Album Rating: 4.0

Wow, a wall of 5s followed by 2s and 1.5s.



I think I would like this though considering how much i love oh so pretentious prog. Their other material (especially Remedy Lane) own hard. I've heard this is different though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Bodom: It is different. I bought this CD expecting to love it and I was kind of dissapointed in the end...

I mean, some songs just really drag on with some pointless moments...which drags it down quite a bit. The album was decent overall I guess just not what I expected it to be. There's actually very little guitar work in there that's like there other stuff...maybe three-four moments on the whole album that uses distorted guitar.

While I gotta respect the orchestration and composition of the whole thing...it's just annoying at times. I think this is a classic case of a band just...trying way too hard. Give it a shot though, as you can see some people really like it.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, I see that jrowa and altmer, two users who I normally enjoy the same types of music they do, both gave it a 5. So i dunno, I'll probably check it out.

Album Rating: 4.0

Just got through my first listen of this. Album is stunning, really, but im caught between a 4 and a 4.5. The emotion, vocals, and plot are especially riveting, but it lacks a bit musically in some parts.

Album Rating: 5.0

Exceptional album.

People like to call it pretentious but I see that as a cop out, it is a very sophisticated and well thought out concept.

The orchestra sounds amazing, listening to the album in full is a very rewarding experience.

Album Rating: 4.0

Upped to a 4.5, probably their second best behind The Perfect Element.



It IS pretentious as all fuck though, you can't deny that.

i always thought iter impius was a diestic view of sorts about God/the world. He created it for Himself, left it, and came back to find it had destroyed itself. its awesome that gildenlow can work these heavy and intelligent topics into his music.

Album Rating: 4.0

As a prog nerd, I can't help but like this album.



I can't be the only one who feels as pretentious as all hell whilst listening to it though, surely?

Album Rating: 1.5

I'm a prog nerd too, but this album is so far beyond my limits that I even chuckled a few times when I first listened to this. Some of the songs are okay, but he sacrificed way too much musically for his "plot" in my opinion.

Album Rating: 5.0

One of their best albums for sure! Who cares if its about the bad sides of a genre you love? Learn to appreciate the fact that nothing is perfect, as stated in their name that everything is balanced. This is one of the most important messages that they are trying to put across. PoS isnt a regular band, and it just annoys me to see that people are just judging them and calling them sh*t because they arent like other regular, mainstream bands. The fact that they are so original and different from everything else out there is what makes them so special and amazing! The only one of their albums that you can actually be disappointed about is their new one Road Salt One only because they went so far away from their old ways of making songs such as in this album!

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't post on Sputnik. Ever. This will probably be the last post I make on here but, I wanted to say that this review made me go back and listen to this album with a new perspective due to the concept.



With the concept in mind I went back and jammed this album for 3 days straight and I now believe this and "The Perfect Element" to be the pinnacle of Pain of Salvation, each encompassing different forms of the band.



Thanks to the guy who did this review... it was a revelation.

pretty boring.

Album Rating: 4.0

I now believe this and "The Perfect Element" to be the pinnacle of Pain of Salvation









It's an excellent album, but imho, PoS's pinnacle moments go to Remedy Lane and Entropia.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Be is more than an album



as a user once said:



It's a fuckin thesis!!

Pretentious as hell and fuckin cheesy at times, but still enjoyable.

Album Rating: 4.0

Vocari Dei is really effective.

Album Rating: 4.0

It's been at least one year, maybe two, since I heard of this band, and only now have I finally heard BE from front to back, but I've done enough research that I knew what to look for and was quite advanced at understanding the album for only being at the first listen. Still, I'm finding far too many details with each look back at the concept to totally grasp it. Dea Pecuniae is so much fun, Diffidentia to Omni is entirely SCARY for every single second, and Iter Impius is gigantic. The orchestra really makes this album. It could be one of the most ingenious albums ever devised, even one of my favorites if it sinks in enough. It's currently at a 4/5, but the quality of that 4 is inching upwards.

Album Rating: 4.5

Iter Impius is a monster track, especially the vocals, daym

Album Rating: 4.5

Underrated as hell

This is so frustrating to listen to.