What makes Review Your Choices by Pentagram notable?

The album received significant attention for its blend of classic doom elements with progressive touches, earning praise from various heavy metal publications. It helped to re-establish Pentagram's influence within the underground metal scene and contributed to the resurgence of interest in doom metal during this era. Released in 1999, Review Your Choices is Pentagram's fifth studio album and marks their return after a six-year hiatus following the 1993 album Be Forewarned. This record showcases a matured sound while retaining the band's signature doom metal style, solidifying their status as pioneers in the genre during the late '90s.

Who is Review Your Choices for?

Review Your Choices works well if you're into haunting melodies with brooding riffs, short bursts of reflective energy and cathartic moments of despair.

How many songs are on Review Your Choices?

Review Your Choices has 15 tracks, running approximately 54 minutes.

Review Your Choices

Pentagram · 1999

54 min · 15 tracks · heavy metal

Heavy, brooding riffs intertwine with haunting melodies, creating an atmospheric landscape of despair and reflection.

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Review Your Choices — The title track encapsulates the album's themes of introspection and consequence through its heavy riffs and contemplative lyrics, serving as a focal point of the record.
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I Am Vengeance — This track features powerful guitar work and driving rhythms that exemplify Pentagram's ability to balance aggression with melody, making it a standout in their discography.
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Forever My Queen — A reimagining of one of their classic tracks, this version delivers a raw emotional weight that highlights the band's lyrical depth while showcasing their evolution.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

haunting melodies with brooding riffs
short bursts of reflective energy
cathartic moments of despair
mix of urgency and contemplation

Maybe skip if you

prefer upbeat and lively music
want concise, standalone tracks

Where this album fits

Career context: Released in 1999, Review Your Choices is Pentagram's fifth studio album and marks their return after a six-year hiatus following the 1993 album Be Forewarned. This record showcases a matured sound while retaining the band's signature doom metal style, solidifying their status as pioneers in the genre during the late '90s.
Stylistic neighbors: Black Sabbath· Candlemass· Saint Vitus

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

1 Burning Rays 2:35
2 Change of Heart 5:27
3 Living in a Ram’s Head 2:37
4 Gorgon’s Slave 6:31
5 Review Your Choices 3:21
6 The Diver 2:52
7 The Bees 2:28
8 I Am Vengeance 5:24
9 Forever My Queen 2:38
10 Mow You Down 3:11
11 Downhill Slope 3:57
12 Megalania 7:07
13 Gilla? 0:49
14 Mow You Down (Previously unreleased alternate take) 3:06
15 Forever My Queen (Previously unreleased alternate take) 2:49

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