At his best, Ghostemane is a compelling artist with an imposing and immersive presence.
At his worst, he is Alfred Hitchcock doing 2017 YouTube DissTrack Rap
Highlights: Hexada/Rake (only one, never both), ☆Mercury: Retrograde☆, D(r)own, Changing The Tides, Idle Hands, Polaris
Although Hexada has some decent moments, I feel it is weighed down by some of the less memorable tracks. Unfortunately, nothing on this record really stood out to me (other than possibly "Mercury: Retrograde") and the record itself just felt like it fell a bit flat. There isn't a lot of commentary to be done here, as it is very similar to most of Ghostmane's other work. There are quite a few tracks here that feel like useless filler, such as the track "Smog." Meh...
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This one's quite the drag and there's not really a whole lot going on here. The album as a whole is pretty much a step down compared to the weakest tracks on ANTI-ICON and N/O/I/S/E. This album does vary in sound just a bit compared to the two previously mentioned albums, but I don't know if it's a good vary in sound. This album just kinda reminds me why I didn't really care for much of Ghostemane's earlier stuff.
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| 1 | Intro.Decadence 0:59 | 53 |
| 2 | Hexada 2:15 | 67 |
| 3 | Rake 1:32 | 64 |
| 4 | Mercury: Retrograde 2:04 | 85 |
| 5 | Nails 2:14 | 68 |
| 6 | D(r)own 1:48 | 67 |
| 7 | Smog (City of Angeles) 1:46 | 53 |
| 8 | Changing of the Tides (Interlude) 2:52 | 55 |
| 9 | Idle Hands 3:02 | 59 |
| 10 | Tartarus 2:17 | 63 |
| 11 | Squeeze 2:20 | 53 |
| 12 | Polaris 3:39 | 62 |