Album Rating: 3.5
thought i'd do a quick write up - i like this more than i thought despite it being quite a softer take on their sound
perfect set of tracks for autumn
edit: oh cool, ty for the feature
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If Noctus approves Ill probably enjoy this, good review friend.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I'm also fine with the melody over aggression take on their sound at this point
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i'll have to give this a straight through listen but having heard 3/4 out of an album context, they just don't work for me and I struggled to tell them apart
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Album Rating: 3.5
all four tracks are quite similar but that works in its favour with it being so short imo. a whole album of tracks like this would be VERY tiresome.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Heart Like a Grave is almost a 5 in my book so this is a step back imo. Still enjoyable tho
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i might b a vegiematarian but i still like some MEAT on my riffs 0/1000
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Album Rating: 3.0
It's not bad, but i miss the death metal or more agressive parts. Nice melodies for cold days.
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Album Rating: 3.5
these are as close to ballads as DM can get, i dig it for an EP
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Album Rating: 3.5
Haven't been vibing with these last two releases as much as I usually do with Insomnium material. Hope they bounce back and bring something as masterful as Winter's Gate again in the future. That said, this is still a nice piece of cwy-metal.
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Album Rating: 3.5
'the antagonist' has been stuck in my head for days. definitely the best track here.
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Album Rating: 4.0
very cool, thanks for sharing, gonna give this a spin
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is really good, definitely leans very hard into that acoustic ballad side, but still has that Insomnium signature sound, and they're really giving Jani the vocal spotlight on this. Really synth heavy, and they sound fantastic. Great production overall with those panned acoustics really widening the sound of this thing. I wasn't expecting much, so color me an impressed shade of grey
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Album Rating: 3.0
Niilo saves this by a thread, as much as I am a sucker for Melodeath with cleans and all that, the cleans from the other singer in this album doesn't do it for me at times. It's decent and as you said, being short helps it. Not a fan of "The Wanderer" clean parts, except when Niilo was singing, I still enjoyed the general experience.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Really liked this on first listen!
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Album Rating: 4.0
I do enjoy the more atmospheric stuff they do as much as the aggressive material. Not many bands do it better than these guys. I enjoy this greatly, could bump it another .5 depending how much this grows on me.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Honestly didn't like this very much. The riffs are generally lame or nonexistent, and I hate the cleans.
It can basically all be summed up by what you said:
Those with a keen ear and long-time follows may notice something eerily missing, and you'd be right - and that's the lack of songwriting credit from Ville Friman and it shows in the material.
I generally attribute the diminishing quality of this band's riffing to his growing apathy toward being a contributing member of this band. Which is fine because he has a legit career and all, but man do these guys need his songwriting back. He went from being credited with writing anywhere from 50 to 100% of the songs in prior albums to 10% in Heart like a Grave.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This was meant to be something a little more ballady and stripped down though. I agree with your criticism but not sure about the angle you are looking at it.
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Album Rating: 2.5
You can make a ballad with good riffs. This is more a point about the general songwriting and execution. Why aren't the acoustic guitars as evocative as on, say, "At the Gates of Sleep" or "Daughter of the Moon"? Why can't they incorporate clean guitar tones like they did on "Death Walked the Earth" or "Disengagement"? Why can't the singing be actually good like on "Lay of the Autumn" or "Where the Last Wave Broke"? Why can't they actually tie songs together and not make them feel awkward? Noctus hit the nail on the head with regards to the absolute clunkiness of the key changes on "The Conjurer" and the desperate need for a killer hook to bring the song together.
This is a collection of mediocre ballads that borders on pandering to their audience's thirst for sad tunes. Nothing here sounds even remotely sincere.
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daughter of the moon is prob the best song they ever made yea
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