Down Below
Studio album by
Tribulation
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2018
Genre
Length46:40
LabelCentury Media Records
Tribulation chronology
The Children of The Night
(2015) 		Down Below
(2018)

Down Below is the fourth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Tribulation. The album was released January 26, 2018 via Century Media Records.[2] The band released a video for the song “The Lament”.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Storm8.5/10[5]
Pitchfork8/10[6]
Metal Injection10/10[7]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5[8]
Exclaim!8.0/10[9]
Metal Hammer3.5/5[10]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Consequence of Sound Top 25 Hard Rock/Metal Albums of 2018
15
[11]
Decibel Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018
2
[12]
Loudwire Top 30 Metal Albums of 2018
9
[13]
PopMatters Top 20 Metal Albums of 2018
14
[14]

Music

According to Loudwire, the album "showcases how adept Tribulation are at tempering moods and incorporating different influences (goth rock, traditional metal, death metal, black metal) to craft something entirely unique in a metallic world obsessed with aimless genre-mashing. What helps propel their ethereal sound even in their heaviest moments (such as the earth-cracking Subterannea, Lacrimosa) is the interplay of guitarists Adam Zaars and Jonathan Hultén. When the rhythm riffing sustains, the melodies interject, leaving Tribulation with the ability to dip back into their early roots without ever losing sight on the present."[1]

Track listing

  1. "The Lament" - 5:39
  2. "Nightbound" - 5:29
  3. "Lady Death" - 3:24
  4. "Subterranea" - 5:24
  5. "Purgatorio" - 3:40
  6. "Cries from the Underworld" - 5:11
  7. "Lacrimosa" - 6:31
  8. "The World" - 3:55
  9. "Here Be Dragons" - 7:27
  10. "Come, Become, To Be" (bonus track) - 3:41

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 137
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[20] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21] 9

References

  1. ^ a b "Tribulation's Vampiric Metal on the Rise With 'Down Below'". Loudwire. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Album Review: Tribulation Breaks Out into New Worlds on Down Below". consequence.net. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Album Review: Tribulation - "Down Below" - Decibel Magazine". Decibelmagazine.com. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Down Below by Tribulation". Metacritic. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Tribulation - Down Below review - Metal Storm". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Tribulation: Down Below Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Tribulation - Down Below". Metal Injection. January 17, 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Review: Tribulation - Down Below - Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Tribulation Down Below". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Tribulation - Down Below album review". Loudersound.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Top 25 Metal + Hard Rock Albums of 2018". Consequence of Sound. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  12. ^ Mudrian, Albert. "SPOILER: Here Are Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018". Decibel. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  13. ^ "The 30 Best Metal Albums of 2018". Loudwire. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  14. ^ Stasis, Spyros (30 November 2018). "The Best Metal of 2018". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Tribulation – Down Below" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tribulation – Down Below" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Tribulation: Down Below" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Tribulation – Down Below". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Tribulation Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Tribulation Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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