Amazing fucking album (on my first listen today anyway), this already is a close tie with Scar Symmetry for shred album of the year (with the exception of the awful attempts at funk, punk, and ballads - but Extreme was always guilty of these.)
I'm not really into the sparseness of the production, but it's a really great showcase for some serious shredding from Nuno regardless!
EDIT - on second listen I am realizing that it's all about the first three songs, and beyond that I am wanting to fast forward to the solos, or even outright skip a lot of it. Oh well... Scar Symmetry definitely has these guys beat in the quality songs department, and the consistency of shred department as well. I guess this is why I quickly adopted melodic deathmtal in favor of 80s metal when I first started playing...
I'm not really into the sparseness of the production, but it's a really great showcase for some serious shredding from Nuno regardless!
EDIT - on second listen I am realizing that it's all about the first three songs, and beyond that I am wanting to fast forward to the solos, or even outright skip a lot of it. Oh well... Scar Symmetry definitely has these guys beat in the quality songs department, and the consistency of shred department as well. I guess this is why I quickly adopted melodic deathmtal in favor of 80s metal when I first started playing...
