Impressive debut album that just might be trying to bite off a little more than it can chew. The sound is extremely grand and the influences from other contemporary progmetal bands like Haken are all over this thing, but it switches up the sound often enough that it doesn't bother me that much. I especially like some of the Ihsahn-esque vocals and the final 20 minute track is a banger, but there's still plenty of room for improvement in the song writing on the rest of the album. Any negatives ... read more

Esbi

Debut record from multi-instrulentalist ALMO, really fun listen if you're into prog metal and don't mind an album that clearly wears its influences under its sleeve. A LOT. But to those who accept that fact, Reconciliation is a really satisfying record, especially on the 20 minute long epic at the end, which may be my favorite song of 2024 so far.
Other highlights would be Hope, with its beautiful flute interlude, or In Dreams, a really soft but not dull track.

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RealZzzz

Pretty fuckin impressive debut album, very Dream Theatre ish, which I love. I thought this was pretty great overall, defo giving it a good score. It was powerful throughout and never really dipped in quality. A long, dense album full of powerful songs, not sure what to specifically criticise since this album is impressive, jammy and has a lot of great moments to hold onto. Hopefully we will see more from this artist in the future, good shit keep up the great work!

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