Album Rating: 3.0

Mmmm steak but yeah this is good

It indeed is good. Excellent even.

They really like tacky album covers huh

Yup. Always have. Although Contradictions Collapse was a label decision and the least of several evils they've had to pick from.

Finished this now. At first glance does not have a very album-y feeling, I had to keep reorienting myself where I was in the album (if that makes sense). Felt a bit disconnected. But I'm sure subsequent spins will make me feel more at home here.

Spin number 2 starts now!

symbols > aesthetic brah

Fo sho.

And it fits them too. Their whole 'we do what we want' thing. If anything I like them more for it.

Album Rating: 3.5

Second or third spin it will all come together trif. Same thing happened with me. It usually is that way with meshuggah.

Album Rating: 4.5

Ligature Marks is a strangely arousing track, it gives the weirdest boner.

A polyrhythmically thrusting boner.

Certainly true Em.

Album Rating: 4.0

Best song here

Black Cathedral feels great in the context of the record

I really like the groove of The Faultless.

Cathedral was nice yeah, works well where it's placed too.

Album Rating: 3.5

oh... its already time huh

Album Rating: 3.5

Broken Cog is a doozy of an opener.

Album Rating: 3.5

The doozyiest. The faultless is where its at pleb

Album Rating: 3.5

That track reminds me of Monstrocity's intro groove... but 10x filthier.

Album Rating: 4.5

Slammin

Album Rating: 3.5

This definitely has some of their nastiest material, the guitars are so suffocating.

Album Rating: 4.0

that phantoms outro tho omg

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, it's a soul crusher.