MGŁA — Exercises in Futility (review)

MGŁA — Exercises in Futility album cover Album · 2015 · Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
More or less a slightly more polished rehash of With Hearts Towards None, Exercises In Futility deserves points for ballsiness in title choice, because goodness me is that a tempting target for a hostile reviewer. It's listenable, decent black metal stuff, but unfortunately that is all it is; there's absolutely no shortage of this sort of straight-down-the-line black metal these days, and despite liking this one a bit better than its predecessor I am still not entirely convinced that Mgla have presented a distinctive unique selling point which will distinguish them from the rest of the black metal crowd. Not futile, but I'm not entirely seeing the point either.
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siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Agreed. I don't get all the rage

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