Album Rating: 4.5

Food for thought:



1. Nachash

2. We Are

3. Aeons

4. Eidolon

5. Sky Machine

6. The Last Few

7. Float

8. Alpha Omega



Maybe leave A.M. War, but I'm not a huge fan.

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't mind Aum and Om as bookends tbh, but other than that yeah you've mostly shaved away the fat.

Album Rating: 4.0

Am I the only one who really digs A.M.War and The Refusal? :

Album Rating: 2.5

yea

Album Rating: 4.5

They kind of mess with the album's overall tone, imo. Who am I, though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Still haven't heard this. Will do so in the evening.

Album Rating: 4.0

I understand where you are coming from, but that in itself is sort of the albums core concept of asymmetry.

Album Rating: 4.0

ps. I couldn't stand A.M. War the first time I heard it, and now I find myself singing along to it.

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't hate either of them, about half of The Refusal is fantastic and my dislike of AM War is probably more to do with my shitty quality rip than the song itself (Nacash similarly suffers). I don't really mind the title track either, although it's kinda stupid when you concentrate on it

Album Rating: 4.0

"Out of interest SitarHero, was your initial reaction on the first listen very different from how you felt as you were getting ready to put your words on the page?"



Yup. Initially the only songs that made a positive impression were Aeons, Eidolon and (very surprisingly) The Refusal. But on repeated listens the others, particularly AM War and Alpha Omega, started growing on me massively. As of right now the only songs I don't LIKE are Nachash, Amusia and the instrumental/ambient pieces.

Album Rating: 3.0

well first listen wasn't what I expected. I'll listen to it again and I hope will grow on me

dig the review, but

Initially getting their start in the late ‘90s as a grunge cover-band, the band shape-shifted rather effortlessly through a Nu Metal phase

Album Rating: 4.0

"why capitalize nu metal but not other genres?"



Cos I like to be unpredictable like the band. It's all part of the plan, you see.



Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed it.

Album Rating: 4.0

The title track makes me feel strange when I listen to it loudly; just this weird uneasiness... Wonder if that was the intention.

Album Rating: 4.0

Considering its called "Asymmetry," I'm guessing that's the point.

"Am I the only one who really digs A.M.War and The Refusal?"

Nope, on my first listen I dug these ones the most.

Album Rating: 3.5

AM War is rad.

Album Rating: 3.0

If I wasn't a fan of Sound Awake, how likely is it that I'd dig this?

Album Rating: 4.0

The Refusal is probably one of my favorites.

Album Rating: 3.0

After 2 listens this is a 4 for me, but I think I will end up rating it a little higher after I hear it a few more times. "We Are", "Aeons", and "Sky Machine" grabbed me instantly.