Album Rating: 4.0
My coworker who hates prog metal enjoyed it so that's worth something I suppose
Also I just realized this and There Will Be Fireworks in one year is probably making Mongi the happiest man to ever walk the Earth lol
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Album Rating: 4.0
New album is amazing. Definitely worth the wait.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah new album rules. They definitely didn’t make the same album twice. I will say that some of the singers feel a bit out of place and Watch The Earth Sink has a long buildup to….chugggs?? Idk that just rubbed me the wrong way. Very little pat off for such a long song. I felt like All We Ever Knew And Loved has song writing that’s frustrating and all over the place. But overall it’s a wild ride.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Wasn't completely on point with this record either in songwriting regard, but with given time I've come to enjoy it more and more. Let's see if the new one is as much of a grower, haven't heard it yet.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Oh it definitely has some bangers. Let The Truth Speak blew me away. Daniel fits right at home with this band. Plus the opener and Daniels Aria are amazing.
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toondude not fiving the new one gives me great hope
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Album Rating: 5.0
Bear dog idk bruh I feel almost everything about this record is perfect lol
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Album Rating: 4.5
still havent jammed the new one but really glad they got dan again. title track here is my favorite thing theyve ever done and dan's somehow at the top of his game now so i am sooo excited to hear how they mesh now
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Album Rating: 4.0
Okay this second listen is not going as well lol uh oh
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Album Rating: 5.0
Weird that it’s getting like no coverage here lol
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Album Rating: 5.0
I really dig it on a second listen. Not sure all the buildups are paid off perfectly tbf, I guess that's a result of overthinking this record? 8 years is too long for any record. Still really love it
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Album Rating: 4.0
General thoughts while I revisit this album vs. new
New album is far more spectacle-driven but the build-ups aren't quite there, or there are a lot of attempts at them whereas the debut tends to be structured around one gradual pay-off. Makes that eventual release feel special and it expands upon all that preceded it, whereas the newer approach is kinda overblown/exhausting in comparison.
That spectacle-driven approach leaves less room for subtlety, and while the band certainly loves having this cinematic scope to things, their ability to quiet things down is a strength. Debut knows when to restrain itself; new alb flaunts a bit too much.
Related to that, the songwriting feels less cohesive, with transitions to those more reserved moments seeming more arbitrary in relation to what's around it.
"Pattern Of Rebirth" is an outright dud.
Far from a bad album and I'll likely try it again--"Tyranny" is a great track where it seems this more grandiose direction clicks--but it's a step down in my estimation.
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Album Rating: 5.0
The closer is strangely…bad. It is explodes to great emotional affect in the first two minutes then abruptly quiets down to almost nothing for like the next four minutes making me say “wait what the fuck?!” Then when it finally gets to a payoff I’m already sort of too frustrated to enjoy it lol
Other than Watch The Earth Sinks lack of a meaningful payoff too and The Lesser Evil being kinda weird I loved every other aspect of the album. 4/5 it’s just very uneven.
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Album Rating: 4.5
just wrapped up the new one and i like it but am underwhelmed a bit. def not as good as this
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Album Rating: 4.5
still gotta dive into the new one but idk how it is possible to top the massiveness of contemplation of the beautiful
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Album Rating: 5.0
Entering The Light, Skyline, Crater and Contemplation Of The Beautiful are songs I live for
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Album Rating: 4.5
""Pattern Of Rebirth" is an outright dud."
yeah weakest for sure
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Album Rating: 5.0
I agree the closer isn't really great. I didn't really like it as a single, but I guess I just got used to it at some point and hoped it would work better in the album context, but I guess it doesn't
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Album Rating: 5.0
I wish the title track was the closer because damn that thing blows me away
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Album Rating: 5.0
Mother of god this thing is absolutely jaw dropping. Just so many “fav music moments” for me
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