Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire

It's a really dense album, I have to give it a few more listens.

The last song is pure Hannes Grossmann 80s worship a la Centric Flow and it's great.

Written by [user id=19495] on 07.03.2015 at 03:07

This album is nothing short of a masterpiece!

not out yet how do you know

Yes, I dig it a lot as well!

Strong release

Written by Bad English on 07.03.2015 at 12:37

Written by [user id=19495] on 07.03.2015 at 03:07

This album is nothing short of a masterpiece!

not out yet how do you know

because the album has leaked..go figure....

Written by hellbent on 11.03.2015 at 14:52

Written by Bad English on 07.03.2015 at 12:37

Written by [user id=19495] on 07.03.2015 at 03:07

This album is nothing short of a masterpiece!

not out yet how do you know

because the album has leaked..go figure....

The guy already replied saying he was one of the backers of the album, meaning he could get it earlier than the official release date...

Written by bloodwrage on 11.03.2015 at 16:34

Written by hellbent on 11.03.2015 at 14:52

Written by Bad English on 07.03.2015 at 12:37

Written by [user id=19495] on 07.03.2015 at 03:07

This album is nothing short of a masterpiece!

not out yet how do you know

because the album has leaked..go figure....

The guy already replied saying he was one of the backers of the album, meaning he could get it earlier than the official release date...

i wasnt a pledger in fact i didnt know still i have it...but the truth is the album is solid.

From the stuff that I heard, they sound extremely good. I'm so eager to get my hands on this album!

The music is great, the best prog. death record I have heard in quite some time. I do however have somewhat of a problem with the album length. 73 minutes is bitch to get through regardless of genre and while the band frequently changes up the soundscape I can't help but get a bit of listeners fatigue when listening to it. I understand that this is very much a subjective thing and I get a that some people don't take issue with these things but I generally have a bit of a problem with records that go on for more than 45 minutes, In contrast to more "economically" made records that don't linger to long.

Still, very good record and definitely worth a listen.

A Masterpiece without equals. The depth of the material is staggering and the performances are exceptional.

Decent stuff, though the guitar work is definitely the highlight here. Like most prog I found the album to be far too long. Chances are I wont be returning to this one much.

Holy hell this is just breathtaking. It is quite rare for me to listen to an album once, be so completely blown away that I give it an immediate second listen and were time permitting this night, a third and more. Best album I've heard in years and that's saying quite a bit.

Seeing all the praises I expected something awesome. But I'm afraid this isn't for me.

Damn, Damn and once again Damn. . Accidently I have put the wrong vote.. awesome album! IF I hadn't put the wrong vote I would have said the album is 9!!!!

Written by PanzerPriest on 21.03.2015 at 20:53

Damn, Damn and once again Damn. . Accidently I have put the wrong vote.. awesome album! IF I hadn't put the wrong vote I would have said the album is 9!!!!

You know you can change the vote, right?

Written by MetalDoomMaster on 22.03.2015 at 00:09

Written by PanzerPriest on 21.03.2015 at 20:53

Damn, Damn and once again Damn. . Accidently I have put the wrong vote.. awesome album! IF I hadn't put the wrong vote I would have said the album is 9!!!!

You know you can change the vote, right?

Oh.. Thanks a lot! I am really was not in the know...

Best album of 2015 at the moment

Omg! That bassist. Track 11 is insane.

Wow, such praise. Going to listen to this one tonight.

Edit: Worthy of praise, but certainly not a masterpiece. Track 11 is one of the best solos I've ever heard - absolutely incredible, mostly from an innovative technical perspective.

Written by 3rdWorld on 22.03.2015 at 22:48

Track 11 is insane.

Turns out it's programmed, but still a sick track:

Written by [user id=150641] on 22.03.2015 at 17:19

Best album of 2015 at the moment

I kind of like the BTBAM-sounding clean portions, but the extreme parts just aren't doing it for me. Altered Magnitudes is a good song though. They seem to do a better fast extreme than slow one. You're 100% entitled to your opinion, but please at least give a listen to the new A Forest of Stars, Leviathan, Enslaved, Death Karma, and Downfall of Nur before you make that statement. It's been a strong month or two in any case. I give this a 6.9.

Dyson Sphere - Assembly:

OK this is really really good. I wouldn't be surprised if this manages to top a lot of year-end lists, to be perfectly honest. Awesome supergroup.

