i honestly wish i could rate this higher but the vocals really bother me and i can’t really ignore that. i wasn’t feeling it his album at all at the start but it kept getting better as i went. King of the dead was really good, that was the first song here that really felt like it brought me into the world of the album. then the transition into 7/8 in Death of the sun followed by the duelling guitar solos is one of the coolest things i’ve heard in a good while. the solo in ... read more
dont mind it all except for a couple moments that annoyed me here and there, but id be lying if i said i wasnt getting bored throughout this. i think speed metal isnt really my thing, the constant pace gets a bit tiring after a while and none of it really sticks with me (although i might relisten sometime because i think im just not in a very attentive mood). the solos were the highlights
the album cover describes this album very well. i feel like this is what my german maths lecturer would listen to. there were definitely dull moments but this album is so well structured and feels like im being taken on a journey. the last minute or so of the grudge where the drums start going insane kinda blew my mind when i first heard it. i also really liked lateralus, theres this moment around the middle where its like the guitar just starts meandering and all the elements of the music just ... read more
i listen to a lot of black country new road and the extent to which this influenced their first album was kinda shocking to me when i heard this. there were definitely some awesome moments on this but i was kinda bored a lot of the time. don aman is a bit underrated relative to the other songs i found that one quite captivating