Blood Mountain (album) - Critical Reception

Critical Reception

Blood Mountain was released to high critical praise. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 82, based on 24 reviews. Total Guitar magazine voted it its Number One album of 2006, and magazines such as Metal Hammer and Kerrang! thought it is every bit as good as the band's previous album Leviathan, if not better. The album has also charted in many websites and magazines 2006 countdowns. The band's first single from the album, "Capillarian Crest", was ranked No. 27 in Rolling Stone magazine Top 100 songs of 2006. Blood Mountain was ranked 9th in the Rolling Stone Top 50 Albums of 2006, and 42nd in Pitchfork Media's Top 50 Albums of 2006.

Blood Mountain was voted the best album of 2006 in the UK Metal Hammer magazine end-of year polls, as well as top in Total Guitar magazine's top 50 albums of 2006. It was also rated the 17th greatest metal album of all time by a countdown recently carried out by gaming website IGN. However, the album is not without its detractors; The Guardian felt that it was unorganized and seemed as if the tracks were far longer than they actually were, resulting in a 1/5 rating.