Album Rating: 2.5

Cannot for the life of me understand how this is rated higher than City of Evil. I just cannot get in to this album no matter how hard I try.

Album Rating: 3.0

Cannot for the life of me understand how this is rated higher than City of Evil. [2]



It's not bad, it's even good actually, but then... whatever. World would be the same without this album. Dig their new drummer though.

Album Rating: 4.5

nah this is fantastic, almost CoE levels

Album Rating: 4.7

This is my favorite A7X, just barely edging out City of Evil :]

Album Rating: 4.0

I feel their sense of structure and dynamics is at its peak here so far, listening to any of these songs makes most of their past stuff feel "slow" in comparison and I don't mean just speed (CoE was obviously pretty speedy). Even the ballads, that solo in the last minute of Roman Sky gives a "mature rush" that wasn't there before. Wackerman definitely deserves a huge shoutout for this, he casually strolled in and dropped a discography highlight of a performance lol (I mean the album in general). If they can manage to find Shadows a comfortable range to sing in they could drop an absolute slapper



WtF still my overall fav tho

this would prob have a 4 average if it had 2007 shadows... still a great album but the vocals hold it back

Album Rating: 3.0

Horrible album.By far my least favorite of theirs

Album Rating: 4.0

When the keyboard pops up somewhere in the 11th minute of Exist the song pretty much becomes metal Camel lol, I love it.



I've warmed up to this a lot recently, it's been kind of a U curve since its release for me. Roman Sky was always one of my least favs here but now I really dig it, obviously the gorgeous last minute but also the clean little jazzy solo in the middle that is then joined by the strings. The historical lyrics are also interesting enough for a big ballad. And then it rather seamlessly gives way to Fermi Paradox which has to be one of my very favs songs of theirs.



I'm a bit conflicted on Higher, because Shadows' vocals are quite hard to swallow there but Wackerman's drumming alone is worth the admission and the quieter coda has to be peak A7X too.



dam guess I really felt like typing about this band today haha

Album Rating: 3.0

Tbh Im gonna drop the score on this down to around a 1.5

Album Rating: 4.5

cool man

Album Rating: 4.5

Have fun

Album Rating: 3.5

Who cares lmao

Album Rating: 3.0

I agree with TripP

Album has mixing issues (drums too far forward, guitars lack punch) but I still enjoy

Album Rating: 3.0

didnt care for most of this but angels is a great s0ng

Album Rating: 4.5

God Damn honestly might be my favorite. It’s thrashy as fuck and I love the acoustic guitars near the end.

Album Rating: 2.5

It's been over 6 years since this dropped!? God Damn.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah and it’ll be seven years before we get a new one.



The band that got me into metal, I basically grew up listening to these guys.

haha i sure hope so

the final show of their last tour they did (2018) is on youtube and i've never heard him sound worse... was honestly really sad to hear

Album Rating: 4.0

Weren't they waiting for pandemic restriction to loosen so they could record with a full orchestra or something? I imagine they'd have done it already by now?