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Can't believe this doesn't have a single review here. Some of Darkest Hour's best tracks land on this one and it's something of a classic in its own right; but as a full album experience it can be a bit exhausting - songs are on average about two minutes longer than they needed to be and with little to break up the constant pummeling onslaught it can all sort of bleed together. An interesting peek at the bones of what would become a duo of stone-cold metalcore classics with ... read more

Soda Lake With Game Genie is transcendental shit beyond this mortal coil, 11/10 - the rest is a bit of a mixed bag.

Wow, I haven't been this impressed with these guys since Parallax II.

Typically I enjoy a BTBAM record in spite of the vocals, which mostly hover between 'meh' and tolerable with the occasional flash of brilliance- here they're an absolute highlight, and easily some of the best of their whole discography; despite some of the cleans sounding uncomfortably similar to James LaBrie.

While we're on the subject, the Dream Theater worship is stronger than ever with this ... read more

TWIABP is what I reply with when someone asks me who my favorite band is. Whenever, If Ever and Harmlessness are all-timers for me, discovering those records was revelatory and they helped me through some pretty shit times in my life.

Always Foreign was a bit of a misstep, but I still got the gist of what they were going for and enjoyed it overall, then Illusory Walls pulled things back together - taking bits and pieces of everything in their discography and blending it into some of their ... read more