Relentless (studio album)
by Pentagram (US)

Relentless by Pentagram (US)
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 7,329th   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (92nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,064th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,329th)

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Pentagram (US) bestography

Relentless is ranked as the best album by Pentagram (US).

Pentagram (US) album bestography « Higher ranked
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This album (7,329th)
Relentless
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Relentless track list

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Relentless rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,329th | 1980s rank: 1,064th | 1985 rank: 92nd

Relentless collection

Relentless ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
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70/100
From 10/09/2022 02:03 | #290306
The best way to describe this is a combination of earliest 'Sabbath' and hard rock/proto-metal band 'Dust.' It's not bad but does sound quite flat and drab throughout. Would of benefited massively from better production.
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From 07/17/2013 18:38 | #81746
As far as imitating Black Sabbath goes, these guys did a pretty damn good job. I'm gonna go ahead and file this in my head under "enjoyable".
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From 11/16/2012 00:01 | #55139
What an excellent heavy metal/doom metal album! Such an underrated band and they should have been so much bigger even in their own time. They leave that haunting Black Sabbath taste, but with better vocals. Sign of the Wolf and Relentless are the best tracks on here, but all are good.
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