ODYSSEY

Even if I have never been an Illenium fan, I was still mildly curious to hear what Odyssey would deliver, as dubstep has earned a bit of a critical re-evaluation in recent years, while Skrillex has been writing some of his most interesting music as of late. I would honestly have more fun listening to some super trashy brostep over this however, and this album could not even deliver that. While future bass and melodic dubstep still play a role here, especially with some of the drops and pumping ... read more

crikey, where do i begin?
ILLENIUM’s 6th full length offering hasn’t interested me in the slightest. this album is full of some very lacklustre production that carries next to no emotion for the next part, and the vocal performances across the record weren’t all bad (though some just didn’t suit the production at all).

on a related note, the feature list for this album is pretty strange too.. Bastille, Ellie Goulding, Kid Cudi and Bring Me The Horizon?! the vocal ... read more

Swedish House Mafia if all the songs were halved in length and had subpar EDM drops. It had it's moments as some features were better than others. Bring me the horizon were the highlight for sure, but compared to the rest of the songs feel like an outlier. Overall better than something like a Tiesto or Skrillex so that's some praise.

Gee, he really is the Taylor Swift of Melodic Dubstep, isn't he?

There’s something almost frustrating about listening to ILLENIUM at this point in his career. You know what you’re going to get, but at the same time, you keep hoping for just a little more than that. And with "ODYSSEY", that push-and-pull feeling is stronger than ever.

Now I've let this album REALLY sit, haven't gave it a listen since it came out. And yet, in typical ILLENIUM fashion, I ... read more