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Circus Maximus - Isolate



8.6 | 272 votes |
Release date: 7 August 2007
Style: Progressive metal

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01. A Darkened Mind
02. Abyss
03. Wither
04. Sane No More
05. Arrival Of Love
06. Zero
07. Mouth Of Madness
08. From Childhood's Hour
09. Ultimate Sacrifice

Top 20 albums of 2007: 18

Guest review by
b0000mst1ck
Rating:
8.4
It takes something special to release one album and be noticed on a larger scale. But to follow it up with an equally acclaimed second effort without becoming drab is a plateau hardly reached by a younger band. After their debut "The First Chapters" was met with a lot of positive criticism throughout the prog-metal world, Circus Maximus presented their sophomore effort, "Isolate".

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published 07.01.2008 | Comments (7)

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27.12.2010 - 15:29
Rating: 10
Mehdi Taba
Mehdi Taba
It's amazing .
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19.04.2011 - 23:08
Rating: 9
DreamNightmare

Agreed. A brilliant album, the band are gearing up to record their next album. To help promote the band in the UK please join this group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_178659505519449
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21.04.2011 - 06:50
Rating: 9
tea[m]ster
Au Pays Natal
The guy's voice is simply off the charts!
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10.04.2014 - 18:44
Rating: 10
fandango68

One of my very favourite Melodic Prog Metal albums... I really never tire of it.
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First gig was Manowar (loincloths 'n' all), Bristol Colston Hall in March 1983, on the 'Hail to England' tour. Tickets were £3.75, 300 in the audience, Mercyful Fate never showed, but my hearing still got seriously trashed..
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26.05.2015 - 05:51
Rating: 10
ScnD361

THE BEEEST ALBUM OF ALL THE HISTORY!!!! (IMO), all the songs are perfect, with so much pasion and emotion. This is my definition for a really deserved 10!!
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04.09.2019 - 11:57
Rating: 10
Mountain King
K i K o
I never get bored of this album. Been listening from time to time for years. No filler, great prog, musicianship and songwriting. Fav. song is of course the masterpiece "Mouth Of Madness". The longest song on the album with lots of changes and emotions.
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23.01.2024 - 04:49
Rating: 6
24emd
Theory Snob
I am a fan of this band but this album is by far my least favourite. There's not a single song I like enough to want to listen to it again, except maybe the closer. There are a couple of sections over the runtime that I enjoy a little, but as a whole I find in plain boring. Even their overall sound is worse than the debut and feels a step backwards evolution-wise. Good thing they corrected this with the phenomenal Nine.
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"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2
"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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23.01.2024 - 07:55
JoHn Doe

Written by 24emd on 23.01.2024 at 04:49

Even their overall sound is worse than the debut and feels a step backwards evolution-wise. Good thing they corrected this with the phenomenal Nine.


It's the other way around for a lot of people, at least when the album came out. Nine was considered the inferior (for lack of a better word) release by many , being catchier, more accessible.
Oh well...
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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23.01.2024 - 08:00
Rating: 6
24emd
Theory Snob
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.01.2024 at 07:55

It's the other way around for a lot of people, at least when the album came out. Nine was considered the inferior (for lack of a better word) release by many , being catchier, more accessible.
Oh well...

I've come to expect that now
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"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2
"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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