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Exist - Hijacking The Zeitgeist



7.3 | 38 votes |
Release date: 12 April 2024
Style: Technical death metal, Progressive metal

Owners:

8 have it
3 want it


01. Blue Light Infinite
02. Thief Of Joy [feat. Sanjay Kumar]
03. Hijacking The Zeitgeist
04. Funeral Toll
05. A Path To Nowhere
06. One Degree Removed From Human
07. Window To The All

Additional info
Mixed by Anup Sastry.
Additional vocal mixing by Mike Semesky.
Mastered by Kris Crummett.
Artwork by Sebastian Jerke.

Staff review by
F3ynman
Rating:
N/A
An interesting progressive death metal mixture that sadly suffers from annoying problems.

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published 11.07.2024 | Comments (2)

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Comments: 9   Visited by: 87 users
30.03.2024 - 04:04
Rating: 9
Guib
Thrash Talker
Can't wait for this one! Hope they'll kick ass like the last two.
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11.04.2024 - 10:46
24emd
Theory Snob
Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 04:04

Can't wait for this one! Hope they'll kick ass like the last two.

The cover art for this album made me think of you for some reason Maybe the green?
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11.04.2024 - 21:51
Rating: 9
Guib
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Written by 24emd on 11.04.2024 at 10:46

Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 04:04

Can't wait for this one! Hope they'll kick ass like the last two.

The cover art for this album made me think of you for some reason Maybe the green?

Bahaha because of MW avatar? In any case I'll listen to this for sure tomorrow.
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13.04.2024 - 03:08
Rating: 9
Guib
Thrash Talker
Woah ok... I didn't have much expectations but they are sort of shattered in the best possible ways?

I actually love this album, I like the groove the pacing, the vocal delivery, love the composition and I have to say that I'm
glad some progressive bands respect my time . This album is an amazing journey that doesn't wear out its welcome
and serves some seriously beautiful and well crafted tracks. It is more oldschool in sound and it is hard to not make a
parrallel with a band like Cynic when listening to this release. Then again, perhaps the influence comes from
the fact that Max Phelps, ex-live musician for Cynic, is in there and going strong.

In any case, I'm happily surprised with this one, I'm going to be spinning it quite a bit this year. What a strong and enjoyable
effort. Loving it and I can confidently recommend this to any fan of the genre. You'll have a fun time.
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14.04.2024 - 21:19
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Such an interesting as album, very impressive songwriting.
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05.05.2024 - 19:16
Rating: 6
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
The first song was so damn tasty. I've been waiting for Exist to finally find their groove, but it lost all flavour immediately after that track. Their writing still sounds a bit...unfinished.
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15.06.2024 - 15:55
Rating: 9
Zariel
I am glad i gave this band a chance. Bravo to Exist!! They've crafted an instant Tech/Prog Death Metal classic! In my book it's nearly flawless hence 9 star rating. It's not over 40 minute long & it doesn't get tedious & difficult to process after some time of listening as is often the case with 50+ minute playtime tech death releases. I am definitely going to listen to their full discography soon. Frankly I do not see how this can get rated below 8 stars but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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24.06.2024 - 08:27
Rating: 6
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
"Hijacking The Zeitgeist" is such a badass title
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24.06.2024 - 23:04
A Real Mönkey
I think I would rather listen to a full album of the softer parts of this band’s music. The acoustic sections and the cleans. Way better than the actual tech death which is kinda lackluster.
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