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Tarantula Heart

Melvins

Tarantula Heart

Latest self-produced album from the prolific Montesano, Washington sludge band

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Ipecac
UK Release date
19/04/2024
US Release date
19/04/2024
  1. 9.0 |   Punk News

    This album rocks. It has an experimental, and maybe sometimes uncomfortable aspect, here and there, but despite the fact that it is totally unique in the Melvins catalogue, it’s one of the most Melvins-y things they’ve ever released
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The result is a series of songs that have the expansiveness of improvisational music, disciplined into the taut power of rock
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A squealing noise-rock juggernaut that balances gruff anthemicism with a certain improvisatory elan. Print edition only

  4. 7.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    What Tarantula Heart represents for Melvins, at the end of everything, is a fresh start, a new look
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  5. 7.0 |   All Music

    Tarantula Heart's five tracks contain more than an album's worth of weirdness and power. It's a wild ride, even for the Melvins, and further solidifies their status as seemingly invincible practitioners of heavy, messed-up music
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  6. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Tarantula Heart definitely needs a better editor in numerous spots and the repetitiveness of the riffing doesn’t generate the heat that Melvins-adjacent bands like Earth did at their peak. But it’s got some killer moments
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