Soma (Windhand album)

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Soma
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
Genre Doom metal
Length75:13
Label Relapse
Producer James 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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
Metal Injection 8.5/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]

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

Track listing

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

References

  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.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. Walschots, Natalie Zina. "Windhand Soma". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  7. Haff, William (September 9, 2013). "Album Review: WINDHAND Soma". Metal Injection. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  8. Currin, Grayson. "Windhand: Soma Album Review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  9. Lopez, Frank. "Windhand: Soma". PopMatters.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  10. "Windhand, 'Soma' | 20 Best Metal Albums of 2013". Rolling Stone . December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2017.