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DoofDoof
March 30th 2019


15102 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

'Love the dude but he didn't even finish the album, and he won't be the only one.'



I did skim listen the end of the album, wasn't the last track a 20 minute stop start job. Is it one of the better moments here?



Have to be honest with some first time listens you're ascertaining if you'll listen again soon and then you start getting a feel about song writing comparison, quality etc. "hmm, this seems to be my favourite so far" type assessments, finding a way in to the album as a whole



Other times the overriding style dictates that the vagaries of song writing strength or differences in approach between songs hardly matter - in other words half way through you know the jig is up.



And 100% you are ready to rate a 1 (or 1.5 or 2.5) in that second circumstance.

SitarHero
March 30th 2019


14713 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Lol, chill Ben. Just point and laugh at all the ridiculous "eww this is just like all those other Devy records" commentary. :]

CalculatingInfinity
March 30th 2019


9860 Comments


*grabs popcorn*

GhandhiLion
March 30th 2019


17643 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

*unfolds deck chair*

Toondude10
March 30th 2019


15186 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Can anyone timestamp Chad Kroegers part? I’m immensely curious."



He's in the chorus of "Hear Me". Tbh he's basically nothing but background noise and you can't really hear him except for like one second in the beginning of the second chorus. Though honestly, that's probably the best you could do for a Chad Kroeger guest spot.

TVC15
March 30th 2019


11372 Comments


By that logic, all avant-garde and prog metal are automatically exempt from low scores cos “it clearly isn't the very nadir of music as that rating would suggest” and a “lengthy, complex album”

DoofDoof
March 30th 2019


15102 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

I'm listening to the last song now - as was my skim listen assessment, it sounds like very bad space opera 'just sh't anything out' stuff



I'm sure it's an enthralling 'through the genres journey' for some but it sounds sort of stage-show'y....like someone should be performing magic to it, making an elephant in a glass box vanish or something like that

Firedust
March 30th 2019


1176 Comments


I love how sputnik users take other people 1-ing albums they like as some kind of personal insult. Wtf

SitarHero
March 30th 2019


14713 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It kind of is. It's them passive-aggressively telling you your taste sucks.

Hawks
March 30th 2019


88089 Comments


Where’s Agent when you need him????

Firedust
March 30th 2019


1176 Comments


Not really. You like the album, somebody else doesn't – wooo, big deal.

Meridiu5
March 30th 2019


4168 Comments


devy got 100 ratings within one day.

say what you want about his music but thats impressive haha.

SitarHero
March 30th 2019


14713 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Not really. You like the album, somebody else doesn't – wooo, big deal."



Well you only say that because you, sir, have great taste and obviously know it. xD

Firedust
March 30th 2019


1176 Comments


No, I don't. I like what I like xD

zaruyache
March 30th 2019


27418 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

more like 50 probably. This had a few dozen ratings after it leaked.

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
March 30th 2019


18936 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Still don’t know what to think of this album, has some brilliant moments but also some exaggerated over the top stuff

Flugmorph
March 30th 2019


34300 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

jammed this a couple of times now and i dont really feel it yet



maybe my love for devy wasnt supposed to be eternal after all

Spec
March 30th 2019


39478 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Gonna jam a few more times and let this sink in.

DoofDoof
March 30th 2019


15102 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

Menpath

Veldin
March 30th 2019


5273 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Dopepath



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