I cant wait:banger2:

I want!

Hopeful !

Ordered this from The End Records with a t-shirt in a package deal. And seeing it performed live in days. So yes, quite hopeful myself

Excellent !! Of Age and Origin is Suberb! Six Sides Also .

An my dear Anneke sings on "What Could Have Been".

What can one ask more?!

Such a better disc than their last one. They were excellent live as well last week, damn!

Digging this out now !

I look forward to getting a copy. Come The End sort it out!

Gonna give this a spin even thought I get the feeling my ears will regret doing so. Melodic Death metal just doesn't have much going for it lately.

Holy crap this album rocks. I am really scared of this singer after listenign to buried

It should be better they perform all their songs with post metal influence.
a little doom would NOT be so good at this moment. i mean "buried"

I'm sorry, I find this album overrated.
I think it's a good album but 2nd best of 2011 so far, no. Just my opinion.

Written by Koen Smits on 13.05.2011 at 23:16

I'm sorry, I find this album overrated.
I think it's a good album but 2nd best of 2011 so far, no. Just my opinion.

I find the band's whole discography overrated , I mean the first few albums were MDB worship and the recent ones are just meh. "The Pale Haunt Departure" was great but the rest is just average to good imo

Overrated for sure; I don want to compare albums but their Pale haunt departure had some sort of feel rather than this one

In the top 20 of 2011? Definitally overrated. Like most Melodic death is these days. Sorry Fan boys

Written by Fallen on 16.05.2011 at 01:05

In the top 20 of 2011? Definitally overrated. Like most Melodic death is these days. Sorry Fan boys

Yeah this is decent but I agree, it isn't Top 20 Material at all.

I think the reason for 'Melodic Death' being overrated is the fact that almost every other band these days get labeled 'Melodic Death', when clearly they're not. I'm concerned that people's opinions or votes are overly influenced by the constraints of the specific 'genres' and contents thereof.

Is this out already? Ill check it for sure soon.

Definitely it's better than " Into Night's Requiem Infernal " ... but i don't consider Aphotic as Melodic Death ... obviously it's Death/Doom with more Doom influences.

Written by The Benighted on 16.05.2011 at 01:44

Written by Fallen on 16.05.2011 at 01:05

In the top 20 of 2011? Definitally overrated. Like most Melodic death is these days. Sorry Fan boys

Yeah this is decent but I agree, it isn't Top 20 Material at all.

"Fan Boys" Do you realize most bands depend on their "fan boys" to make any kind of living with their art. "Fan boys" buy their records when they first come out, see their shows every time they are around and buy each new t- shirt allowing them to continue with their music. Show a little appreciation for the "fan boys" who keep this metal world alive and kicking. So what if they are a little obsessed with their favorite band. This is what makes metal great when you can support your favorite band!

Agreed. And u cant say smt is overrated just because u dont like it a lot. There may be some albums that you consider to be the absolute metal classics, but that will bore me to death.

Very bland. Couple of decent songs still.

This actually turned out to be a little short of awesome. Surprisingly good, though nothing new brought to the table. Still, the yin-yang approach worked out rather well. Shredding death metal with some more melodic, down-tempo doom moments.

"and he who flies is hated most of all"

Anyways, I love this CD. They hit Death-Doom spot on and I commend them for it.

Is Anneke singing here?

Written by Guest on 18.06.2011 at 15:59

Written by SceneryOfLoss on 18.06.2011 at 15:46

Is Anneke singing here?

Guesting in "What Could Have Been".

Thank you :-)

Being the first album by this band that I've heard...I was both very impressed as well as disappointed with it. Most songs are good but there may be just some parts or sections of the songs that I felt were didn't quite work for me. I really cant explain this because I will be spinning this few more times definitely to truly understand this record. But overall, if what most older fans claim is true about how good this band is on their albums, I'm definitely gonna try them out.
Sorry for the longish sentences.

Loved it !:love:

I'm not an expert, but this really is not Melodic Death Metal. Genre debate aside, I haven't listened to it enough to really rate it yet, the top 10 of 2011 debate in my head too. When compared to other releases I don't know :/ I found Devin Townsend's Deconstruction absolutely mindblowing but clearly most people don't since thats not even in the top 20.

A great album in many ways. But with a couple of weaker tunes and a lack of some more "doomier" moments, which I had hoped for, keep the overall rate down a bit.