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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | October 12th 22 |
A funeral doom album that's ultimately very gentle for the genre, Monotony Fields (very self-conscious name boiz) features clean guitars that do not solely aim at despair. Some of the melodies here are utterly beautiful, especially when coupled with gothic-like synth webs. Tad long, though - but nobody ain't surprised about that.
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| 4.5 superb | lifter | November 7th 15 |
Not much of a fan of doom metal to be honest, but these guys are just fucking excellent. At the same level as their previous two albums. Welcome back, SoD.
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| 4.0 excellent | Trey STAFF | October 9th 15 |
Moody, atmospheric and heavy funeral doom done right.
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| 3.8 excellent | Voivod STAFF | August 22nd 15 |
I'm not sure if funeral doom has been designed to drive genre enthusiasts along memory lane by default, but albums like Monotony Fields are nothing but positive catalysts to the process; Through their recurring, majestic and drone-y arrangements, Shape of Despair may allow intronauting (sic) towards the lowermost layers of memory, only to re-emerge to the surface, relieved and a bit wiser... Favourite song: Monotony Fields. Stream: http://shapeofdespair.bandcamp.com/album/monotony-fields-2
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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | July 27th 15 |
A comeback of monolithic proportions, Monotony Fields is exactly what you want from a funeral doom metal record: bleak guitars, thundering drums, pained vocals, and some great piano work with female vocals to boot. Though the album doesn't stray very far from the blueprint set by opener "Reaching The Innermost", every track here has something to appreciate, like the beautiful endings to "Descending Inner Night" and "Withdrawn", both utilizing evocative and airy vocals to create excellent dramatic effect. All of the tracks here are slow burners (the average track length according to the review is about nine minutes), but even with the albums immense length, this record is engaging enough not to bore the listener halfway through. A serious contender not only for the album of the year in metal, but also the comeback record of the year.
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| 4.0 excellent | Halez | June 4th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | knia | November 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoneHK | May 10th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Chippe | March 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | qt | January 10th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Voor | June 30th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Spag | December 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | August 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | SuzyC | August 4th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elros | September 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Sagal | February 12th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Kruppe | January 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | December 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | October 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | September 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nud | May 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanaria | March 31st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | gnimas | February 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Gazo | December 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | August 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Ianman | June 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Santet | April 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | January 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | rid | January 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | elch21 | December 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | December 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Toolock | December 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeeDeeM | December 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Hybza | December 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | December 3rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | sheep | November 7th 15 |
| 3.5 great | trve | October 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pavera | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Awake88 | September 22nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | oli89 | September 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | gallus90 | September 9th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Sniper1 | September 2nd 15 |
| 2.5 average | mikep87 | August 27th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | MelbCro | August 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ouphe | August 20th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | pachaim | August 19th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Zaxmon | August 10th 15 |
| 3.5 great | trvvve | August 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | July 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | July 26th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Tasty | July 22nd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | July 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vetimus | July 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | BadgerU | July 14th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Ciszx | July 13th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Amry | July 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | trydom | July 6th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Yusuf | July 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | June 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alastor | June 20th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | June 12th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | joitp | June 8th 15 |
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