Album Rating: 5.0
Panopticon has So Did We, which I believe to be one of their best songs.
But this album, musically and conceptually, is just perfection.
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Album Rating: 5.0
agreed w/ them too ^^
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Album Rating: 4.5
Well now i feel completley stupid, i've had panopticon and celestial in my collection for years but always overlooked buying this. Fuck, i'm an idiot!
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Album Rating: 4.5
I hope you grabbed the remastered versions of the first 3 LPs, they did make a difference
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Album Rating: 5.0
I spent about two weeks on this and Panop before checking the rest. They're both growers, though this is somewhat more immediate.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Oceanic is less polished and has very expansive, bass heavy sound. Panopticon is more intricate, but has lesser emotional impact.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Agreed
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Album Rating: 5.0
I was with you until the last bit. Panopticon is more cerebral, while this is more...instinctual? It's like, this album is an unstoppable force of nature, but the next one is a calculated, intricate, human experience. They are complementary pieces that are greater because of it -- this was the seismic event, and Panopticon was its equal and opposite reaction.
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Album Rating: 5.0
very well said. then absence takes the intricacies to the next level
instinctual is definitely an apt descriptor for this too
this has almost unmatched replay value imo
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Album Rating: 5.0
cept panopticon isn't equal
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Album Rating: 5.0
yeah I guess that's the more popular opinion since panopticon's avg is higher.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I still change my mind occasionally. "The Beginning and the End" and "Carry" are superlative songs, but Panopticon has the better second half.
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Album Rating: 5.0
ahrd
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Every progressive metal band gets better with time...well except dream theater
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Album Rating: 5.0
Opeth is pretty good from the start. At least MAYH through Ghost Reveries.
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Album Rating: 5.0
MAYH thru watershed for me
orchid and morningrise are great but their peak stuff started w/ MAYH
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Nah their peak is their first 3
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Album Rating: 5.0
same with Isis
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Album Rating: 5.0
lot of prog seem to follow the pattern of starting out fairly lackluster then discovering their signature sound and experimenting over the next few albums until they reach a peak bout 3-5 albums into their careers whereupon they start to stagnate/become complacent with burst of gold here and there but usually as individual tracks not albums
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Album Rating: 5.0
Mastodon too, but Emperor was a nice recovery.
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