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That was quick, and with a higher score than I expected.
This is the end of the proposed trilogy anyway so perhaps they (or rather he: Hasjarl) didn't want to evolve the sound too much. Perhaps whatever comes next will be a bit different.
You bolloxed up the coding as well boy
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Lucas Mr. Noise ElitePosts: 13427 |
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Written by [user id=4365] on 11.11.2010 at 21:56
That was quick, and with a higher score than I expected.
This is the end of the proposed trilogy anyway so perhaps they (or rather he: Hasjarl) didn't want to evolve the sound too much. Perhaps whatever comes next will be a bit different.
Yeah I've been listening non-stop lol.
You know, I'm still torn on this album and I guess I'll always be. I don't like it, whenever I think of Deathspell Omega I think of Kenose and how brilliant it is. But it is a good album. I just don't like it. But I enjoy it, as soon as I forget it is DsO...
I was torn between an 8 and an 8.5, and I opted for the 8.5... my rating of the album swings somewhere between those two numbers.
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You bolloxed up the coding as well boy
Whoops, thanks.
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Believe me I know the feeling. It's how I've always felt about Blut aus Nord's MV:II record. I know it's a decent album but I still don't like it.
We'll always have Kenose at least...
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Fuck it an 8 is more appropriate. I foresee changing it many many times lol.
Definitely. As a matter of fact, I'm going put it on now!
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X-Ray Rod Skandino StaffPosts: 18347 |
11.11.2010 - 22:11Rating: 8
Written by Lucas on 11.11.2010 at 22:03
You know, I'm still torn on this album and I guess I'll always be. I don't like it, whenever I think of Deathspell Omega I think of Kenose and how brilliant it is. But it is a good album. I just don't like it. But I enjoy it, as soon as I forget it is DsO...
I just don't like it, but I enjoy it... Maybe my english is wrong because I don't get that line dude How can you enjoy something you don't like unless you are masochist or something?
Anyway, This quote makes me think this is another case of "this album would be brilliant if it was done by another band". I can live with that since I don't really care about the name
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Haha, cheeky git xD
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Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.11.2010 at 22:11
Written by Lucas on 11.11.2010 at 22:03
You know, I'm still torn on this album and I guess I'll always be. I don't like it, whenever I think of Deathspell Omega I think of Kenose and how brilliant it is. But it is a good album. I just don't like it. But I enjoy it, as soon as I forget it is DsO...
I just don't like it, but I enjoy it... Maybe my english is wrong because I don't get that line dude How can you enjoy something you don't like unless you are masochist or something?
Anyway, This quote makes me think this is another case of "this album would be brilliant if it was done by another band". I can live with that since I don't really care about the name
It's exactly what I mean. The album is good (not brilliant), but because it's Deathspell Omega I find it disappointing. I'm not letting the rating get influenced too much by that. If I am going to judge this against their previous work, I'd rate it around 6.
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KwonVerge Odysseus ElitePosts: 5068 |
11.11.2010 - 22:23Rating: 9
I think i will have to agree with the review! (Though less than before) it has this something on me Wonderfully written as well The final song was the most appropriate closure of the trilogy, it holds an obscure vibe of melody to my ears and the title as well, apokatastasis panton => restoration of everything! And the cover artwork stroke me down, as expressed through the review as well. There's an orthodox church hymn that goes like this in free translation, "My God, Paracletus, Spirit of Truth"
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BitterCOld The Ancient One AdminPosts: 15277 |
11.11.2010 - 22:52Rating: 8
I haven only given it a few listens, but i agree with the 8 assessment. It's DSO, so expectations are ridiculously high... but the overall score is a nice mix of "scoring it against their prior works" as well as "scoring it against the rest of the field."
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Written by KwonVerge on 11.11.2010 at 22:23
The final song was the most appropriate closure of the trilogy, it holds an obscure vibe of melody to my ears and the title as well, apokatastasis panton => restoration of everything!
That was the biggest surprise of the record for me. I do like that track a lot actually.
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Mikyz
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11.11.2010 - 22:57Rating: 10
Well it's your opinion, I for one really did enjoy their change of pace, they have already shown us how chaotic and intense their music can be, I think that by slowing their pace down and by opting for a softer approach they ended the trilogy with finesse. I've been listening to this non stop since I got it, and I'm not planning to stop anytime soon.
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11.11.2010 - 22:58Rating: 9
Written by [user id=4365] on 11.11.2010 at 22:55
Written by KwonVerge on 11.11.2010 at 22:23
The final song was the most appropriate closure of the trilogy, it holds an obscure vibe of melody to my ears and the title as well, apokatastasis panton => restoration of everything!
That was the biggest surprise of the record for me. I do like that track a lot actually.
Yeah, it was a big surprise to me as well! And a good one indeed!
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Daniell _爱情_ ElitePosts: 6082 |
12.11.2010 - 02:22Rating: 8
Deathspell Omega is this kind of band that has fans who expect a lot from it. We always want the band to outdo themselves, to beat their last (or recent) brilliant release. In this case, it is Kenose that most of us expected DsO to beat. They didn't. But still, it's a very good release, and if it didn't have DsO as its author, we'd like it even more. But it's DsO's fault that they got us used to such high quality
Great review and rating that almost matches mine - I'd give it an 8,5.
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Mono huh? I'm checking this out
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Good review. Paracletus is a really good album but it doesn't seems as deep as Fas or Kenose.
