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666Micrograms
January 1st 2013


923 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

bad album is bad

bach
January 27th 2013


16922 Comments


I prefer this to exo. only marginally

Progger6009
January 31st 2013


1144 Comments


Much more lax, I like it better.

Insurrection
January 31st 2013


24856 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Holomovement is so good

R6Rider
January 31st 2013


5282 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Tried listening to this a few months ago and I hate to say it, but this is a pretty gay album.

SmokingTheClouds
February 1st 2013


639 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Holomovement is the best thing this band has ever done.



I liked Exoplanet, but this is just much farther ahead in terms of maturity and musical depth.



Vocalist went from near-unbearably-bad, to more than good enough. Both in cleans and harsh vocals. Especially harsh though. Also, dat bass is great.

Mickeymau5
February 1st 2013


1614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Holo is so so good

Progger6009
February 1st 2013


1144 Comments


Ya pretty nasty but feedback loop is my jam of the album.

KILL
February 1st 2013


81582 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

awful

KILL
February 1st 2013


81582 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

oop

KjSwantko
February 1st 2013


12568 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Pretty not very good

Curse.
February 1st 2013


8079 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

this is the definition of an average album

XfingTheSullen
February 1st 2013


5558 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I kinda like this album. Exoplanet had amazing moments, but was tedious at times. This is never tedious at least.

Yuli
Emeritus
February 1st 2013


10767 Comments


Solipsis is so bad =[

Insurrection
February 1st 2013


24856 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I like it actually. It brings the brutalz

YankeeDudel
February 1st 2013


9342 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

brutally bad lolz zing

Insurrection
February 1st 2013


24856 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Good god Yankee, that is by far the funniest thing I ever did see! You sir are a comedic super genius

SmokingTheClouds
February 2nd 2013


639 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

People seem to either hate or love this album.



The only big issues I had with Exoplanet was the bad harsh vocals, and the amount of breakdowns. As far as I'm concerned, they fixed these issues.



My only concern is the production. It seems a lot "lesser" than on Exoplanet.



Suprised they didn't make ANOTHER re-do of "Flourish". haha.

Yuli
Emeritus
February 3rd 2013


10767 Comments


I loved Exoplanet's breakdowns, and I didn't hear any bad harsh vocals there. This, on the other hand, has some pretty shitty ones

SmokingTheClouds
February 3rd 2013


639 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Oh, I like some of the breakdowns on it. I recall actually explaining to someone how THAT is how you play a "heavy" breakdown. They just came far too often for my taste.



I suppose we disagree in our taste in harsh vocals then. Exoplanets sounded a lot more raw, but I found it very counterproductive for the space theme they were trying to convey. Too gritty and unpolished. The range was all over the place, in a bad way. The highs never hit high enough, the lows never hit low enough. The technique just didn't sound properly executted most of the time. That's not to say all of the harsh vocals were bad, but for the most part, it's what keeps me from listening to the album more.



Then again, I know friends who saw nothing wrong with them, and then friends who would refuse to listen any further because of the vocals.



The vocals here sound far more practiced. A lot more definition to them. Maybe I'm just blowing hot steam, but I've been practicing for quite a few years now, and there's just something to them that screams maturity in the execution and technique. Even the clean vocals sound more confident.



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