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| 1.5 very poor | falt | May 28th 18 |
This album is not very interesting to the average listener. Vocals are a monstrocity.
Mixing is not the best. Instrumentation is ALMOST the simplest it ever was in this band.
Mainly, the vocals present itself as an overly Fear Factory influenced mess. The talk
before tHE SCREAM and EVERY othER woRD is Half SCREAmed. Either that or very drawn out
high-mid screams that sound absolutely awful. Lyrics feel lazy, instrumentation is
drowned out by the screams and chorus' in mixing so most of what you hear is just muddy
bass behind this underdeveloped vocalist. Wholly nothing outstanding about this album
besides *maybe* two or three songs. If you were to separate individual tracks and listen
to them, they wouldn't be too bad, but together they just don't flow or sound
interesting. It's like someone who doesn't know how to write writing alot to compensate
but instead this band thought if they were louder that would fix their problems. If there
was a reason for someone to hate this band, this would be it. But even then, to judge a
band on one work is treason to metal.
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| 3.0 good | Jared Floryan | March 16th 15 |
For the longest time, Mnemic have worshiped the very ground that Swedish experimental metal act Meshuggah have walked on. Polyrhythmic guitar sections, djent-inspired chugging, and poisonous shouts supplied by the former were influenced by the latter band, although these elements haven't necessarily dominated their catalog. Mnemic know how to incorporate a sense of entertaining melody into their cold, harsh sound - and this is represented via studio album #3, Passenger. Released in 2007, it was the first Mnemic release to feature Guillaume Bideau as the vocalist in place of Michael Bogballe. The band's formula hasn't changed much from the first two offerings and the instrumental power is comparatively lacking this time around, but the recording does stand fine on its own overall. Guillaume's growls are beastly throughout a good portion of it, while his clean voice is certainly a tolerable characteristic, even if Michael Bogballe was capable of employing slightly more distinctive singing.
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| 2.5 average | SkapalPes | June 25th 14 |
Sounds quite nice in the background, `cause of it`s good sound and production, but when you listen to it more carefully, you will find one over-sung and over-screamed album with more than enough ideas taken from bigger acts like Fear Factory or Meshuggah supplied with some mediocre metalcore refrains, and it`s not well-knit either.
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| 3.0 good | MaSuPe | January 23rd 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lani | August 11th 24 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck07 | November 18th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | voodman | October 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | n3xus6 | March 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GhostK | November 26th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Wilk0 | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | ngk44 | August 14th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Majkl | February 22nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | h0rsie | November 23rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | br8dyn | October 25th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Sulphur | September 26th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Hati | August 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | heck | June 11th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Edlund | May 30th 12 |
| 3.0 good | YUJOS | May 25th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Lalka | April 15th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Trey STAFF | May 24th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Scoot | April 21st 11 |
| 2.5 average | Lacerda | December 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Nego | September 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Fobeus | May 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | L0G05 | February 13th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Smevin | February 7th 10 |
| 3.0 good | BSX | September 11th 09 |
| 2.5 average | chaos17 | August 13th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Ohpet | August 12th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Mouth | August 8th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Tupi | July 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben101 | October 8th 08 |
| 3.5 great | beans | December 31st 07 |
| 2.5 average | Valhall | December 22nd 07 |
| 2.0 poor | spooKk | October 28th 07 |
| 3.0 good | Salami | September 25th 07 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jmaj14 | September 13th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Gmaj | February 1st 07 |
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