Album Rating: 4.5

probably my second fav PT

Album Rating: 4.0

stupid dream and the sky moves sideways are me favs, hard to choose between em

Album Rating: 4.5

ye stupid dream is my #1

Album Rating: 4.0

stop swimming changed me life

Album Rating: 4.0

Chris is such a great drummer daaaamn.



T/t is m/////

Album Rating: 5.0

My favorite PT

Album Rating: 4.0

Wilson's most emotive performance imo.



Sleep of No Dreaming is epic.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

This might be their best, but a few of their others are just as good imo

Album Rating: 4.0

Stupid Dream

Sky Moves Sideways

Deadwing/In Absentia

This

Up the Downstair

Lightbulb Sun

Fear of a Blank Planet

On the Sunday

Incident



Everything up until after Lightbulb is great/awesome tbh.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

Stupid Dream=Sky Moves Sideways

Signify

In Absentia

Deadwing (Arriving=best song ever)

Up the Downstair (w/ Gavin on drums)/Staircase Infinities cause why not

Lightbulb Sun

FoaBP

The Incident

On the Sunday



It's strange to have Blank Planet so low, but I'm really into the more psychedelic, ambient, and pop rock side of Steven's songwriting nowadays (explains why HCE & TtB are my favorite solo records of his) whereas before I always liked the heavier stuff when I was a metalhead. Still, Blank Planet has some of their finest compositions with the lighter songs, and the third part of Anesthetize is quite possibly the best 5 minutes of the band's whole discography.

Album Rating: 4.0

Blank Planet is just really inconsistent and I find Anesthetize to be really haphazard and sloppy.



T/t is an awesome jam but I dunno, find the record to be a chore for the most part.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

With each of the last PT albums the heavier sections got a little less and less gripping and creative tbh, though the technical riffing in the bridge section of the Blank Planet t/t is awesome. The album is pretty sloppy in places though, especially the heavy sections of Way Out of Here, like the rest of the song is so great, get the metal out of there. I love Anesthetize though, the incredible drumming really carries it to that amazing finale.

Also can't forget Xbox is a god to me or whatever the line is, some of those lyrical gems lol

Album Rating: 4.0

Was Chris on Blank Planet? Cos the drumming was without a doubt fantastic.



I'm on a PT binge at the minute so maybe a revisit is in order.



I do agree tho man, the band's more melodic tendencies are their best asset, sometimes their metal edge feels tacked on here and there.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

Chris Maitland? He was let go when they started the prog metal album cycle with In Absentia, and got the mighty Gavin Harrison on board. He really stepped up the instrumental performances for Wilson and the other guys too, with how technical and creative his drumming was. He toured with Crimson for a while, and I think currently too.

Album Rating: 4.0

Daaaamn, that's some appointment!



A Crimson and PT tour would've been awesome, although I think Wilson would fanboy Fripp hard.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

Gavin Harrison would be playing the whole time! Haha yea that'd be the most epic concert ever, and if they involved Opeth too and added Storm Corrosion, like on the Opeth/Katatonia tour when they did a surprised performance of Bloodbath, since all the band members were there.

Album Rating: 4.0

I mean I'd fly to the US for that and probably break out into a flood of tears.



Jealous of Mikael's and Steven's bromance tho, envy is a terrible thing.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

I'd fly anywhere to see that

Yeah but unfortunately Steven might've highly influenced Opeth on their recent direction :/ even though they still make great music for the most part.

Album Rating: 4.0

Wouldn't mind another Storm Corrosion album, Opeth could do with a hiatus.

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

I would love a new Storm Corrosion, or if Opeth went in that kind of musical direction, just made the full leap to alienating their entire fanbase, instead of only the metalheads haha it'd be glorious