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Storm In A Teacup
June 5th 2025


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Oh my god its an inferior version of the song. Wow

Storm In A Teacup
June 5th 2025


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I might 1 this

nash1311
June 5th 2025


10619 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

There’s yeah 2 of the songs on this were singles prior from a long time ago

Ectier
June 5th 2025


4625 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

I cannot ever see myself returning to this

Wildcardbitchesss
June 5th 2025


19722 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

“I might 1 this”

Justified tbh

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
June 5th 2025


11974 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@Tundra

Based take that explains away half of why this album is so goddamn lukewarm

I loved their old harsh vocals. Much less your standard guttural/snarl and more like the coarse bellowing of a giant the likes of which I've never heard in tech death.

Nomos2
June 5th 2025


2132 Comments


hate that I saw this coming

GhostShelter
June 5th 2025


1545 Comments


There was actually 3 singles on this that were put out a while ago - suborbital, criminals and American death.

metalphil
June 5th 2025


1402 Comments


Yeah Jake is missed for sure, such a unique growl / scream in the genre which definitely helped make Owls so awesome. I actually do wonder if that uniqueness is partially tied to his hearing loss.

DadKungFu
Emeritus
June 6th 2025


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Big ol snoozer

nash1311
June 6th 2025


10619 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I’m actually surprised I enjoyed the first half as much as I did I thought I was going to hate all of this

ShapeOfJizzToCum
June 6th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"I loved their old harsh vocals. Much less your standard guttural/snarl and more like the coarse bellowing of a giant the likes of which I've never heard in tech death."

Hard agree for sure.



This definitely benefits from topping my expectations despite being mid as hell but it is mid as hell for sure.

Christbait
June 6th 2025


1491 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Shame this can't be a more consistent album. I'll say it again, Despair Church is one of the best songs they've done. Those cleans in the chorus give me goosebumps. There's some very high highs on this thing but it's ultimately stuck churning its wheels 60-70% of the time.

GhostShelter
June 6th 2025


1545 Comments


I don’t really get the hype over despair church. Everyone on socials is raving over that particular one. I mean it’s fine, it’s good but not even the best on the album IMO.

Christbait
June 6th 2025


1491 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It's a dynamic song on an album that doesn't try to set itself apart too much. Definitely a personal standout as is Water & Time.

metalphil
June 7th 2025


1402 Comments


Yeah not getting the hype over that song either. I think the best track here is (outside of the lyrics) Dustman.

Overall after listening to this a few times now, I feel like they leaned way too heavily on Andy's vocals for the "hooks". I like his singing a lot but they can't carry the whole album.

ChuckyTruant
June 7th 2025


15956 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Criminals is almost laughably bad. what the hell happened to these guys?

PostmanPat
June 7th 2025


549 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

At least it's better than The Work in virtually every way.

PostmanPat
June 7th 2025


549 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Dare say, I like this album. Not ground breaking, sure, but a pleasant listen with some good moments. Has some misses, but overall, totally enjoyable.

GhostShelter
June 7th 2025


1545 Comments


To me House of Light is the most quintessential RoN track on the album and also my favorite. It kind of reminds me of The Void from the work which is one of the few good songs on that album, and one of the band’s best songs to date.



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