Life Metal
by Sunn O)))
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
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  1. sammyanthony
    May 16, 2019
    7
    If you're new to this kind of music, just like me, then there's so much to talk about. But Life Metal gives different perspective of what metal could be. This is fun, yet boring.
  2. MARKNOBRT
    Apr 25, 2019
    1
    This is everything i hate in music. No Talent, no fun, no drums, awfullly pretentious and self indulgent, unfocused, unprofessional and extremely boring. Sounds like a really bad guitar player tuning his axe for 70minutes. It could have been recorded by beginner musicians (apparently not, they're +20yrs veterans). How could Steve Albini be related to this? This really has more to do withThis is everything i hate in music. No Talent, no fun, no drums, awfullly pretentious and self indulgent, unfocused, unprofessional and extremely boring. Sounds like a really bad guitar player tuning his axe for 70minutes. It could have been recorded by beginner musicians (apparently not, they're +20yrs veterans). How could Steve Albini be related to this? This really has more to do with new age music than metal music. In a genre (metal) with so many underrated bands and musicians, how could critics score this record so high? Maybe i just don't get the thing... It' might be one of the worst records i've EVER heard but i'll give it a 1 cause there's some good tones here and there and the artwork isnt that bad. But ''#6 Best Album of 2019''? C'mon man!… Expand

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#38 Best Album of 2019

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Q Magazine
    May 15, 2019
    80
    It does thrillingly refine the group's electric explorations of numinous spaces both minuscule and gigantic. [Jul 2019, p.114]
  2. No Ripcord
    May 10, 2019
    90
    Calling Life Metal a great metal/rock/guitar album, ultimately, is a disservice: This is a sonic meditation channeled through humbuckers and hearts.
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  3. The Wire
    May 7, 2019
    80
    Pateras is much less dominant in the mix, mostly smouldering beneath the scintillating haze of distortion but occasionally slicing through like white light. Sitting on top of the mix are an assortment of glowing meditation bells played at unexpected intervals, which have the effect of plucking awareness from the dark recesses of sound one could otherwise be pulled all the way into. [May 2019, p.63]
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