Harmonicraft - Torche
User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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  1. MarcDoyle
    Jul 17, 2012
    9
    What an excellent follow-up to Torche's first album. I was introduced to this band by the RedEye crew - specifically Greg - and they've delivered live. I popped the second album in the CD player while doing some soul-crushing desk work, and before I knew it, I had played the thing four times. Just a tremendous album. And yu've got to love the fact that a metal band with an out lead singer is introduced to the public by a Mike Huckabee-narrated video on Fox News. Funny as hell.… Expand
  2. ek11sx
    Mar 10, 2013
    9
    Straight up doom sludge pop metal, wonderful throughout. Fun album, one of 2012s best releases. Some great singles and solid instrumentals. I would suggest this to anyone. Plus great album artwork

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Metascore
83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Oct 30, 2012
    67
    Torche's 2008 master class, second album Meanderthal, began at prog metal and closed as a mind-blowing stoner maelstrom. Harmonicraft polishes that sonic Darwinism into tight, melodic, mosh pits.
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  2. Magnet
    May 30, 2012
    90
    They've consistently upped tempos while delivering saccharine-infused riffs with all the sunshine-y aplomb of a Prozac salesman's first and last day on the job. [No.87 p.59]
  3. Kerrang!
    May 21, 2012
    80
    Harmonicraft still brings the heft and thick cut distortion, but never wastes a single moment's breath on anything superfluous. [28 Apr 2012, p.53]
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