Album Rating: 5.0

I'm not sure I can properly explain. I think one of the more striking things about it is how....lame...the intro riff is. I'm totally fucking engrossed as soon as the verse hits, and Ashe's vocals as it leads into the clean / swirling guitar lines is probably his best moment on the album for me. That part has *just enough* One in it to tickle me in the right parts. I think dynamically, from there to the end of the track, the band was at their peak.



The song was kind of a grower, though, because its sandwiched between two songs that are much more immediate I think.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I'll give this another spin today. Don't know why I bother so much with music I don't love, but I dance around certain album quite a while sometimes. I also think that Ashe had more intricate melodies than Dan

Album Rating: 5.0

Ashe's vocals are indeed lightning in a bottle on this album. Voices from the Fuselage display an arguably better performance and writing ability on certain tracks, but the overall fit to this album and consistent excellence have created one of my favorite albums of all time.

Album Rating: 5.0

Album Rating: 4.0

Still the best Tesseract album.

Album Rating: 4.5

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Album Rating: 5.0

I loved Polaris twice as much as everyone else seemed to hate it, but it still pales in comparison to Altered State. Everything really came together and evolved here.

Album Rating: 4.0

"Everything really came together and evolved here"



This. The songwriting on their later stuff isn't bad but compared to their first two albums, the writing doesn't feel as ambitious.

Album Rating: 5.0

And here you get so many songs where the instruments are just grooving along to their own complex little duties, and they slowly build, and then come together for these big moments, and then go back, and it's hypnotic. Since then, they keep trying to write...I don't know....rock music? Chunky but insincere, boring riffs leading to faux-hard moments, admittedly masked by the best tone in the game. But jesus I find their music boring and familiar after this one.

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean we didn't get any more asheract but we got Voices from the Fuselage so I'd call it a win/win.



This album is an absolute classic.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

It certainly has its moments

Album Rating: 5.0

absolute classic [2]



The first 5 songs are stellar, and then the sax.

Album Rating: 5.0

best Tesseract besides One yeah

Better than anything by Purriphurry agreed

Album Rating: 5.0

and both are far better than meshuggah

Lies

Misha Mansoor is one of the most boring guitarists of all time

Album Rating: 5.0

how can one electric mouse be wrong 100% of the time

Because nobody give him thunderstone

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Tesseract and Periphery both have their moments, but are often quite mediocre imo

Album Rating: 4.0

I found this album to overstay its welcome. The ambient moments weren't balanced well with the bigger moments. TesseracT found that balance on Polaris and crushed it on Sonder. To say that Periphery is mediocre when they are writing some of the most innovative music of their genre is straight ridiculous.