(Originally this was a comment in the replies of aotyscure’s review but i think this deserves to be fleshed out into its own thing.)
There are a number of things I really like about this album. They did a good job of evenly balancing the melodeath/doom genre combination, incorporating the piano, and especially creating an atmosphere. However, I have 2 major problems here that hold me back from enjoying it as much as a lot of other people here.
Firstly, I think the vocals are easily the ... read more
Finding this made all the mid black metal that I listened to this month worthwhile. It has great atmosphere (as a bonus I got to listen to it with actual snow outside! Not too common where I live). Since I found this, it's been the album I've listened to the most, so I can confirm it has great replay value. It has memorable songs and variation. My only real complaint is the mixing of the drums being too quiet at times, I could easily see myself giving this a rating in the 90s if that was ... read more
This may be the most an album has exceeded my expectations in recent memory. Best way I can describe this is grindcore that has well-incorporated punk elements and feels very "groovy" in the best way possible. Also at times there's something in the mix that sounds almost like a large dump truck idling, which sounds like it should be a negative but it just somehow worked for me? idk, the album is good, check it out
I can honestly see myself warming up to this a lot more in the future, but on my first listen it just sounded like bargain bin KMFDM a lot of the time (which may really be saying something given KMFDM's recent output)
It is fairly well known that after people die, they may shit themselves due to relaxation of the muscles that would normally hold said shit within the body. This is evidence that bands may do the same thing. Rings of Saturn died, and here’s the shit.
SEE ALSO: “Iced Earth: A Narrative Soundscape”
I get why some people would really like this, but imo this is without a doubt the single most bloated album I’ve ever listened to. The first 13 minutes and last 6 minutes of Hin and the ENTIRETY of Fort are just NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. Fort also includes a bunch of random ass samples throughout a full hour of ambient boredom tacked onto the end of the album. Those middle 40 minutes or so of Hin (the only part of this even remotely worth listening to) are decent albeit repetitive ... read more
Not Earth-shatteringly unique or varied or anything, but I’m giving it a very high rating for the sheer replay value. As many incredible albums as I found this year that DID accomplish that, when I open spotify I find myself going “hmm I should listen to One Nightmare Unto Another” and standing out that much to me has gotta count for something in my book.
It was hard to give this a rating unbiased by my disappointment that this wasn't as good as Primal Incinerators, because this IS good, just not THAT good.
This is stupid, but for me this score can range up or down by 5-10 depending ENTIRELY on how late it is at night when I listened. I listened once at like 4:30 or 5 AM and wanted to give it a score in the high 70s or an 80, and when I listened again in the afternoon I wanted to give it a low 60. Meeting somewhere in the middle after listening a third time at 11PM lol.
While this entire album was bland, repetitive, and forgettable imo, the song "Enslaved to Be" somehow managed to make everything come together in a way that really worked for me. Outside of that nothing of much interest really happened here for me
I mean at least the title is correct lmfao. This seriously might be the worst metal album I've ever heard in my entire life, and I don't think words alone can do it justice but I'll try my best. Imagine your drunk uncle ranting about how the government is run by lizard people at Thanksgiving dinner, then put it over some of the worst thrash you've ever heard, and then add random additional shit that doesn't make any sense?? Idk how to describe it other than it being so incompetent and ... read more
I'm only giving this a 1 instead of a 0 because it may be quality YTP source material
This is a rare case of a good album where one of the bonus tracks from the deluxe version is one of my favorites. Idk why they didn’t include “Nothing Visible; Ocean Empty” on the main album but it’s SO good, probably my second favorite track here after Map Change. This may be a hot take but I think it would be a better closer than Map Change if it came directly afterward. Definitely check it out!
I find your lack of blast beats disturbing…
Srsly though, I feel like they’d go a long way to make this feel less bland. Third track is probably the best bc it’s the one song where they actually DO have good drums
This was on track to be even higher but at the 33 minute mark or so it sounded like Yoko Ono showed up and ruined about 5 minutes of the song. I know it's not actually her, but it may as well be, like wtf were they thinking? Feels even worse because the rest of this album/song is SO good. There are a few other parts where it gets a bit too Dream Theater-y for my liking, but with much better lyrics (which is my biggest problem with a lot of Dream Theater), as well as a few other parts with ... read more
Pretty forgettable for the most part, but if you listen to it def stick around to the end because imo the second half of the album is much stronger than the first half. Cavernous Violence particularly stands out for me, I think I like how it transitions or something.
The beginning is very good but it declines a bit as the album continues. Also the beginning has these weird samples or something in it that make it harder for me to get into it. This issue is especially bad in this circumstance imo because I really like atmo-black to feel immersive and the samples ruin that by reminding me "they deliberately put this weird sound effect here" if that makes sense.
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