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- Summary: The 33-minute one-track EP from the Canadian death metal band is about the House of Wisdom, an institution set in Baghdad from the 9th to 13th centuries.
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- Record Label: Season of Mist
- Genre(s): Metal, Pop/Rock, Death Metal
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Jul 29, 2016Pleiades' Dust is a stunning release, a cohesive, exceptionally crafted piece that captures the heavy aggression and incredible musicianship of Gorguts while incorporating more avant-garde elements and a fascinating storyline to boot.
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Jul 29, 2016The song is always so compelling, so rich and vibrant, so immaculately layered that in the end it doesn't really matter. Gorguts, as usual, have created a death metal masterpiece.
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Jul 29, 2016Gorguts are no strangers to ambition, always pushing themselves to find beauty in the darkest, most sinister tales of our checkered evolution. What’s most surprising, though, is that we finally get to witness a cast of players who can actually give the ever-shifting Gorguts name the treatment that it deserves.
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Jul 29, 2016Of course the technical musicianship of the EP is top notch, but the form is what’s most striking.
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Jul 29, 2016Even at the EP’s most florid moments--say at the 11-minute mark, where they zone out for a minute of cobweb-like arpeggios--it remains music of immense impact and gravity.
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Feb 21, 2020
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