Petrichor - 3/5
For All to See - 4/5
Cenotaph - 3/5
Starlifter - 3/5
The Grand Hunt - 3/5
Spasms of Human Tragedy - 3/5
Broken Matter Manipulation - 3/5
The Haruspex Sunrise - 4/5
Andara's Will - 4/5
Mechina - Cenotaph
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 1th / 1
Highlight: Andara's Will
Made me think of:
Pure Reason Revolution
Avantasia
Lacuna Coil
Another New Years Day with another underwhelming Mechina album. I just think these albums have started to become too formulaic, where I'm not sure I would even know this was a different record than the last few. It's just difficult, because there is nothing here that is bad. It's a really solid listen with cool sci-fi themes and production and extremely fitting vocals from Melrose (even if I super miss the death vocals being front and center). The Grand Hunt is a definite highlight, but I don't ... read more
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