The album is currently sitting in the 3.5-ish realm for me, maybe a bit less.

Album Rating: 3.0

Like 3.2 for me

Album Rating: 2.5

on the plus side this makes me appreciate a lot of their prior work so much more

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I can see my rating dropping but idk yet

Album Rating: 4.5

As long as you don't go beneath the 4.0 I can see that too.



Another day of this has come!

Album Rating: 3.5

Solid album but definitely not one of their best

Album Rating: 4.5

Fellas be serious

Album Rating: 4.5

"one of their best"

That would also be asking a lot, with how ultra good 'their best' is!



Loving this one.

Album Rating: 4.0

I feel like Opeth and Alcest put out albums on similar levels this year. Really good and sweet, they're just no career highlights

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah, but still dig this one over Les Chants, think this one is more of a step forward for Opeth than Les Chants is Alcest

Album Rating: 4.0

In terms of leaps forward that's absolutely true. I like them both pretty much equal though

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah rules

Album Rating: 2.5

The early going definitely has its moments, the album probably peaks with S3

I like elements of S6 but idk if it really works overall. That one and 7 are sort of a mess (and not the 'good kind'). The closer is dead on entry for that reason. It would never have been a highlight but by that point you've already lost interest and are planning an exit strategy

Album Rating: 2.5

Mediocre opeth

Album Rating: 2.0

yeah

Album Rating: 3.0

Some listens later and this still stays at 3/5 for me. This still feels disjointed for my taste, and the growls seem to not mix this well with the music. I also don't get the hype for S5, as the first half is definitely the strongest part of the record, along with the closer.



One or two more album in this direction with more finetuning and better song structure, and then maybe they can hit greatness again (if they still have some gas left in the tank by then).

Album Rating: 2.5

A bit underwhelming.

Album Rating: 4.5

My highlights are 4, 6 and 7 so far, so very much disagree there Demon!



Can't get this out of my head.

Album Rating: 4.0

3 is actually my least favorite one on here, and now that everybody's mentioning it, I do kinda feel like they could've cut the last track, though I love it. maybe kind of make it a bonus track like how Face in the Snow or Pyre were for Heritage. gorgeous tracks, but would perhaps not fit in the main body of the album stylistically

Album Rating: 4.5

§6 is one of the best songs they've written in a very long time.



That part after the solos goes so hard:

https://youtu.be/iMv-og9eltI?si=fzxo3Z7jV4i7uHmk&t=200



Yeah as far as the last track goes, it kills the end of an otherwise amazing album. I think it was intentional to sound drastically different than the rest of the record, and story wise it's almost meant as an epilogue, but it's the only song on the record where I want to press skip