MFfool

The core asset of Electric Wizard's Dopethrone lies in the constant fullness of it's sound. With a well oiled engine, this behemoth creeps on with an unstoppable force and a dragging heaviness - which both compliments and hurts the album at a certain point. It is pitch black drenched in a real sense of self contaminated style, which is for me a true achievement in a genre that sometimes sounds as blurry as metal. What is essential to the style is that it really is a slow burner compared to so ... read more

Brick seems like an album that is content with exploiting the contemporary genres and tropes in a way that is hackneyed and cheap like a vagrant vendor, but hey, it's a helluva compilation when you look at it from the other way - you might even call it a good high. It plays out like that 70s cheerful music that has the exact right friendship between freshly baked funk and oldly charming soul - where the rhythms are a tad repetitive and the padding is made up of sexy saxophones and that good ... read more

The more I've heard the main hits from Arctic Monkeys, most of which stem from this album - the more they tire me out without growing in any value. They start to feel more contrived and annoyingly reliant on the same passes and goes that sound fresh for five times and get obsolete the sixth time. This isn't how I should listen an album, looking for flaws by listening to songs over and over again but songs like "Do I wanna know" and "Snap out of it" have been heard around the ... read more

This felt like a session of advanced music practice in high school where the one talented kid is practicing in the hallways. Maybe it's just the ridicule simplicity of this album that makes me say a thing such as this. The only thing prominently used are one to five clarinets and a sort of metronome. It's always nearly invisible in layers and you know what? It's kind of refreshing and even relaxing. There is obviously no real point in this music, it isn't a statement or a grandiose expression ... read more