Gorguts - Colored Sands

YESS!! this is gonna be so good!! thanking for submitting the news!

I am hoping very much that this will be not another squeaky clean produced modern death metal album.

Written by [user id=130590] on 04.06.2013 at 23:44

I am hoping very much that this will be not another squeaky clean produced modern death metal album.

As long as the other musical traits remains, production really isn't much to complain about.

New track.

Good shiz, but I think this one will get a little bit of negative reception from Metal Storm nonetheless. At many points, I felt like this was Gorguts TRYING to be Gorguts, and it felt a bit more calculated than a typical Gorguts album.

That being said, it appealed to me greatly and I think it is a fantastic record. Enemies of Compassion and Ember's Voice are the two tracks that stood out for me.

Holy shit, that was better than I expected (and better than anything I've heard from them, as far as I remember)

This is yet another really good return for a reformed renowned death metal band!

Written by Rulatore on 27.07.2013 at 03:06

Holy shit, that was better than I expected (and better than anything I've heard from them, as far as I remember)

Same here!

Because of the leak, the album is currently availabe on iTunes and Spotify. Incredible cd

Really nice album. My main complaint is that it opens much stronger than it closes, and I tend to prefer the opposite. Actually the opening track is my favorite on the album. Better than FWTH, very pleased.

Written by Alex F on 18.08.2013 at 18:21

Actually the opening track is my favorite on the album. Better than FWTH, very pleased.

Le toit opened up like the album gonna be fantastic. It is, but wasn't that much blown away as the first song sounded like.

The best album of the year!!!!

Thinking man's death metal with a lot of melodic complexity. My favorite record thus far in 2013.

How many more top-notch albums like this are going to be released this year?

But seriously, "Colored sands" is extremely good indeed. The band may have a considerably large gap between each of their albums but at least every time they make up for those long periods of wait. As for the album itself, I personally think the first half outshines the second-but not by that much. I mean, the one thing that annoys me a bit is that fact that 'Absconders' is a bit too long (although I know that Gorguts like to experiment, and they usually do that considerably well), yet that doesn't exactly lower the quality that the previous seven songs had produced. Personal favourites for me are the outstanding title track, 'Le toit du monde' and the nice classical interlude that is 'The battle of Chamdo'. This album is going to be loved by many for years to come, that's for sure.

So far, so good.

.........................so what!

First half was fantastic, second half was ok. Pretty disappointed the second half wasn't as good, because this was shaping up to be one of the best I've heard this year. I found the first half to be a little more experimental with odd stuff going on, whereas the second half was a little more just tech death with some wankery. I'll give it time, but it is a little disappointing. First half was like a 9, second half was a 6.5 / 7.

The first time i hear that band
beautiful album

Best album I've heard this year

Written by LeKiwi on 05.06.2013 at 00:55

Written by [user id=130590] on 04.06.2013 at 23:44

I am hoping very much that this will be not another squeaky clean produced modern death metal album.

As long as the other musical traits remains, production really isn't much to complain about.

A good part of their sound is, well, their sound. Luckily they're not idiots and the production brings out the best of their music.

An average okay album nothing more.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.10.2013 at 18:38

An average okay album nothing more.

Was expecting you to say this.

Written by psykometal on 02.10.2013 at 18:45

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.10.2013 at 18:38

An average okay album nothing more.

Was expecting you to say this.

And I will agree with Marcel on this one. The odds of that happening are quite remote by the way

Written by Daniell on 02.10.2013 at 21:50

And I will agree with Marcel on this one. The odds of that happening are quite remote by the way

Wow, that is something. I definitely expected that of Marcel, but not you. Lol.

Well why Dasniell syas it's average is because it IS average but then again Girguts have never been great at all

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.10.2013 at 02:18

Well why Dasniell syas it's average is because it IS average but then again Girguts have never been great at all

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Written by psykometal on 03.10.2013 at 00:03

Wow, that is something. I definitely expected that of Marcel, but not you. Lol.

Gorguts make their music so weird that it becomes ridiculous. I like to listen to music that actually resembles songs. Gorguts create random assemblies of riffs and drum fills that are supposed to be songs, but they aren't. I listened to "Colored Sands" a few times when the album leaked, and now, when it's out, I revisited it on spotify just to see if my initial impression was correct. It was.

Written by Daniell on 03.10.2013 at 10:27

Gorguts make their music so weird that it becomes ridiculous. I like to listen to music that actually resembles songs. Gorguts create random assemblies of riffs and drum fills that are supposed to be songs, but they aren't. I listened to "Colored Sands" a few times when the album leaked, and now, when it's out, I revisited it on spotify just to see if my initial impression was correct. It was.

They sound like songs to me.

Yeah Gorguts are strange but I wouldn't say that they're so alien that the songs don't sound like songs. I can understand people not liking the dissonance however.

Written by psykometal on 03.10.2013 at 15:27

Written by Daniell on 03.10.2013 at 10:27

Gorguts make their music so weird that it becomes ridiculous. I like to listen to music that actually resembles songs. Gorguts create random assemblies of riffs and drum fills that are supposed to be songs, but they aren't. I listened to "Colored Sands" a few times when the album leaked, and now, when it's out, I revisited it on spotify just to see if my initial impression was correct. It was.

They sound like songs to me.

they indeed still are songs, with a head and a tail.