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| 3.0 good | Observer EMERITUS | September 8th 19 |
Fans are upset with my rating, and I understand that. But I do have a tip to help you understand, if you're willing to humor me at least. Set aside two hours, listen to this album, and then immediately listen to Back To Times Of Splendor. Then, tell me how you are baffled at my incorrect opinion on this. Do it.
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| 4.0 excellent | JOK | August 5th 19 |
Certainly a return to form on all fronts and quite literally a direct sequel to Back to Times of Splendor, but it could use some editing. The epics are exactly that, but the shorter tracks feel a bit like padding. Despite this minor issue, this album was able to make me feel 16 again without being a meritless throwback or cash grab. Andy Schmidt is what Wintersun fanboys think Jari is.
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| 2.5 average | tenderscum | September 3rd 19 |
Songwriting buried under Jari Maenpaa bullshit.
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| 2.5 average | cjbizzlebizzle | November 25th 19 |
If this is one of the best progressive metal releases of 2019 it feels like it must be an off year for the genre in some ways. Cutting to the chase, the vocals on this album just ruin the immersion. The songwriting feels adventurous and you weave through different worlds as the album runs on. The guitars shine in both the heavy and more melodic passages with nice harmonies and memorable riffs. It has the base of a good prog metal record but the non-clean/guttaral vocals as well as the lyrics weaken the experience. They just sound like someone trying to do a tough guy voice and often feel pasted on the music in awkward rhythms (see: The Great Unknown). At times 'The Liberation' takes you into an epic world of prog metal but the vocals hinder that effect too much in the long run.
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| 2.0 poor | Scott | September 9th 19 |
The first couple of tracks on here are the most standard, bland, and unnecessarily long tracks with no right being as pretentious as it is. The ladder-half of the album isn't too bad. There are moments on the back-half that understand its place on the record before it bursts back into more standard melodic progressive death metal. This album didn't start strong and it almost didn't stick the landing, but it had enough good moments and performances to be listenable.
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| 4.0 excellent | Panzerchrist | September 5th 19 |
I kinda think it's humorous that the crux of the argument from the staff soundoff is that when you
put this side-by-side with their previous effort it somehow makes the quality so stark
The album was made to be played back to back with their previous, and it actually increases the
connectivity and meta-narrative, like
The previous record ends and this one literally begins. That ending track and this intro are one
solid movement
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| 3.5 great | FunJan | December 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | KManoc1 | September 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | KManoc1 | September 1st 23 |
| 3.5 great | heck | December 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | December 4th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Zac124 | November 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | JoneHK | November 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | btors | September 16th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | August 4th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | March 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Awake88 | January 9th 20 |
| 3.5 great | alamo | December 17th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | KarlTet | November 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | October 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | October 13th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Diatom | October 10th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | hadriel | October 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Macck | October 3rd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | YakNips | October 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | noahfor | September 30th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | neikos | September 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | sam1oq | September 20th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Tranqyl | September 19th 19 |
| 3.5 great | em17ah | September 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeneMaja | September 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Madz981 | September 15th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | Wizard | September 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maco097 | September 13th 19 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | September 12th 19 |
| 2.5 average | gilly | September 11th 19 |
| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | September 9th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Elevon | September 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Fuksia | September 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | max13x | September 6th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | September 6th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Elynna | September 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lythelus | September 6th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | wulolu | September 5th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Khu | September 5th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Dmax28 | September 4th 19 |
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