Conqueror

Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2007 Ratings: #195 / 746
User Score
Based on 119 ratings
2007 Ratings: #186
February 20, 2007 / Release Date
LP / Format
Hydra Head / Label
Justin BroadrickProducer
Full Credits
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Critic Reviews

90
Alternative Press

Conqueror’s lush atmospheric synth hues, kaleidoscopic ambience and dazzling melodic guitar heaviness live up to the billing without simultaneously boring the shit out of you.

50

Listenable.

grnhll
71

Jesu goes towards a poppier direction with Conqueror, but for the most part, it's just an expected follow up to its debut album.

redsus
84

Jesu-s Christ Superstar

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lachiewallace16
71

At points on this record, Jesu's pivot towards a more melodic sound yields brilliant results; but overall, 'Conqueror' feels like a more confused record than its predecessor, unclear on exactly what atmosphere it aims to create.

Standout tracks: Transfigure, Mother Earth, Stanlow

MrBrayton
76

This album is a very specific vibe and if you aren't down to zone out or put this on in the background while doing low cardio work than don't even bother. CONQUERER is a weather pattern. It's pouring rain, then it's a sun shining bright. It's a wistful dew soaked foggy morning and a freezing windy night. Above all, the vocals are lofty and rise up above all the drone work below. Lyrically, I don't know what Jesu is singing most of the time. Which is fine because ... read more

AJoltik
63

Atmospheric Post-Dronegaze for chuds. All the rifts across this album were pretty great, and I liked the contrast of churning drone noise with expansive industrial synths. The lyrics were misanthropic and overly simple. The mixing was a bit shaky with the autotuned vocals and rifts often getting drowned out by the synths. Might be fire for bedrotting.

BEST TRACKS: Transfigure, Conqueror
WORST TRACK: Old Year

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