Don't care for this type of music really, but gotta say I dig the album art.
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You often review new material almost the minute of their release. I wonder how much you've actually "digested" the album. Unless you have access to promos etc.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This certainly left a very good first impression.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
this didn't really do much for me. feels like they were really safe with the songwriting and only one or two times does a song sound actually like a cohesive piece. there are many nice moments scattered around but, unlike dead end kings, not very much comes together.
also lol at that guy in the soundoffs who says the album is a grower and takes time, it has only been leaked for like 2 days. even if you have the promo you've only had it for a couple weeks max.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I can't really view this one as 'safe' while looking at the longer tracks presented. The part regarding cohesion is fair and it makes sense that it can bother people, especially the big fans of DEK.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
if your definition of being daring is writing somewhat longer tracks then sure, this is daring, but if your definition of daring is bringing in new influences and thinking about your music in new ways then this is quite far from it.
sure, there is a renewed heaviness present here but it is only fleeting and never sticks around for longer than a riff or two before tracks scurry back to safety. dead end kings wasn't daring in the least but what it did have was songwriting that was focused. this album seems to WANT to be daring and to go in a million directions, but soon decides that doing so is too difficult so instead it just circles the same room while looking out the window saying "damn it looks nice out there, would be lovely to try that out"
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Album Rating: 4.5
while this may not be such a daring new direction some where hoping for, it still is the high standart of music we're kinda expecting from them at this point which is a shame really. few bands can churn out such quality over and over and we should appreciate that.
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Album Rating: 4.0
You got a point, and I don't mean I like them simply for an extended runtime, I just enjoyed the dabbling in messier structures. It still sounds very Katatonia at its core, which I'm fine with, but I'm also glad it's not DEK Part 2.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
to this band oscillates between "brilliant" and just plain "good", and between DEK and this record we see that oscillation
i'll listen to this and enjoy it and appreciate it, but i'll always be frustrated by how the truly brilliant aspects of this record are never fully explored
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Album Rating: 4.0
They're pretty much "4-the band" for me with a few exceptions.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Thinking this will bore the heck outta me :[
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Album Rating: 4.0
Seems like you're back to square one with Katatonia, Crysis. That's unfortunate.
I personally enjoy the record a lot. It sounds like a slightly more quiet and dynamic Dead End Kings to me. To the people who feel like it sounds all over the place, just give it some more spins and it might just click after a while. It really does sound like the kind of album that eventually grows on you if you enjoy Katatonia at all.
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Album Rating: 3.0
It's pretty good, and I find that as disappointing as ever.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Really enjoyed my first listen but there's a lot to digest, so I'm gonna need some time with it. Personally I'm nowhere close to being able to rate it.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Unlike most other katatonia albums, I liked this one the first time I listened to it. So for me, it's less of a grower probably than past albums. Really love Serac
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Album Rating: 4.0
2:10 into Serein sounds so heroic
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Album Rating: 4.0
I definitely enjoy this more than the last album.
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Any heavy moments? They seem so reluctant to bust out a riff most of the time now.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah, there's some heavy moments in Serac, Night Subscriber, Sanction, and a few others, including the album closer. I don't think it gets as heavy as anything on Great Cold Distance, though, but I could be mis-remembering.
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Only had a chance to hear the very first song, and it was quite nice. Kinda seemed a little more..err...technical that their previous stuff? I dunno.
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