Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

--Willie, I'm on Pull the String and I really can't see where you're getting a 4.5 from this. It's not bad but even their past streamlined efforts like Bleeding were a lot better. This is like 3-3.5 material for them.--

Bleeding is a lot more catchy, and it's easier to get into. This one requires a few listens and you have to pay attention a little more. I can listen to 'Bleeeding' at the gym and still follow it. I can't do that with this one. I have to pay a little more attention. I've been listening to it for over a month.

Loving ‘While The Spiders Spin’

Quality album

Album Rating: 3.0

Vocals remind me a bit of Halford on Sisters of the dawn

Album Rating: 3.5

"This one requires a few listens and you have to pay attention a little more. I can listen to 'Bleeeding' at the gym and still follow it."



Bleeding's more direct but it approaches that far better and with more interesting ideas than what's present here. I get that this is a moodier album but then again, so was Into the Everflow and that album was a masterpiece.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

A lot of people say that, but I'm not too partial to Everflow. It sounds like we just gravitate towards different elements.

Album Rating: 3.0

go back to whatever lana del taco thread you came from sint

Album Rating: 3.5

This honestly just feels like the band's on autopilot to me.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

And to me it feels like they put everything into the feel and mood and construction of the song, and didn't really worry about 'is it prog' or whatever. It definitely felt to me like they put way more effort into this than the super streamlined Bleeding (which is my favorite PW album).

Album Rating: 3.0

doesn't touch any of the old stuff for me, even mosquito. but i'm enjoying it

Album Rating: 3.5

"And to me it feels like they put everything into the feel and mood and construction of the song, and didn't really worry about 'is it prog' or whatever."



What does that even mean? The idea that their prior albums didn't go for those same exact qualities is ridiculous.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

It means that Bleeding felt more like 'just songs' with a catchy chorus, and strong riff to carry it and the atmosphere came after. The ones before that were definitely interested in pushing the progressive aspects along with the actual song and atmosphere.

Album Rating: 3.0

fav thing about this is the flutes tbh. can never have enough flutes in prog

Cool review. I've never actually heard of these guys, but a 24-year return from hiatus is Cynic-level ridiculous and I kind of want to check this out even for that merit alone.

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks for the review! I'm really digging this. 4/5 for now, might grow on me more later. I like how it takes the sound from Bleeding, but makes it more metallic and casts it into a modern presentation while still keeping true to the old school prog metal sound. That's something that has been severely missing from the modern prog landscape imo. All these bands throwing in fancy frills and becoming super eclectic, but forgetting that they're a metal band as well in the process. This will do well to fill the void until the new Fates comes out.

Their album art always has me expecting thrashy tech death but then it’s basically just Dream Theater

Album Rating: 3.8 | Sound Off

Just saying, but critically acclaimed Dream Theater are nowhere near critically acclaimed Psychotic Waltz and vice versa.

Yea the Dream Theater comparison is pretty inapt

Album Rating: 3.0

go easy on him he has lots to learn

I’m going through this discog for the second time. Enjoying it a lot more cause I can actually pay attention this time

Album Rating: 3.0

which is your fav