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romulanrancor
July 6th 2015


7575 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Leper Affinity is f***ing sublime

MeatSalad
July 6th 2015


18669 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Mendez's bass playing is really underrated on this album.




it's buried in the mix too often

BigPleb
July 6th 2015


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It can get buried yeah but the moments where he pops through are mostly memorable.

MeatSalad
July 6th 2015


18669 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

agreed



he has a really great moment on the t/t too towards the latter half

BigPleb
July 6th 2015


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Love this albums production but it is a wee bit too polished at times.

MeatSalad
July 6th 2015


18669 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it's too fuckin wilson

BigPleb
July 6th 2015


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Same problem with Ghost Revs but the songwriting on both overshadow any production issues imo m/

MeatSalad
July 6th 2015


18669 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ghost revs is a bit clearer, the nuances cut through a lot more especially with the drums and bass although the drumming on here is pretty simple as is

BigPleb
July 6th 2015


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

In terms of production, MAYH or Still Life are probably Opeth's best.

beefshoes
July 6th 2015


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

MAYH is perfect production wise.

And agreed 100%. Every record from here up to Heritage was overproduced I think.



FacelessMan
July 6th 2015


1101 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

listen to the 5.0 mix of this, everything really sounds amazing, you can actually hear the bass and the drums have some punch to them

HellPriest
July 6th 2015


102 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Ive never understood the love for this album. The title track is great though

beefshoes
July 6th 2015


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I have the special edition that comes with the DVD, but I don't have a stereo system that plays 5.0 :/



facupm
July 7th 2015


12092 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

title track is not the only great aspect about it, its just the culmination

beefshoes
July 7th 2015


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, it's perfect.

Mongi123
July 7th 2015


22471 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

That's really my only gripe with this, that the bass gets pretty swallowed in the mix, but everything else is well beyond satisfactory so I can forgive

ButteryBiscuitBass
July 7th 2015


11469 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Production is horrific and so is most of the song writing here. Watershed absolutely blows this away in every aspect.



TLA and title track are still GOAT songs though.

Sabrutin
July 7th 2015


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Production is meh, agreed.

CalculatingInfinity
July 7th 2015


9941 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Dat a bold statement there good sir, tbh the only thing that bothers me here in terms of production is the snare. Title track is GOAT though.

Sabrutin
July 7th 2015


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's a bit too "clean but muddy" for me, and there is something I don't really like about the harsh vocals here. Production is ultimately what keeps my rating this "low", it makes the album sound like it drags.



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