Album Rating: 3.5

Katabasis is just the same riff over and over, boring af, lead guitar buried in the mix in some parts, why is the chug so much louder than the lead guitar? bumping down

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Oh no!

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Please do a Boris discog dive, the comedy will write itself.

Album Rating: 3.5

At least the mix isnt as atrocious and In Lak'Ech (although its close), that mix sounds muddy af, and the bass is the loudest thing in the mix, guitars buried to all fuck

Album Rating: 3.5

this is basically just a complete misfire for me, the mix is just horrible, I dont know how but they managed to make 10 boring Persefone songs in a row, hope they do a Fallujah and go back to what made SM so great in the next one

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I don't know how you decided to swerve into this realization after listening to it however many times. Assuming it's a typical mood swing Tundra day and you will have this at a 4.5 or 1.5 in a month for an entirely unique and thrilling reason.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Boris discog dive [2]

Album Rating: 3.0

‘This album takes those tendencies + the spacey atmosphere of Aathma and refines them, it's the logical conclusion of their evolution in that regard’ (2)

yeah, I’ll definitely agree with you there Mars, the evolution is logical (I just didn’t get on with the ‘transitional period’ as I see it)… we can disagree on the quality of the individual albums but I would never claim these don’t have a vision or aren’t dedicated craftsman, they just lost me for a while

Album Rating: 3.5

It was already refined to perfection on Aathma, this is just a regression in every way

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Oh no!



"yeah I’ll definitely agree with you there Mars, the evolution is logical (I just didn’t get on with the ‘transitional period’ as I see it)… we can disagree on the quality of the individual albums but I would never claim these don’t have a vision or aren’t dedicated craftsman, they just lost me for a while"



All good my man, I understand your stance and how you feel pretty clearly. They really cleaned up the songwriting and I think it paid off a ton.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yes I would not like Boris because the mix is also atrocious, plus its drone metal which is a boring genre, I'd take funeral doom over drone metal (dont even like funeral doom that much)

Album Rating: 3.0

Tundra not liking genres that rely on atmospheric moodiness, understatement and slow but steady progressions… who’d have thought it?

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Oh don't forget patience bb, there is no patience to spare :^(

Album Rating: 3.5

I like plenty of moody pop songs, like Portal by Lights, Apparition by Sleep Token, or Dream Library by Vylet Pony, I do struggle to get into the more moody side of metal though

Album Rating: 3.0

okay, think I’m understanding where the problem is now 🤔

Album Rating: 3.5

it's a "problem" that you think it's a "problem"

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

If your apex of moody pop at all includes Sleep Token, we do indeed have a problem.

Album Rating: 4.0

Mission failed listening to SATH. Will try again soon



Nvm: decided to have a run again at it

Album Rating: 4.0

"This album takes those tendencies + the spacey atmosphere of Aathma and refines them, it's the logical conclusion of their evolution in that regard."





I tend to resent the idea that simplification = maturity/refinement. It's silly to call Metanoia simple or boring or anything like that, but imo SM and Aathma were pretty much peak prog death albums and Metanoia just feels like them making something safer/a bit easier to play live, it's still a very solid album and many of the same elements are there it just feels very lesser, and I don't think there's anything presented on SM or Aathma that are *so* wild that they *need* to be dialed back to make a better or more refined album, all they did was dial back the things that made this band stand out to me more than others.

Album Rating: 3.0

they redefined prog death with Core, I’d actually argue their sound was unique already (not that there’s anything wrong with attempting to reinvent yourself, these guys refuse to stand still, for better or worse).