Album Rating: 1.0

bet this is awful i just want djenty djunz without cheesy vocals

well they're a sumerian band so they were gonna end up this way one way or another.

fucking lol @ that album art

Album Rating: 1.5

this sucks. shame they went this route, nothing rly setting them apart anymore

"fucking lol @ that album art"

she's the matriarch of sputnikcore

lol

Album Rating: 3.0

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"fucking lol @ that album art"

Ikr I wanna know who the fuck approved it

Album Rating: 2.5

Dunno, I'm not really all that inclined to check it out right away. waiting for ovdi and slice the cake, which are gonna wreck this for sure

Album Rating: 3.0

But the summary...

If they sacrificed some melodic identity for their album then why do you later say "outfits it with a largely new sound focused on melody and beauty"

You mention this a lot and the summary says the opposite :/

eclipse was fun...I will not check this shit out tho. Brave for reviewing it, or stupid, or brave and stupid or something else entirely, props!!!

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah the summary needs to be fixed. They didn't sacrifice melody. They actually sacrificed some technicality and opted for more melody so they could be built around the clean vocals being implemented. I mean, this album is still proggy but just not as proggy as their previous efforts. Still, I don't mind that. I just wish they didn't lean towards chugs and tried to keep the crazy sick riffage. Ah well.

Album Rating: 3.5

I changed the summary a bit. But think about what "melodic identify" means. It means the melodies of the riffs they used to play. Its still here, but they sacrifice some of it in favor of this new Periphery-sounding stuff. Thats the key word - "melodic identity". Veil of Maya have always been a fairly melodic band, but they dont sound like themselves sometimes here



But I see how it could be legitimately confusing. I wrote that summary as a replacement for the first in about 10 seconds soit needed cleaning up

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

I'm not gonna lie, that summary makes it look like a 3 review now

Album Rating: 3.0

has anyone here complaining about chugs and breakdowns ever listened to a veil of maya song? divide paths is literally a series of chugs, and its not safe has like ten breakdowns

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Yes. But they're not ass-y like the ones on here

Album Rating: 3.0

Nah "ass-y" isnt going to fly.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Just you wait

Album Rating: 3.5

I definitely prefer old VoM, but this isn't bad. This guy has some pretty cool riffs, but has trouble building a song. Also some of the cleans and post production are lame, but overall it's a fun headbang.

Why is anyone surprised by the cover art? They haven't had a good album cover yet.