Album Rating: 2.0

no singles on this album, triplets only

I am listening to this now and Danny is what makes me enjoy it.
Few drummers could make some of the clunkier songwriting on this interesting like he can.

Also, the second solo on Tempest (the long one) and the last one is everything I love and hate about Adam as a player.

Album Rating: 3.0

Grew off of me a little again. Still conflicted about this.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah it's a bumpy ride

Album Rating: 5.0

Yap...no singles...weird...

Trif, participating on the thread does not help. I stay strong tho m/

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean how the fuck this singleless, japanless piece is top sales?

You re a tiny right chug! Drummer is amazing and live would pull your froggy neck balls to the right place x)

Album Rating: 5.0

I get the haters and the fanboys of course.

But why the hell these wishy-washy 3.somethings are still around, I shall never know.

Album Rating: 3.0

Hahaha ouch.

I don't hate it, I don't adore it. Sounds like a 3.5 to me.

Album Rating: 5.0

He said for the fucking 500th time lol WHAT IS UR POINT?

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

if you agree it's sort of an average album but you absolutely love the band or the genre then that could lead to the sort of conflict than lands it a 3 or 3.5 rating

Album Rating: 3.0

Well if you're going to ask the same question for the 500th time, you kind of can expect the same answer too.

Album Rating: 5.0

I never asked that before. God damn subtle troll. It's easier with a dude like doof who can't help being serious.

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

if you think I'm always being serious you're being too serious

Album Rating: 3.0

You did ask many variations of ''why are you still here'' over the course of these 300+ pages, the answer is going to be a variation too. I never said ''I don't hate it I don't love it'', usually my answer was something like ''because it's the most active thread on Sput'', which is still true.

Album Rating: 5.0

why the 3.5 rating tho

Album Rating: 3.0

If this was a troll-comment: well played.



If not:

- I am annoyed they chose to be so sonically similar to their older stuff, to me it still is uncomfortably ''we've heard that before earlier''

- I dislike the production, especially for the drums

- I don't think Maynard's performance here is all that interesting, it's leaving me cold

- Songs do go on for way too long and stay relatively uneventful too often for my tastes

- The interludes on the online version and CCT aren't doing it any favours

But

+ I still enjoy spinning most of this

+ The stretch Pneuma - Invincible - Descending is great

+ Sometimes this meditative flow is very nice



Pick your poison!

Album Rating: 5.0

The poison I pick is that you 2d Mer de Noms, therefore I am completely immune to any of your poisons..ahahah

This actually grew on me. I like it better now than first.

Album Rating: 4.0

I am one of those that Doof mentioned, except I love this band so hard that this goes from a 3 or something to a 4