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TzarChasm
May 1st 2012


279 Comments


Legitimate MP3 versions of this album STILL is not available online for US customers through Amazon,
iTunes, or anywhere else I've looked. It's almost like StS's label is trying to encourage piracy by
limiting US fans to ordering a hard copy from overseas. It's ridiculous, since the EU version of
Amazon has apparently had this in MP3 for a hell of a long time now.

Does anyone know where I can land a digital copy of this album and actually support the band without
spending twice as much on a disc?

Crysis
Emeritus
May 1st 2012


17628 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Just checked iTunes, they don't have it either. I personally have a hard copy.

TzarChasm
May 2nd 2012


279 Comments


Yeah, quite frankly it's pissing me off. I know this isn't the popular opinion here, but I *loved* the album stream of EF&tB. I very much want a copy of this, but asking me to pay $15 - $30 for a hard copy when I haven't put out more than $10 for an album in a year is quite unreasonable.

Crysis
Emeritus
May 2nd 2012


17628 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Might be the record store you used. I got mine for $10 brand new.

TzarChasm
May 2nd 2012


279 Comments


I just kind of figured I'd have to pay their label to ship a copy into the states, since I don't use eBay or any of its subsidiaries, and nobody I know of locally stocks the album at all. Even major retailers that I *can* order it through all have it listed as currently unavailable, meaning I'd have to order it and wait for them to get it before I can enjoy a copy.

Crysis
Emeritus
May 2nd 2012


17628 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Weird, my local record store had several copies in stock on a new release special for $9 and change.

Vakarian12
March 25th 2013


4091 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

underrated album, has lots great songs (This Cut, Catherdral Walls, Silent Towers, Night Will Forgive us, title track)

Iconoclast666
October 11th 2013


3 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Its Dissapointing that this Album gives so little. ^^ are great songs but the rest is fairly meh



I also dont mind Hate, Lead the way

ResidentNihilist
September 26th 2014


2150 Comments


first half of the title track is beautiful but then it just goes downhill. too unfocused

DungeonBoy
September 26th 2014


9736 Comments


I agree. It just makes me want to listen to The Morning Never Came. That album is so amazing.

lalchimiste
August 20th 2015


1131 Comments


New triple album (wtf?) coming this year : http://www.nocleansinging.com/2015/08/19/swallow-the-sun-announce-songs-from-the-north-i-ii-iii/

emester
August 20th 2015


8271 Comments


Never really listened to these guys but a triple album seems absurd enough to peak my interest a slight bit.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
November 10th 2015


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Silent Towers and This Cut is the Deepest always hit so hard, am hoping the triple album lives up to the choice cuts from here and New Moon. If it's anything like their first two or three masterpieces it'll be unreal though.

Ocean of Noise
December 10th 2015


10970 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This album is really Opeth-like. I actually dig it a lot.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
December 10th 2015


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

I love how they expanded their sound and upped the tempos even more on here, definitely lots of Opeth vibes with how dynamic and gothic it is.

Xenorazr
August 7th 2017


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

This is probably the most "fun" StS album.

KingDweedle
June 3rd 2018


392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I didn't have a lot of fun lmao.

Honestly this is by and large kind of dry and drags in parts. Harsh vocals are as usual quite vicious and there's a handful of good tracks (especially powerful closing track), but some songs feel lifeless, especially "This Cut Is the Deepest".

Xenorazr
June 3rd 2018


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

This is the easiest StS album for me to put on and simply listen to without much thought. Catchy verses and choruses, great production and never getting terribly dark or morose (melancholy sure, but that's as far as I'd go). All of their other albums are more dismal to my ears, possible exception being New Moon.

KingDweedle
June 3rd 2018


392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This might sound odd but I've never found any of their albums incredibly dismal, at least not in a way that dampens my own mood. It's like I know they're melancholic but they don't make me feel melancholic.

arapinho1
November 26th 2019


344 Comments


That tribute to Peter Steele is fantastic. I really like this album tbh



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