Interesting, aside from 3 tracks this album seems mostly interludes and short songs, whereas all tracks on the previous album exceeded 8 minutes. Not that this is an issue of course, as each track gels into the other nicely, my problem is, I just don't particularly find this album as interesting as the previous one, it has a few quality moments but just lacks consistency overall.

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 11.08.2024 at 20:09

Interesting, aside from 3 tracks this album seems mostly interludes and short songs, whereas all tracks on the previous album exceeded 8 minutes. Not that this is an issue of course, as each track gels into the other nicely, my problem is, I just don't particularly find this album as interesting as the previous one, it has a few quality moments but just lacks consistency overall.

Yeah, it's a major shift from the debut, and one that I can't find it in me to get on board with. I was so excited when I first discovered this band and how immense they were live, and then the debut was so good at what it did; it was concerning when I was so underwhelmed by them at Damnation last year, but that was a premonition for this record just not hitting the spot. I like a couple of the songs, but not sure there's a single one here I'd choose to listen to over any of the songs from the debut, bit of a shame really