Album Rating: 3.0
‘album most likely stinks‘
says the guy who loves the 2021 edition of Biffy Clyro 😄
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Album Rating: 3.0
I love all editions of biffy clyro : )
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Album Rating: 3.5
Certified not stinky
It is Flug who is stimnky
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Album Rating: 3.0
smelly birb
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Album Rating: 4.0
Haven't even listened to this yet lööööl. Bet it stinks Kappa
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album is too long for it's own good, it starts very good but overstays its welcome
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this kind of tech death is the most conflicting metal genre for me. On one hand I'm in utter awe of the technical ability and truly adore the neoclassical elements. On the other hand the insane fretboard-wankery makes me want to smash the stop button after a few minutes.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Spawn of Possession showed that having too many notes on an album can be a bad thing.
First Fragment then demonstrated that including every note may culminate into a very rewarding experience.
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Album Rating: 3.0
damn guess you're right
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Nice to see this getting such a great reception, definitely deserving.
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Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off
"First Fragment then demonstrated that including every note may culminate into a very rewarding experience."
If by rewarding you mean boring, then I very much agree.
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Album Rating: 3.0
gotem
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The total number of guitar notes on this album could give Yngwie about 10 more studio albums
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Album Rating: 4.5
Zing
Idk why noddly tech death so often gets this kind of dismissive criticism as wanky and/or boring whereas other genres (math rock, jazz etc.) more often get a free pass for similar traits. I'm generalising, but still, this has way more compositional depth and restraint (comparatively) than it's getting credit for.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Because there are a lot of tech death bands with shite wanky songwriting, e.g. Obscura, Spawn of Possession, Equiposeur, etc.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Tbf I don't know the genre that well, though loads of math rock and mathcore do the same thing from what I can tell and generally get away with it with less criticism
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think that's because a lot of math rock bands still retain their focus on songwriting, while tech death bands generally try to play as fast and as crazy as humanly possible for the sake of it
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Album Rating: 3.0
because those tend to not use neo classical scales
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Album Rating: 3.0
Yeah this has virtuosity in spades and is obviously impressive in that regard but the selling point is how it’s harnessed. It never feels forced or overdone. Maybe it’s also considered overlong for the style, yet I don’t find it overwhelming probably due to how well-balanced it is. Hell, sometimes I just get lost in the melodies - when that happens screw the more overtly technical aspects.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah, the melodies are the main selling point of this album
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