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| 3.0 good | Xenorazr | April 13th 15 | This album reminds me of most videogames nowadays, post-patch. They're wonderfully detailed and boast incredible production, but it's lacking...as if engagement and stimulation were hardly of concern and slipped the crew's minds. There's fun to be had, but hardly enough to encourage frequent returns, much less in the long run.
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| 2.0 poor | EasterInTheBatcave | December 21st 15 | Unfortunately, Nightwish as of late seem to confuse epicness with bloatedness. Endless Forms Most Beautiful tries very hard to be big and epic. It ends up always listenable, but hardly ever interesting. It treads familiar ground for the band, only it does so in an oft corny and overwrought manner akin to their last record. And the familiar pop melodies smattered across the record's 86-minute (!) runtime don't help those aforementioned senses of familiarity and boredom. On the plus side, Floor has a phenomenal voice, and she is a perfect fit for the band. Hopefully on the next album she is given more room to stretch her chops, and the band stretches their own more, too.
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| 1.0 awful | redsonnet | September 23rd 15 | Baffled how this kind of music is still being made.
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| 3.0 good | Eggnog Addict | September 15th 22 | starts horribly boring but then u have elan and hope, title, the sheer win that is alpenglow, and bits of show but tuomas stfu with ur bullshit philosophy no one cares. rest is utter garbage. dont listen to the instrums they show just how empty the instrumentation actually is
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| 2.5 average | shimon2010 | March 12th 16 | This album, I've waited for so long, I watched the videos the band released a description of the preparation of the album ...rFinally a big disappointment, a small number of good songs in a sea of boredom.
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| 0.0 | altertide0 | May 1st 15 | The ideas behind Endless Forms Most Beautiful are worthy, but the music itself, while more polished and cohesive than the band's latest efforts, is far less adventurous and passionate. Only the majestic 24-minute "The Greatest Show on Earth" lives up to the album's name.
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| 4.0 excellent | chestercard | April 5th 15 | A grower definitely but think they could have made better use of the vocal talents of Floor and Marco
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| 3.0 good | Mythodea | March 20th 15 | Before I conclude to a 3, I want to be fair. I am a bit disappointed. This could have been rexcellent, if only. Floor's vocal abilities are known. Why doesn't she uses them? We have a rreally long disc here, 1h and 18m. If some songs were dismissed, this could have been much rtighter. Of course there are awsome parts, as the opener (much power metal stuff in this) rand the last two songs. On the one hand, the opus in the end is the highlight, on the other rhand, I can't stop thinking how much better it could have been, if some of the narrating was romitted. I find the animal sounds pretty cool, but this is just a shadow of the majestic rthing it COULD HAVE BEEN! Still, maybe it's a grower. Till another opinion surfaces...3.5.
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| 4.0 excellent | DarkNoctus | March 18th 15 | i'm actually really liking this. their best since century child. glad the stupid theatrics from the last record are gone. really good symphonic metal, if a bit simplistic in structure.
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| 3.5 great | Sarah | June 23rd 25 |
| 3.5 great | Dewinged EMERITUS | February 7th 25 |
| 2.5 average | Aeri | November 15th 24 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | October 9th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Nishe | October 1st 24 |
| 1.5 very poor | JoneHK | September 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Piem | March 12th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Mitch | January 29th 24 |
| 3.5 great | MaSuPe | August 22nd 23 |
| 2.5 average | s0nicx | July 19th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Taryn | December 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | October 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Vorpal | February 11th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Merv | August 18th 21 |
| 2.5 average | jc3494 | March 22nd 21 |
| 3.5 great | Crayak | December 25th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | remi | October 28th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Mattia | January 19th 20 |
| 3.0 good | A.R.O. EMERITUS | October 9th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Elynna | August 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | deslad | April 7th 19 |
| 3.5 great | vale | December 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanp | November 25th 18 |
| 3.0 good | ogan | November 5th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Aszhi | July 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JDubb | April 30th 18 |
| 2.5 average | valek | February 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rosier | February 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oreon | January 11th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | KManoc1 | December 31st 17 |
| 3.0 good | Stonik | December 8th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Kefka | November 12th 17 |
| 3.5 great | THFYH | November 7th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | GazAldo | October 28th 17 |
| 3.0 good | solrage | September 26th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | neikos | August 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | nashet | June 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Advent | May 30th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Senkiv | May 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Lucy | May 23rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | alamo | March 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | zantxu | November 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tykuo | October 31st 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Gazo | September 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Altmer | September 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Atomz | September 5th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Gurzgri | September 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kinkou | September 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kamille | August 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Romijn | August 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xinlo | July 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | marek | June 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Kiwi | April 23rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | ngk44 | March 30th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Leymon | February 23rd 16 |
| 2.5 average | rifkadm | February 14th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Edwin12 | February 4th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Agonba | January 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | MilanL | December 31st 15 |
| 3.5 great | PikDum | December 26th 15 |
| 2.5 average | dess05 | December 9th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Bierlag | October 25th 15 |
| 2.5 average | ABlake | October 23rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Flave | August 3rd 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | SXsize | July 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Teemo | July 21st 15 |
| 2.5 average | silva | July 19th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | cherno | June 11th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lours | June 8th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | MikkoH | May 21st 15 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | May 19th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Favole | May 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Ebola | May 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | betray | April 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | coopj | April 12th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Kruppe | April 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | IonutHw | April 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Gbhill | April 3rd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Aulis8 | March 31st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Dizchu | March 31st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Hybza | March 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | vasilag | March 28th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | miyo | March 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | March 23rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Jeejee | March 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Kira97 | March 19th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Poet | March 18th 15 |
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