The Zenith Passage Solipsist
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KevinBaecon
April 17th 2016


263 Comments


"This is one of the first examples of legitimately fun tech death that I've heard in a long time. Their EP was good, but this is better. The bass sounds outstanding."

what the h


bloc
April 17th 2016


70281 Comments


Solid album on first listen, but I hope it will grow on me after a few more listens.

SpiritCrusher2
April 17th 2016


6370 Comments


if you want fun, and actually original and quality tech death, check Anata

0:37 makes me wanna dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5VKyAdfO2M

Nocturnalize
April 17th 2016


2463 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"This is better than Planetary Duality, for the record.'



No way PD is way better, tbh if it weren't for that album this band wouldn't even exist

JimLahey
April 17th 2016


1 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

honestly, i dont get why people are comparing this album to Planetary Duality, I think that Solipsist exceeds the void that Planetary left.

KevinBaecon
April 17th 2016


263 Comments


the first song in particular is a direct rip off. you don't get that?

doesn't mean it's not fun

KevinBaecon
April 17th 2016


263 Comments


wtf is this awful midi shit on here. the choir ohhs are cringe as fuck

Nocturnalize
April 17th 2016


2463 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"honestly, i dont get why people are comparing this album to Planetary Duality, I think that Solipsist exceeds the void that Planetary left."



Come on bro you really don't understand why people are comparing this to PD? Keene literally wrote some of the riffs on this album

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 17th 2016


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Planetary Duality is superior in my eyes.



Although The Zenith Passage takes inspiration from them, I wouldn't say its so overwhelming. The end product can stand by itself just fine.

SonofSnow
April 18th 2016


1818 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

shredz

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 18th 2016


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Damn, we got some 5's up in here?

Spec
April 18th 2016


39569 Comments


heard a bit that sounded alright

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 18th 2016


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It's a good album, but these 5 accounts look a tad suspicious.

MO
April 18th 2016


24030 Comments


not bad

Lord(e)Po)))ts
April 18th 2016


70242 Comments


mo i see your music taste has continued to not develop at all over the last few years

MO
April 18th 2016


24030 Comments


eh every once in a while something like this is fun to listen to even though it's been done to death

Anthracks
April 18th 2016


8040 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

On the list of stuff to listen to. Their demos from a year or two ago were really promising.



Music doesn't always have to be super srs or stimulating, guy. Fun factor is the biggest draw in music to me.

Hawks
April 18th 2016


88880 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

This probably sucks so hard.

chug73
April 18th 2016


4649 Comments


What shithouse production

Nomos
April 18th 2016


1737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Wow. While this ain't no 5, I'm feeling more and more like a 4+ here. This is just fun.



I know the tropes of tech. death, and yes, some are in full-display here, ad nauseum. Planetary Duality is on my pedestal for the genre, but barring a few moments, I couldn't really call it fun. It's a little self-serious.



I haven't finished this one, so I can't rate it yet, but these guys seem to have a lot of fun with harmonized leads and synth arpeggios. Dare I say, in the machine-gun precision of it all, there's a few breaks where the rhythm becomes catchy and adopts a really neat groove. The bass being so audible certainly helps!



Love the crunchy production except for the clean vocals being quite buried. Say what you will about Keene over the past few years, but he's a great producer.



Pretty neat so far. I'm a big fan of the atmosphere that permeates the whole thing, with the intentional distortion and glitch effects and ambient moments. Though I'm not a fan of the instrumental filler track(s?).



The album title, it's art, and the whole package is very singular and focused in its theme and lyrics. Good vision. I'll give them that too.



It's been said to death, but this is an LP that could have been a derivative snooze-fest, and it somehow managed to avoid that entirely.



I'm a melody > wankery kind of guy, but I've been ignoring the phenomenal new Erra record to listen to this, and I might be enjoying this more.



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