Album Rating: 4.5

Good

Album Rating: 4.0

Ditto the ridiculous expectation from many on this site that Nintendo should consistently make amazing game after amazing game. If you've ever worked with or known game developers in the real world, you'll understand that it's extremely hard, borderline impossible, to keep coming up with amazing Pokémon characters year after year. If a company makes just one great generation of pocket monsters, that's good enough. Any more is a bonus. Expecting more is unrealistic - and as a result, unfair. Gotta catch 'em all.

Album Rating: 3.0

this shit is growing off me FAST,

@ OllieS

I agree with some of what you’re saying but does that mean lowering our expectations & then albums we naturally deem ‘ok’ become better because artists put the hard yards in? ‘They tried’ let’s give them the benefit of the doubt, isn’t that artificial? Yes it’s a bit much to expect a masterpiece at every turn but most people don’t unless an artist has a history of doing so, see Opeth (now there’s a band some people are unfair on, a victim of their own past success if you will).

Personally there are plenty of amazing artists out there that prove it can be achieved, why would I settle for ‘it’s ok’ level music? I think you can appreciate the effort that went into something without declaring it excellent against your better judgement. Consumers have a right to choose, criticise & abandon music at will, that’s the nature of the beast. Music is an art form & criticism goes hand-in-hand.

As far as not giving something enough time to digest is concerned that’s a personal choice, like I said before there’s no perfect number of ‘listens’ & quality is often better than quantity. Often a record won’t grab you on first play but it will intrigue enough to return, if it’s flat out boring/jarring & doesn’t seem like your thing at all, then I wouldn’t blame anyone moving on.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

seeing this live made me appreciate it more. really superb musicianship and super tight playing.

Album Rating: 4.0

Gonna see em this weekend. Super pumped.

Violins can't melt cheese.

Album Rating: 3.5

i can stomach cheese no problem tho >:]

On the bright side... its not a Threshold album

MDB uses one of the rare cheese-free violins.

Album Rating: 3.0

production makes this so unenjoyable :c

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Don't see what's wrong with the production actually. It's not perfect but I think it pretty much suits the album fine.

Album Rating: 4.0

No one bats an eye at the same sterile production on countless melodeath records. I suppose the fact that this record goes for that "wall of noise" sound with some sections is why it's production comes under fire. Still, the only real complaints I have are nitpicks about the drums.

Album Rating: 2.5

The production is quite muddy and those drums sounds pretty bad overall. I mean it's compressed to heck like everything else that sounds like this, but there are bigger problems than sterility.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Muddy? Maybe a bit for the type of album it is but still that's a stretch imo. After relistening I agree with the mixing problem on the drums though.

Album Rating: 3.5

"No one bats an eye at the same sterile production on countless melodeath records"

i do tbh, but yea

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I don't understand what's so wrong with the production. never have. seems like people are just making up reasons to dislike it.

Yeah sounds like modern metal to me

Album Rating: 4.0

Anything is better than The Flesh Prevails. That album (instrumentally) was awesome but after two songs the production made my ears feel like they had wasps poured into them.

Album Rating: 3.5

i do feel this is too compressed, and i hate the whole trend in modern metal. i know super-clean production is also kinda cheesy, since it's associated with rather cheesy acts, but at least it lets me hear everything with more detail