Album Rating: 5.0

the violin riffs on this are savage

Album Rating: 5.0

Forget Not, Plague Flowers and Icicles is the most stupid 1-2-3 punch I've ever heard on an album. Fucking ridiculous.

Album Rating: 4.5

icicles is so fucking good and underrated in their discog.

Album Rating: 4.0

i thought it was their most popular song (?

Album Rating: 4.0

"Maybe I'm interested in music? You think of that one?"

Damn, it was an innocent question but you're just going full *****



Say some moron thinks this is all some pretentious prog-wannabe shit trying to sound sophisticated but ends up being an embarrassment to music. Then what can you use that for?

Album Rating: 4.5

"i thought it was their most popular song (?"

they haven't played it at either of the shows I've been to and it doesn't have any music/live videos, so...

"
"Maybe I'm interested in music? You think of that one?"

Damn, it was an innocent question but you're just going full *****
"




MORTAAAALLLLL KOMBAAAAATTTTTTTTTT

Album Rating: 5.0

rip out his spine and bitch slap him with it!

FATALITY

Album Rating: 5.0

Btw Vin and Sori just did a lyric breakdown of Icicles Fall, go check it out, it's amazing. Also check their breakdown of Plague Flowers if you haven't already. They also have a lengthy interview with Xen available.

Album Rating: 4.0

Hadn't heard this in ages and as I played Forget Not I wondered why I only 4'd this. Then he started the clean singing and I knew. It sounds like someone pasted those vocals in at the last moment, possibly from another song.



Now that was some fucking constructive criticism you can take to the bank.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, the only criticism I could ever level at this is that the clean vocals sometimes are a tad too cheesy. But then on the other hand, they're at times fucking incredible.

Album Rating: 4.0

the violin riffs on this are savage [2]



m/

Album Rating: 5.0

I actually haven't really checked out any of their other albums, I've just been so stuck on this

Album Rating: 4.0

Also ignoring the cleans, I think this is comparable to Disillusion's Back to Times of Splendor, and the songwriting there is better and more focused. These songs rarely feel like they have a grander structure. They're mostly a series of equal movements, and they achieve no strong identity as songs.

Album Rating: 5.0

It always felt like one long epic song broken up into individual movements for the sake of convenience. I think all the transitions flow exceptionally well.

Album Rating: 4.0

the mood and sound om disillusion is completely different tho

Album Rating: 3.0

guitar solo on 3rd track is still pretty cool

Album Rating: 4.0

"the mood and sound om disillusion is completely different tho"



it isn't tho

Album Rating: 4.5

Portal of I is a lot more flowery and pretty than Back to Times of Splendor.