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Band
Pilgrim
Title
II: Void Worship
Type
LP/EP
Company
Metal Blade
YOR
2014
Style
Doom/Stoner
8/6/2014 7:56:50 PM - Review by: Vinaya Saksena
Losing a bassist doesn't seem to have altered the trajectory of these Rhode Island doom merchants. What made their "Misery Wizard" debut enjoyable is very much present here, with minor, welcome alterations. Notably, there are more songs, more of which are shorter and more to-the-point, with a nice instrumental intro and a couple of similar offerings to give us a break between prolonged slogs through riffer madness. "Master's Chamber," loses my attention somewhere in its ten plus minutes, and "Void of Worship" doesn't do much better. The rest, thankfully, offers the verve and variety needed to make the album a winner for lovers of sludgy doom.
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    3.5 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: PILGRIM
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
II: Void Worship
2014
Metal Blade
Vinaya Saksena8/6/2014
3.5
Misery Wizard
2012
Metal Blade
Vinaya Saksena6/27/2013
3.5

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