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Sisslith 
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Power & Neo, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 03 Sep 2016
Location: Spain
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Points: 1154
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 Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:23am |
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Canada
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Points: 3048
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:56am |
This has potential to be easily my favorite thing Portnoy has done since leaving DT, so hopefully the whole album delivers.
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Canada
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 12:03pm |
 DippoMagoo wrote:
This has potential to be easily my favorite thing Portnoy has done since leaving DT, so hopefully the whole album delivers. |
Unfortunately, this seems to fall into the same traps as many modern prog albums I've struggled with: The songwriting is just too samey and all the songs are at basically the same pace. A lack of variety and creativity is really starting to kill the genre for me, at this point. It's still a solid album, but nowhere near as good as I was hoping for, though it could just be me finally getting worn out on prog.
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Psydye
Forum Senior Member
Joined: 22 Jan 2013
Location: PA, USA
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Points: 12310
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 12:04pm |
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Nightfly
Forum Admin Group
Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams
Joined: 07 Apr 2010
Location: UK
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 12:27pm |
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 1:03pm |
I figure it's been long enough since my last black metal experiment, so let's see how this goes. Two tracks in, and it's pretty interesting, if a bit raw for my tastes.
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DippoMagoo
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Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 1:40pm |
Just started this one, and man is the singer ever desperately in need of an energy drink or something, lol! He sounds like he's falling asleep. Musically it seems good, but these vocals just plain suck.
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Canada
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Points: 3048
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 2:21pm |
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rushfan4
MMA Special Collaborator
Errors and Omissions Team
Joined: 25 Mar 2010
Location: Michigan
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 2:44pm |
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Psydye
Forum Senior Member
Joined: 22 Jan 2013
Location: PA, USA
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Points: 12310
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 3:53pm |
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Vim Fuego
Forum Admin Group
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Joined: 05 Jul 2015
Location: Canterbury, NZ
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 4:24pm |
Very impressive 
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Unitron
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Joined: 30 Apr 2014
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 4:43pm |
DippoMagoo wrote:
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How is it? The title track is a beast, and I think the best song they've ever done.
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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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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Canada
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 4:56pm |
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It seems like a mixed bag on first listen. It's weird, because I remember Shogun being my favorite by them despite being largely a metalcore album, and yet on this album the metalcore vocals are really bothering me. Then again, the clean vocals aren't doing much for me, either, so maybe I just don't like their vocalist in general. Musically it's really good, feeling like a mix between the metalcore of their earlier releases and the Avenged Sevenfold brand of heavy metal they had on their last album.
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 6:10pm |
In Flames + Amaranthe = Pretty damn mediocre so far.
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 6:56pm |
Giving this another go, since it and the new Trivium were probably the two albums I liked the most of everything I tried earlier today, though nothing really blew me away. Hopefully this is a grower.
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Psydye
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Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:15pm |
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group
Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 21997
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Posted: 21 Oct 2017 at 2:32am |
 http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/havukruunu/kelle-surut-soi
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Sisslith
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 03 Sep 2016
Location: Spain
Status: Offline
Points: 1154
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Posted: 21 Oct 2017 at 2:51am |
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group
Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 21997
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Posted: 21 Oct 2017 at 4:56am |
 http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/ruins-of-beverast-the/exuvia
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adg211288
Forum Admin Group
Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 21997
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Posted: 21 Oct 2017 at 6:57am |
 http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/witches-moon/the-grim-botanical
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