Never been able to get into these guys.

Thats not a bad thing at all

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

something about modern prog brings out the best in people

good shit man...
got to hear this album
but still even if i plan to hear this they will again get into their old style shit
irrespective of that shit i'll still give it a goo..

the third line in that comment made absolutely no sense.

Great review btw. pos.

Album Rating: 2.5

A 3 it is. A strongly disappointing record considering there are some absolutely brilliant parts on it

and some of the worst music I've heard in 2013. Will probably up a review on some of the more negative

aspects.



Biggest annoyance: I hate the snare on nigh every track. It sits terrible in the mix.

Album Rating: 3.5

"there are some absolutely brilliant parts on it

and some of the worst music I've heard in 2013"



Damn that's quite an indictment. To each his own I guess. What parts besides the snare do you hate?

Album Rating: 4.5

first listen went so-so, but that was the same for "Sound Awake" as well and I can already feel some songs growing on me already



eidolon = song of the year

Album Rating: 2.5

I agree. Eidolon is brilliant and easily my favorite track.



@ Mong123: The Refusal is convoluted and incoherent and easily among the worst tracks I've heard

this year. It sounds like a fun experimentation for the guys, but also awkwardly terrible on its own

and as a part of the record. I find a good part of Asymmetry to be contrived and not as naturally

flowing as Sound Awake. I was often not even aware of the shifts in time signatures because they

felt so damn natural. On Asymmetry, the calculated switch often irks me. Also, their inability to

use interludes well is more apparent here than on Sound Awake, with the title track being very

abrasive and Amusia just being a pointless intermission. I also think Kenny is really hit and miss

here. He has some genius melodies (hi Sky Machine), but he bores me to death sometimes with vocal

patterns that lead nowhere like a tumbleweed running circles in the Gobi desert.

Album Rating: 3.5

@Zuzek I agree the snare is a little harsh, but I honestly don't mind the interludes. We Are and Eidolon are my favorites.

Album Rating: 2.0

This can't be the worst album of the year that's why we have let live.

Album Rating: 2.5

Short addition about Eidolon..



..dat bridge.

Album Rating: 4.5

this album is so forward thinking...."We Are" literally made me tear up watching it along the music video, this shit go hard.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Short addition about Eidolon..



..dat bridge."





Agreed. That bridge has basically brightened my year.

Album Rating: 2.5

"but he bores me to death sometimes with vocal

patterns that lead nowhere like a tumbleweed running circles in the Gobi desert."



This. At least half of the vocal melodies here could be picked up from where they are and thrown in at any point in any other song and you wouldn't notice the difference. It's fucking disappointing to say the least

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm warming up to some of the songs on here. I still need to listen to the second half though. Overall it's very good, but not on the level of Sound Awake.

Album Rating: 2.5

i think this'll grow to at least a 4 for me... but unnamedocean pretty much nailed how i feel too

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

I still need to listen to the second half though

Album Rating: 2.0

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Album Rating: 2.0

but he bores me to death sometimes with vocal

patterns that lead nowhere like a tumbleweed running circles in the Gobi desert."



This. At least half of the vocal melodies here could be picked up from where they are and thrown in at any point in any other song and you wouldn't notice the difference. It's fucking disappointing to say the least