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Honestly not like a SUPER life changing experience, but it’s mainly the fact that this album is just completely full with 10/10 music.

Loved the super complex riffs… a lot, the sludge influence for the vocals, and groovy drums. Super replayable, accessible and overall I am genuinely super impressed with the production especially for their time, AND for the fact that this is only their second album.

Top 3:
1. Blood and Thunder
2. Hearts Alive
3. Iron Tusk

Bottom 3:
1. Joseph ... read more

Meshuggah's lowest rated album.

The vocals kinda sound like that they are just ripping off Metallica, and considering that this is thrash metal I wouldn't be surprised.

Also I gotta say that these vocals are what I would expect viking metal vocals to sound like.

The guitar solos aren't great but overall the production is actually really impressive for a debut album.

Top 3:
1. Internal Evidence
2. Paralyzing Ignorance
3. Erroneous Manipulation

Bottom 3:
1. Choirs of ... read more

Opeth’s lowest rated album, it’s still good but it isn’t really all that interesting or groundbreaking compared to something like Ghost Reveries.

Top 3:
1. Heritage
2. The Devil’s Orchard
3. Slither

Bottom 3:
1. Famine
2. Nepenthe
3. Häxprocess

Production: 79/100
Singing Performances: 8/10
Vocals: 86/100
Replayability: 1/5
Repetitiveness: 2/5
Engagement: 3/5
Overall Album Experience: 3/5

Average Track Rating: 78.0
Overall Rating: 76/100

Sounds amazing, suffers heavily from repetition and low engagement.

Not only it just sounds the same by ear, but pretty much every song follows a very similar formula.

Top 3:
1. In Fiction
2. So Did We
3. Backlit

Bottom 3:
1. Altered Course
2. Grinning Mouths
3. Syndic Calls

Production: 96/100
Screaming Performances: 9/10
Vocals: 96/100
Replayability: 2/5
Repetitiveness: 4/5
Engagement: 2/5
Overall Album Experience: 3/5

Average Track Rating: 94.1
Overall Rating: 89/100