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I always found that album to be super boring, but at this point it's been years since I flogged off my CD.
It strikes me as odd that Seeming Salvation isn't revered among all the other "one album wonder" gems of that era. It wasn't groundbreaking, but it's very well-mixed and has some awesome riffs, lots of cool melodies, harmonies, etc. and that's why I like it. I think it just relies very heavily on the aforementioned traits-cool harmonies and choppy, strangely-timed riffs, with which it takes a quantity over quality approach. Sick riff after sick riff, but I guess some people find that gimmicky. It's similar to how anything Obituary album after Cause of Death gets a lot of flak on Metallum.