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 Post subject: 'Allegaeon - Fragments of Form and Function (#6579)'
PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:50 pm 
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Allegaeon - Fragments of Form and Function
Technical Melodeath
Quoted: 96 / 100


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:08 pm 
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All this Arsis talk has me intrigued.

One listen to Renewal later, and count me as impressed. This is some good shit.

Also, checking the song titles, it's very clear they listen to a lot of Devin Townsend. It doesn't get any more obvious than naming songs "Biomech" and "Accelerated Evolution."


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Sounds interesting gonna check this out.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:19 pm 
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A Celebration of Guilt was the middle ground . . .

Still, I'm vaguely interested.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:21 pm 
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Intrigued.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:31 pm 
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Songs on their myspace sounded ok and the Devin Townsend references are nice. Guitar solos sound cool.


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Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,


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Nice review, I have the self-titled EP from this band. Pretty cool stuff, but I'm not much into tech-death.


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I wouldn't say it's something that's super technical melodeath but it's definitely in there... This is some fine melodic death. I'd say it's around a 80/100... Can't sit it any higher because it's not like breaking any new ground or anything. There are some very strong moments on this album but there are also many that we've heard before.

You could draw comparisons from a lot of melodic death bands really.

The genre has been kinda fading lately or just not having any great releases, at least for me, so this is nice. Melodic death fans should appreciate this album.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:54 am 
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Hey y'all. Glad so many people are "intrigued." I think that's the best possible response to a record review. The idea, to me at least, is to give an idea of whether or not it 's worth checking out, and this definitely is. If you end up not liking it, that's a personal thing, but it's hard to imagine a fan who wouldn't want to check this out for themselves. I mean, I'm just jamming the fuck out of it because I like it, and that makes for an easy review. There are some "progressive" parts in terms of acoustic interludes, etc, but at the end of the day, it's just some damn fine heavy metal. Plus, I really try to keep myself to under 600 words for a record review. That's about where I get bored, so I figure you will too. To be clear, "Album of the Year" is supposed to signify records that will make your top 15 of the year, and this definitely will do that, as there are only about six on mine now. Scoring is kind of silly anyway - can you really compare Watain to Candlemass? Whatever, I'm fairly drunk at this point. Check it out and if you like it, great. If you don't, clue me in on what's better. For real! peace.


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stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


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xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


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emperorblackdoom wrote:
xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


Nope.


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I'm about halfway through the album now and digging it a lot. Thanks for bringing this band to my attention man, some killer riffs on this one. Its been a long time since I have enjoyed a melodic death album. But yeah listening to The God Particle right now and :dio:


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Legacy Of The Night wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


Nope.


Their new album is pretty good, stripped down though still with a level of great musicianship. It was the album they should've recorded a long time ago.


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stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Legacy Of The Night wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


Nope.


Their new album is pretty good, stripped down though still with a level of great musicianship. It was the album they should've recorded a long time ago.
:wacko:


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:11 pm 
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Legacy Of The Night wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


Nope.


Yep. A Celebration of Guilt help set down their blueprint for boringness. Overrated American metal band #7,931.


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emperorblackdoom wrote:
Legacy Of The Night wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


Nope.


Yep. A Celebration of Guilt help set down their blueprint for boringness. Overrated American metal band #7,931.


Nope. Clearly, you're wrong.


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Legacy Of The Night wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
Legacy Of The Night wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
xexyzl wrote:
stevelovesmoonspell wrote:
Their older stuff from what I recall was bare bones melodic death, though comparisons to older Arsis leaves me slightly nauseated. It still might be worth checking out though, if these comments about Townsend's influence outweigh the lameness of Arsis,
What's wrong with you?


Bah. Arsis were always fairly boring.


Nope.


Yep. A Celebration of Guilt help set down their blueprint for boringness. Overrated American metal band #7,931.


Nope. Clearly, you're wrong.


I know you are but what am I? :unsure:


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:27 am 
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96 is a pretty high score. I listened to a couple tracks on myspace and it didn't really impress me that much. Suppose I need to give it a closer listen to really form an opinion.


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