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anode
May 25th 2025


3011 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think it’d be better without it but not a deal breaker for me

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
May 25th 2025


29710 Comments


this album isn’t bad per se it just doesn’t really work.

traced in air is one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 25th 2025


116715 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Traced sucks yeah.

anode
May 25th 2025


3011 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

how does this not work? i get thats its inaccessible and offputting but if anything it works. it flows perfectly, leans fully into the sci fi slant, and is technically spot on

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
May 25th 2025


29710 Comments


songwriting is poor, jazzy stuff and clean guitars don’t mesh and sound out of place, vocoders are nails on a chalkboard bad, Scott burns worst production job by a large margin.

i just don’t think any part of this band really works.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 25th 2025


116715 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

I disagree with all of that only concering this album. I agree from Traced onward lol.

anode
May 25th 2025


3011 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

songwriting has its ups and downs (eagle nature, uroboric forms, and how could i are brilliant), what clean guitars?, vocoder is silly and out of place but not aesthetically displeasing at least for me, production is fine if maybe a little uneven. but overall its just a good ol time and holds up infinitely because its so different

Ambrosian
May 25th 2025


281 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Vocoder goes hard

Koris
Emeritus
May 25th 2025


22627 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Scott burns worst production job by a large margin."



Tomb of the Mutilated has always been my least favorite production job of his, but to each their own

TheSonomaDude
May 25th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

the new mix is way worse, very hollow

MillionDead
May 26th 2025


6307 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"songwriting is poor" Utter blasphemy. Like, this band has top tier musicianship, it literally cannot be surpassed, only matched. The vocoder is just another instrument. Traced is a 5 too. I don't think the fall off happened until Kindly Bent.

osmark86
May 26th 2025


12576 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Was I just assumed to be gen z because I said didn't like the vocoder on here a few pages back? I've seen a lot of dumb comments on this site but that one pushes new frontiers.



Someguest, my dear guy, you can do better.

osmark86
May 26th 2025


12576 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Silly double post

Jurtz
May 26th 2025


5340 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah major bitter old man vibes

Asdfp277
May 26th 2025


25708 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

ah

StormChaser
May 26th 2025


3154 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Milliondead is spot on, but nowadays it's cool to shit on acclaimed bands that actually put in the work and hours to craft something special, so I'm not surprised by the recent negativity. Also, thought "they" bounced right back with Ascension Codes, another brilliant record

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 26th 2025


116715 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

This is their only good album.

StormChaser
May 26th 2025


3154 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

how can one love this and not at least like TiA is beyond me

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 26th 2025


116715 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Pretty easily tbh lol.

ToSmokMuzyki
May 26th 2025


15099 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

yeah well they put focus into this one so



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