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| 3.5 great | Thompson D. Gerhart STAFF | May 13th 13 |
While parts like the end of "Exile" shine in technical instrumental harmony with Ashe O'Hara's stunningly lush vocal deliveries, the album falls into the djent quagmire of "too much groove, not enough variation." Altered State is at its best when it's at its most experimental - saxophones, synth leads, etc.; at its worst when it follows the straight and narrow of chug guitar rhythms, which permeate the structure of the album almost to the point of nausea at times.rAll the same, I enjoy it.
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| 2.0 poor | Curse. | May 13th 13 |
so fucking repetitive
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| 4.5 superb | AlexTM510 | May 13th 13 |
Just when you thought the band was going to crumble due to the frenzy of finding a vocalist, Tesseract lunges back in with Altered State. Pushing further into atmosphere and experimentation, they continue to forge into making their own sound. Newcomer Ashe O'Hara vocals and harmonies are absolutely stunning and gorgeous. And the band smartly holds back let his vocals shine. A true comeback for the band, Tesseract Altered State certainly hits all the marks and create an album that arguably is better than One, proving that the loss of pivotal vocalist just made room for a better one to come thru.
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| 0.0 | DarknessPrevails | May 6th 14 |
A monumental album by TesseracT that exceeds everything the band has released so far in their career.
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| 2.5 average | MO | May 13th 13 |
Instrumentally these guys are top notch. Lots of the material is technically impressive, but the songwriting results in a simple mish mash of progressive rock songs that end up getting lost within themselves. The PtH style vocals are extremely draining and take away any desire of repeated listens. Just a chore to get through.
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| 3.0 good | Omeggia | May 13th 13 |
It suffers from being incredibly samey for most of its 50 minute duration, I agree with the comments about the vocals. They really do shine. It just doesn't live up to One in my opinion though.
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| 2.9 good | Erwann S. STAFF | July 9th 21 |
Atmospheric, djenty, trying to invoke progginess, buried drums, generic clean vocals: yup it's TesseracT. It's not all genericness tho: the basslines are tremendous and can be actually heard (!), and the atmospheric vibe works well at installing a calm mood only broken by the syncopated djent riffs. It's however not varied enough.
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| 4.5 superb | monocaust | June 14th 19 |
A soaring journey of syncopation and harmony, reaching heights which the band has struggled to emulate since losing Ashe O'Hara
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| 4.0 excellent | kalkwiese | May 31st 18 |
This band doesn't do as much for me as I hoped.
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| 4.0 excellent | DecadentGuy | October 5th 16 |
I must go with rating up to 4. Mainly because on the second listen throung, I have enjoyed seemless, slow transitions (Exile - Eclipse). Thumbs up for raw, present bass. Vocals are unique enough while not drawing too much attention from echoing guitars (+ great saxofone!) Great experience!
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| 4.0 excellent | blacklightjer | August 4th 16 |
Album is getting better and better with every listen.
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| 2.5 average | EasterInTheBatcave | June 10th 16 |
There's a lot to love about Altered State, from the experimentation (clean guitars underneath distorted, saxophone solos), to the grooves (when they don't get boringly repetitive), to the excellent production, to the consistency, to the great performances. However, some of the tracks drag ("Of Reality - Eclipse" and "Of Energy - Singularity") and more of that aforementioned experimentation would be welcome. Altered State borders on excellent, and some of the songs ("Of Matter - Resist") reach that benchmark, but the record as a whole needs more of a push to get there.
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| 5.0 classic | Propose | March 5th 14 |
MetallicOpeth-senpai sent me here gotta so this is some pretty good stuff. Some subtle chords that transition well with heavier moments, switching between mechanical and human provides a nice sense of dichotomy. Crooning and soaring vocals that reflect the atmosphere nicely, like a wisp in the wind of once was civil human discourse. They know how to contain subtlety and manage their textures in a way that Meshuggah could only dream of. 5/5r
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| 3.0 good | MasBarHigeuoris21 | October 9th 13 |
Just saw these guys play live on Sunday and they put on a pretty damn good show. Was expecting this album to be good because of how good they sound live. Boy was I wrong. Good band live but man is this album boring in comparison.
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| 5.0 classic | Dduckster | July 10th 13 |
Gets better with time! This has turned into my favourite album in a very long time
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| 4.0 excellent | Kronzo | June 12th 13 |
TesseracT's sophomore album is definitely much more atmospheric than their debut. Altered State is a release that took some time to grow on me and I found myself appreciating it more and more each time I listened to it. It can get a bit samey at certain points but there really isn't a bad song on here.
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| 3.5 great | RedHorizon | June 8th 13 |
Tesseract has greatly evolved from their first album. Ashe has a pretty damn good voice. While many will consider this a weakness, the fact that most songs on here sounds similar actually enables us to see how the British band is capable of doing musically with a same musical formula.
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| 3.0 good | bigbrownbeaver | June 2nd 13 |
Tesseract has lost much of their tenacity on this album and have suffered because of it. On the first few listens it failed to impress me at all, but I've enjoyed it more over time.
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| 4.5 superb | Alex C. | May 20th 13 |
stuffsputnikdidntappreciateasmuchastheworlddid. Oh well.. Apparently it's one of those albums you either love or hate.
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| 2.0 poor | PunchforPunch | May 15th 13 |
I've already listened to this for the third time, I am mesmerized! This album was well worth the wait.? Tesseract's work in where they have taken this style of music is amazing, they are really setting the bar for what "Progressive" truly is over the period that they have been composing there music. And Ashe is a very nice complement to top it off. IMO this band is what metal has needed for sometime. And I know they will stay strong, and continue to progress through their journey in musicianship. -DjentDegenerate
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| 3.0 good | Yazz_Flute | May 14th 13 |
TesseracT release another album as monochromatic as their album covers.
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| 3.0 good | demon of surveillance | May 14th 13 |
Yawn. Nothing much happens with the album, but the saxophone fits really well.
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| 0.0 | LeisureMuffin | May 13th 13 |
The song "Resist" is the only thing that really stands out to me. That song is actually really good.
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| 3.0 good | SonofSnow | May 13th 13 |
A Sameness that isn't broken much throughout drags down an otherwise excellent record with
O'hara's vocals being a huge positive.
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