Album Rating: 3.0

agreed about the transitions, everything flows at least fairly well

Album Rating: 2.0

It's more the mechanical soullessness that ruins this.

Album Rating: 2.0

Of course they put a ton of effort and, probably, passion into this. That doesn't save it from coming across as overly professional in a way that lacks emotional impact



"Where do people get these kinds of criticisms."



Maybe because it sounds more like an exercise in composition - with a lot of effort and time put into it - than a heartfelt work of art?

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

these guys don't have a monopoly on hard work or passion, lots of bands do that shiz. It definitely doesn't resonate with me emotionally and when I ask myself why it's because it's clunky and has everything but the kitchen sink thrown in and just tries too damn hard. Has anyone mentioned the lyrics yet? Now don't get me wrong, lyrics are not the MOST important thing but they have a relevance. I read this and laughed.



hear the children breathless sleep

where they dream a new day echoing

oh when they dream ebb and flow,... free falling

beautiful and calm and fragile, and whole



u wot m8

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

http://memecrunch.com/meme/3L0DE/tom-green-proud/image.jpg

Album Rating: 4.5

Damn I hate this thread. So many snide comments and baseless arguments.

Album Rating: 5.0

Listen to the last 3 minutes of Pyrrhic, howcan you say it is soulless and mechanical?!

Album Rating: 2.0

I don't like it because:

- Drums suck, they ruin whatever good is happening at the same time.

- Vocals are generic, shrieks and cleans.

- Guitars are generic.

- Overproduced and mechanical, same problem I have with later period DT.

- In the end, nothing really stands out. Even with the different sections there's no contrast at all and everything blends together.



Also, this is MY OPINION. Did you catch that already? Look where we are idiot, a music reviews site, everything written here is a fucking opinion.

hey user OvDeath, why don't you stop being insufferably dense and actually let people share their opinions instead of using terrible logic to rebut them

Album Rating: 2.0

Suit yourself. This sucks, but if you like it go ahead.

"Damn I hate this thread. So many snide comments and baseless arguments."

Welcome to Sputnikmusic.com, may I take your order?

Album Rating: 2.0

Ov, you should get out more, maybe get some friends or get laid once in a while...

terrible thread

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah this went to shit in a hurry. if someone dislikes an album you dig, just let them sit there in their wrongness and be wrong.

Album Rating: 3.5

Naw, Portal of I is better.

Album Rating: 3.5

The clean singer also sounds a bit less like a faggoty artist type in a scarf and a beret than he did on the previous album



hahahaha

Album Rating: 2.0

"if someone dislikes an album you dig, just let them sit there with their opinion and get over it."



Fix'd

Album Rating: 4.5

Fair.

Album Rating: 4.5

I actually like the drum sound a lot, with a few nitpicks.



The china cymbals he uses on this album are nowhere near as awesome as the UFIP ones he used on Portal of I. They just had this dark, explosive sound that was quite enjoyable and here they sound quite standard.



I understand why the bass drum is so mechanical sounding -- You want to hear every individual note and otherwise it would bleed into a smushy mess at those high tempos. However, the toms didn't need to be the same way. They could have benefited from more tone. This is definitely a personal preference, but look to the last few minutes of Pyrrhic (amazing, by the way) as reference. We hear the drums isolated from the track and they... sound somewhat lacking. You can tell they compensated in the mixing by giving them more character, but there is a reason the post-metal guys use huge, deep toms with little post-production finicking. They sound soooo much better for tribal parts where instrumentation is sparse.

Album Rating: 4.5

"there is a reason the post-metal guys use huge, deep toms with little post-production finicking. They sound soooo much better for tribal parts where instrumentation is sparse."



#GardenofLight