3rdWorld China was a neat
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Ah. . The condom metaphor. . . Fitting
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Obligatory score is too high considering you hadn't a single positive word to say about the album. In any light I agree with the review fo' sho'
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Daniell _爱情_
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27.03.2012 - 13:56Rating: 6
Just when I was about to write something positive, I realised it was time to finish the review
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X-Ray Rod Skandino
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The band definitely didn't go all the way to their older sound at all....
You know what I'm saying?!
But yeah, this is such a shame.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
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At least it's a huge huge step up from the previous one. And also a bit up from Microcosmos.
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Daniell _爱情_
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27.03.2012 - 16:38Rating: 6
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.03.2012 at 16:34
At least it's a huge huge step up from the previous one. And also a bit up from Microcosmos.
Handful of Stars was very much different, but definitely better than this one.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Daniell on 27.03.2012 at 16:38
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.03.2012 at 16:34
At least it's a huge huge step up from the previous one. And also a bit up from Microcosmos.
Handful of Stars was very much different, but definitely better than this one.
I beg to differ on the last part of your comment. Handful Of Stars was an extremely weak attempt at some sort of shoegazish drivel and failed utterly at that.
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.03.2012 at 16:41
Handful Of Stars was an extremely weak attempt at some sort of shoegazish drivel and failed utterly at that.
You've certainly changed your tune ;]
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.09.2010 at 23:18
Grat album. Beats Swan Road, Estrangement, Microscosmos easily. But still not as good as Forgotten Legends, Blood IN Our Wells and their best Autumn Aurora
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Guest on 27.03.2012 at 16:51
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.03.2012 at 16:41
Handful Of Stars was an extremely weak attempt at some sort of shoegazish drivel and failed utterly at that.
You've certainly changed your tune ;]
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.09.2010 at 23:18
Grat album. Beats Swan Road, Estrangement, Microscosmos easily. But still not as good as Forgotten Legends, Blood IN Our Wells and their best Autumn Aurora
Yes, I did, indeed. Currently I totally can't stand it any more. It got worse with each subesequent listen.
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BitterCOld The Ancient One
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27.03.2012 - 17:50Rating: 6
I got into them late - with "Blood In Our Wells" being their most recent full-length release at the time. not a single album they have put out since that time has mesmerized/interested/intrigued me as much as what they already had out.
i'm sure the rapidfire releases don't really help.
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Drudkh get a wag of my finger for their shamelessness.
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Marcus Doit Like Bernie
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Not a great album but better than A Handful of Stars, that album got old fast. For whatever reason I keep coming back to listen to this album; it's far from riveting or anything but there's something about it which I can't quite put my finger on. Anyways, I respectfully disagree with your review.
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Slayer666
Posts: 2466 From: Serbia |
27.03.2012 - 20:42Rating: 8
Guess I'll be one of the few to disagree. I like this very much and it's easily my 4th favorite Drudkh release.
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spirit_inblack harshhead
Posts: 715 From: Canada |
C'mon now, it's good background music... I agree with whoever said (Lurker?) that they lack the emphatic riffs they used to have. This is actually a very important part of Drudkh's music, and has been lacking since Estrangement (although, to some degree, this existed on Microcosmos as well).
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Merchant of Doom
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.03.2012 at 16:41
I beg to differ on the last part of your comment. Handful Of Stars was an extremely weak attempt at some sort of shoegazish drivel and failed utterly at that.
Although I still haven't listened to this one yet, I agree with you on HoS... whilst everybody on planet metal was raving about it, I found it boring as f***.
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Written by Merchant of Doom on 28.03.2012 at 18:58
whilst everybody on planet metal was raving about it, I found it boring as f***.
I remember it being extremely divisive actually, certainly not universally praised.
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Merchant of Doom
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Written by Guest on 28.03.2012 at 19:04
Written by Merchant of Doom on 28.03.2012 at 18:58
whilst everybody on planet metal was raving about it, I found it boring as f***.
I remember it being extremely divisive actually, certainly not universally praised.
I didn't mean here in particular, but on other sites too, if that's what you are referring to... I didn't read a single negative review at the time. Maybe I didn't look hard enough...
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by Guest on 28.03.2012 at 19:04
Written by Merchant of Doom on 28.03.2012 at 18:58
whilst everybody on planet metal was raving about it, I found it boring as f***.
I remember it being extremely divisive actually, certainly not universally praised.
I remember more positive reviews about it than negative ones. And it only being slightly divisive amongst metal fans.
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Written by Merchant of Doom on 28.03.2012 at 19:11
I didn't mean here in particular, but on other sites too, if that's what you are referring to... I didn't read a single negative review at the time. Maybe I didn't look hard enough...
From the first few of pages on Google:
Sputnik
Metal Review
Metal Observer
Metal Temple
Xplosive
Plenty of them are good but not great reviews too 3/5 etc. Only saw a couple over 8/10. Not to mention the reviews on Metal Archives which sum up the general feel toward this record.
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 28.03.2012 at 19:15
I remember more positive reviews about it than negative ones. And it only being slightly divisive amongst metal fans.
Of course, virtually any album by big name bands rake in more positive reviews than bad. Ultimately it's the fanbase that decide on the final quality and HoS is the most disliked album on MA, one of the most disliked on here, joint lowest on Discogs etc. It was far from a universally well received album at the time though.
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Merchant of Doom
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Ok, it was such a long time ago... maybe only my friends were raving about it, then...
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Opethian
Posts: 1723 From: USA |
Seems as though the Wheel took a wrong turn on this release, ...
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Kuroboshi
Posts: 1168 From: Sweden |
13.04.2012 - 16:46Rating: 6
Reading all the negative comments, I was even prepared not to give this one a spin, but I was positively surprised. I thought it's very good. Maybe not up there with Autumn Aurora, but easily Microcosmos-class.
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Daniell _爱情_
Posts: 6056 From: Poland |
13.04.2012 - 19:04Rating: 6
Written by Kuroboshi on 13.04.2012 at 16:46
Reading all the negative comments, I was even prepared not to give this one a spin, but I was positively surprised. I thought it's very good. Maybe not up there with Autumn Aurora, but easily Microcosmos-class.
Maybe that's a good way to make people like an album. Bash it before they listen, they will expect shit, and get nicely surprised...
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