PantheraTigris

Spotless

It's another late-career, average Dream Theater album. It is quite inconsistent, with a mix of the quite-good (The Alien, Sleeping Giant), the boring (Answering the Call, Transcending Time, A View from the Top of the World), and the just plain annoying (Invisible Monster, Awaken the Master). However, none of the tracks are up there with their top work earlier in their career. At this point, it feels like they are just following the 'Dream Theater formula' and staying in their ... read more

This was much better than expected. An instrumental metal band from Kazakhstan that also fuse their music with aspects of Western classical and Kazakh folk music. Of course it’s cheesy. But it’s also pretty original, executed well, and worth a listen.

This record certainly has its moments but the overall album did not really win me over. The cool bits are some really awesome drum work and some of the guitar riffs are pretty groovy. I didn’t love the vocals or the ‘shredding’-style guitar solos, although shredding never appealed to me honestly. The style really reminds me of Fear Factory, although this album seems nowhere near as hooky to me as, say, Demanufacture. I think overall it’s decent but possibly just not my ... read more