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  1. Jul 15, 2019
    8
    Samsara is a great album, and one more step forward in the career of Venom Prison, a band that demonstrates with abundance why it should be listened to.
    It is a crude, rabid and painful disc. An auditory wonder of the genre.
    However, I think that the musical production is still the great weakness of this group, which I personally notice worse than the last album. Even so, it is an
    Samsara is a great album, and one more step forward in the career of Venom Prison, a band that demonstrates with abundance why it should be listened to.
    It is a crude, rabid and painful disc. An auditory wonder of the genre.
    However, I think that the musical production is still the great weakness of this group, which I personally notice worse than the last album.

    Even so, it is an album that shows in 41 minutes the intentions of greatness of this group with a good future.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

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  1. The Wire
    Jun 4, 2019
    50
    Tracks have potent moments, but they’re slapped together with little thought for overall flow. [Jun 2019, p.60]
  2. Jun 4, 2019
    80
    Venom Prison makes songs that are just as musically violent as the stuff their deathgrind peers churn out, often thrillingly so. But the Welsh band lifts the subgenre out of the thematic gutter. ... This is a terrific record.
  3. Jun 4, 2019
    70
    While none of Samsara is necessarily bad, there are moments where tracks start to blend together and lose focus. This doesn't necessarily take away from the amazing moments of the album, but as a whole it could use a bit more variance. That being said, the record makes it clear that Venom Prison are destined to join the top of the new-school death metal pack