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I want to write a more elaborated review but for the moment I'll just write this; this is one of my favorite calculated uncalculated musical messes of all time.
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They seem to be going back to those "Anthem of the Peaceful Army" vibes with the newest songs, and honestly, I wish they’d go back to the Garden’s Gate sound instead. That’s where they’re best.
That said, I liked the songwriting here, but my two icks are Josh's screams and the fucking mixing. YES THEY GOT COBB OUT OF HERE!
"God Does Love Ugly tries too hard to be all things at once—a trap-banging opus, a spiritual journey, a mic-shredding clinic—that it ends up being none of them for very long."
I could have written a review about this album but Paul Attard of Salt Magazine put it so accurately into words that I can’t help but just quote him here.
Doesn’t reinvent the wheel in any way shape or form but it’s enjoyable for what it is.
For fans of Panzerfaust-era Darkthrone and some Judas Iscariot. There’s some slow and folksy passages à la AA-era Drudkh thrown in there too. There’s even some riffs reminiscent of post-bm acts like Fluisteraars that come in later on (4th track especially). Kampfar too on track 5… Anyways, good album, give it a spin.
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Just an engineering student debating whether his coffee addiction or his music addiction is more out of control. 👹
I use this site to catalog the stuff I enjoy so that I don't forget about it (hence the incredibly skewed rating dist)!
My favorite genres are black metal, slushwave, jazz, classical and noise, but I like most genres except cloud rap, digicore and deconstructed club.
If I dig, I rate, otherwise: da list
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I use this site to catalog the stuff I enjoy so that I don't forget about it (hence the incredibly skewed rating dist)!
My favorite genres are black metal, slushwave, jazz, classical and noise, but I like most genres except cloud rap, digicore and deconstructed club.
If I dig, I rate, otherwise: da list
Scale: https://rb.gy/3bc5sk
Links: https://allmylinks.com/nameisbaylen
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