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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the sequel to the British artist's 2014 solo album, Black Metal.
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  1. Jun 18, 2021
    90
    Black 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.
  2. Jun 17, 2021
    81
    It is the clearest Dean Blunt has ever sounded and one of his most thrilling releases to date.
  3. Jun 17, 2021
    80
    Black Metal 2 ends at an uncertain crossroads, while sonically the record is perhaps Blunt’s most easy to engage with.
  4. Jun 17, 2021
    80
    It’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.
  5. Jun 21, 2021
    80
    Songs instantly familiar yet utterly unknowable.
  6. The Wire
    Sep 2, 2021
    80
    Thrilling even as it plumbs the depths of anguish. [Aug 2021, p.52]
  7. Jun 17, 2021
    79
    One 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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  1. Oct 20, 2021
    9
    Easily one of my top 5 records of the year. Perfect burnt-out core. Feels like going down a rabbit hole of existential dread whilst smoking aEasily one of my top 5 records of the year. Perfect burnt-out core. Feels like going down a rabbit hole of existential dread whilst smoking a blunt and pretending that everything will be okay. Dean Blunt is a great hegemonic, R&B indie musician and this offering almost acts as epilogue/sequel for the original heavy metal record. Incredible stuff. Expand

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