Soma (Windhand album)

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Soma
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
GenreDoom metal
Length75:13
LabelRelapse
ProducerJames Plotkin
Windhand chronology
Reflection of the Negative
(2013)
Soma
(2013)
Grief's Infernal Flower
(2015)

Soma is the second studio album by the American doom metal band Windhand,[1] released on September 17, 2013 by Relapse Records.[2] It peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, making it the band's first release to make a Billboard chart.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
Metal Injection8.5/10[7]
Pitchfork7/10[8]
Popmatters8/10[9]

Soma was named the third best metal album of 2013 by Rolling Stone.[10]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Orchard"6:37
2."Woodbine"9:22
3."Feral Bones"7:59
4."Evergreen"6:56
5."Cassock"13:45
6."Boleskine"30:29
Total length:75:13

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Grayson Currin (September 25, 2013). "Windhand: Soma Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Windhand - Soma - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Windhand - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "REviews and Tracks for Soma by Windhand". Metacritic. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Heaney, Gregory. "Soma - Windhand". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. ^ Walschots, Natalie Zina. "Windhand Soma". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Haff, William. "Album Review: WINDHAND Soma". Metal Injection. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  8. ^ Currin, Grayson. "Windhand: Soma Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  9. ^ Lopez, Frank. "Windhand: Soma". Popmatters. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  10. ^ "Windhand, 'Soma' | 20 Best Metal Albums of 2013". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2017.