Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage Of Stars

Awesome album, easily one of my favorites of the year.

Loved it through and through. Musically, it's midway between Talanas and newer The Faceless with techy/melody parts interspersed.

I really liked the previous EP. Definitely gotta check this out.

One of the best debut albums ever!

A step down from their previous EP, but still an enjoyable listen.

Best album this year.

Well, I'm quite surprised ny this album! I consider this one to be much better than the pathetic melodic death albums from the chart!

I don't think I'll ever understand people's taste in music sometimes. This is really uninspired stuff with really poor sound.

Written by [user id=4365] on 07.01.2015 at 19:33

I don't think I'll ever understand people's taste in music sometimes. This is really uninspired stuff with really poor sound.

But its progressive maaaaaaan. That means its good!

Written by [user id=126528] on 07.01.2015 at 19:50

But its progressive maaaaaaan. That means its good!

I guess they'll call anything progressive these days =P

The djent riffing and subpar clean vocals completely killed this for me

Decent album I suppose. Nothing special. Kind of boring. Best song: This Human Lie Manifest. The EP was much better.

Kickass. Not often do melodies with clean vocals merge gracefully with death parts. Track 09 - Purge - beautiful, creative, minimalistic.
Début of the Year '14 for me.

Written by [user id=109200] on 24.12.2014 at 21:50

Musically, it's midway between Talanas and newer The Faceless with techy/melody parts interspersed.

Much agree - The Faceless reference with respect to that!

Written by Alex F on 07.01.2015 at 22:41

The djent riffing and subpar clean vocals completely killed this for me

Djent riffing? Fascinating. Must have taken a while to fish out something so sparingly used, maybe for a lack of better reasons to criticize thereof.

Written by AssailantForce on 12.01.2015 at 18:26

Djent riffing? Fascinating. Must have taken a while to fish out something so sparingly used, maybe for a lack of better reasons to criticize thereof.

Or maybe because it was just that abrasive it managed to kill any flow the album may have previously maintained. Even without the djent-shit and shitty cleans, I still would have only given this album a 6 at most. Nothing even remotely progressive about this, and in fact, everything present on this album is just a watered down rehash of the same formula that all generic death metal bands have been using (excluding the djent stuff) for the past 8 years or so.

Written by Alex F on 12.01.2015 at 18:30

Or maybe because it was just that abrasive it managed to kill any flow the album may have previously maintained.

Okay now this puts your previous remark in a much needed context. Thank you for clarifying. Since the rest are pretty much opinions, it is futile to debate on so I'll just disagree.

Tight instrumentation which proves enjoyable for the most part. Nothing worth spamming the repeat button over...at least not when you have a massive collection.

Late to the party but OMFG!!! What a journey. These guys are amazing.

``Wreckage of Stars`` is not as good as it used to be when i first heard it in 2014. Back then i was impressed. I used to enjoy clean vocals the most & now they just seem mostly bland and uninspired. Sadly 1000+ new album listening experience since then refined my taste and put things into perspective. Sure this album is quite good but it is nothing special anymore. 8 out of 10 seems rather adequate. I have heard better since 2014.