A U R O R A
by Ben Frost
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Ben Frost bestography
A U R O R A is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Ben Frost on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ben Frost is By The Throat which is ranked number 6458 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 206.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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A U R O R A track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A U R O R A rankings
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A U R O R A ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 13:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,372 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2026 11:47 | TonySayers61 | 25,199 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2025 02:16 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2025 16:15 | Joehhh | 1,692 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2024 20:58 | cicadelic | 13,553 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Ben Frost is one of several artists at the moment that know the exact effects each sound has on the listener, and while I admit I've only listened to this album, like, twice, I'm assured of its quality.
Best track: Secant. In terms of dingy gloom, this soundscape is the layer just above Haxan Cloak.
SquishypuffDave 10/19/2014 09:19 | #124787 | TOP COMMENT
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Like being stabbed in the back of the head with an icicle.
ButterThumbz 06/28/2014 20:14 | #115545 | TOP COMMENT
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Intense, oppressive and claustrophobic. Like waking up in a buried coffin and desperately trying to figure out what you next course of action is.
Super sonic sounds delivered perfectly in a noisy, industrial and aggressive outfit from the Iceland-based Australian musician Ben Frost. The sweaty club-version of Tim Hecker's Virgins from last year. Whereas Tim Hecker's album was the lucid mist before the storm, this is the roaring storm. Loving this.
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