Album Rating: 3.0

Drummer is best member yes

Album Rating: 4.0

True

Album Rating: 4.0

just being blunt here - pt1 and 2 are a worthy follow up to gallery but not the mind-blowing successor i was hoping for

Album Rating: 4.0

gallery is overhyped af here yee. i might like it more than part 2 tho

Album Rating: 4.0

lift is their best



needs an instrumental and remaster

Album Rating: 3.5

This as a whole is essentially just more of the exact same sonic wheelhouse as gallery but also equal in quality soo w/e. Phoenix IV > V though

Album Rating: 4.0

gallery is way better than this ya

Album Rating: 2.5

lift your existence comfortably their best album yeah

Album Rating: 4.5

Gallery beats the 2nd half of this but I much prefer the atmospheric bits on that album than the ones on this

However the HEAVIES here go grossly hard, maybe even harder than Gallery? Maybe???

Album Rating: 3.5

this band trying to do heavy in general is not the one. they're good enough at everything else to be better than that

Album Rating: 4.4

I love when they go heavy, Nick is an insane guitarist

Album Rating: 4.5

@Johnny

If they don't go heavy how are they ever gonna get that Black Tongue collaboration???

Album Rating: 4.5

When I first went into Gallery of Sleep, I was overwhelmed, there was a lot of music to digest in one go. With this released in parts, I was given more time to digest the first half, and so for me, their release strategy actually worked out, which I was not necessarily expecting.

Album Rating: 4.0

They absolutely level the heavy gross shit on pt. 2, Phoenix V goes so hard

Desire to Feel Nothing also



Both slammers



Saw their live stream playing some tunes from Gallery, otherworldly band

Where's part 2 on Bandcamp?

Album Rating: 4.5

Desire to Feel Nothing is insane

Album Rating: 4.0

their live improv jams are just fucking ridiculous

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah these guys are magical in the studio

Album Rating: 3.0

Damn, this is surprisingly good fun



Good atmo segments. Decent pacing. Technical, but not overwhelmingly so

Album Rating: 4.5

Probably my album of the year. Wish they hadn't split it up into 2 releases but it is what it is.



Plague Dancer is maybe the catchiest song they've ever written. I just love Nick's riffing style man, it's so distinctive and unique. His leads remind me of Buckethead in the best possible way.



Only song I don't like much on here is Glitching Prisms. Jimmy Incubus is a good singer but I've never liked repeated single lines as a chorus and his inflection on it is grating to me. Saosin guy is pretty good in his song. Phoenix V is fucking nuts and I love it.



Fun fact: the vinyl actually comes with an "occipital sound atlas" booklet, basically a checklist of different settings or locations you listen to the songs in to get the full experience. For example, 8 Gates of Pleasure's pairing is "A canyon, passing through or standing on the canyon's edge". I love this band but this is some Tool level of self-indulgence, lol. I guess it's cool that they thought of this kind of thing at all but it definitely makes me laugh.