One of the defining albums for my enjoyment of black metal. The album’s mixture of bluegrass and dreary black metal made it one of the most approachable and captivating albums of the genre for me.
Whenever I talk about this album with other people, they each have a different favorite song and it is so easy to see why.
Once you separate the ‘art from the artist,’ you are left with an album that sounds like someone farting in a mic with some of the most morally corrupt lyrics I’ve heard on any album in my life.
Dragonforce has always been somewhat of a meme band and there is nothing wrong with that. However, this album is worse than some of their past work, with this album being a little bit to goofy for its own good.
Not huge on the vocals, but everything else is great. The bass tones especially is fucking excellent.
I'm over here casting my shit I got potions on my tome right now I'm just evoking my shit I'm powerful as fuck man I'm a witch man like...
While some songs don't hit as hard as others, it's a very well executed album that feels like a celebration of country and folk music.
Here we have an album with some of the most horrendous lyrics of any album released this year.
When your album is competing with VULTURES I for having bad lyrics, you know you've fucked up.
It’s a Mastodon album, so of course it’s good.
I think what keeps me from loving this album is the same reason other people don’t care for it, as it sounds like the band watering down their sound for a mainstream audience.
Now, there is nothing wrong with changing your sound, bands change their sound all the time. However, here it feels like a direct attempt to gain a wider listener base and the music suffers because of it. It’s still good, but it’s not as hard ... read more
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