Ok, well my favorites (this week- they seem to always change!) would have to include Communication Sublime, Waves of Visual Decay & Under a Luminous Sky.
As for the new album, i gotta agree with the above comment, "why wouldn't you get the new album?" This band has already produced 2 great albums & after repeated listens the 3rd is right on par.
My thoughts on new album are as follows:
Communic- Payment of Existence- they really set the bar high with Waves of Visual Decay (a 10/10), this is basically in the vein of their first 2 albums.
I am not finding anything overly different here, but after significant listens the album has grown on me alot. It just took longer this time around, not sure why.
Nice guitar playing on this album again, tunes are not as speedy as their last one, but there are some real gems here though, including the title track, Unpredictables of Life, as well as Stone Carved Eyes.
Still way better than a lot of stuff out there-again, the songwriting is excellent with great lyrical content. A clear top 15 contender for 2008.
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