Hiss Spun
by Chelsea Wolfe
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 31
  3. Negative: 4 out of 31
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  1. Music_Observer
    Oct 12, 2017
    5
    The stylistic organization of this album was interesting to a degree, from lyrical motives to changes of textural density and guitar usage, but the emotions were more self-serving than actually well conveyed, and the constant weak and light voice, the lack of strong harmonic movement, and the overall inability to stretch the imagination with their musical execution left this work to beThe stylistic organization of this album was interesting to a degree, from lyrical motives to changes of textural density and guitar usage, but the emotions were more self-serving than actually well conveyed, and the constant weak and light voice, the lack of strong harmonic movement, and the overall inability to stretch the imagination with their musical execution left this work to be rather boring. My Score: 98/180 (Deficient) = 5.4/10… Expand

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The Wire
    Dec 19, 2017
    80
    While not as suck your frozen heart out bleak as her last album, Abyss, Hiss Spun explores metal's darkness on a more intimate scale. [Nov 2017, p.67]
  2. No Ripcord
    Oct 25, 2017
    70
    Hiss Spun is the first record from Chelsea Wolfe that commits entirely to the more catastrophic elements of her repertoire, and the results are equal parts stunning and terrifying.
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  3. Mojo
    Oct 24, 2017
    80
    Wolfe is the epicentre of the maelstrom, a banshee wailing through songs called things like Welt and Scrape. [Dec 2017, p.94]
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