This has SERIOUSLY grown off me.
The epic, split as opener and closer, is the only truly great song here. Rest feels like the label forced them to make an album out of an EP.
Flow is non-existent, LaBrie's half-assing every song, and even the drumming/solos get lazy at times. Repentance is the other quite good song only because of the context of the 12-step suite saga.
I am beyond shocked at how people pretend DT's issues in the 2010's were Portnoy's departure when they ... read more
That first concert was some great stuff. The second one left a bit to be desired aside from Helpless Chlid which is always excellent
Whilst still acceptable Kraftklub tunes, it has majorly lost the bite and teeth their earlier output had.
It's quite a challenge to make a 70' long Alt-Rock album that keeps you engaged all the way through it. This got pretty damn close!
Too performative. More focused on gimmicks than good songwriting.
We got a decent Chris Barnes performance in big 2026. I don't understand the world I live in anymore
Type of album that'd maybe blow you away if you're just getting into melodeath, but retrospectively sounds very generic and by the books
Hilariously unbalanced album.
Opener and closer? Hell of a combo. If this was a single LP with those two songs we'd be talking about Thick as a Brick levels of GOATed
The Remembering and the Ancient? Oh my god bruh. Imagine a 20' track where nothing happens and an 18' encapsulation of 70's prog worst quirks.
It's a 9/10 duo fighting against a 4/10 one and that's why I'm left with this final score. Deducted a smidge due to the simple fact of how utterly ... read more
Very funny that this became famous due to TWD when ''Waiting Around to Die'' was also in Breaking Bad! Of all shows.
Anyways good album
125 minutes of this is ridiculous. Could've been a great single LP
Rating history 18 --> 70
Guess I like this now? Had a long bus ride so I shut my eyes off and let it absorb me. Definitely the only way this album can be consumed and aprecciated.
It's still flawed; I still don't get why you'd put Yum Jab Killers and Volcano on an already very bloated record. Yet it needs to be bloated, for its soundscape to trap you and immerse you. This wouldn't be nearly as impactful if it was 40/50 minutes.
And the thing I liked most is that it ... read more
Those first 6 songs are just classic after classic. I’d say it runs out of steam after that run, but said run being 3/4ths of the album makes up for it.
Nothing destroys my prog rock appetite like the 22’ epic being the 2nd track in the album (1st one not being an overture) and destroying the flow of the whole LP in the process.
thx for the rec Yusuke!
A lot to unpack but first impressions are positive. Even the "annoying'' 4 minute drum solo they somehow made it work with how the whole band sticks the landing afterwards.
Only downside is I wasn't wowed throughout most of it, just genuinely pleased.
Full of personality and grandiose moments that justify themselves, it is certainly an album that I plan on relistening quite a bit.
I do feel that it relies a little too much on interludes instead of finding a natural flow from track to track
It gets really weird from minute 20 onwards, yet I much prefer that to the agonizingly repetitive Meshuggah albums
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