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80
Though it might be a touch too polished for those looking for something exclusively grubby and grisly, Aborted’s approach of taking the sweetest meats from death metal’s gruesome platter ensures Maniacult has something for everyone to sink their teeth into.
4y
76
For the time being, ManiaCult is certainly a most worthy addition to 2021's already impressive extreme metal playlist, if only for the classy, and rather elitist, name of its central character.
4y
60
Too much of ManiaCult seems satisfied adhering to Aborted’s own firm establishment and not actively trying to raise the bar, let alone expand upon their wealth of experience to do much noticeably different.
4y
60
For a band of this caliber, Iām more than happy to sit back and allow myself to be summarily savaged. And you are too. So throw the album on and prepare your face for fragmentation. Just be aware you do so in lieu of overt originality.
3y
ManiaCult is rated ''Good'', in my opinion, due to it being 60% relistenable.
Nerd Breakdown:
Ratio -
I view a masterpiece as 80% relistenable (8/10). Since AOTY goes to 100, I have to account for this by dividing 80 by 100. Giving me 0.80.
Out of 10 Total Songs -
1 was Skipped (Each equals 0.0)
6 were Good Album Songs (Each equals 0.5)
3 were Liked Songs I would go out of my way to listen to again. (Each equals 1.0)
I then use this formula:
((( Good Album Songs * 0.5 ) ... read more
We all know Aborted for providing some of the fastest music in history. We like our songs like a jackhammer construction zone. Maniacult seems to be divided in two with the first half showing us that extreme brutality can live in a space where the band is not going pedal to the metal the whole time. But it's not until "A Vulgar Quagmire" Do we see that album really open up. A more refined and well presented display of utter darkness rears its head tying the extreme metal closer to ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Verderf 2:57 | 81 |
| 2 | ManiaCult 3:37 | 92 |
| 3 | Impetus Odi 3:45 | 89 |
| 4 | Portal To Vacuity 4:40 | 89 |
| 5 | Dementophobia 3:00 | 83 |
| 6 | A Vulgar Quagmire 3:17 | 86 |
| 7 | Verbolgen 1:38 | 72 |
| 8 | Ceremonial Ineptitude 3:53 | 89 |
| 9 | Drag Me To Hell 5:03 | 86 |
| 10 | Grotesque 3:53 | 81 |
| 11 | I Prediletti: The Folly Of The Gods 5:03 | 86 |
Total Length: 40 minutes
