saw these guys last week on a whim and it was one of the coolest shows ive been to. they can all play their instruments like mad and they had a touring vocalist who did a lot more high screams than the dude on record. was v cool

Album Rating: 3.5

They fun yeah

Album Rating: 4.5

Their touring vocalist isn’t their actual vocalist? That’s, uh, weird but cool!

just for this stint it seemed--might have been a health issue, they didnt say. in my cursory research I found out that the actual vocalist voiced a few characters in Baldur's Gate 3! pretty neat

Album Rating: 4.5

Why are not more people talking about this. This combines high technicality with beautiful melodies and it has a lot of soul too. Because of the whole Flamenco influence this is more of a summer album for me, in the winter it doesn't really work for me

Album Rating: 3.0

some of the melodies are nice, yeah

overall this just ain't that memorable, cool for a blast through and then nothing much sticks. Ultimately, I prefer their sound on the previous album as it felt like there was a bit more bite and despite all the technicality, it wasn't as homogenous

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah this one probably has better individual moments but Dasein is more solid as a whole imo. Haven't listened to this one much at all tbh

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Listened to the closing track the other day for the first time in awhile and it is still one hell of a ride

Album Rating: 4.5

I disagree, there are so many memorable moments on here imo

Album Rating: 2.5

theres one or two yeah

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

or 50

The only recent album that might rival the tech in this is Desolate by Ophidian I, and that album is also godly

Album Rating: 4.0

Interesting, never heard of that one. Might have to check

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Ophidian I was pretty good to my ears but was a lot more "straightforward" than this in my opinion. This really sprawls out and almost seems like a jam band playing tech death.

Yeah Ophidian I is definitely more straightforward structure and melody wise. You could argue they are tech death/melo death.

FF is way more progressive in comparison. I only compare the two bands as they are both technically very flashy, plus I was listening to Ophidian I yesterday haha

Album Rating: 2.0

That's one way to say incoherent wank for sure

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I've heard wank and I've heard this album, they are not the same. Sure it's flashy but it's also well put together.

Album Rating: 2.5

idk if i'd call it wank either but 70 min of excessive self-indulgence is exhausting. at a tight 30ish min this would be great

Album Rating: 4.0

totally agree but this feels like a career magnum opus so I indulge

Agreed, I would turn off wank after a few minutes and I'm typically not a fan of albums over 1 hour long but it sounds way more thought out here.