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Band

T.O.M.B.

Title

Fury Nocturnus

Type

LP/EP

Company

Peaceville

YOR

2016

Style

Industrial

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12/29/2016 - Review by: Greg Watson

Noisy bizarre metal that just lacks any redeeming quality

T.O.M.B.'s album "Fury Nocturnus" is one of those albums that has become indelible from my poor, abused ears. An album of noise and samples of people in pain or despair, this album was utterly horrific to attempt to listen to. I'm all for atmosphere and feel but this album lacks it completely. There isn't any point during my listen to this album that I felt creeped out or thought that things were just unbearable. Instead I just kept thinking "By the tentacle of Cthulhu, when in the hell is this going to be over with?". I don't even know what else to say at this point, this was just a bad experience all around.

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