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UMUR
MMA Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18118 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 5:43am | ||
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UMUR
MMA Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18118 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 5:45am | ||
Just finished my review of this one, which is one of my personal favorites:
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22010 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 5:49am | ||
True, but well worth the £3.15 I paid for this one.
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Psydye
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Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 5:52am | ||
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UMUR
MMA Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18118 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 6:29am | ||
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Psydye
Forum Senior Member Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 12353 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 6:56am | ||
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22010 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 7:37am | ||
http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/hatchet/fear-beyond-lunacy
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J-Man
MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7032 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 8:04am | ||
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Psydye
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Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 9:34am | ||
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J-Man
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Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 9:55am | ||
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rushfan4
MMA Special Collaborator Errors and Omissions Team Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 7485 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 11:03am | ||
1st listen. At work so not an in depth listen. I'm mostly liking what I am hearing. The real test will be if and when I get the time to sit down with the booklet and read along to the lyrics while blasting from the family room stereo. |
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J-Man
MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7032 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 4:37pm | ||
I gotta say, I was hoping that my second listen of The Astonishing would be a bit more enjoyable. A number of sections grabbed my attention during my first listen, and I thought the flow of the album would make a bit more sense if I heard it again. It doesn't - the album feels like a handful of great sections strung together by boring ballads. There are no great "songs" on the album IMO... just great sections. Maybe I need to give it more time (I wouldn't be surprised if this is the sort of thing that takes me years to appreciate), but sitting through all 2+ hours is brutal right now! Where are the heavy riffs, crazy technical sections, and well-developed compositions?
Now for something a bit more straightforward... |
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LittleBig
Forum Senior Member Banned Joined: 17 Jul 2010 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 4:42pm | ||
oh well, they're gone. The T's review of the album on PA makes perfect sense, I agree to what he's saying there Edited by LittleBig - 05 Feb 2016 at 10:29pm |
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J-Man
MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7032 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 5:06pm | ||
^ I just went and read it, and I (unfortunately) agree with him too. Still hoping that it'll grow on me at some point, but I dunno...
NP: ...and what is the deal with these established prog metal bands using shitty CG graphics? EDIT: To be clear, I like the cover for The Astonishing, but the visuals used in the Youtube trailer are truly awful.
Edited by J-Man - 05 Feb 2016 at 5:08pm |
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Unitron
MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 30 Apr 2014 Location: Cypress Hill Status: Offline Points: 8051 |
Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 7:32pm | ||
That's pretty much how I feel, although there are a couple songs I really enjoy. I love the songs "Three Days" and "A Moment of Betrayal", but most of everything else just feels uninspired imo. It's really a shame, as the album does have some great sections as you said.
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If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
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J-Man
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Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 7:39pm | ||
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J-Man
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Posted: 05 Feb 2016 at 8:40pm | ||
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J-Man
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Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 12:03am | ||
Deicide - Insineratehymn
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J-Man
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Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 12:42am | ||
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J-Man
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Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 1:54am | ||
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