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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: The rock band from Massachusetts releases its first full-length studio album in six years.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Jan 13, 2012
    90
    Cave In has always been a multifaceted band, but their stylistic range has never been as thoroughly explored as it is on White Silence.
  2. May 24, 2011
    80
    This is a grower not a shower but persevere because White Silence has been worth the wait.
  3. May 24, 2011
    80
    By turns melodic and thunderous, White Silence churns with 8-minute power dirges and soars with Beatles-esque hooks, making for an exhilarating musical rollercoaster that demands repeat spins.
  4. May 24, 2011
    80
    Generally speaking, though, White Silence finds Cave In at the heaviest point of their career since 1998's Until Your Heart Stops--and easily at their noisiest and most experimental.
  5. May 24, 2011
    75
    While Cave In's only constant to date has been change, the disc sums up everything that's made the band so beloved and bewildering over the years.
  6. Kerrang!
    Jul 12, 2011
    60
    Heavy and not consistently rewarding, it is nonetheless always interesting. [18 Jun 2011, p.51]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. Sep 12, 2012
    9
    I been listening to this for over a year now and still think it's fantastic. It moves from raw power to end in beauty. They don't sound likeI been listening to this for over a year now and still think it's fantastic. It moves from raw power to end in beauty. They don't sound like anyone else and with this record prove they are a one of the best smart heavy bands around. Expand
  2. Jun 23, 2011
    8
    Amazingly destructive and heavy. Probably the loudest (in a good way) album I have listened to in a while. I would have liked to hear moreAmazingly destructive and heavy. Probably the loudest (in a good way) album I have listened to in a while. I would have liked to hear more melodic experimentation mixed in as with prior releases but these songs, whether you like it or not beat you into submission. Collapse