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Aug 23, 2018This is music made from a band that has been through the wringer and is happy to settle down and play, and there's an undeniable appeal to that open heart, particularly when it's camouflaged underneath such nominally heavy music.
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Classic Rock MagazineAug 23, 2018By occasionally confusing drabness for darkness, they've fallen short of their own lofty standards. [Aug 2018, p.86]
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Aug 23, 2018While not the strongest of the band’s second-era output, it’s a nice addition to Alice in Chains’ impressive discography.
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Aug 27, 2018Rainier Fog is more than just another Alice in Chains record; it's another step in the process of redefining their sound since their first comeback record, 2009's Black Gives Way to Blue.
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Kerrang!Aug 23, 2018It's prime Alice In Chains, and the work of a band still managing to hit new peaks of their powers. [25 Aug 2018, p.53]
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Aug 28, 2018They were always one of the most metal band of the alt.rock boom that emerged from their Seattle scene in the early 1990’s, but on Rainier Fog; there’s a beauty and an expanse--as well as a major chord or two--that sees the band evolving.
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Sep 11, 2018Rainier Fog has enough highs mind to comfortably recommend as a must-listen--a lot of this material is what Chains do best.
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Sep 4, 2018Here, with the exception of the lighters-in-the-sky power balladry of “Fly,” the more melodious passages on tracks like “Maybe” and “All I Am” are still countered by blunt-force guitars and blaring volume. It’s hard to fault the band for trying to recapture a bit of their past grunge-era glory.
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Aug 24, 2018The main issue with Rainier Fog, though, is that the band never climbs from the very bottom to the very top of that mountain and gives us all of their range. They stick relatively close to base camp, a well-stocked, but comfortable mid-point that largely eschews dynamics.
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Q MagazineAug 23, 2018Happiness may remain an elusive quality in AIC's music, but variety is not. Be it the acoustic parts in Fly or elegant a cappella vocals of Maybe, they juggle power and poignancy like masters. [Sep 2018, p.110]
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Aug 24, 2018Rainier Fog, though, feels as though it’s stuck between gears. As usual, there are Cantrell’s gargantuan, 10-ton metal riffs and lyrics like “I’ll stay here and feed my pet black hole,” on the especially dreary “Drone,” but they linger too long in that zone.
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Positive: 38 out of 46
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Mixed: 4 out of 46
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Negative: 4 out of 46
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