{"id":79671,"date":"2018-05-02T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=79671"},"modified":"2018-05-02T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T00:51:20","slug":"the-most-disappointing-albums-ov-2018-wiegedood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-most-disappointing-albums-ov-2018-wiegedood\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Disappointing Albums ov 2018 So Far: Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed\u00a0III"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What? It’s only May? Shiiiiiieeeeeetttt<\/em><\/p>\n

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We’re often asked by readers why the majority of our reviews seem to skew towards ratings of 3.5\/5 or better. Is that we’re too generous<\/strong> with our arbitrary rankings? Are we deliberately trying to overhype<\/strong> records? Can we actually count? To answer all these questions with just one word, no<\/strong>. The real reason is pretty simple. We don’t get paid for this. Writing things here only costs us. Time, patience, time, electrons, drugs, passion, time, and time are all spent compiling content to share<\/strong> with you all. So amidst the relentless stream of awesome music we’re graced with, it is increasingly tough to find time to spend listening to stuff that just doesn’t do it for you. Let alone spend even more precious time writing a 600-word elaboration of the word “meh”, replete with header images, embeds, and links. Fuck that.<\/p>\n

What about all those big label bands that jump the shark and flop hard? Sure, it would be somewhat cathartic to shit on a bunch of super popular garbage that you simply cannot understand the appeal of. But how many scathing reviews of Megadeth’s latest album\u00a0Chemicals In The Water…The Frogs Are Gay<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>do you have to read? Once again, fuck that. However, there are unfortunately times when a band you really dig release something you were looking forward to and it just straight-up doesn’t live up to your expectations. That shit is disappointing<\/strong>. Now normally we’d at least wait until the end of the year to dredge up our dissatisfaction(s), but talking with a bunch of people in our circle<\/del> bowl has led us to the conclusion that 2018 has been a relatively lacklustre year thus far. Before you start to spurt “b..b..but what about [insert 2018 album you shoehorn into any discussion on the daily], huh?<\/em>“, yes, there have been some great records<\/a> released. Plenty have been covered over the past few months here already, with more on the way<\/a>. Today though, I’d like to talk about some of the records which SHOULD have been great, but weren’t, for whatever reason. Actually, I don’t have enough free time. Guess I’ll just have to do one for now.<\/p>\n

Wiegedood –\u00a0De Doden Hebben Het Goed\u00a0III<\/em><\/h2>\n

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This is the one that hurts me most to say. Aside from the high probability that I’m saying their Belgian-ass words all wrong in the first place, it really bums me out having to say that this third installment in the De Doden Hebben Het Goed<\/em> trilogy just did not grab me at all. Wiegedood<\/strong>‘s 2015 debut was very well received around these parts, and for good reason. The trio’s intense riffing comprised of hyper-melodic melancholy and aggressive outpourings of anguish was engaging and perhaps most importantly, easily identifiable amongst a genre well-beyond its saturation point. 2017’s\u00a0De Doden Hebben Het Goed II\u00a0<\/em>was another 4-tracks that kind of split things right down the middle. Two tracks were absolute monsters, countered by two hypnotic, yet ultimately forgettable songs. However, the record’s strengths narrowly outweighed its weaknesses. That fucking break-neck riff @ 2:45 in ‘Ontzieling’ remains easily my favourite riff of the entire year. Seriously, find me a more frenetic melodic black metal riff.<\/p>\n