Thou - Magus
| Release date: | 31 August 2018 |
| Style: | Doom metal, Sludge metal |
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01. Inward
02. My Brother Caliban
03. Transcending Dualities
04. The Changeling Prince
05. Sovereign Self
06. Divine Will
07. In The Kingdom Of Meaning
08. Greater Invocation Of Disgust
09. Elimination Rhetoric
10. The Law Which Compels
11. Supremacy
02. My Brother Caliban
03. Transcending Dualities
04. The Changeling Prince
05. Sovereign Self
06. Divine Will
07. In The Kingdom Of Meaning
08. Greater Invocation Of Disgust
09. Elimination Rhetoric
10. The Law Which Compels
11. Supremacy
This is album is dedicated to the sacred ego, that wellspring of individuality and unique complexity. Sing the song of the Inner Voice. Recite the hymns to the Celestial Will. Rebuke all desire to succumb to corrosive idolatry?be it the militancy of extremity, the beneficence of untempered ideology, or the divinity of cherished relationships. Rebuke the impulse to capitulation, to hide beneath of hard shell of callous disregard and secede from the world. We surrender our power only to those worthy of wielding it. And we will not hesitate to strip authority from and war against all those that prove unworthy.
Recorded in 2017 by James Whitten. Mastered in 2018 by James Plotkin. Additional vocals by Emily McWilliams.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Posts: 5245 From: USA  |
This is great. As good as Heathen. You guys are missing out...
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5934 From: USA  |
Am I just missing something here? I've tried with Thou several times to try to see what "the big deal" over them is exactly and I'm still not quite getting it. I hear little more than doom/sludge with harsh vocals over the top of it here, which a ton of other bands have done before and several with much better results. Sure, it gets a little more melodic at points, but that's still nothing new either. The reason for all the lavish praise over this band lately eludes me.
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| Alex F Slick Dick Rick Posts: 3502 From: USA  |
Written by Auntie Sahar on 28.01.2019 at 01:16 Yeah I'm in the same boat to be honest. Can't enjoy any of the releases of theirs that i've listened through.
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| Mercurial Posts: 1175 |
Thou and Yob are truly the overrated doom bands of this generation, though I can just about enjoy Thou from time to time.
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| nikarg Posts: 7039 From: Greece  |
Written by Mercurial on 31.01.2019 at 01:36 Yeah, can't really enjoy either.
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Written by Guest on 31.01.2019 at 14:41 Actually quite possibly is, but sludge has been incredibly weak the past few years. It's like suddenly no one can create a good sludge sound anymore.
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| Mercurial Posts: 1175 |
Written by Guest on 31.01.2019 at 15:18 Checked my 2017 list. The one and only sludge record was worthy was Leechfeast, everything else was a hybrid with post-metal or something else. This year seems to be carrying on the same theme, every sludge band I've heard sounds off in some way, even the Hell song from the split sounds kind of weak (though Primitive Man's side sounds great and massive). [edit] That should have been 2018, not 2017 
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5934 From: USA |
Written by Mercurial on 31.01.2019 at 15:12 "Pure" sludge, nah, you're probably right, but the sludgecore type bands like Herder, Celeste, Harm's Way, Fange, LSM, etc have been dropping some pretty hot stuff lately. I'm good with that, actually a much cooler take on the sound if you ask me
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| Mercurial Posts: 1175 |
Written by Auntie Sahar on 27.03.2019 at 22:43 Oh yeah, sludge+ bands are usually fine. Black, -core, death even grind goes nicely with sludge. I do miss the classic sludge sound from time to time though.
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