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- Summary: This is the 12th studio release for the Norwegian heavy metal band.
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- Record Label: Nuclear Blast
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Oct 22, 2012Vast and breathtaking, RIITIIR is simply stellar.
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Kerrang!Oct 22, 2012Once again, Enslaved have produced music that kicks slavish notions of genre limitations into touch. [29 Sep 2012, p.54]
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Nov 13, 2012RIITIIR is a complex, schizophrenic work, verging on the overly sensorial at points, leaving the listener feeling as if they've been repeatedly bashed over the head with a really clever hammer.
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Oct 22, 2012A restless and sometimes laborious album that attempts to spotlight all of Enslaved's parts in one very overbearing package.
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Oct 22, 2012Unfortunately, every song ends up sounding too similar, even as the band breaks, as always, from black metal's norms.
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Q MagazineNov 21, 2012It delivers patches of sheer brilliance, but the overwhelming urge is to ask them to cut to the chase. [Dec 2012, p.109]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jun 13, 2013
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