Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I wasn't sure about this at first but now I really do love it. Not sure if I like this more than The Congregation but I do like it more than Coal.

This was amazing after first listen

fun fact - Malina means Raspberry in Russian..

Vocals are excellent, reminded me of a-ha in (many) places.

Album Rating: 3.0

Einar's always come up with interesting and catchy vocal melodies. He has definitely listened to a lot of pop music growing up

Album Rating: 3.5

gonna listen to this now

Album Rating: 4.0

Poppy style has always suited them, I might almost enjoy this record more than The Congregation. Very hard picking between them all though, I think all their records are really solid!

Album Rating: 3.5

not familiar with the album yet, but Stuck is a great jam

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Yeah, one of my problem with their newer music, mostly this new album is that it's so heavily vocal driven.. of course, that doesn't mean it's automatically bad but I didn't started to listen to them because of the vocals.. I like them, but when the music behind the vocals is lacking, then yes, that's a problem for me .. even more so when the band plays/played prog music

Album Rating: 3.0

Vocals get kinda tiresome at points, and are mixed too loud imo. Otherwise its a pretty solid album.

Album Rating: 3.0

Einar has been taking more control of the songwriting, with every album, that's the wht recent ones are very vocal heavy

Album Rating: 3.0

Just doesn't seem to have the same energy anymore. Lost it around Coal, found a little in parts of Congregation, lost it completely again here.



Bass play on Mirage was fun, though.

Album Rating: 3.0

The spark that attracted to the band is being tamed by Einar. That's what pisses me off the most about the current direction of the band

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

well to be fair they were banking off the heels of Ihsahn for their first three albums. That being said I do hope this direction isn't permanent because there can be a lot of problems moving along with this sound.

Album Rating: 3.0

Ihsahn helped with the production and added vocals, but I don't think he was involved in any songwriting. So this change in direction is definitely induced by Einar's desire to make "mature" music

Fun fact, Ihsahn's wife is the vocalist, Einar Solberg's, sister.

Album Rating: 4.0

you could word this sentense so much better, it took me minutes to understand sth I already knew.

The singer's sister is Ihsahn's wife.

Album Rating: 4.0

good, here's a cookie!

yum, thanks!