Album Rating: 4.5

drums sound awful, goes to show how much production has declined over the years



Nick does sound awesome but I wonder what kind of studio shenanigans they had to pull off to make him sound that good, no way he can pull that off live imo. I'd love to be proven wrong tho

Album Rating: 4.0

kind of the struggle I face with a lot of re-recordings, some things are better yet some areas took a cut. I agree that Holmes sounds awesome here and the guitars also rock, definitely some essence of their resurrected death-doom sound. But the drums sound like they were mixed for a different project..

Album Rating: 4.5

Album seems to always be better than I think. The rerecording was ok.

Just found the Icon 30 CD in my mail box as I'm going out. Can't wait to be back lol

double kill

Album Rating: 4.0

The re-recorded version of Embers Fire is already one of my most played PL tracks

Album Rating: 4.5

bumped my rating up for this again, this and draconian times just had an utterly unique sound.

Album Rating: 4.5

damn i really need to jam the rerecording tonight, hyped af.

might actually buy it if its great

Album Rating: 4.5

Icon 30 fucks, love these lads

Album Rating: 5.0

fuck yesssss

Halifax as fuck

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"Nick does sound awesome but I wonder what kind of studio shenanigans they had to pull off to make him sound that good, no way he can pull that off live imo. I'd love to be proven wrong tho"

For what it's worth, I saw them live in Lisbon last December 16, playing this album in it's entirety, and Nick sounded better than he has in many year (last time I had seen them was 2019 and he wasn't sounding this amazing, for sure).

Album Rating: 4.5

he has taken singing lessons

Album Rating: 4.5

it's never too late

Album Rating: 4.0

Album is stellar but I’ve been really struggling with the shift in vocals on this one. While the growls were nothing incredible, these cleans feel really forced and generic. I think I’ll keep moving forward with their discog bc I’ve been hung up on this album. Again, musically I think it’s wonderful. I wonder if I’d dig Icon 30? Sorry to all the super fans who find my comment blasphemous, just my opinion and I mean no disrespect. Very excited to hear the rest of this bands music

Album Rating: 4.5

gothic metal lives off the dichotomy of less-than-ideally (real and emotional feeling) sung vocal lines paired with amazing riffage and general great moody instrumentation.

the cure, katatonia the list goes on.

Album Rating: 4.5

no disrespect taken but for me the vocals on this are top 3 metal vocals of all time

Album Rating: 3.5

The songs are great here. Unfortunately the musicianship isn't. The vocals and lead guitar are off-key far too often. Draconian Times is where everything really clicked into place for them.



The re-recorded version of this is better.

Album Rating: 4.0

-- The vocals and lead guitar are off-key far too often



I vehemently beg to differ, if what you say were the case, album wouldn't be considered a classic, even and especially in the '90s.



That said, I haven't listened to the re-recording, and I don't plan to do so, because it’s sole purpose is to provide a solution to a business problem.

Album Rating: 4.5

its the superior listening experience though regardless of its purpose.