Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Its compact chug-and-burst writing is forceful and identifiable, but the sustained sameness of the pacing limits the album’s arc and contrast.
What we noticed
- The eight tracks are compact, built around low, tightly repeated guitar chugs interrupted by faster drum bursts rather than extended solos or long instrumental passages.
- The title track and several surrounding songs lean on stop-start, breakdown-like accents, while the guttural vocal stays buried in the same dense guitar-and-drum attack.
- The sequence keeps a similar heavy, blunt pulse from the opener through “G.F.Y.S.”; it closes without a slow-down or a distinct final coda.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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6/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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6/10
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 Confrontation 3:09
- 2 Downsized 3:47
- 3 System of the Animal 2:06
- 4 Closure 2:09
- 5 Purging the Nemesis 2:25
- 6 Day One 3:51
- 7 Unscathed 2:40
- 8 G.F.Y.S. 3:34
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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