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Ocean of Noise
June 5th 2014


10970 Comments


Honestly after hearing The Lost Song Part 3 I was excited for her vocals to be way less shaky on this album but nope they're exactly the same

Vincent's vocals are incredible here though

Willie
Moderator
June 5th 2014


20212 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Good review. We don't really agree, but that's okay ;)



I have a review for this ready, but I'll post it tomorrow.

Artuma
June 5th 2014


32769 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

lost song pt 3 feels to me like a huge, repetitive build-up resulting nothing. the only song i don't enjoy on here

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 5th 2014


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Thanks Willie, yeah I was wondering what you thought of this having read your reviews of the previous two

Ocean of Noise
June 5th 2014


10970 Comments


Lost Song Part 3 is one of the best ones on here!

Goyle
June 5th 2014


3 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I lost hope that this was gonna be any good for some reason, but y'all really getting me excited again.

Itwasthatwas
June 5th 2014


3177 Comments


This suffers from the same lack of depth and excess of cheese as Weather Systems except worse. I think the overall sound was better executed on Weather Systems as well. It may just be that this aesthetic just feels stale at this point though. The
second half is better since it does something different.

Ocean of Noise
June 6th 2014


10970 Comments


Nah Weather Systems was way more cheesy than this one

zaruyache
June 6th 2014


27390 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

oo ooo a proper stream! Finally I can hear this.

StormChaser
June 6th 2014


2100 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Am I the only one who excessively enjoys You're Not Alone?

DarkNoctus
June 6th 2014


12201 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

probably!

Ocean of Noise
June 6th 2014


10970 Comments


I enjoy that one way more than I feel I should

Ocean of Noise
June 6th 2014


10970 Comments


I actually love Danny's voice. Sucks that he doesn't sing on more tracks

Onirium
June 6th 2014


3113 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I've never been an Anathema fan but this is really solid stuff. Especially when compared to Weather Systems, which had too many flaws imo. This album really surprised me, definitely a contender for my prog album of the year so far, along with Demon by Gazpacho

OmairSh
June 6th 2014


17609 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Shit a review already. I wanted more from this album, but I'm still allowing it to properly sink in.

They need SW production

OmairSh
June 6th 2014


17609 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"Nah Weather Systems was way more cheesy than this one"



It was cheesy but my God did it have a lot of passion in it



"Honestly after hearing The Lost Song Part 3 I was excited for her vocals to be way less shaky on

this album but nope they're exactly the same



Vincent's vocals are incredible here though"



Yeah her vibrato's been exacerbated on this album. Vinny's a boss, expect nothing less. Though I

hoped for more variety in his vocals. He has aggressive sections but I was hoping he'd use his

deeper vocals, especially on "Anathema", they would've been perfect on that song

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
June 6th 2014


10716 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7 | Sound Off

Previous two albums didn't do much for me, in contrast to this one.



I really dig the gloom of it, it's like the distant relative of A Natural Disaster.

OmairSh
June 6th 2014


17609 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The album cover definitely is a close relative of AND

DarkNoctus
June 6th 2014


12201 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

i like the more subtle approach to the instrumentation here, and the use of electronics/synth



it's somewhere between a 3.5/4.0, leaves a brief but really striking impression, it's just really enjoyable and easy to get lost in. far from their best but far from their worst, i really like it and it's all i can ask for after the mess that was weather systems

OmairSh
June 6th 2014


17609 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"after the mess that was weather systems"



-_-



The t/t would have been a hell of a lot better with subtle drumming and no generic electronic elements. The electronic elements take away from the songs more than contribute imo.



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