Album Rating: 4.5

forgot how much this rules

Album Rating: 4.8

Yes indeed.

Album Rating: 4.0

it took me several years to get my head around appraising this as a post-metal album instead of a black metal album and then it more or less clicked

Album Rating: 5.0

"Ashes is almost perfect except the first iteration of our fortress is burning sounds like amateur meandering"



Lol, I've had Our Fortress is Burning I as my ringtone for like a decade now (it's always on silent regardless). I think the meandering is pretty perfect. Sort of a wandering instrumental

Album Rating: 4.0

Honestly I'm all for more amateur meanderings. Life is too Polyphia these days.

Album Rating: 5.0

Take that and think of the closing minutes to Fire Above, Ice Below. It seemed pretty clear that these dudes loved extended instrumental breaks where they could just jam. Seriously, playing the Fire Above, Ice Below closing riff is super easy but hypnotic once you get going.

Album Rating: 5.0

[3] album is practically perfection

Album Rating: 4.8

Yeah.

Album Rating: 4.5

fire above, fire below, fire everywhere / 5

...& our fortress is burning & we had to tend to the flames (hence temporarily forgetting to play our instruments properly for a bit there -0.5)



understandable

Album Rating: 4.8

I think it's about time to jam this again.

Album Rating: 4.5

Not Unlike The Waves heavy ass riff is living rent free in my head rn (since this was bumped), so I may as well be jamming it in reality lol

the big beautiful bastard does that

Album Rating: 4.8

Hell yeah brother.

Album Rating: 4.5

first 3 albums all elite tier

Album Rating: 4.8

First 4 yeah.

Album Rating: 5.0

Album has literally never left rotation

Album Rating: 4.8

Absolutely not!

I hate how the vocalist nerfed his range to the ground in order to do the one-tone cartoonish voice.

Album Rating: 4.0

monotone yeah, but I'm...not hearing cartoonish

Album Rating: 4.8

Bassline with a bad take, shocker!

Album Rating: 5.0

I still stand by the opinion that there are no bad takes. I'm definitely hearing cartoonish but not in aggravating amounts (if you want a really cartoonish voice check how Matt Tuck sounds this year).