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Weakling - Dead As Dreams



8.5 | 128 votes |
Release date: 2000
Style: Black metal

Owners:

74 have it
30 want it


01. Cut Their Grain And Place Fire Therein
02. Dead As Dreams
03. This Entire Fucking Battlefield
04. No One Can Be Called As A Man While He'll Die
05. Disasters In The Sun

Additional info
Re-released in 2003 as MC by N:C:U with different cover art, limited to 300 copies.

Staff review by
Lucas
Rating:
9.0
Weakling are one of the most important bands in the United States Black metal scene. Dead As Dreams, their post-mortem debut album, is both emotionally riveting and intensely raw. And although it is hard to get because of its limited release, with five songs clocking in over 75 minutes, it's worth every penny!

Weakling's main characteristic is their frequent juxtaposing of galloping and droning riffs. They run off into a blood-hungry battlefield-riff just as easy as they dwell in drawn-out multi-layered drones. But there's more.

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published 08.03.2010 | Comments (16)

17.04.2010
Dead As Dreams is one of the best USBM albums around. Weakling offers the listener seventy-five minutes of raging Black metal with cutting-edge song writing and epic song structures. It's diverse, heart-wrenching and driven; don't miss out if you ever bump into this hard-to-find gem!

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05.11.2010 - 13:56
Rating: 9
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Elite
Has a vinyl version of this ever been released?
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05.11.2010 - 20:02
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Ag Fox on 05.11.2010 at 13:56

Has a vinyl version of this ever been released?

Yep: http://cgi.ebay.com/Weakling-Dead-Dreams-double-LP-Vinyl-Rare-/320574685489?pt=Music_on_Vinyl#ht_500wt_1154
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05.11.2010 - 20:20
Rating: 9
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Elite
Written by [user id=4365] on 05.11.2010 at 20:02

Written by Ag Fox on 05.11.2010 at 13:56

Has a vinyl version of this ever been released?

Yep: http://cgi.ebay.com/Weakling-Dead-Dreams-double-LP-Vinyl-Rare-/320574685489?pt=Music_on_Vinyl#ht_500wt_1154

bloody expensive though
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16.04.2013 - 23:22
Rating: 9
InnerSelf
proofread free
God I don't listen to this album enough, easily one of the greatest BM albums ever written.
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He who is not bold enough
to be stared at from across the abyss
is not bold enough
to stare into it himself.
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06.05.2013 - 00:12
Rating: 9
MandoMikey
Absolutely awesome , Epic bleak intense black and foggy. Essential BM
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In a sane world as it should be, and it wont be for a while, we'll do away with capital and pay for things with smiles.
In a sane world as it should be, however slim the chances, we'll do away with capital and pay for things with dances.
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19.10.2013 - 03:20
Lit.
Account deleted
One long freaking black metal album, but darn my socks if it doesn't keep you entertained.
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09.07.2014 - 17:16
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Fantastic album, about 15 minutes too long though. Dead As Dreams (song) is pretty much a masterpiece, the dual guitar lead is sooooo good.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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09.07.2014 - 17:28
Rating: 9
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
I don't even notice how long it is. It's that kind of good.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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29.10.2015 - 18:28
Rating: 9
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Elite
I finally own a physical CD of it. But how can I tell which version it is? No years are printed on the sleeve...
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30.10.2015 - 16:59
Rating: 9
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Ag Fox on 29.10.2015 at 18:28

I finally own a physical CD of it. But how can I tell which version it is? No years are printed on the sleeve...

They only released it twice in CD-format so you can look if there are any codes to identify it. Compare them to the ones found here and here.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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30.10.2015 - 18:33
Lit.
Account deleted
I heard the first editions of the CD were buried in places all over Washington and the treasure maps were given to a select few. Makes me wonder how Fox got his copy.
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15.11.2015 - 16:29
Rating: 9
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Elite
Written by X-Ray Rod on 30.10.2015 at 16:59

Written by Ag Fox on 29.10.2015 at 18:28

I finally own a physical CD of it. But how can I tell which version it is? No years are printed on the sleeve...

They only released it twice in CD-format so you can look if there are any codes to identify it. Compare them to the ones found here and here.

Thanks! didn't know such codes existed. Mines have IFPI LM26 on the CD, so it's the original version ^^y
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15.11.2015 - 16:37
Rating: 9
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Ag Fox on 15.11.2015 at 16:29
Thanks! didn't know such codes existed. Mines have IFPI LM26 on the CD, so it's the original version ^^y

Mine doesn't so I guess it's just a repress. A cd is a cd though so I'm ok with that.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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10.03.2020 - 18:55
Maco
Pvt Funderground
I don't know if this was recommended before but still, there used to be a band called Dead As Dreams, they only managed to release an EP which contains just one song over 24 minutes. I think you'll enjoy it a lot if you love Weakling.

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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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29.11.2021 - 00:48
Rating: 9
The Galactician
The staggering number of cool musical ideas. The on-point musicianship. The utterly hopeless atmosphere. What a masterpiece this album is,
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19.06.2022 - 17:37
Rating: 10
sgtrobo
Quite simply, one of the greatest BM releases of all time
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04.07.2022 - 15:32
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
It's very long and drawn out so obviously there's alot to take in at once, but if you allow yourself the time and opportunity to take this one up then do so, it's a true atmospheric masterpiece, one that any fan of traditional black metal can't miss out on.

The harsh high pitch squeeling vocals may not be to everyone's taste, but for me they have such a sinister sound, almost like genuine cries of agony and despair, as if the vocalist himself is going through some sort of dramatic physical, or emotional torture. The guitar tone sounds eerie, and fits the style perfectly, and the song structures and musicianship is phenomenal, but it can get too much, and a wee bit tedious over time.
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15.11.2022 - 23:18
Rating: 9
chomskeet
Glad I finally found this one, BM is one of my favorite subgenres but I'm less into the lo-fi old stuff. This is a marked exception, well said above, "utterly hopeless atmosphere"
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01.04.2024 - 18:57
Rating: 5
Aries Rising
The vocalist sounds like he was hit in the nuts repeatedly just before he tracked his vocals.
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