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DahliaRock
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13.11.2010 - 07:41Rating: 10
Hmm.. for some reason I really enjoy it, I like the diversity, I know that it sounds not as awesome as Kenose or Fas, but I feel like it is something quite different too, thus feel that the album should be considered on its own rather than compared to the previous sounds. But that's just my opinion, I still like your review. I just don't like to get biased by other albums; if it knocks your teeth out, it does.. =)
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I haven't checked it out yet, but it's on my wishlist. We'll see, I'm sure I'll still be pleased with the end result.
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14.11.2010 - 04:16Rating: 10
I think it's actually my favorite of the trilogy, but who knows if it will stay that way after a year or if its just "new album syndrome". Regardless I really enjoy the direction the trilogy has gone. SMRC was just pure evil then came FAS incredibly disturbing and violent, and then Paracletus come and melds those two feelings and resolves them. I just listened to Kenos-SMRC-Fas-Paracletus last night and I would say the trilogy is capped off just as Return of the King caps off the lord of the rings.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck ElitePosts: 40071 |
Mmmm, you should have taken a lot more time to let this one sink in and you would have noticed some very important things.
Just one day is nit enough.
How come there's no mention of riffs that are used here which have been used on both SMRC and Fas? Quite logical imo since this is the last part of the trilogy of which Kenose and the other eps were not really a part.
Also its short duration of less than 45 minutes is a great plus cause it makes you wanna go back to it.
After a gazzilion listens I daresay this album is btter than Fas and just below SMRC. fas is the worst of the three.
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15.11.2010 - 12:24Rating: 8
I found it pleasantly easy and surprising . I don't want another Kenose and those new post metal elements give it an edge, it seems that it is never going to get boring
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.11.2010 at 03:44
Mmmm, you should have taken a lot more time to let this one sink in and you would have noticed some very important things.
Just one day is nit enough.
How come there's no mention of riffs that are used here which have been used on both SMRC and Fas? Quite logical imo since this is the last part of the trilogy of which Kenose and the other eps were not really a part.
Also its short duration of less than 45 minutes is a great plus cause it makes you wanna go back to it.
After a gazzilion listens I daresay this album is btter than Fas and just below SMRC. fas is the worst of the three.
I disagree. I've continued listening to it (and Kenose, not so much Fas & SMRC though) and my opinion hasn't changed. And I dare to bet my life on it that it will not. As for the re-used riffs, well, what's so great about that?
I personally don't give two cents about this being a trilogy, an album is music to me and an individual piece to me. I don't care about lyrical concepts (I do care about 'sonic' concepts though) and I thought this album was very dissappointing (yet still good, as i've said before) compared to their previous work.
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It's a good album but let's face it. there's not much diversity here, atonal riffs then a slower passage then again atonal riffs etc etc etc It's an 8 for me
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Dunno about SMRC or Kenos, but I've only heard fas before and I'd say this is a lot more enjoyable. Really like the new Post direction
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck ElitePosts: 40071 |
Listen to the entire trilogy chronologically back to back so starting with SMRC and ending with Paracletus, but without an interruption so 166+ minutes of DSOon the trot.
I know it's along haul, nut let me guarantee you it's worth it and so much more things on all three albums suddenly make much more sense and get an entire different meaning. And then all the Paracletus naysayers will realize what a perfect closer to the trilogy Paracletus is.
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What a letdown, huh?
I'm actually talking about the review, you can do a lot better than this.
Anyway, since everybody's talking about some damn trilogy, I'll be the first who doesn't. (the others, unlike me, have heard it all though) This is the second time I actually hear any of Deathspell Omega's albums. Wasn't impressed the first time and I also thought it'll end the same way this time... The first two (or three?) tracks of this album I don't get and I'd like to say they fucking suck but instead I'll just say I don't enjoy that chaos. Because of that I had to change the way I listen to albums and start listening from the middle, but it indeed helped - the rest of the stuff seemed good, especially the last track that somebody already mentioned. My only concern now is that I have no idea what the lyrics are about. Or the trilogy.
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@ragana, what chaos? There is no chaos in the music, it's totally structured. Not in a tradiitional metal way but in a more jazz way, but structured it certainly is.
@lucas, what has Kenose to do with this album? Not a single thhing cause it's no part of the trilogy. It's like mentioning the Matrix part 2 when talking about LotR The Return Of The King. return Of The King in itself might be a disappointment and should br considered in the entire context of the LotR trilogy that same mindset should be applied to Paracletus imo. Becasue that's how the artists most probably intended it and not as a stand alone entity. But then again we'll never know since they don't do any interviews and especially not on the trlogy. The only thing you'll get out of them on that is "let the trilogy speak as a whole"
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X-Ray Rod Skandino StaffPosts: 18347 |
24.12.2010 - 01:47Rating: 8
Written by Ragana on 23.12.2010 at 23:49
The first two (or three?) tracks of this album I don't get and I'd like to say they fucking suck but instead I'll just say I don't enjoy that chaos.
Same as Marcel, i has structure but not in the traditional way. If you want to listen to something less chaotic you can listen to Kenose or Si Monumentum
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Ragana Rawrcat
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Your ears might think it's "totally structured" but I'm pretty sure we don't share them.
// Ya, I got the hint, I'm about to do so... soon.
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@marcel. Matrix and lotr? What? Kenose is a Dso album so imo it has everything to do with this album. Not part of the trilogy, but part of their discography nonetheless.
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X-Ray Rod Skandino StaffPosts: 18347 |
25.12.2010 - 21:16Rating: 8
I want to try the thing that Marcel did: To listen to the trilogy from first song to the last one. I do believe that it will make more sense then.
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