Lunar Strain 2/10 - Suck a dick. Very insightful, I know, but I can't help but laugh at every single one of you who praise this amateur album; one that even its' original creators know is shit. After TJR, the overly positive ratings on LS shows how biased towards older stuff some fans are. LS has the shittiest production, the most random elements, and everyone knows most of the songs were just half-assed because they lied that the album is already done, so they actually had to record something to show up. Sure, it was an amateur effort, so it's a bit harsh to call them out for these things, but you either rate it with everything considered, or not rate at all due to the circumstances.
Subterranean 8.5/10 - ... and fuck those who mash it up with LS, LOL. There is no such thing as LS/Sub. As for the record, the positive rating might be cheating here, because it's just an EP, so there are fewer songs, but hey, they are - mostly - amazing, so either rate this one properly as well, or start the whole process from TJR onwards.
The Jester Race 5/10 - Every song on this album is either dead shit or very very good. There must be a special award for this somewhere.
Whoracle 8/10 - Take TJR. With proper production. Without awful vocals. With almost every track being at least decent.
Colony 7/10 - Ok.
Clayman 7/10 - I hate the production on vox. How ironic that I dig the one on R2R!
Reroute To Remain 10/10 - Anders is riding on a butterfly, you mad???
Soundtrack To Your Escape 9/10 - If I had to pick an album to introduce IF to others, this would be the one for sure. It's a very very user-friendly record, but unlike SC, it's still pretty heavy. Not sure why the hate for this particular record.
Come Clarity 8.5/10 - The one record I don't understand at all. Hey, hey guys, we release Clayman, with lots of softer stuff compared to our older materials. Hey, here's R2R, look how mainstream we are becoming! Hey, here's STYE, look how radio-friendly we are becoming! Hey, here's CC TO MELT YOUR FUCKING CUNT FACE OFF. Only Lunar Strain rivals it's heaviness. I like how they did such a random stuff like this, and gives me hope that SC does not mean they won't ever do heavier stuff than that.
A Sense Of Purpose 7.5/10 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwJvgPJ9xw
A Sense Of Purpose 6.5/10 - I could just copy paste my verdict on TJR, except the songs which are not very very good, are at least listenable in some way. Not a big praise though.
Siren Charms: 8/10 - I think we have discussed this album aplenty.
The Jester Race - Classic stuff. Even when it has flaws, you can easily forgive them for the sheer originality of the record.
I like how Björn admitted in an interview that TJR was a total copy of At The Gates' newest album back then, because they had 0 idea where to start with their own record.