Press archive
Reviews and coverage, arranged by record. Every entry links to the original publication.
2016 · Album
Review ·
Shades of God · French · 15/20
The review praises the natural balance between old-school black and death metal, singling out the record’s cold atmosphere and careful construction while acknowledging that the style remains familiar and still has room to develop.
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Erik T · English
A sharply observed account of black metal played through a classic Swedish death-metal guitar tone. The review enjoys the grind-like grooves and compact attack, but notes that the unbroken barrage can blur together over the album’s full length.
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Michael Kujawska & Mirco Szymyslik · English
Two perspectives on the album’s melodic black/death metal: Kujawska focuses on its HM-2 weight, groove and lead work, while Szymyslik hears a direct, clearly produced line through Dissection, Naglfar, Unanimated, early In Flames and Necrophobic.
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Neil Andersen · English · 9.5/10
Andersen highlights the balance of Swedish death metal and black metal melody, praising the precise guitar work, varied drumming, consistent vocals and memorable riffs.
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Stormlord · English · 6.5/10
The review responds to the Entombed, Dismember and Grave-style guitar sound, concise songs and melodic leads, while finding the sustained speed and aggression too short on dynamics and contrast across forty minutes.
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HaCeBo · English
A concise retrospective that hears old In Flames and early Necrophobic meeting the melodies of Dissection and Naglfar, with death-metal aggression and black-metal speed maintained almost without pause.
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Emily Bellino · English · Premiere / stream
Decibel premiered the complete album a day before release, introducing its abrupt movement between cold black metal, bass-heavy HM-2 death metal and D-beat.
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English · 8.5/10
The review values the record’s short, forceful construction, its mix of crushing rhythm and melody, and a production that keeps the guitars clear even at the album’s most intense.
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Sean · English · 7/10
The reviewer praises the passion, production and strongest collisions of black-metal tremolo with Stockholm groove, while offering a clear reservation: the riffs can shift from striking to generic, sometimes within the same song.
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Stormlord · English · 7.5/10
Compared with the previous album, the review finds a leaner and more comprehensible set, with better-paced shifts, stronger melodic detail and more fluent writing, though it stops short of unqualified enthusiasm.
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Michael Kujawska · English
Kujawska describes a move toward a dirtier, more prominent HM-2 sound, supported by tight production, rough vocals and developed songwriting, while noting that the melodies sometimes sit too far back.
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Kyle Scott · English · 9/10
Scott centres the album’s dense, hostile atmosphere and the contrast between its bleak imagery and more searching lyrical themes, awarding particularly high marks for songwriting and production.
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Erik T · English
The follow-up review finds the HM-2 attack more finely tuned, with added melody and death-metal weight. It sees the brief running time as a strength, while wishing the record explored its grooving Swedish death-metal passages further.
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