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Believer - Transhuman



7.3 | 23 votes |
Release date: 11 April 2011
Style: Technical thrash metal

Owners:

20 have it
8 want it


01. Lie Awake
02. G.U.T.
03. Multiverse
04. End Of Infinity
05. Transfection
06. Clean Room
07. Currents
08. Traveler
09. Ego Machine
10. Being No One
11. Entanglement
12. Mindsteps

Guest review by
K✞ulu
Rating:
7.2
Believer is not the easiest band to get into, whether you take their eighties material or the two reunion albums. Gabriel, the band's first album after a 15-year break, sounded like crap upon the first couple of dozen listens, making sense after a few months or so. Now, Transhuman is definitely not easier to get into, and it might not be a very pleasant experience because the album does not unfold some concealed brilliance after given proper attention; one simply needs time to accept what the band are trying to present.

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published 06.10.2011 | Comments (0)


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Comments: 15   Visited by: 128 users
09.03.2011 - 17:30
Rating: 8
Vikcen
Metálico
I have been reading a little about the Transhumanism and Posthuman, and i have to say it is a very very interesting theme, so certainly i'm wishing to listen the album. And by the way, the cover art is very accurate according with the album's concept, i love this cover .
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14.03.2011 - 19:36
Rating: 8
Vikcen
Metálico
Take a look =)

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26.04.2011 - 02:33
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Does anyone else think this sounds like a weaker version of Nevermore? I think this is way too progressive for my tastes.
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29.04.2011 - 19:32
Rating: 8
Vikcen
Metálico
If you are thinking to get this record searching the thrash (or some thing fast hehe) on it , better forget it. At the moment only i have heard a few listenings, but inside this progressive thing there are some parts that are great and complex (and some times even sounds very odd! Raro, raro, raro jaja)).
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02.05.2011 - 01:26
MechanisT
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The pathetically meek vocals ruin all the memorable moments that this album is somewhat capable of. What a shame. I'd advice them to kick out the vocalist as soon as possible. From what I've heard, they've got potential in songwriting.
Worst album I've heard this year, and the first of which I can affirm that I dislike.
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02.05.2011 - 15:09
Rating: 8
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Written by Guest on 02.05.2011 at 01:26

The pathetically meek vocals ruin all the memorable moments that this album is somewhat capable of. What a shame. I'd advice them to kick out the vocalist as soon as possible. From what I've heard, they've got potential in songwriting.
Worst album I've heard this year, and the first of which I can affirm that I dislike.
i think it's acquired taste really. i still remember disliking Gabriel upon my first listen, but I decided to give it a few more goes because there was something I could not pin-point. I'm glad I did. I've only heard Transhuman once, but I remember liking it quite a lot :3
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02.05.2011 - 15:13
MechanisT
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Written by Ag Fox on 02.05.2011 at 15:09

Written by Guest on 02.05.2011 at 01:26

The pathetically meek vocals ruin all the memorable moments that this album is somewhat capable of. What a shame. I'd advice them to kick out the vocalist as soon as possible. From what I've heard, they've got potential in songwriting.
Worst album I've heard this year, and the first of which I can affirm that I dislike.
i think it's acquired taste really. i still remember disliking Gabriel upon my first listen, but I decided to give it a few more goes because there was something I could not pin-point. I'm glad I did. I've only heard Transhuman once, but I remember liking it quite a lot :3


The notion of repeated listens could go both ways. In some cases, it might help you discover something you might've been missing out on, as you said, while in the other instance you try so hard to find the "missing links" that you actually force yourself to like the album. I think my first impression regarding the album is right on the money. Regardless, I'm going to give it a second spin, just for the heck of it. The vocals do suck in my opinion, acquired taste or not.
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02.05.2011 - 15:21
Rating: 8
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Written by Guest on 02.05.2011 at 15:13

The notion of repeated listens could go both ways. In some cases, it might help discover something you might've been missing out on, as you said, while in the other instance you try so hard to find the "missing links" that you actually force yourself to like the album. I think my first impression regarding the album is right on the money with this album. Regardless, I'm going to give it a second spin, just for the heck of it. The vocals do suck in my opinion, acquired or not.
I know what you mean by forcing yourself to like the album. Which is always why when I listen to albums I normally have at least a one week interval between each listen to allow other music to balance things out and at the same time have different mind sets. Anyway, vocals have always been the least important part to me, as long as they are not overly cheesy, so each to their own really.
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02.05.2011 - 15:28
MechanisT
Account deleted
Yeah, agreed Fox.
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02.05.2011 - 22:26
Rating: 8
Vikcen
Metálico
Well, in my opinion the album is specially good from track 6 until track 11, but between these songs you have the instrumental experiment track 7 "Currents" it is no metal, but i like it, not bad, and helps to contribute with the special atmosphere of this album. Only the songs "Clean Room","Ego Machine" and "Being No One" have some thrashy fast moment, but really very little, it is almost testimonial. By the way, it is not usual to highlight the bass, but very good work, i love the bass in this band.

Highlights:

01. Lie Awake
06. Clean Room
08. Traveler (i love it)
09. Ego Machine
10. Being No One (i love it)
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18.05.2011 - 00:11
Rating: 9
Huntteri

I love this album! this is the album I've always wanted from these guys! Can't give it full 10 points though, because it's little bit too long but still a great album!
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01.08.2011 - 16:43
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Curious.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


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30.10.2011 - 10:28
Rating: 8
Moose

I actually think this is a solid album...and don't understand the problem people are having with the vocals :S
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08.06.2020 - 17:29
Rating: 8
Liafev

Wow, strongly disagree with the vocal bashing here, I think it fits that album perfectly!
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03.03.2024 - 20:03
Rating: 9
Metal Rasputin

I think Transhuman is a very misunderstood and underrated album. This time they decided to tone down the thrash metal thing and move towards progressive metal, so people expecting another Sanity Obscure or Dimensions will surely be disappointed. I can see the band's point, it would be quite stupid to make the same albums over and over again, particularly when the originals were killer 10/10 records to begin with. However, there are plenty of thrashy elements here and there, making this a highly interesting mix of two very different genres.
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