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Aug 21, 2014This is an admirably coherent collection of songs that are as uncompromisingly intricate and strange as they are incisively melodic.
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Aug 25, 2014This set is a massive leap forward, not only in terms of style but also in its instrumental and performance acumen; it is nearly unlimited in its creativity.
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Aug 21, 2014Opeth's Pale Communion is confirmation of artistic success borne from purity of vision--it is a sublime album of impeccable scope and execution, created by an extremely important band who have finally reached the pinnacle of self-actualisation through music.
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 18, 2014Relish the result of an intelligent, engaging act taking a new stand. [Sep 2014, p.90]
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Kerrang!Sep 9, 2014Elysian Woes and River prove that, whatever your favorite version of Opeth, they possess a embarrassment of riches when it comes to gorgeous melodies. [16 Aug 2014, p.53]
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Aug 28, 2014Pale Communion is perhaps the defining document of this group’s ability to make progressive rock feel genuinely progressive.
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Aug 25, 2014At this stage, it’s almost impossible to grasp that Opeth were once a bona fide death metal band, though more aggressive songs such as Voice Of Treason remind you that they’ve never lost their edge.
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Aug 22, 2014The tracks run long (nothing below four-and-a-half minutes), and the highlights come for those with patience (the album peaks, like Heritage did, in the latter half); Pale Communion is a grower.
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Aug 21, 2014At times some reining in might have been desirable, but 11 albums in, it’s hard to argue Opeth have earned the right to do whatever the hell they want.
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Aug 25, 2014Meandering, extremely derivative 2000's metal.
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Aug 28, 2014Pale Communion only toys with the building blocks, revealing influences that were already apparent but refusing to invigorate them alongside each other.
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Aug 21, 2014A prog-intensive album that often sounds closer to soggy Jethro Tull outtakes than anything in his band’s mighty back catalog.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 43 out of 52
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Mixed: 6 out of 52
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Negative: 3 out of 52
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