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8 | 150 votes |
Release date: 11 March 2022
Style: Doom metal

Owners:

51 have it
8 want it


01. Suspended
02. Dark Horse
03. Orphalese
04. Rubedo
05. Hollow
06. Pilgrim
07. 0=2
08. If You Want Her To Be Taken
09. Leffotrak
10. Serving Him

The Best Doom Metal Album Of 2022

Staff review by
nikarg
Rating:
N/A
Readers’ warning: you are not going to get much criticism in this review because the reviewer is a huge fan and this is another Messa album that hits the spot, roughly in the same way the previous two did.

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published 25.03.2022 | Comments (6)

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11.03.2022 - 15:09
Rating: 9
Tom Muller
Freaky fantastic. I'm in love
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11.03.2022 - 15:36
nikarg
Staff
Written by Tom Muller on 11.03.2022 at 15:09

I'm in love

I bet a lot of us are.
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13.03.2022 - 10:52
Dylan 1974
I'm new to this band but what a find. This lass has the chops big time - what a fucking voice. I'm gonna have to delve deep into their discography.
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13.03.2022 - 11:27
Rating: 9
Draugen
This is just full of surprises. Fun and engaging throughout.
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13.03.2022 - 11:47
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe
Good band, I'm definitely gonna check this out.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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13.03.2022 - 15:20
nikarg
Staff
Written by Dylan 1974 on 13.03.2022 at 10:52

I'm new to this band but what a find. This lass has the chops big time - what a fucking voice. I'm gonna have to delve deep into their discography.

It's only two more albums but they are both going to blow your mind. For doom metal, Messa is the best new band out there, and the second best is far behind.
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13.03.2022 - 16:45
Dylan 1974
Written by nikarg on 13.03.2022 at 15:20

It's only two more albums but they are both going to blow your mind. For doom metal, Messa is the best new band out there, and the second best is far behind.

Pleased to join the party.

I'm looking forward to the Friends Of Hell album - featuring Albert Witchfinder - out next Friday, but it'll take something special to beat this.
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15.03.2022 - 12:31
Rinbel
Not my favorite type of doom but the album's really good and the singer's got a beautiful voice. Deserves a few more listens.

Rating: LIKE 🤍
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22.03.2022 - 17:21
Deadsoulman
Elite
I don't know why I keep forgetting about this band. Their first two albums were fucking fantastic, and this one is even fantastic-er, yet they always seem to fly below my radar.
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29.03.2022 - 03:49
Rating: 8
Uxküll
Banger
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"Nullum unquam exstitit magnum igenium sine aliqua dementia [there was never great genius without some madness]."

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01.04.2022 - 16:03
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe
Solid album, I'm impressed.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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30.05.2022 - 09:43
Rating: 6
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Great voice, no doubt about it. The album starts off really strong with the first two tracks, but after that it takes a massive dive into slow ballad after slow ballad.

It's nice background music, but not really my type of doom. Too few world-crushing riffs
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30.05.2022 - 10:06
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe
Written by F3ynman on 30.05.2022 at 09:43

Great voice, no doubt about it. The album starts off really strong with the first two tracks, but after that it takes a massive dive into slow ballad after slow ballad.

It's nice background music, but not really my type of doom. Too few world-crushing riffs

it's not the "world crushing riffs" type of doom.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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31.05.2022 - 07:49
Rating: 6
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by JoHn Doe on 30.05.2022 at 10:06

it's not the "world crushing riffs" type of doom.

Well, it should be!
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31.05.2022 - 09:12
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe
Written by F3ynman on 31.05.2022 at 07:49

Written by JoHn Doe on 30.05.2022 at 10:06

it's not the "world crushing riffs" type of doom.

Well, it should be!

This is a quite unique album, impressive songwriting and performance, I got no complaints.
If you want crushing doom, go listen to Warning's Watching from a Distance, But then again, don't, it might break you.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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07.06.2022 - 00:56
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Finally managed to listen to this album in full and it's truly great, the vocals are outstanding, some of the best female vocals in metal right now I would say, and the music in general is brilliant, each track is well structured and well thought of.
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08.06.2022 - 11:19
Dylan 1974
Every time I listen to this little mofo I hear something different - there's jazz rock, fusion, prog, Middle Eastern psych, blues rock, folk rock, and do I also detect a smidgen of 80's alt rock? And, I also love the way they fuck about with the distortion levels - some tracks are kind of clean, but others, like 'Pilgrim' are fuzzy as fuck. Quite possibly the most expansive piece of music I've heard this year. In short, few albums deserve to be as long as this beast and it's a fucking smasher.
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14.11.2022 - 20:29
Rating: 10
Miohn
We're november now. We have seen almost a full year of new metal albums released. I can now say this is my album of the year (wel, almost, still a good month of new releases to go).

Hard to say why I love this album so much ... it has some "magical" element to it. It has something musically transcendent. It doesn't just break the mold, it goes above and beyond, into another sphere. For me at least
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"A true warrior is a thinker, seeking the key to liberation. Not always through direct action, but by the means of education" - From 'Wartime' by Facedown
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20.02.2023 - 15:32
Rating: 8
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
This is one of those rare albums I consider to be highly mood-specific. Depending on where I'm at, it could be a background shuffle 7 or an emotional journey 9. Songs like "Dark Horse" and "Pilgrim" break that mold for me with their more intense pacing, which is really impressive considering how much space the musicians leave for the vocalist to emote alongside them. Excellent chemistry and performance overall. Would love to see them deliver this package live.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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20.07.2023 - 16:06
Rating: 9
Crème fraiche
So much to love here. Great release!
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08.09.2023 - 03:34
Rating: 8
tintinb
While they cut back on the drone thankfully they didn't cut back on the jazzy guitars. Amazing album.
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10.06.2024 - 21:41
Rating: 10
JayMo4
One of my favorite doom albums ever
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