Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I can vibe with that

Ish

Album Rating: 3.5

track lengths are about average for these guys

Album Rating: 3.2 | Sound Off

ew where the bass?

Album Rating: 2.5

It ran away to And Justice for All

Album Rating: 4.0

Funny that people are complaining about the clean vox. It's the harsh vox that are the offenders here for me.

Album Rating: 4.0

This feels more riff-centric.

Album Rating: 4.0

Doesn't feel like new territory at all but as always they remain one of the most stimulating prog acts to listen to in our generation.

Album Rating: 4.0

Just listened to all their previous LPs (except the debut) today while working. My first impressions are that Fluid... is probably their worst (even though I still enjoy it). Tempted to go for Levitations as my fav... or maybe Valley of Smoke. They all have a lot to offer though.

Album Rating: 2.5

Good analysis. This is so bland in comparison to everything they've done before.

Album Rating: 3.5

Even if it's comparatively bland in relation to their earlier work, this doesn't necessarily mean it's an average record; this is still far more entertaining than most modern post-metal out there (with obvious exceptions).

Album Rating: 2.5

Post metal has been in creative bankruptcy for a long time now - if we don't count the big names in the game

Album Rating: 4.0

That's not at all true Pika. Dig deeper, there are some fantastic PM bands out there right now below the surface. Meniscus, Caspian, We Lost the Sea, Kerretta, Trees, Toundra, to name a few.

Album Rating: 2.5

You are naming post-rock bands there, bud. Don't mean to be genre gatekeeping but I wouldn't call the ones I recognise in that list post-metal.



Toundra and We Lost the Sea are great yeah. Not a fan of If These Trees Could Talk if that's what you meant by Trees. As for Caspian, I think the quality of their releases has gone downhill after WS.

Album Rating: 4.0

Well, if you mean post-metal by strictly Isis-Neurosis types, then I suppose, but you still have Pelican. Post-rock itself is doing fine.



Yeah If These Trees Could talk even though, like so many other post-rock bands, they take 5 years to release albums. That's a problem for the genre.

Album Rating: 2.5

Yes, CoL, Isis, Intronaut, Amenra, Dirge - that's what I was mainly referring to.

Album Rating: 4.0

I should go deeper into that side of the genre. I love Isis and CoL, but that's as far as I've gone.

Album Rating: 2.5

Start with the latest Dirge (FR) - that album probably has the best sounding production in post-metal. Also check out The Moth Gatherer.

Album Rating: 2.5

And I'm gonna assume you've heard Rosetta and Amenra.

Album Rating: 4.0

I second that Dirge album. And the one prior! Excellent production and killer vocals too.

Album Rating: 4.0

I have heard Rosetta, but not Amenra! I'll give them a try too and report back.