Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

So far this is my front runner for AOTY for me.

overproduced melodramatic garbage with 0 riffs

Album Rating: 4.0

First part is correct, second part is objectively false

Album Rating: 4.8

Two ends of the same cord though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Perhaps

I REALLY NEED A RIFF RIGHT NOW

Album Rating: 4.8

AEROPLANES

Album Rating: 3.5

Not sure what I think about the whole record, but man.. Anatomy of Quiescence is something else.

Album Rating: 4.5

who cares about riffs. but yeah, it *is* overproduced

Album Rating: 4.8

This whole album is something else.

Album Rating: 3.5

Ehh, right now there's a pretty big divergence for me between the highs (Misericorde I&II) and lows (Suspyre, Graal). Maybe I need more spins, but doubt I'll land in 4.5 in territory.

Album Rating: 4.8

Neither of those are lows tbqh

Album Rating: 4.0

never understood how people consider NeOb overproduced. it's technical death metal that needs clarity and sounds beautiful. still has plenty of dynamic range and such.

Album Rating: 4.5

It wasn't overproduced in past albums. Well maybe Urn, idk. But PoI sounds great.

band is amazing live. Truly an amazing experience BUT I just can't listen to their albums.

Album Rating: 3.0

Not a lot on the first 3 songs really sticks out to me. Just because it's slightly symphonic and has pretty violins doesn't really elevate it in the songwriting department. I like some of the guitar solos though especially on the 3rd track damn. However... Suspyre and Graal SLAP, I think they're really solid when they're more aggressive and the triumphant parts are kind of lame.

Album Rating: 4.0

It's because they can't out-triumph stuff like Forget Not, Plague Flowers, Black Noise, and Blackholes, no matter how hard they try. I agree that they sound better these days when they go hard.



This is really good on first listen, but maybe only slightly better than Urn. They're never gonna top Portal.

Album Rating: 3.5

How is Urn overproduced? It has one of the worst mixes/drum kicks I have ever heard

Album Rating: 4.2

Been jamming this a lot, really strong return for the band

Album Rating: 4.0

I think of overproduction as being synonymous with bad mixing and sound. Like, things are too compressed, synthetic-sounding, mechanical, lifeless. Drum hits are clearly replaced, instruments clip, vocals are obviously processed/tuned, etc.

I remember an All Songs Considered episode where the subject was time-editing and how if things are unnaturally perfect, your brain starts to tune them out -- like how you stop hearing that clock in the corner, or a turn signal that's left on. I don't hear that on this album, but it does make a lot of sense on the topic of over-producing something.