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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Functioning on Impatience by Coalesce in Music

Nov 1, 2019  
Functioning on Impatience by Coalesce
Functioning on Impatience by Coalesce
1998 | Rock
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
Every part of it (0 more)
They didn't tour the cd (0 more)
Amazing even if not their best
Coalesce sound like led Zeppelin if they decided to become really really REALLY heavy. That's it. What more do you need to know
  
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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated We Are The Romans by Botch in Music

Oct 30, 2019  
We Are The Romans by Botch
We Are The Romans by Botch
2007 | Alternative, Experimental, Metal, Punk, Rock
10
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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All of it (0 more)
Nothing at all (0 more)
One of the greatest of all time
We Are The Romans is simply one of the greatest albums of all time. Period. Their second studio album Botch took it up a notch. It's like discordant emo if it had only listened to Coalesce and took steroids. It's incredibly heavy but also beautiful. It's hard without being macho, it's orchestral without being over the top. I can listen to this album over and over again and never get bored, just constantly absorb the emotion it gives me. An incredible album.
  
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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening by Coalesce in Music

Nov 1, 2019 (Updated Nov 1, 2019)  
0:12 Revolution in Just Listening by Coalesce
0:12 Revolution in Just Listening by Coalesce
1999 | Indie, Jazz, Metal, Punk, Rock
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Album Rating
Those riffs. They are huge (0 more)
They didn't tour the UK with this release. (0 more)
The heaviest groove train
It's hard to choose which is the best, Botch: We are the Romans, Dillinger Escape Plan: Calculating Infinity, Converge:Jane Doe or this by Converge. Converge always were incredible from the first release to now the consistency has been superb but this, for me has been their pinicle.
So what do they sound like? Well imagine the grooviest riffs by Zeppelin but infinitely heavier, throw in some jazz timing and some of the most gravelly roars the human throat can muster and this is Coalesce. The sounds are great slabs that smash you across the head. It's just so damn heavy and so damn groovy at the same time. Incredible.
  
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David McK (3169 KP) rated Next in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
Next
Next
Michael Crichton | 2008 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
4
6.3 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
I have to say that, although I haven't read them all, I usually quite enjoy Crichton's novels. Unfortunately, if I had to sum "Next" up in one word, that word would have to be: "disappointing"

I think the problem is that there's no clear central character: unlike, say, "Prey" or even the famous "Jurassic Park" I didn't really 'conect' with anybody in the story. Although the various threads did all coalesce towards the latter half, it also came across more like a jumble of mini-stories haphazardly collected together than as one coherent whole.

I'm just glad the "Next" was not the first Crichton book I read (that would have to be "Jurassic Park"): if it was, I wouldn't be going out of my way to read more!