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Absolute Dissent

Killing Joke

Absolute Dissent

30 years on, Killing Joke release album number 13 of their unique brand of goth-doom-metal.

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Spinefarm
UK Release date
27/09/2010
  1. 9.0 |   BBC

    Even though there is a hint of the 1980s (Here Comes the Singularity) here and a touch of Pssyche (Fresh Fever from the Skies) there, this is KJ at their distressingly original best
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Absolute Dissent is a remarkable achievement for a band whose creative zenith appeared to have been locked in the annals many moons ago
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    This one's an out-of-the-blue, anti-establishment classic. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    One of the strongest Killing Joke albums in quite some time
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  6. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Absolute Dissent is remarkably consistent—mostly straightforward rockers with some combination of tuneful singing and gravel-tinged bellowing over the top
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  7. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    Absolute Dissent is a greatly rewarding listen, and is the most complete record the band have released for a long time
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  8. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    It's also a summation of everything that has made Killing Joke so vitally important over the course of their thirty-year-plus career
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  9. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Having once written the industrial rock rulebook, Killing Joke can surely turn out this sort of grungey nihilism in their tea break
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Killing Joke: Absolute Dissent

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  • 6. This World Hell £0.99
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