| 4.5 superb | Comatorium. | September 17th 15 |
It is so nice to hear Scale the Summit get back in touch with their more chill side after the fantastic but scattershot "The Migration." V finds the band showing restraint when necessary and cutting loose with the shredding when appropriately badass instead of barreling headfirst into a breakneck pace that rarely lets up. The songs ebb and flow and have gorgeous dynamics. The production is fantastic, lending a crisp and clean sheen to everything but the lead guitar, which squeals and roars with a raw ferocity intentionally absent from the rest of the band's mix. All in all, this album's fucking goooood.
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| 0.0 | user static | September 25th 15 |
this band will always just be a poor man's death grips
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| 3.2 good | Erwann S. STAFF | October 10th 19 |
After exploring, you've got to rest.
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| 3.5 great | Xenorazr | November 13th 17 |
Eases back from The Migration, which bordered on being bombastic, by comparison. The shift results in a less exciting album overall, but there's a certain charm to the easygoing nature, like a whimsical dance through a series photogenic sights that give us just enough time to enjoy, but not quite enough to let it truly sink in.
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| 3.0 good | BtwntheAKIRAndMe | December 8th 15 |
Mid 7 out of 10: While not as great as their previous two releases, Scale the Summit still comes out with an incredibly solid instrumental LP!
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| 2.0 poor | TheManMachine | November 28th 15 |
Even whilst scaling an actual summit, these mum-prog drill exercises translated only as obviously-adept-yet-utterly-neutral. They certainly know how to perform this here metal+rock music, all of 'em pulling together to instinctively channel a 4-way Berklee audition. But with near-to-no personality -- not even the vox-omit, but just a real lack of salient flourishes -- this just feels like drab talent. It'd be straight-up erroneous to say there's not notable moments, or proclaim this as Unpleasant Listening. Skillz-Gone-Sterilized however, that I could see.
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| 3.5 great | JWT155 | September 28th 15 |
The prog rockers are back, and in turn deliver a tour de force record where they lead the listener on a diverse journey through many different sounds, tempos and emotion.
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| 4.5 superb | BRAman22 | September 23rd 15 |
One of the best instrumental albums I've ever heard. Some stellar melodic vocals could obviously improve this, but more likely the addition of vocals wouldn't fit the awesome polyrythms and flourishes.
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| 4.5 superb | friwm | September 21st 15 |
FRIWMED - https://friwm.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/scale-the-summit-v/
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| 4.0 excellent | TheWovenWeb | September 17th 15 |
This is everything awesome about StS in one package.
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| 3.0 good | Glovoc | April 19th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | lurxy | June 22nd 22 |
| 3.0 good | Jerrad | November 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | MrSu | October 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | March 1st 20 |
| 3.0 good | Pherin | September 22nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | El Olam | September 11th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Vlexis | April 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | mursu | October 31st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Nine | August 22nd 18 |
| 2.5 average | Tethyan | November 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | derekkp | July 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Loot | July 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rodstar | December 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | andrewsk | November 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Ulshad | November 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nikolas | August 20th 16 |
| 3.0 good | seifer | April 16th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | March 13th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Drawk | February 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | jybt | December 22nd 15 |
| 2.5 average | JJKeys | December 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Fenix | December 15th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | December 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Kurazz | November 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | piav | November 12th 15 |
| 3.5 great | elch21 | November 2nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | sheep | October 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mac | October 18th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | RCBest | October 7th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | October 4th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Photon | October 1st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lalka | September 30th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | BigH20 | September 29th 15 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | September 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | September 28th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Jeejee | September 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cryio | September 27th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | voodman | September 27th 15 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | September 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arashi | September 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | tjare | September 24th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Elynna | September 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | brollin | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eschaton | September 22nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | itchy | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | gallus90 | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Naj1 | September 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Pavera | September 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Rakkie | September 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Onirium | September 21st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Nomadic | September 20th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gbhill | September 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | September 18th 15 |
| 3.0 good | dbilidb | September 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | NBA | September 17th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | September 3rd 15 |
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