The new album is amazing. I have been listening to it pretty much exclusively since I downloaded it (and I'm not a NM fanboy, but I know them pretty well), and I think it may be my favorite album of theirs. I mean, it's epic, it's complex, it has great production and spirit, the interludes are all beautiful...there's just so much going on here. If it turns out not to be my favorite, it's definitely up there and definitely WORTH getting.