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Feb 3, 2016Pillars of Ash rockets through 11 tracks without looking back, without room for breath. The songs tend to blend together in the spin cycle, one screamed vocal track melting its way into the next, one thundering drum fill inseparable from another.
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Feb 3, 2016The heart of this record is a furious commitment to survival. It's gutting. It's heartbreaking. And it's pretty goddamn beautiful.
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Kerrang!Feb 3, 2016The fiery swagger and coursing vitriol of these, Jonathan's final recordings, now stand as monuments. [23 Jan 2016, p.52]
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Feb 3, 2016Black Tusk's combination of sludge, rock, hardcore, and death metal remains fluid, fertile, and most importantly, full of life, in spite of the tragedy that threatens to define it. Far from funereal, Pillars of Ash has plenty of love for good ol' heavy-metal melodies.
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Feb 18, 2016As the final recording featuring Athon, Pillars of Ash feels more like a closing chapter than a new beginning.
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Feb 19, 2016The sound isn’t funereal, but exultant, the slashing and stoned pinnacle of everything the trio had built to over the course of their decade of existence.
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Feb 16, 2016Pillars of Ash is the body in transition, all crumble and ovation, an album that celebrates a human voice and exists in a world without it.
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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