Now that we can start to talk openly about it.
So?
Up to the expectations?
For me its a 9/10 like Virus (well a tiny bit better than virus so 9.25)
Pros :
- GREAT prod quality
- catchy tunes
- long album, and you dont get bored a single second
- We can hear Mikael's bass a bit more, and I love the tone of it
- it sounds like Hypocrisy should
Cons :
- we'll have to wait 2 years until the next album
- Absence of clean voice, no atmospheric song like Slippin away, Paled empty spheres...Living to die etc etc.
these are personal remarks that I wouldnt consider as 'cons' or 'pros'
- maybe the album could have used one more very agressive totally death metal oriented tune like Craving for another killing or Blooddrenched
- Peter vocals are agressive and REALLY cool, but saying they are as DM as Final chapter or Nightmare made flesh would be stupid. Its not really a matter of how low the growls are but just how the vocals cut in the mix. On both albums previously mentionned, the vocals are mixed louder in the mix than on any other album, add the loudness of the growls to that...of course it will sound agressive as hell.
- Peter seems to have completely or almost erased the ''many vocal layers at the same time, including a clean voice'' singing approach from his repertory since Catch 22. Its a wee bit sad, many of the greatest tunes from ST had that (Until the end, Elastic inverted visions) I think you can hear it once on the last album, when he says Tamed filled with fear.
Fave songs on the album :
- Valley
- Weed out
-No tomorrow
-Alive
-The quest
-Tamed
-Skys falling down
other songs are excellent too
So?
Up to the expectations?
For me its a 9/10 like Virus (well a tiny bit better than virus so 9.25)
Pros :
- GREAT prod quality
- catchy tunes
- long album, and you dont get bored a single second
- We can hear Mikael's bass a bit more, and I love the tone of it
- it sounds like Hypocrisy should
Cons :
- we'll have to wait 2 years until the next album
- Absence of clean voice, no atmospheric song like Slippin away, Paled empty spheres...Living to die etc etc.
these are personal remarks that I wouldnt consider as 'cons' or 'pros'
- maybe the album could have used one more very agressive totally death metal oriented tune like Craving for another killing or Blooddrenched
- Peter vocals are agressive and REALLY cool, but saying they are as DM as Final chapter or Nightmare made flesh would be stupid. Its not really a matter of how low the growls are but just how the vocals cut in the mix. On both albums previously mentionned, the vocals are mixed louder in the mix than on any other album, add the loudness of the growls to that...of course it will sound agressive as hell.
- Peter seems to have completely or almost erased the ''many vocal layers at the same time, including a clean voice'' singing approach from his repertory since Catch 22. Its a wee bit sad, many of the greatest tunes from ST had that (Until the end, Elastic inverted visions) I think you can hear it once on the last album, when he says Tamed filled with fear.
Fave songs on the album :
- Valley
- Weed out
-No tomorrow
-Alive
-The quest
-Tamed
-Skys falling down
other songs are excellent too
