Album Rating: 3.5

This one's pretty solid.

Album Rating: 3.0

definitely their best

Album Rating: 3.0

discog walk; fun album, pretty good, "The Raging Season/Absinthe And rue/Rapture Or Pain" are very good. Unstable vocal control but tremendous instrumentation part. rate bump.

It's not the best but it's a good debut. [2], agreed with Casavir

Album Rating: 4.0

outstanding guitar work on here (no surprise)

Album Rating: 3.2

I do feel this one is slightly underrated. Not great by any means imo, but it's certainly better than the goddamn 1.5 Allmusic gave it, lol

Album Rating: 1.0

This is the issue with me always (or at least trying to) listen to a bands discography front to back, debuts can be *very* hit or miss.

Album Rating: 4.0

too many debuts are compared against a sound that a band developed after many years of making music. the energy on debuts is something that is usually lost as time goes on and i find myself very drawn to debut albums for that reason. bands also have much more sophisticated recording equipment and a lot of people can't see beyond production quality, so i think many debuts are unfairly maligned. i love starting with a band's first album and seeing how their sound develops.

Album Rating: 1.0

"i love starting with a band's first album and seeing how their sound develops."



That's why I love to start from the beginning as well. But in this case, man this is rough. Rod could not sing. At All. I've already started the second album and so far it is a massive improvement.

Album Rating: 4.0

eh, vocals in metal can't really lessen the experience for me in 99% of cases. though they can elevate the experience if they're good

Album Rating: 3.0

"eh, vocals in metal can't really lessen the experience for me in 99% of cases. though they can elevate the experience if they're good"



Completely agree. also people seriously are freaking out about these vocals, like okay yeah they arent great but hardly bad. But again yeah I care more about authenticity over technical skill to a certain degree.

Album Rating: 3.0

It's fineeeee



It exists



But this band has so many epic releases this one is just kinda there

Album Rating: 3.2

"Completely agree. also people seriously are freaking out about these vocals, like okay yeah they arent great but hardly bad. But again yeah I care more about authenticity over technical skill to a certain degree."



Reminds me of people griping about Dominici's vox in the first DT album. And I never really had a problem with those vocals either... if anything, it's kinda cool to hear an alternate-universe DT where LaBrie isn't the vocalist