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Mgła - Exercises In Futility



8.9 | 633 votes |
Release date: 4 September 2015
Style: Black metal

Owners:

394 have it
52 want it


01. Exercises In Futility I
02. Exercises In Futility II
03. Exercises In Futility III
04. Exercises In Futility IV
05. Exercises In Futility V
06. Exercises In Futility VI

The Best Black Metal Album Of 2015
Top 20 albums of 2015: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 54

Additional info
Cover artwork made by the nineteenth century French illustrator Marcel Roux.

Guest review by
Alina Zia
Rating:
7.0
Exercises In Futility is purportedly Mgła's nonpareil album and has been dithyrambically eulogized. It has accresced the adulation of black metal's habitués over the years.

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published 05.05.2020 | Comments (21)

Guest review by
brimarsh
Rating:
9.7
After years of distancing myself from the black metal scene and community, my revisitations are brief and fleeting. I do not seek out new releases as fervently as I once did; old favorites have phased out of my habitual rotation, whether due to apathy or evolution of taste, I could not say. Yet, Mgła has remained a constant and daily indulgence. They're never further than the tip of my tongue in conversations of recommendations with the less initiated, yet open-minded pursuant of music?and I consider their entire discography to be of utmost importance in not only black metal, but in the entirety of metal's more extreme subsets.

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published 28.08.2020 | Comments (24)

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13.12.2019 - 04:47
Mercurial
The important thing is Mgla doesn't need to exist because UADA are better, folks. With it, you need to deal.
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14.12.2019 - 15:21
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Mercurial on 13.12.2019 at 04:47

The important thing is Mgla doesn't need to exist because UADA are better, folks. With it, you need to deal.

Nope. Uada is still very good tho
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14.12.2019 - 17:01
Mercurial
When boomers and millennials collide.
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14.12.2019 - 20:50
Zap
I don't care about either band.
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15.12.2019 - 08:17
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by [user id=173045] on 14.12.2019 at 16:50

So hipsters are so ugly and bad these days that you guys prefer upper middle aged, probably 55+, polish nazis?

Yes.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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15.12.2019 - 21:27
The Witchfinder
Account deleted
Written by Zap on 14.12.2019 at 20:50

I don't care about either band.

We're the true winners here.
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22.12.2019 - 16:30
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Zap on 14.12.2019 at 20:50

I don't care about either band.

Somehow later generation Polish BM bands as this, Babuska, Arkona , Cultes Des Ghoules, Plagla and Furuia never cached me. I prefer Iceland in that case
Lux Occulta, Vesania, Blaze Of Perdition, Thy Worshiper, Slavland are diferent story, I prefer Polish BM from mid and late 90's even I hate behemoth whit big passion, but respect narger work and attitude, but love his solo project
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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04.05.2020 - 23:55
Rating: 10
Melkor
Masterpiece. recommended to everyone whos into metal. the drumming, the transitions, the riffs all make it the best album by this ever promising band!
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02.04.2021 - 14:56
Rating: 10
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
This has to be easily the best black metal album in years Imo, it has everything that makes a black metal masterpiece, those quality hypnotic riffs that have alot of melody to them, like the early 90's black metal scene, it has the right blend of heaviness and the right mid tempo pace throughout, and the drumming is very good and consistent, the vocals are nothing special but no real concern, because the album stays consistent and excellent all the way through. This is definitely one of the best black metal bands around right now, and with so much potential.
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27.06.2021 - 12:16
Rating: 9
Reminds me kinda of Dissection.
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04.01.2022 - 21:44
Rating: 10
Metal Diogenes
It never ceases to amaze me how talented songwriters and musicians these guys actually are. Despite being rather simple and straightforward musicwise there really are many interesting things happening here, like the drummer making it sound like he has multiple extra limbs for example, that's some crazy skill right there. But then again there's amazing atmosphere and tensionbuilding, great use of repetition... just all around killer stuff.
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17.04.2022 - 12:36
ikakoika
I think the best black metal album, of the last decade.
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04.05.2022 - 12:14
Rating: 10
Jack_Torrance
I think this might be the best black metal album of all time!
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15.05.2022 - 21:04
Rating: 10
Jack_Torrance
Written by Jack_Torrance on 04.05.2022 at 12:14

I think this might be the best black metal album of all time!

This or Paracletus
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15.05.2022 - 23:03
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by Jack_Torrance on 15.05.2022 at 21:04

This or Paracletus

Have you listened to “The Tenth Sub Level Of Suicide” by Leviathan? That’s my favourite black metal album of all time.
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I do your mum

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16.05.2022 - 00:48
Rating: 10
Jack_Torrance
No I have not but thanks for the recommendation, I will check it out at some point.
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11.10.2022 - 21:59
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Damn the riffing in V is sooooooo good. I could listen to that track over and over again.
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02.06.2023 - 12:42
Rating: 9
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
I guess I'm the 5,700,000th listen on the YouTube stream of this album. By the way, is it safe to say that that video is the most viewed metal full album stream on YouTube?
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02.06.2023 - 16:02
Rating: 7
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Written by F3ynman on 02.06.2023 at 12:42

I guess I'm the 5,700,000th listen on the YouTube stream of this album. By the way, is it safe to say that that video is the most viewed metal full album stream on YouTube?

Not sure about that lol

If you meant most viewed black metal album, filosofem is to my knowledge the one with that title, at 6 million views for the full stream.
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02.06.2023 - 17:43
Rating: 9
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by Roman Doez on 02.06.2023 at 16:02

If you meant most viewed black metal album, filosofem is to my knowledge the one with that title, at 6 million views for the full stream.

Ah, good to know. Thanks
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03.11.2023 - 02:29
Fritzl_Dungeon
Account deleted
Algorithm Black
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11.01.2024 - 06:27
24emd
Theory Snob
Never understood the mass hype for this band - just sounds like pretty standard and, dare I say it, boring meloblack.
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11.01.2024 - 15:44
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by 24emd on 11.01.2024 at 06:27

Never understood the mass hype for this band - just sounds like pretty standard and, dare I say it, boring meloblack.

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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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11.01.2024 - 21:55
A Real Mönkey
Truth. No point in listening to this when other similar BM bands like Uada and Bathuska (first album at any rate) do it far better.
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23.01.2024 - 16:28
Rating: 10
Samot
The album is a f#cking masterpiece! and the first song is one of best songs in Black metal history!
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Um, Dois, Três, Quatro! Yeah! PORRA!!!
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28.01.2024 - 13:02
Rating: 10
ChrisWinther94
I just revisited the album after I went through my vinyl collection. I’m still astounded that this album came out almost a decade ago, and still to this day sounds fresh and original. Which In my opinion is a difficult thing to master especially when playing pure black metal. Masterpiece
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10.10.2024 - 04:50
Rating: 7
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Written by F3ynman on 02.06.2023 at 12:42

By the way, is it safe to say that that video is the most viewed black metal full album stream on YouTube?

One year later, Exercises In Futility is now at 6.4M views, while Filosofem is at 6.3M. I guess they were playing the long game
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