"What excess!? What they hell is at excess about this release, or the way they do their thing exactly fucktard?"

This is essentially a progressive metal album and therefore part of one of the most excessive genres ever to emerge. Most of the metal sections, the songwriting, and epic/awesome/whatever vibe and scale of the whole thing are excessive. As before, I get the appeal - I like a lot of prog metal that I consider gloriously excessive. However, this just comes across as boring and contrived to me.

Album Rating: 4.0

god damn this thread is awful (not so much this page as stuff before)

Album Rating: 4.0

yo snoxbro, you should jam the new Downfall of Gaia



think crusty black metal with tastefully placed atmosludge jams, or maybe a really filthy version of Altar of

Plagues



idk whether it's actually your thing or not but i'm inebriated atm and i'm jamming this and god damn this shit rips

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"This is essentially a progressive metal album and therefore part of one of the most excessive genres ever to emerge. Most of the metal sections, the songwriting, and epic/awesome/whatever vibe and scale of the whole thing are excessive. As before, I get the appeal - I like a lot of prog metal that I consider gloriously excessive. However, this just comes across as boring and contrived to me."



To each their own then. I certainly don't feel that way, let alone about a whole sub section. Progressive=excessive...... The way peoples minds work -_-

Album Rating: 4.5

oshi downfall of gaia has a new one out

yeah this shit is rad as hell

Album Rating: 2.5

Meh

To each their own then. I certainly don't feel that way, let alone about a whole sub section. Progressive=excessive...... The way peoples minds work -_-

I did not equate the two, I just said that progressive music tends towards being excessive, just like hardcore tends towards being aggressive.

Actually, a fairer comparison would be metal tending towards being aggressive. Prog isn't always excessive, but it has a habit of veering towards ridiculous levels of self-indulgence, which I consider 'excess.'

Album Rating: 4.0

My main issue with this album is that it's really not easy to listen to the whole thing, but each individual track is very strong. Production needs work though.



Still very good, but far from a masterpiece.

What's your issue with the production?

"No, I'd stick with the hardcore/aggressive comparison. All hardcore has an aggressive quality, not all metal does."

That's why I changed it; not all prog is obviously excessive.

Album Rating: 4.0

Well, to sum up album averages on sputnik from my experience on the site:



If something's 4,1 - it's usually really 4,1

If something's 3,6 - it's usually like 3,3

If something's 3,8 it's either like 4,1 or like 3,5

And if something's 4,3 - 4,6 it's way fucking overrated

Album Rating: 3.0

lol

Album Rating: 5.0

I find the first line of your summary pretty exhilarating, i can't stop laughing.

Album Rating: 4.0

actually that's pretty true what xfing said

"If something's 3,8 it's either like 4,1 or like 3,5"

That's actually surprisingly true sometimes. Otherwise, bullshit.

Album Rating: 4.5

"if something's 4,3 - 4,6 it's way fucking overrated"



except Isis and Moonsorrow

Album Rating: 4.5

and Paysage

Album Rating: 4.0

and edge of sanity