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Jarnroth
I'm a bit late to the party, but yeah... New album. It's decent, but I feel like every album since Nullify is less palatable to me, like every album since is the same schtick but just more watered down in ideas. Richard has always been a master of melodies, and he let those develop and take space in the 90's and even on Nullify, but here they're there but are... given no space to really grow? And it's not like he's focusing on the aspect of the textures of sound or what not, at least not any more than the previous efforts. I'm a bit disappointed so far, but I'll give it a few more spins to see if I've missed any qualities I don't pick up on after only 4.
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sublimewreckage
There are some really great tracks on each of the last 3 LPs, some which come to mind are "Lost", "Tormented By Gods" and "Fatal Breath". Beyond this, and a handful of others, a lot of the songs are just lukewarm. I don't know if they're not given space though, considering on the last 2 LPs all the track lengths are at the 6-8min+ mark. My problem is there is seemingly a lot less experimentation. If you go back to TKE, each song felt like it was doing something different beyond just tempo. Some of them were texturally more complex, while others were a bit raw... using heavy distortion, black metal vocals, etc. And almost all of them are memorable--the record has basically no filler. Honestly, If he had just taken the best stuff from the last 3 releases, I think we could've gotten a killer record. Release the rest as a special ed 2nd disc, rework them later, idk. Maybe he is just too close to the project, and probably could've used some trusted, constructive feedback.
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sublimewreckage
How the fuck did I miss vibe of scorn... probably because I was gushing over Seven Tree's Dead/End in 2021.
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sublimewreckage
I agree, Nullify feels disappointing. I don't know if it's the songs themselves so much as the way they sound though. I do like "Lost" and "Chasm", but Buried Silence overall is better. Most of the tracks on Nullify remind me of "Regret" from BS, which I just don't care for. I think TKE will always be my favorite. I think if he just put a little more grit on the production... and expand the soundscape. It sounds a bit compressed, un-dynamic.
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kylonetic
I couldn't disagree more. Nullify is absolutely incredible, packed full of classic Ice Ages polyphonics. Lost is a top three track he's ever done. The more I listen to Nullify the better it gets, it's constantly incredible throughout. Vibe of Scorn is actually better than I realized too upon re-listen the other day, very good album.
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sublimewreckage
I didn't realize there was a new album. I've been listening to Ice Ages since approx 2000/1, when I first went online and discovered it. So, I have just become accustomed to the glacial pace Protector has worked on IA since then, exhibiting chasms of time between releases (crevasses you could say.. haha). Vibe of Scorn sounds better in sound mix, I will say. But I think the problem I have with the project since Nullify is a sense of expansive atmosphere has been lost in favor of melodies that sound more like fantasy, or belonging to the themes found with Summoning. When I listen to Ice Ages I have a certain expectation to be transported into a frozen wasteland, staring at a blanket of stars overhead at night... and that feeling is arguably lost since Nullify. Listen to Apoptose "Nordland" album as a perfect example of what I mean. TKE and BS had this distant feeling atmo in spades, save for the faster/aggressive numbers. This of course is just my take on things, YMMV.
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Dimension5
Glad he released new material, Nullify excellent, Forsaken my favorite, so deep mystical atmospheric and Ice Ages style, perfect track and other are good i will mention Lost.
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Torniojaws
Very crude, but in the ballpark: Three days I was given before my curse isn't done for Time does travel quickly when there is goals (tonight) My time grows still, invisibly condemned, oh slowly I am disappearing There's no mercy and no one cares. A countless sky, I silence my humble reborn Lowly invisible, slowly forgotten Days go by. People move insentiently I scream, my voice can lock your heart I am swept away through this desolate sign of dimension A mind on the side, my body fade away I'm almost invisible art (and be notice) Flayed will of dimension There's no minion Trade my violent My mind, my sleight, my body fade away I'm almost invisible, a people unnoticed
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