Album Rating: 3.5
I know Trey likes it but man I think "Transient" is pretty bad aside from the catchiness in the chorus.
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Album Rating: 3.5
"Yeah doesn't matter what they make from now on, Fiction and The Gallery are eternal jams."
and Projector, and Damage Done, and Character...
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Album Rating: 3.5
Last half of Ego Deception rules
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Album Rating: 3.5
is that the sequel to Ego Drama or I, Deception?
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Album Rating: 3.5
Yeah the first 3 tracks feel like they are from a different album entirely. Stanne's singing is by far the best it's ever been and it carries a lot of these songs. The riffs are predictably weak on most tracks but that's been standard for like 10 years now so I can't be surprised given how Johan and Chris didn't have much input on songwriting. Without the solos you can't really tell the difference between Niklas/Martin and Johan/Chris which says a lot.
With that said, there's something here that's intensely interesting and Trey got at it in the review: this melancholic, dark, melodic tone in a lot of these songs that is entirely different than what I expected. It's not always there and kind of a je ne sais quoi kind of thing but when Stanne's cleans come in and the keys become more moody i.e. the "Ego Deception" chorus I'm absolutely hooked - I need to hear more of this. It's Projector-esque but I think this sounds a bit different. I said I wanted some innovation or improvement and it might actually be here. Really surprised I'm saying that.
I would have replaced two of the three leadoff tracks with "Failstate" and the bonus track "Empires Lost to Time" and made the other bonus track "In Truth Divided" the closer of the album.
"Standstill" and "Ego Deception" are jams.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Yeah I feel like the first 3 tracks could have been on Fiction, where the rest feels like that natural progression they've been after since Projector.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Once again, the bonus tracks are killer. They should have been part of the album
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dat average
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Album Rating: 2.5
don't worry it'll go down once i get to this i'm sure :]
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“I would have replaced two of the three leadoff tracks with "Failstate" and the bonus track "Empires Lost to Time" and made the other bonus track "In Truth Divided" the closer of the album.”
I was thinking the exact same thing. Time to resort to the power of playlists
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
I wouldn't mind if Mikael went 100% cleans for an album
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Album Rating: 2.0
i expected to like this more than i actually did.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
Agreed
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Album Rating: 3.5
bamboozled by all those 5s
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Album Rating: 3.0
So basically, it's a decent record?
I was expecting more :[
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Album Rating: 3.0
I Found it very weird how they decided to release Phantom Days as their first single and opener for such an album. Really gives the wrong impression.
I also don't think I heard a single double bass pattern during the whole album..?
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Album Rating: 2.0
today is not the day that death metal starts to make sense to me
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Album Rating: 4.0
I've loved pretty much everything DT have put out and this continues that trend
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Album Rating: 3.5
Eyes Of The World video:
http://youtu.be/W5HH0FHpX2E
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Album Rating: 4.0
In truth divided is the closer on the album, it's not one of the bonus tracks. IIRC somebody somewhere messed up the tracklisting, but the actual bonus tracks would be tracks 13 and 14.
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