Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury

Written by Pierre Tombale on 09.03.2014 at 20:13

Flowless, full of noise, repetitive in a lacking of ideas and by far inferior to all their previous releases.

Not to tear you apart, but if anything their old albums were lacking in ideas. I love both but their previous albums are pretty run of the mill (even if they are very well put together). The noise adds depth in my opinion as well. To each his own though.

I doubt that would tear me apart. I can agree to disagree.

Almost two years after the release this album keeps growing on me every time i listen it, i think that people cant really see that this is a very special album. Very very good, I love it.

So late to this group, but the battering ram of Malthusian brought me here. Better late than never. This makes all those dreary, dull groups like Drudkh look like a pile of shit. Best fusion of post metal and black metal I have ever heard.

Spot on review from Mr. Fantano:

I love the direction they took on this album. Too bad they split up after releasing such an amazing piece of work; I'd like to hear more black metal in this style. Mechanical, harrowing, and oozing with creativity.

Also, the cover art is fucking perfect.

Two years already? ...But it's still one of the most frightening and overwhelming sonic experiences I've ever been through. I doubt its status will change with time.

Glad these guys got at least one good album out before they quit.

I like them all, but this one's indeed the best. The electronic experimentation proved to be a hit.

I insanely love this masterpiece. it's not just BM (pure) as it has mentioned in MS, but more than that.i mean there is other genres influence; genres like Electronic and Post-Metal.and it's interesting for me that in some parts vocal reminds me of A Forest Of Stars vocal.

the only thing i don't like about the album is the cover and the video they have made for 'God Alone".

Written by Roxana.M on 21.07.2016 at 19:22

it's not just BM (pure) as it has mentioned in MS, but more than that.

Indeed, someone should change the band's tag to Post-Black...

Edit: Nevermind.

Twelve Was Ruin is a banger. Haven't quite had the breakthrough I'd expect with this album yet but I can definitely see why it's so highly regarded by some people

It's been a while and I still don't know what to think of this.

Written by Maco on 22.06.2019 at 19:07

It's been a while and I still don't know what to think of this.

How about 7?

Written by [user id=173045] on 28.12.2019 at 13:36

How about 7?

Boooooo.....

This album makes a lot more sense to me in the era of covid for whatever reason. Brilliant stuff.

Excellent soundscapes and layering. I can only imagine how good this would have been to see live.

Wow, "Reflection Pulse Remains" is soooo good. That lead riff is entrancing.

This is a remarkable album indeed, there's such a hypnotizing dissonance about it. There's also some of the finest moments I've heard in post-black, especially during the three midway tracks "Burnt Year", "A Remedy And A Fever", and "Twelve Was Ruin", and the last track does indeed have a great entrancing riff.

Oh Wow!!! I feel revived!

Through the years I went from not caring abou this album to it becoming pretty much a perfect record for me.