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Xenorazr
April 1st 2018


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Glass Prison > The Root of All Evil > This Dying Soul > The Shattered Fortress > Repentance

Titan
April 1st 2018


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

^ yes

kalkwiese
August 11th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is a lot better than I expected, greeeeaaaat! The bookends are obviously the best on here, A Rite Of Passagr is pretty by the numbers and Wither is cheesy, but kinda enjoyable. Still need to form an opinion about The Best of Times. The Shattered Fortress is great, too, I'm not bothered by it being a kinda medley of the other 12SS songs

Tundra
August 11th 2018


10756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah the album could have done without A Rife of Passage and Wither, would have been a lot better if they where replaced for a 13 min song or something, but it's actually crazy to me how this album has only 6 tracks and it's an hr and 15 mins, that is CRAZY bro

kalkwiese
August 11th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Absolutely, man. A Nightmare To Remember is over 16 minutes long and they go by so fast. They really got something extremely right with this

Davil667
August 11th 2018


4075 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I even enjoy Rite of Passage and Wither to some degree. It‘s really amazing they were able to pull off such a strong record at that point of their career.

kalkwiese
August 11th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I wonder if they can still do something like this. It doesn't have to be as heavy, but song with similar quality would be nice

beefshoes
August 11th 2018


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I got into these guys barely over 11 years ago shortly after Systematic Chaos came out, and it is hard to believe that there was a time when I actually loved the post-SDOIT albums. This is the only one that I think that I could mostly enjoy these days, and that is because of how great a lot of the eciamelodies are. The Count of Tuscany rules because of that, and the soft part in the opening track is phenomenally good, but the rest, and especially the horrendous ending......yeah. xd

Davil667
August 11th 2018


4075 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This def is the best post Six Degrees album... However, what horrendous ending are you speaking of? The ending of Tuscany is amazing.

beefshoes
August 11th 2018


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The opening track. Those growls....

Davil667
August 11th 2018


4075 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Haha ok, they never bothered me that much but yeah, they are a bit over the top.

Tundra
August 11th 2018


10756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The harsh growls are pretty amusing, but i don't think it necessarily sounds "bad", kinda cool to hear Portnoy doing the lead vocal for a little moment, but that's just me :shrug:

Xenorazr
August 12th 2018


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

You get used to Portnoy's vocals, but they're such a pointless addition. I think the only song I felt they worked well in was "Constant Motion."

kalkwiese
October 7th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Mike Portnoy is the best harsh vocalist of all time.

Good we finally clarified this. m/

Davil667
October 7th 2018


4075 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah Akerfeldt‘s growling sounds like a six year old girl‘s whining in comparison.

kalkwiese
October 7th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I never got the appeal of this artificial boyband shit like Opeth tbh. Fucking metalcore

kalkwiese
October 21st 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The Best Of Times, A Nightmare To Remember, The Shattered Fortress and The Count Of Tuscany are so damn good. They need melodies like these again. And of course these awesome Portnoy vocals

teamster
October 21st 2018


6463 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The Count Of Tuscany is so brilliant. Get huge Rush vibes from that song.

bloc
October 21st 2018


70880 Comments


Yeah even though that track is a year long, it's one of the few that always keeps my attention for the whole span. This is easily my fav album of theirs.

BigPleb
December 20th 2018


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Hopelesslly driiiiifttiinnnggg...



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