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| 3.3 great | Erwann S. STAFF | December 18th 24 |
My favourite solo Ihsahn record - but his grandiloquent blackened electroprog metal isn't exactly my go-to heavy microgenre.
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| 4.0 excellent | Your own inadequacies have twisted your mind into a pretzel that needs a bit of salt. | March 20th 20 |
Ihsahn crafted a superbly experimental, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling record with Arktis. back in 2016. One of the most continuously surprising (and I mean this positively!) aspects about this record is its accessibility given Tveitan's clear intention of producing a disconcertingly conceptual album. This record is consistent in its inventiveness (for black/prog) and admirable for how many new ideas there are from song to song while still retaining a fundamental similarity. Ihsahn leaves his indelible creative mark on each song, and no one else could make an album like this work.
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| 4.5 superb | HerrSadanius | August 7th 16 |
my introduction too ihsahn which led to me discovering emperor which im still trynna get into and have been succesfull. this album is ripe with experimentation especially dem bass synths also ihsahn is one helluva musician and his voice :O
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| 2.0 poor | EasterInTheBatcave | June 7th 16 |
Enjoyable listen. The electronic experimentation ("South Winds," "Frail") is refreshing, Ihsahn's voice is as good as ever, and there are some flat out glorious moments ("Mass Darkness," "Celestial Violence"). The '80s rock-homage "Until I Too Dissolve" is a lot fun, too. I'm not getting an arctic vibe from this though, really, so I don't get the album title. Also, some of the tracks ("Disassembled," "My Heart Is of the North") are lost amongst the more adventurous lot.
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| 4.0 excellent | Morningrise767 | April 14th 16 |
Probably Ihsahn's best album he's released as a solo artist.
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| 0.0 | emester | April 7th 16 |
One of the better progressive metal records in recent memory. Sadly, the sound and style opted for here goes toward the norms of the oversaturated style but the songs themselves are among the best such a tired approach can offer
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| 2.5 average | AmonZ | November 30th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gorey13 | August 23rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ubwar | March 4th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | nelrock | February 28th 24 |
| 3.5 great | KManoc1 | February 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale STAFF | February 19th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Veldin | February 16th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | trilo | November 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | tcarafi | March 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bren80 | June 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | DNiewen | March 7th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | February 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpturk21 | February 11th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | DrThodt | February 3rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | xlev | August 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | August 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | valek | August 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | PHClock | July 29th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Raoul | June 9th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | yayafa | March 12th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | January 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Hehe | December 14th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | November 28th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Kralle | November 2nd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Butland | October 20th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | wingkon | September 25th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lineman | August 24th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | May 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | SuzyC | February 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mordekai | February 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilneto8 | December 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | dragoth | December 15th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Pho3nix | December 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | aGit | November 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Spag | November 13th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elros | September 5th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | lilmilk | August 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aranox | June 3rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | November 19th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Nisraak | November 10th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | psim | October 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loveloth | September 23rd 18 |
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| 3.5 great | Fenix | May 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | NoXoR | May 10th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Marci | May 8th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rausku | April 20th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Edlund | March 27th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Mouzred | February 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Oreon | January 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | mursu | December 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ankolas | December 14th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Mikpol | December 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | RAGG | December 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | boab92 | November 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | simonj | October 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ctay145 | October 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | DRusso | October 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | kevnb | September 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sapee | September 4th 17 |
| 2.5 average | wangz | August 31st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | August 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | August 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | stesta | April 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Since | April 4th 17 |
| 3.0 good | RMHQ | March 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bulgaro | February 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | marf1300 | February 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | vinniep | February 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | January 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Kruppe | January 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | January 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | coopj | January 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Brandon | December 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | peteisok | December 26th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | GhostK | November 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mordaunt | November 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Hydra12 | November 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moses77 | November 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Raven49 | November 6th 16 |
| 3.5 great | hadriel | September 20th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Leprous | September 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | andrewsk | September 10th 16 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | September 6th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | August 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Lanas | August 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | JWT155 | July 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | motyli | July 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Peeps9 | July 15th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Hati | July 10th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Zeg | July 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tgdv | July 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | June 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | oli89 | June 26th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | 16Dot | June 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Moge | May 23rd 16 |
| 2.5 average | trve | May 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tonzx | May 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Thibs | May 4th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | May 2nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Laymi | April 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Nud | April 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rail | April 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | anat CONTRIBUTOR | April 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Host78 | April 24th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | N2B3J | April 24th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | cherno | April 23rd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Majkl | April 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | April 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | eirinn | April 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Spec | April 17th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | April 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | mastin | April 15th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | April 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | voodman | April 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bierlag | April 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | April 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | April 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mRA | April 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | April 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeeDeeM | April 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | April 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | April 8th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | elch21 | April 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | April 8th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | max13x | April 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | April 8th 16 |
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