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Sevengill
March 16th 2024


13099 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

still think the climax appearing so early is kind of a buzzkill but I sure played this a lot more than Holocene when it came out

Tundra
March 16th 2024


10737 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yep Holocene was a big misfire for me, Triassic a fantastic opening on this, still hits hard every time

dachstheangry
May 29th 2024


324 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Jurassic / Cretaceous is one of the best metal tracks ever imo

XfingTheSullen
May 29th 2024


5564 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I watched one guy's reaction to this album and he really loved holocene (the track), maybe because how mellow it is. But it's also quite monotonous

0GuyMan0
November 29th 2024


5611 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Man I love that track.



Honestly this is nearly edging pelagial as best ocean for me at this point.

DType
March 24th 2025


3270 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Jurassic is so fucking good holy cannoli

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 24th 2025


115612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Such an amazing band yeah.

Ectier
March 24th 2025


4585 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Phan 1 is slightly better than this overall, but this has such a good freefall through so many different styles which also works with the conceptual epoch thing. Pleitoscene fucking goes hard and after that we finish with the somber title track

Pikazilla
June 14th 2025


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Loic is no longer in the band

ShapeOfJizzToCum
June 14th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Bruh whaaaaaaaaaaaat source???



He's not the most stellar live vocalist but more hit or miss than terrible, I have absolutely heard him kill it and also heard him and been like oh no baby what is you doin? But I really appreciate the sound he lends to this band on the records overall, always been a big fan of his nasally snarly cleans and he has a beeg nice harsh, the range of harsh vocals on Pleistocene from this album alone just fuckin beats ass.



The band also did great with rotating vocalists tho so we'll see what they do moving forward and hopefully it doesn't suck.

Sevengill
June 15th 2025


13099 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

the album cycle was complete so this seems like a natural time for the Collective to reset. be fun to follow their next projects.

Flugmorph
June 15th 2025


35411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

yeah really interested in what staps comes up with next

ShapeOfJizzToCum
June 15th 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I'm more curious and excited than devastated, even just the Loic era of this band is a pretty massive chunk of discography at this point and with it being largely 1 man's pet project that has already been through a revolving door of other musicians to pretty consistently great effect it's easier to stomach big lineup changes like that.

RogueNine
June 16th 2025


6049 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Pilat when?

0GuyMan0
June 19th 2025


5611 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Man I know I'm in the vast minority but Loic was my favorite part of the band. Absolutely love his vocal melodies and delivery. Such a bummer that I never got to see them live. fifteen years of hoping they'd come here and it never happened even once.

Sevengill
June 20th 2025


13099 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

oh man :c yeah they were great live and Loic had really grown into a force with them.

Flugmorph
June 21st 2025


35411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I love Loic too man.

Ectier
June 21st 2025


4585 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I think the bands going to go back to a revolving door of people

ShapeOfJizzToCum
June 21st 2025


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

pretty much what I'm hoping they do at this point.



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