Album Rating: 5.0

I had to put Lights on the Hill as the last track on the album, its just too epic.

Album Rating: 4.2

I think The Fall makes a perfect closing track tho



And nocte you may be right about that 4.3, haha. Or at least somewhere around there

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

We can only wait with baited breath.

Album Rating: 4.5

'some days I skip Vicarious Redemption also cuz it's too long and the longer pieces here are more rewarding. Vertikal's pacing is weird too, me wanting to skip the short uninteresting interludes (even if they introduce the motifs around the album) makes me want to listen to it whole less.'

I love Vicarious Redemption and would never skip it, however I must agree that the pacing is ever-so-slightly off somehow, I feel like I really need to be in a specific 'Vertikal mood' - which is unlike the rest of CoL's discog (bar the s/t) as I just throw them on without consideration.

I see what was meant by the 'muscular' keys thing as well, they are lighter on Vertikal and almost serve as progressive curiosities, whereas here they compliment the heaviness in a dense atmospheric wall-of-sound kind of way, completely integrated into CoL's core sound. I'm completely in awe of how well implemented they are here and I don't care if that's fanboy-ish. It's stunning.

Album Rating: 4.2

one more listen of this beast before I slap a rating on it

Album Rating: 4.5

I held off rating this for long enough just so I could 5 it, there's something so satisfying about being able to submit a 'virgin 5' like that. It was about 8 total spins if I remember correctly.

Album Rating: 4.5

keys are deffo a highlight here. the way col implement them is unique af.



also ppl who skip songs on albums like these can go fist themselves. ppl who do this are the same kind of ppl who cut off songs in their car cuz they found a parking spot, theyll even do it right before a song climax. fucking psychos

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Yes...I never skip...not even on We Feel the End (I have come to love it now), firstly, because I ruled myself not to in practically every album (and certainly not to albums like this) and secondly, because I don't want to fist myself.

Silent man shreds

We Feel the End is this album's Crossing Over

I love Vicarious Redemption and would never skip it, however I must agree that the pacing is ever-so-slightly off somehow, I feel like I really need to be in a specific 'Vertikal mood' [2] hard

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Album Rating: 4.2

Album Rating: 5.0

My personal AOTY. Immense and monolithic in literally every way possible.

Album Rating: 4.5

absolutely love we feel the end, its also incredibly well placed

Album Rating: 4.2

Yeah nocte, I mean who actually rates with a 4.3 smh

Album Rating: 5.0

8.6 is a sexy number if you think of it that way

Album Rating: 5.0

About The Fall vs Lights on the Hill as a closer, you are right @atari, The Fall is kinda perfect and definitely has that final song feeling, although its climax is relatively short (and intense af). Meanwhile Lights‘ goes on for longer and I feel like it gives the album a slightly more hopeful turn in its ending. Currently trying this order:

The Silent Man

Lay your Head to Rest

A Dawn to Fear

Nightwalkers

Inland Rain

The Fall

We Feel the End

Lights on the Hill

Album Rating: 4.5

Separating Nightwalkers/Lights should constitute a criminal offence.

Album Rating: 5.0

Do they lose any appeal when seperated? I mean, I also don‘t really get your huge love for Nightwalkers. Great song, sure, but probably on the lower half of this record for me.

Album Rating: 5.0

This album makes me feel divine and holy. Honest to God and Jesus, this absolutely devastates the Earth sonically.