrishC | August 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | August 20th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | trvvve | August 9th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | JKoppe | August 6th 15 |
| 3.0 good | kx8 | August 5th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Thibs | July 31st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | July 13th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jots EMERITUS | June 17th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Nud | June 12th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Host78 | May 23rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | Hati | May 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | May 15th 15 |
| 3.9 excellent | Deviant. STAFF | May 13th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | mastin | May 11th 15 |
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