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James Winter
I'm just an average listener that enjoys a wide range of genres.
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The album starts off well - Do you Dream of Armageddon being a decent intro - though intros should've been left in 2012. Some of it was a little clumsy, but overall I didn't dislike it.
The second track comes in with a pretty generic djent riff but it's not objectively bad, which sort of sets the mood for the rest of the album. It's just.. like you've heard it before. I did find myself bobbing my head though. I don't have a lot of issues with this album but one major thing is I feel the mix is just too sterile. The quick EQ edit was honestly a game changer on this one for me and made it feel a lot more immersive.
Their sound has changed, but it should. Music evolves with the musician and they shouldn't try to confine themselves to anything in particular. The fans that think bands should never change are, quite simply, incorrect brats that live more in nostalgia than the currents of actual time. Some of the orchestrations and overall composition of this album are trying too hard to do more than they should, though that doesn't automatically write them off.
While this is not my favorite album they've put out, nor the second favorite, I enjoyed the experience of the album and will be returning to it, but it's not going to make it into my heavy rotation.
The second track comes in with a pretty generic djent riff but it's not objectively bad, which sort of sets the mood for the rest of the album. It's just.. like you've heard it before. I did find myself bobbing my head though. I don't have a lot of issues with this album but one major thing is I feel the mix is just too sterile. The quick EQ edit was honestly a game changer on this one for me and made it feel a lot more immersive.
Their sound has changed, but it should. Music evolves with the musician and they shouldn't try to confine themselves to anything in particular. The fans that think bands should never change are, quite simply, incorrect brats that live more in nostalgia than the currents of actual time. Some of the orchestrations and overall composition of this album are trying too hard to do more than they should, though that doesn't automatically write them off.
While this is not my favorite album they've put out, nor the second favorite, I enjoyed the experience of the album and will be returning to it, but it's not going to make it into my heavy rotation.
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