Comments on: Cult of Luna – Vertikal

By: jk666

jk666 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:16:57 +0000

Listened to this last night and was totally blown away by it. Words like bleak, epic, darkness, grandeur all come to mind.

By: Luke_22

Luke_22 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:43:09 +0000

Curiously enough Cult of Luna have passed me by over the years. But I recently got into Eternal Kingdom so I’ll definitely check this out. Great review.

By: Broaden City

Broaden City — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:01:14 +0000

…haha Storm King – t’was a shocker that one

By: Storm King

Storm King — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:49:49 +0000

Oh, I know it was replaced, but since it was the worst review I’ve ever read, even years later I’ve never forgotten it.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:37:58 +0000

that salsa review got replaced…

By: Storm King

Storm King — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:33:36 +0000

While the king of misguided reviews here will always be the notorious “salsa” review of Gorod’s Transcendence EP-that review of Eternal Kingdom comes in a close second. Crikey indeed.

Gave this a listen last night on Spotify, and it is flat out amazing. It does manage to give off an industrial dystopia aura without resorting to the cliches of pistons clanking and other machinery, and the 80s synths, which really SHOULDN’T work, manage to tie the whole thing together. Amazing album.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:02:46 +0000

thanks for the compliments, guys! I fucking love this album

By: Guilliame

Guilliame — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:01:13 +0000

Your review is artful and thoughtful. You managed to tie in images of Metropolis, the sounds of Tangerine Dream, and the blasting light and dark COL tendencies into a review that left me no choice but to buy this.
Yes, i am a fan of Cult of Luna but your review was a piece of work.

By: bast

bast — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:40:08 +0000

Good review, can´t wait to recieve this, aside from that agree with jon from nj and Broaden City

By: Broaden City

Broaden City — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:35:56 +0000

…jumped to the ‘Eternal Kingdom’ review – crikey.

Agree with all your sentiments here Gaba. Really dug this on the first listen.
Nothing will top ‘Something Along The Highway’ for me, and whilst I enjoyed ‘Eternal Kingdom’, that album took a few listens for me to come around.

‘Vertikal’ is quite the accomplishment.

By: jon from nj

jon from nj — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:10:34 +0000

Great review. While it’s still early in my listening, I will say this definitely trumps their last album, which I think had some great tracks, but wasn’t the collective whole that Something Along the Highway was. I can’t wait to delve even further into this, but I can say that the 18 minute epic is worth every minute of listening time.