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Generally favorable reviews- based on 106 Ratings
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Positive: 72 out of 106
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Mixed: 3 out of 106
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Negative: 31 out of 106
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trueFeb 6, 2006it's happening. my ears have lost all elasticity. every other album i own is a pile of second-rate joan-baez-influenced pussy-footing around the point. "But what is the point?" i hear you ask, you poor innocent. DERH! DERH-DERH-DERH- D-D-D-DERH! (that's from track four). makes death from above seem like your little sister's casey-casem mix tape. oh no...
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JackTMay 20, 2006Spectacular !!!! breathtaking!!!
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KurtCobainOct 19, 2005This album is as close to an ass raping as I want to experience. Rocks the hizzouse.
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WXOct 28, 2005Balls-out perfection and madness. Lightning Bolt captures what
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funkinkApr 16, 2006relentless. I'd never listen to anything else, that is, of course, if i can sew my ears back on and scoop my spattered skull from the wall behind me.
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SeanP.Mar 7, 2007
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AdamXNov 4, 2005
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timmywNov 9, 2005Hypermagic Mountain takes what Lightning Bolt laid down with Wonderful Rainbow and plays with it, like its thier prey. A great fucking album.
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tomhOct 20, 20059.5 really. You hear about music with passion and heart in it. This music is only passion and heart. These are two guys who simply love to make an ungodly racket, and it kicks insane amounts of ass. Uninitiated listeners will have to spend a few hours picking up the pieces of their skull after the first listen. Wonderful Rainbow was better, but if you liked that, get this album, lazy whore.
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md7md7Oct 26, 2005A bloody F@#$ing Trip. Great Heights and on and on and on. It lasted an hour it felt like 10 minutes. Really Nice. It appeals in both ways: difficul and experimental opposed by simplicity and appealness of their sound.
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DanielCOct 26, 2005Not a perfect 10. Amazing album, though. It's relentless; it will pummel you into the ground and will leave you wanting more.
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RonJeremyOct 26, 2005Anyone who doesn't enjoy this album has a small penis.
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BenDec 7, 2005One word: Wow..!
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RHOct 29, 2005One for the ages, and nothing out there comes close. It out-arts art, out-noises noise, out metals-metal and out-rocks rock. A classic record!!!
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T.SpeakerJan 13, 2006
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LoganKSep 8, 2006Such polarized views! Lightning Bolt puts out amazing albums and even more amazing live shows.
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AndyHMar 8, 2007Brilliant, mesmerizing, and almost does justice to their live show.
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AllanXMay 5, 2007
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JesusChristDec 1, 2006
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GiantPandaJan 14, 2007awesome!
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Oct 30, 2019I'm really hard right now. Because of this album i am no longer impotent if you do not like this album chances are you are impotent.
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AKaplanMay 3, 2006people dont know what pretentious means, obviously, because this isnt it.
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adamsJun 5, 2006shocking. who are all these chodes who love boredom and hate fun? why are they listening to this record?
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CaseyPMay 15, 2006It's obvious why so many people wouldn't like this, but I love it. Dead Cowboy for example is one of the best songs I've heard in a very long time.
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alandNov 2, 2005you're playing the wrong game if you're looking for "hooks and melody." pl-ease. cry me a sufjan.
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jimsNov 2, 2005
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rbDec 13, 2005A "0" and a "1". Right. As if those reviewers have actually bought and heard this record. In any case if they did actually buy it they have both shown them to be entirely incapable of opening their ears to new sounds. I suggest they stick with MOR bands like Nickelback... This is a clever and imaginative record.
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srobertsOct 31, 2005youll either really like the production or hate it. L bolt excel as a live band so raw production is a good idea
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PatrickB.Jan 11, 2006oh, hell yes. standouts include "mohawk windmill" and "dead cowboy."
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adilsJan 16, 2006
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JamesODec 1, 2006
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pepevisionJun 2, 2006
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BrianBNov 17, 2005This album is amazing. It takes the best parts of Ride the Skies and Wonderful Rainbow, blends them together and shoves them down your ear canal. To call this noise is to do it a grave injustice: there are some serious songs here, these guys know exactly what they are doing. Of course, if you were not down with the Bolt before, this album isn't going to change your opinion.
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dpalmDec 4, 2005i just have to say, what the hell is going on. this is really messed up. .... I like it.
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TensionHeaderOct 25, 2005I think Neil Young would enjoy this. Kaboom. It's huge.
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DrGoobOct 29, 2005
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ChrisHNov 14, 2005It's like god was getting really pissed off and frustrated and he sent a flood to wipe us out for being so shit, but that didn't quite scratch him where he itched, so he picked up his bass and tore the fuck out of it and Lightning Bolt found the tape.
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NickNov 17, 2005Not Wonderful Rainbow but still not like anything else. Takes listening not hearing you low score giving fools.
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SeanTDec 11, 2005more metal riffs on this one. louder sound. absolutely essential.
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MikeCMar 7, 2006
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JasonBApr 5, 2007It's appeal is far from universal, and its not a record I'm compelled to constantly listen to. That said, this album is worth hearing for fans left-field music who can actually stomach a bit of dissonance and noise (as opposed to the weak-kneed, limp-wristed, mincing pansy fairies claiming this is "just noise" or "not music").
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KMapMaplesNov 7, 2005This music has more sheer, raw power behind it than just about anything I have heard since, well...Raw Power (Iggy & the Stooges, you sorry uninitated sap).
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FletcherBJan 5, 2006louder, louder louder less wild and dramatic, but stunning the drums on "dead cowboy" will kill the unprepared. be prepared.
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Jun 22, 2022"Anyone who doesn't enjoy this album has a small penis."
So true Metacritic user RonJeremy -
JonnYNov 1, 2005Great music! But only for 5 minutes, then you get a headache.
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Awards & Rankings
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This is a great record, if it is a record.
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At its most chaotic, Hypermagic Mountain could tear open a wormhole into Comets on Fire's Blue Cathedral.
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Essentially, the Brians don't really need to innovate that much anymore and instead are just fine-tuning their craft in glorious ways.