Exile Amongst the Ruins
Primordial · 2018
65 min · 8 tracks · black metal
Epic melodies intertwine with dark, atmospheric passages, creating a haunting and immersive black metal experience.
Top tracks — play these first
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Nail Their Tongues — This opening track sets the tone with its powerful riffs and thematic intensity, showcasing the band's ability to blend aggression with melodic depth.
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To Hell or the Hangman — Combining anthemic choruses with a sense of urgency, this track embodies the album's exploration of despair and defiance against mortality.
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Exile Amongst the Ruins — The title track encapsulates the album's overarching themes of loss and resilience, featuring haunting melodies that linger long after it ends.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album's intricate melodies and atmospheric depth create a compelling black metal experience.
What we noticed
- The album features long tracks, with four of the eight exceeding six minutes, allowing for extended atmospheric build-ups.
- Melodic guitar lines often intertwine with deep growls and clean vocals, creating a dynamic contrast throughout the record.
- Several tracks incorporate folk elements through instrumentation, adding layers to the black metal foundation.
- The final track concludes with a gradual fade-out, leaving an echoing sense of finality that resonates after the last note.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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7/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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8/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Nail Their Tongues 9:00
- 2 To Hell or the Hangman 7:16
- 3 Where Lie the Gods 9:11
- 4 Exile Amongst the Ruins 7:59
- 5 Upon Our Spiritual Deathbed 8:28
- 6 Stolen Years 5:15
- 7 Sunken Lungs 7:52
- 8 Last Call 10:32
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