Album Rating: 4.0
more tepid jabbing (read: shitposting) at a difference of opinion but in keeping with sput tradition you bumbling into threads and failing the vibe check is certainly on brand
the more serious answer is i only care for firebug's opinion as far as i can throw him, which is to say his opinion is completely inconsequential to my wellbeing (rather than disliking him as a user - i fw him!) so i don't feel the need to provide a substantive response for why he's wrong, but okay fine i'll oblige:
some of his critique is vapid and handwavy. what "glue and spirit" held the first album together that isn't present here? what does "doing whats right" even mean? i certainly understand music is a lot about ~feel~ and he's not writing a thesis on the album but conversely i don't know how to engage with hollow commentary either
the more substantiated points are, in my view, nonsense. musically this sounds like the decade-later evolution of a sub-sub-sub-sub-genre they created, utilizing much of the same dissonance/excessive syncopation/spooky ambient passages/pitch shifting/minor chords and yes chugs (of which there are many on the original). they took those elements and cranked them to 11. i don't know what to tell someone who can't pick up on the stylistic similarities of the two albums with their overt use of melodic/dissonant notes overlaying a syncopated chugging backdrop. the primary difference is this album feels more freeform in its songwriting yet is surprisingly more cohesive with the motifs littered throughout. i don't think this should have been a double album (and it's my primary gripe with it) but a full playthrough gives The Album Experience™ far better than the original. let's not forget the continuing lyrical narrative and thematic consistency with the original or the fact track 8 is a literal homage to it that borders on fan service. i'm not saying this shit is high art but calling it a mislabeled companion piece is dumb/stupid/silly/incorrect/wrong/invalid sorry. frankly i'd argue this is a far better sequel than most bands' attempts
re: grooves and pointless chugs i merely disagree. just off the top of my head nar de du alskar, kaos2, masstadens nationalsang, and heartsmear have lovely groove-n-riff moments but that's also as subjective as it gets so i'm not convincing anyone otherwise
does that suffice you smarmy turd?
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