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ManiacBlasphemer
October 24th 2019


10 Comments


The second best SYL album by far, but inferior to City for 2 reasons. The guitar sound is less heavier and unlike City this one has double the number of uneven tracks (Love, Shine, Thalamus and We Ride).

TrantaLocked
December 4th 2019


2483 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

What a beautifully chaotic album. There's probably a better way to describe this but it really feels like I'm in his mind experiencing the craziness. Only complaint is the production, way too bright for me.

KjSwantko
December 6th 2019


12082 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Heavy as fuck and sounds great. First song I ever heard off this was Skeksis and I was like woah wtf am I listening to? m/

BigBlob
December 6th 2019


5864 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

production is the best thing about this album. nothing else sounds anything like this

TrantaLocked
December 6th 2019


2483 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

What headphones do you use? My ears are sensitive to bright mixes and I only use neutral-bright headphones so to my ears and on my equipment it sounds unnaturally bright and drowned out by the 3-8KHz range of frequencies. It's not really unique to this album though as a lot of bands mix their albums bright like this, usually because they aren't using standard monitors for mixing and/or want it to sound neutral on warmer setups.



I'm also thinking some people develop their mix preferences depending on what music they listen to and what headphones they use. Ears become less sensitive over time to more pronounced frequencies and different genres and bands pronounce different frequencies. This album has the typical bright death metal signature while City was more on the warm side and also slightly cleaner and less compressed.

BigBlob
December 6th 2019


5864 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i've got floor standing yamaha speakers. I dont really go near earphones these days. whats weird is im usually really sensitive to high frequencies. maybe my speakers reduce that a bit. i dunno, im no expert

BigPleb
December 6th 2019


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Shine might be the best song ever made.

BigBlob
December 6th 2019


5864 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

^ this boi knows

TrantaLocked
December 7th 2019


2483 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Funny because Yamahas are the OG monitors that studios used to make sure a mix sounded good. Many producers still use them.



https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-ns10-story

BigPleb
January 23rd 2020


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Had to bump this up a notch, We Ride absolutely shreds.

BigBlob
January 23rd 2020


5864 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

damn so close to that 60k pleb

BigPleb
January 23rd 2020


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's coming.

parksungjoon
January 23rd 2020


47234 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

and so am i

BigBlob
January 23rd 2020


5864 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

outrageous

chemicalmarriage
April 17th 2021


4301 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Their discog is being repressed and is available for preorder at pop market right now. Release planned for 5/14

Koris
Staff Reviewer
May 3rd 2021


21166 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I CAN'T EVEN EAT



AND I CAN'T EVEN FUCKING PISS!

Muzz79
May 3rd 2021


3066 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

If You Want Crazy!!

If You Want Fucking Crazy!!

I'll Show You How To Be Crazy!!!

Koris
Staff Reviewer
May 3rd 2021


21166 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Fuck YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Muzz79
May 3rd 2021


3066 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good times

BigPleb
July 28th 2021


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Skesis is massive.



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