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Guest review by
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After nine years as a band, Uaral released their debut album Sounds of Pain in 2005. Upon my first listening of this album, I was pleasantly surprised. Up until a few days ago I had never heard of them before, and after listening to this album I'm quite upset that I didn't listen to them sooner. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of information on this band, and even their Myspace is void of anything resembling a biography and their website is completely useless. All I can tell you is Uaral is a duo, with Aciago playing all instruments and Caudal performing the vocals.
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| published 10.06.2009 | Comments (9)
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| Rating: 9 |
This album sounds like pain!
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Depresion is an amazing masterpiece...
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Written by Guest on 07.12.2012 at 21:54
Excellent instrument playing, nice melancholic atmosphere. But Uaral! Those crying vocals are just unbearable, even if its doom,. Give me a break
I completely agree. I love the acoustic guitars so much that they makes me forget the fact that the growls and screams are just awful. If they just kept the dark folk-like vocals they would have been one of my favorite bands of all time tbh.
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I completely agree. I love the acoustic guitars so much that they makes me forget the fact that the growls and screams are just awful. If they just kept the dark folk-like vocals they would have been one of my favorite bands of all time tbh.
Maybe if it was more subtle in the mix like many bands do to cover it up. Still I think it is a hell of a record. Which is odd because the growls are very misplaced sometimes (like at the end of the second song).
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Written by Mr. Doctor on 08.12.2012 at 09:26
I completely agree. I love the acoustic guitars so much that they makes me forget the fact that the growls and screams are just awful. If they just kept the dark folk-like vocals they would have been one of my favorite bands of all time tbh.
I too like pretty much everything about the music, but I also don't like those insane and ridiculous screams/growls. I don't dislike them all the time though, but still... they took "sounds of pain" a little too literal if you ask me.
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Damn, this could've been a 10/10 if it wasn't for the misplaced/bad growls every now and then. Also, the beginning and ending with the crying (growls/screams) ruins it for me. Ignoring all that, and it's still an excellent album, since the music is just amazing.
Edit: forgot what I said before. This album is so awesome it deserves a 10/10 (though the screams still suck).
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Written by EMols86 on 14.01.2013 at 14:36
Damn, this could've been a 10/10 if it wasn't for the misplaced/bad growls every now and then. Also, the beginning and ending with the crying (growls/screams) ruins it for me. Ignoring all that, and it's still an excellent album, since the music is just amazing.
Edit: forgot what I said before. This album is so awesome it deserves a 10/10 (though the screams still suck).
How can you give something a "perfect" rating if you think a part of the music sucks?
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Written by Alex Lemon on 10.05.2013 at 00:43
How can you give something a "perfect" rating if you think a part of the music sucks?
Good point. I'll explain it to you: despite the fact that the growls/screams are pretty bad, they don't bother me a lot. And a perfect score doesn't mean it's a perfect album, because no album is perfect. A 10/10 rating means it's a masterpiece, which I definitely think it is. If I'd truly give it a more specific rating it would be something between a 9.6 and 9.9 (since I'd probably subtract a few "points" for those growls/screams), but since MS doesn't give that option (which isn't strange at all), you wouldn't really know the difference between a 9.5 and 10, unless you write a review.
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Written by EMols86 on 10.05.2013 at 00:56
Good point. I'll explain it to you: despite the fact that the growls/screams are pretty bad, they don't bother me a lot. And a perfect score doesn't mean it's a perfect album, because no album is perfect. A 10/10 rating means it's a masterpiece, which I definitely think it is. If I'd truly give it a more specific rating it would be something between a 9.6 and 9.9 (since I'd probably subtract a few "points" for those growls/screams), but since MS doesn't give that option (which isn't strange at all), you wouldn't really know the difference between a 9.5 and 10, unless you write a review.
It was just that you said the vocals "suck" which made me think your decision might be flawed. Your logic makes perfect sense to me, obviously every album has at least some area that could be improved upon.
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I think 10s are often given out as a representation of what that release means to a person, rather than rating it what you think it's worth. I've given out quite a few 10s to albums where I think they have weaknesses or tracks that I never listen to. Ultimately albums are more than the sum of their parts.
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Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 10.05.2013 at 01:16
I think 10s are often given out as a representation of what that release means to a person, rather than rating it what you think it's worth. I've given out quite a few 10s to albums where I think they have weaknesses or tracks that I never listen to. Ultimately albums are more than the sum of their parts.
I give 10's to my absolute favourite albums. Albums that I can play without ever getting bored.
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I gave Woods Of Ypres's first Ep a 10/10 as it currently has over 500 plays according to my ITunes. It still intrigues me a lot, and I still listen to it constantly.
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