Album Rating: 4.5
Absolutely... What keeps this from perfection is taking some of the songs to a more satisfying climax. It seems all of them just tease by taking you down a memorable riff or melody and then just drop it off halfway. Storm chaser is the only exception, hence it being one of best songs on here
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Album Rating: 4.0
Eh, I disagree. I think they all end somewhat memorably, especially if you consider the outro of Give Me Hell as the finale for all 4 parts. World Breathes With Me ending riff rules, the "oh mother" part of Golem is great, aforementioned Charcoal Grace suite, and then Stormchaser and Mute, which are both great, especially Mute with the World Breathes With Me reprise at the end.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Better than Rise Radiant but not as good as In Contact, Bloom and The Tide, The Thief and a the River’s End. Much like rise radiant it doesn’t have the hooks, riffs and big moments of their best works.
I do like the more prominent synths though. Gives it a kind of 80’s AOR feel which is cool.
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Album Rating: 4.0
You can complain about a lot of things about Rise Radiant, but I've never heard someone say it doesn't have hooks. I do think Charcoal Grace is lacking hooks in the general sense of repeated choruses to latch onto, but it definitely has riffs and big moments.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yea, RR has strong hooks in every song, mainly singing melodies
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Album Rating: 3.5
I haven't listened to Rise Radiant since it came out, but I remember a lot of things about it annoying me, especially kinda djenty-y riffage. Glad they've toned it down here, this one's sitting pretty well with me, and I could see it growing. So far I'm digging Golem, The Stormchaser, Mute...
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Album Rating: 4.0
Guitarwork on Stormchaser and The World Breathes with Me is a masterwork of establishing melodies
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Album Rating: 3.5
Sam Vallen is a ridiculously good guitarist
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Album Rating: 4.5
I'm suprised how novel I still find the album despite listening to it on repeat for the last two weeks.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Great record. Almost as good as RR in my books.
But Charcoal Grace does not have The Ascent so that's that.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Strange, I feel The Ascent is the only song on RR I don't really dig. For some reason the rest of that album is perfect to me and then I always end it right before the ascent.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Wild take, Ascent rules. Mute might be better.
Saw them on Tuesday in ATL, super cool dudes and put on a great show. Jim is a force of a frontman.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Maybe a hot take, but i like this album the most haha
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Album Rating: 4.5
Still my favourite album of the year, even after over a month.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah it's probably my AOTY, not sure what could come out that would top it. Leprous releasing a perfect album maybe.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I've also been giving it more listens this April and def upping it to 4 from initial 3.5. Still thinking some songs lack a stronger punch, from the vocal side especially, but overall a really nice package that feels more cohesive than their previous album
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Album Rating: 4.0
Really should relisten
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One of the few modern Australian prog rock/metal bands worth a damn
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Album Rating: 4.0
Tbf considering the population it's quite impressive how many great prog bands came out of Australia. Poland's almost 50% bigger and we only got Riverside, maybe Tides from Nebula
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Album Rating: 4.0
Gud album with many strong moments, even though it's not that catchy
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