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- Summary: This is the sequel to the British artist's 2014 solo album, Black Metal.
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- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jun 18, 2021Black Metal 2 has all the elements that made its predecessor a masterpiece, with sentimental instrumentals and yearning vocals all packaged in a crinkly lo-fi setting. But Blunt has opened up even more on Black Metal 2.
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Jun 17, 2021It is the clearest Dean Blunt has ever sounded and one of his most thrilling releases to date.
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Jun 17, 2021Black Metal 2 ends at an uncertain crossroads, while sonically the record is perhaps Blunt’s most easy to engage with.
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Jun 17, 2021It’s not exactly a work of brilliance – the tracks are too slight, and the whole tone is too wilfully perverse for that. Nevertheless, Blunt has crafted something undeniably engrossing for those willing to play along with his strange game.
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Jun 21, 2021Songs instantly familiar yet utterly unknowable.
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The WireSep 2, 2021Thrilling even as it plumbs the depths of anguish. [Aug 2021, p.52]
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Jun 17, 2021One often loses a sense of location and chronological time, transported into a sublime realm, Blunt reveling in understated craft, melancholic freedom, and undiluted authenticity.
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Oct 20, 2021
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