Written by flightoficarus on 24.03.2015 at 20:24

Written by [user id=150641] on 22.03.2015 at 17:19

Best album of 2015 at the moment

I kind of like the BTBAM-sounding clean portions, but the extreme parts just aren't doing it for me.

Do you honestly believe this has any resemblance to BTBAM? I would highly encourage you to check out Obscura, Blotted Science, Aborted, Spawn of Possession and Noneuclid (some of the bands that make up this supergroup) and the solo work of Hannes Grossmann if you haven't already. It's not obvious to me that you've given them a shot. Your descriptions are very far from accurate yet AGAIN, and that should prevent anyone from taking your comments of this album seriously. I quote your mini-review: "Where things fall apart for me are the "extreme" portions which sound like a poorly produced hybrid of Mastodon and death/goth metal." To set the record straight, there's not a hint of Mastodon or goth metal on this record. Not at all. I appreciate the attempts to put down your thoughts about this kind of music, but you need to stick to talking about what you can characterize well (probably a style you've listened to for awhile). Either that or you need to put in the hard work to really understand the context in which the music is coming.

Written by Diverge on 25.03.2015 at 07:04


Angry wall of text

Easy there, Tiger. Sorry I'm not into it. It's just one opinion. I hear something, I type it. There is a ton of BTBAM similarities in the clean parts.

This album proves (once again) how irrelevant Hannes Grossmann and Christian Münzner are when they're not teaming up with Steffen Kummerer and Jeroen Paul Thesseling.

(Yes, I love Omnivium so much I fuck it.)

Written by flightoficarus on 25.03.2015 at 11:46

Written by Diverge on 25.03.2015 at 07:04


Angry wall of text

It's just one opinion. I hear something, I type it.

Yep, and I'm saying discontinue. It's a useless exercise if you aren't willing to learn what goes into a great review for people. You might not like the album, and that's perfectly acceptable, but it's painfully obvious you don't understand it based on what you wrote about it.

Written by Diverge on 25.03.2015 at 16:59

Yep, and I'm saying discontinue. It's a useless exercise if you aren't willing to learn what goes into a great review for people. You might not like the album, and that's perfectly acceptable, but it's painfully obvious you don't understand it based on what you wrote about it.

I won't be doing that. Some people like what I do, you're not the first to say you don't. Regardless, these minireviews are just my basic opinions of what I do and don't like this year. It's not meant to be profound. When I feel enough about an album to say more, I do a full review. I don't plan on doing that for this album due to what both of us have said so far. Have a super day.

One more thing, it's easy to criticize a review when you never write them...at least not anywhere where they have to be approved.

Yeah, making a Mastodon or goth metal reference on Alkaloid is not credible. Also, his mini-review on the new Chaos Divine made me go "my mind is full of fuck"

Written by Risto on 25.03.2015 at 17:20

Yeah, making a Mastodon or goth metal reference on Alkaloid is not credible. Also, his mini-review on the new Chaos Divine made me go "my mind is full of fuck"

It amazes me how much people like you give me flack for what I do. I constantly encourage people to listen to stuff that I may not like (see pretty much every review I have written as well as the fact that I declined to score several such albums this year...including the one you just named). Meanwhile you all play Gestapo on people's opinions. Even taking the albums I reviewed most harshly in the past few months, Slipknot and Periphery, people are entitled to enjoy those albums. I just encourage them to step out and try some other things as well. I spend at least an hour each day promoting small bands in hopes that it will help them out. Several of these bands have thanked me. That is enough. My personal opinion was that there are other more deserving bands of my precious time this year than Alkaloid. And given the amount of positive support they are receiving from others here, I think they will have enough help as it is. Hopefully at least one of you actually pays for the album and spreads the word for them.

Written by flightoficarus on 24.03.2015 at 20:24

Written by [user id=150641] on 22.03.2015 at 17:19

Best album of 2015 at the moment

I kind of like the BTBAM-sounding clean portions, but the extreme parts just aren't doing it for me. Altered Magnitudes is a good song though. They seem to do a better fast extreme than slow one. You're 100% entitled to your opinion, but please at least give a listen to the new A Forest of Stars, Leviathan, Enslaved, Death Karma, and Downfall of Nur before you make that statement. It's been a strong month or two in any case. I give this a 6.9.

I think the Grossman penned tracks are better. I really liked the album. The Enslaved album is excellent but you prefer death metal. In the middle of checking out the A Forest of Stars album. The leviathan album dunno just didn't click. I am really liking the an autumn for crippled children album though.