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- Record Label: Superball Music
- Release Date: Feb 8, 2011
- Summary: The group is down to four instead of their previous sextet lineup, but their newest album is still rich in sound and is compositionally sophisticated. It was recorded in 10 days and is thought to be their most conceptual record to date.
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- Record Label: Superball Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 26
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Mixed: 8 out of 26
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Negative: 0 out of 26
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Feb 8, 2011A genre defining release and a welcome return to boundary surfing music.
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Feb 8, 2011This is another fascinating and unfashionable album from a band unwilling to cater to anyone's expectations except their own, and thriving because of it.
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Alternative PressFeb 23, 2011Meticulously orchestrated by frontman Conrad Keely, Tao Of The Dead hits a full-on prog rock pose with seemless transitions, classical movement structures and lunar background flourishes scraping the Dark Side Of The Moon. [Mar 2011, p.92]
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Feb 7, 2011Making no egregious concessions to potential new fans, nor to the musical trends of the past decade, Trail of Dead finally sound like a band emerging from a purgatorial state, out from underneath the shadows of their former selves.
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Feb 8, 2011There's plenty more on Tao of the Dead that works. After years out in the cold as music critic whipping posts, this should go a long way toward reclaiming some lost luster for Trail of Dead.
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MojoApr 6, 2011Album seven hits a sweet spot between prog and power-chords. [March 2011, p. 108]
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Feb 3, 2011I can't imagine why anyone would want to hear another half-hour of this crap, but if you've got brain cells to spare after Tao of the Dead's wonky, caterwauling sendoff, then by all means, put on your +2 Boots of Moshing and get to it!
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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