Burned Mind
by Wolf Eyes
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Sep 28, 2004
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Burned Mind isn't just Wolf Eyes' most cohesive album, it's also their most accessible.
  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    A phenomenal noise record.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    ‘Burned Mind’ isn’t music; it’s a vision of a decimated future.
  5. Dusted Magazine
    80
    The entire panoply of sounds from past recordings is brought to the forefront and depleted prejudicially. Sonic serpent rattle, centrifugal drones, cottony flashes and fizzes, dog-whistle squelch, electronic hives freed of their bees – the whole lot's here, and it's incrementally larger and more agitated than prior show-'n'-tell sessions.
  6. Filter
    66
    A disturbingly precise evocation of its barbarian time. [#12, p.105]
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  7. Junkmedia
    80
    Absolutely brutal.
  8. Lost At Sea
    70
    For such a tortured swarm of piercing feedback-drenched feedback and electronically-manipulated electronic manipulations, this record feels surprisingly coherent, almost to the point that it’s comforting.
  9. Mojo
    90
    A masterpiece of controlled electronic violence. [Nov 2004, p.102]
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  10. Neumu.net
    65
    Take[s] their haunted-house shtick to frightening extremes.
  11. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Whether or not you'd want to listen to it more than once depends on your pain threshold, but those 45 minutes will be among the most terrifying of your life, guaranteed. [13 Nov 2004, p.56]
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  12. Pitchfork
    80
    Burned Mind, better than any recent album I can think of, betrays music's implied purpose of providing an enjoyable aural experience, while at the same time being psychologically compelling and richly imagistic enough to invite repeat listens.
  13. Playlouder
    90
    What need for artless posturing and sloganeering when you have music so powerful, so ugly, so revolting, so incredible?
  14. Prefix Magazine
    80
    If the sound of being eaten alive is something you would like to hear, by all means, shake a leg to Burned Mind.
  15. Stylus Magazine
    90
    It's crisper and clearer, but simultaneously thicker and murkier than before. The album isn't just dense, it's bloated—in the very best sense of the word.
  16. The A.V. Club
    70
    After establishing its grim M.O., the album settles into a mesmerizing set that scours the edge it leaps over so unhaltingly.
  17. The Wire
    70
    A genuine sense of danger and trepidation stalks through these tracks. [#249, p.63]
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  18. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    Burned Mind contains some of the heaviest moments on record that I've ever heard.

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User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Nick
    Sep 12, 2006
    5
    This is actually pretty weak as far as noise goes in my opinion. I just don't like the textures they bring to the table. I would This is actually pretty weak as far as noise goes in my opinion. I just don't like the textures they bring to the table. I would recommend Prurient, Mouthus, Double Leopards or Birchville Cat Motel. Wolf Eyes aren't that great. I don't know what the deal is.… Full Review »
  2. s.roberts
    Mar 31, 2005
    8
    evil, cold. extremly primitive, in a very good way. i love how every one who has something against this band is like "i could do this with a evil, cold. extremly primitive, in a very good way. i love how every one who has something against this band is like "i could do this with a synth and a guitar!"...no, you couldn't, and niether could anyone else you know… Full Review »
  3. ScissorShock
    Mar 4, 2005
    9
    Really good. In a lot of ways, life-changing. My advice is to just put on headphones, turn this up, and soak up the sound.
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