Divine Laughter
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Post-Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Death Metal
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
, Black Metal
, Dark Ambient
, Avant-Garde Metal
/ Genreheavy
/ Full Credits
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Divine Laughter remains an absolutely impressive release, delivering assorted metal delights in an unpredictable but remarkably coherent format.
2y
If I hadn't clicked on the artist page on RYM, I never would've noticed that this is all done by one guy. Except for the vocals, those are done by Mico vocalist Pablo Miguel Méndez, utilizing amazing death growls and screams over the very atmospheric and progressive death metal with blackened tremolo riffs. I know it's a little late in the year to find yet another one of my favorite albums of the year, but I found one. Another unbelievable thing is that the drums are all ... read more
Nothing sets off the feeling of running to the dinner bell faster in my metalhead brain than some extreme shit that knows how to incorporate a great melody.
I definitely wouldn’t call “Divine Laughter” a melodeath record, but I was pretty taken aback by the surprisingly frequent incorporations of melodic harmonies, given that it owes much of its DNA to more progressive and technical strains of death, sludge and black metal. There's a lot of brutality at play here from a ... read more
WOW THIS ALBUM IS GOOD I LIKE THE SONGWRITING ESPECIALLY YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THE POST IN THE METAL MMM JUST HOW I LIKE IT I LOVE MY 8+ MINUTE EPICS WITH MULTIPLE CHANGING PARTS INCLUDING ANGELIC SOUNDING ATMOSPHERIC SECTIONS WITH LITTLE PLAYING OF INSTRUMENTS YES I DO USE RATE YOUR MUSIC DOT COM HOW COULD YOU TELL????? ANYWAYS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE PRODUCTION ON THIS ONE ESPECIALLY IN THE DEATH METAL SECTIONS... YUP ITS PRETTY BLAND YEAH BUT IF THEY REVTIFY THAT SMALL GRIPE THEN PERHAPS ... read more
Cave Sermon might have released my favourite Extreme Metal album of the decade so far wih this eclectic storm of an album. This is how you combine a plethora of different subgenres into one enthralling experience that will make you heart race. The bombast with which this album pumps a pure jolt of adrenaline into your veins is addicting. There's true passion behind this project. The fact that this is a one-man-band is what makes it even more incredible.
Let's talk about the vocals ... read more
PERFECT RATING.
I can't believe this album exists. I found one of those gems that stay with you for life. It's a perfect record. It never ceases to surprise you. And that's saying something for its long runtime. But at all times, it's presenting you with new ideas, new rhythms, groovy riffs, melodies, and endless variations that leave you waiting to find out what's next. And you never guess. This post-metal is more focused on death metal; there's practically no ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Beyond Recognition 9:26 | 87 |
| 2 | Crystallised 7:21 | 86 |
| 3 | Liquid Gold 8:41 | 84 |
| 4 | The Paint of an Invader 11:22 | 86 |
| 5 | Birds and Machines in Brunswick 4:52 | 70 |
| 6 | Divine Laughter 12:06 | 86 |
Total Length: 53 minutes
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1y
Vocals remind me of Mico, which also happens to be an atmosludge-influenced extreme metal band. Huh. https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/522993-mico-zigurat.php