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| 4.0 excellent | Jared Floryan | April 26th 15 |
Originally, I had checked out Epsilon prior to any of Japanese metal act Blood Stain Child's previous recordings. I'll put this as short and sweet as I can: I practically fell in love with the combination of trance influences and what was undeniably melodic death metal. Sure, the overall album wasn't impervious to issues, but this was about as easy to digest as a bag of Doritos while sitting upon a throne. About - let's say, two or three months before I rewrote this sound-off o' mine - I gave the previous album Mozaiq a spin. When compared to that offering, this just feels and sounds more cohesive. BSC's fourth official entry in their discography was by no means bad, though its composition capabilities were underutilized and the track structures could get extremely carefree at times. Epsilon features German songwriter Sophia as the singer and bass player Ryo handling all the growling in Anders Friden impersonator Sadew's place. Essentially what this is is a very entertaining LP with charming musicianship, nicely-executed vocal performances, and Final Fantasy XIII-inspired cover art; it's supposed to represent Sophia herself, but that looks suspiciously like Lightning. The whole thing is pretty much fun and quite intriguing to witness, to be honest.
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| 0.0 | BaseballJames | September 14th 11 |
When I first found this band on Wikipedia (browsing through In Flames article) and read that they were combining melodeath with trance, I was skeptical. However, it proves to be a good blend, with Sophia's vocals taking center stage (she sounds a lot better than the last vocalist, who was autotuned to hell). Favorite track is "Eternal".
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| 2.0 poor | pyroflare77 | October 22nd 11 |
You know you're terrible at playing metal music when the poppy segments of the album are far better.
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| 4.0 excellent | nosuke | May 9th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Snuron | April 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Davey | November 28th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | tekth | November 8th 21 |
| 3.5 great | alamo | July 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | jc3494 | March 26th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Estro | January 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Masha2k | July 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Crayak | March 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Brabiz | December 26th 19 |
| 3.5 great | mEyck07 | November 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | dcube | October 29th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Abraxas | January 18th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Daedus | December 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rosier | February 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ICDD | November 20th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | RMHQ | March 15th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | nouneka | November 17th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Kiwi | October 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mabbitt | July 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Takato | March 31st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pegana | January 16th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Agonba | January 12th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Hybza | December 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Wilk0 | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Aeri | August 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Drogich | February 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Flave | January 8th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Escain | January 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | setton | December 13th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Tobeza | October 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asha96 | October 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 3.5 great | JSJC | July 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | qdgyu | April 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | ngk44 | April 19th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Wiosna | March 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kroz | March 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Omeggia | November 28th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Huggbees | November 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | November 17th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | joomisy | September 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Polobolo | September 4th 13 |
| 3.5 great | gegiu | July 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | CutMan | January 2nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Vasco | July 12th 12 |
| 3.5 great | ANJ45 | April 19th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Stonik | March 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Minsc24 | February 14th 12 |
| 3.5 great | chayka | February 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | pumi | February 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Metalz | January 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | drewkar | January 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | modey3 | November 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ArchoN | November 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sconza | October 23rd 11 |
| 4.4 superb | Ryan P STAFF | October 1st 11 |
| 2.5 average | ev0ken | September 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | June 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | netromo | June 25th 11 |
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