Oh nice, didn't realise this was on here. This stuff is pretty immense. 8 now, probably a 9 in an hour

Sounds like STY meets Anaal Nathrakh with a touch of Meshuggah. Pretty wild stuff.

Seriously. Johan. You should have nagged about this more and earlier.

Written by Ilham on 05.01.2015 at 17:27

Seriously. Johan. You should have nagged about this more and earlier.

It's a bit good isn't it.

Written by [user id=4365] on 05.01.2015 at 17:27

It's a bit good isn't it.

Yeah it's okay. Barely scratching the surface of good.

INSTAFAV MOTHERFUCKER

Way better than what I've heard of him, still definitely not to my liking.

Checked it again
Admittedly, it has many good moments. The thing is that I really dislike the lead guitar work and keys. They tend to lessen the aggression and are inconsistent with the overall wall of the sound and purpose of the record. The album is also too long for its own good. Barely having diversity, the guy doesn't do much to justify the length.

I love the cover, btw.

I don't really consider this a wall-of-sound record. The production is exceptionally clear and the detailing is very distinct. It's honestly one of the most professionally recorded, expertly layered albums I've heard in a while because of how much detail shines through despite the onslaught of the guitars. I'd probably say The Amenta's 'n0n' is a more wall-of-sound version of this.

But at least you gave it another go

Listened to this a few weeks back and disliked it. Now it sounds just meh, basically for the same reasons as mz pointed out plus the drum patterns (annoying as hell !). The production could have done with a bit of dirt, just to give the impression everything ain't done by a computer.

Written by Vombatus on 09.01.2015 at 02:20

The production could have done with a bit of dirt, just to give the impression everything ain't done by a computer.

I think it's exactly the point. Not all industrial has to be dirty à la early AN.

Listened to it a coule of times and damn, this is really average stuff. Not bad, just average.

Written by Ilham on 09.01.2015 at 02:23

I think it's exactly the point. Not all industrial has to be dirty à la early AN.

Fair enough.

But I like it dirty

This is sounding better than I remembered, gonna listen to the whole stuff later I guess

I've revisited this album a few times, and each play-through I give it is equally boring. Really just not my cup of tea I suppose, but it's clearly not a bad album.

Nicely spotted!

Here's my five word review: You win this round, Ascendancy.

Written by flightoficarus on 03.02.2015 at 05:10

Here's my five word review: You win this round, Ascendancy.

This is enough to make me forget your Botch/TT comparison. Take off your tinfoil hat and come join us, we're sipping expensive whiskey in vintage club armchairs in the very select ToD Appreciation Society. This album, seriously. It's the Optimus Prime of industrial.

Ugh my comment sounds like one of Cynic's.

Written by Ilham on 03.02.2015 at 14:13

Written by flightoficarus on 03.02.2015 at 05:10

Here's my five word review: You win this round, Ascendancy.

This is enough to make me forget your Botch/TT comparison. Take off your tinfoil hat and come join us, we're sipping expensive whiskey in vintage club armchairs in the very select ToD Appreciation Society. This album, seriously. It's the Optimus Prime of industrial.

Ugh my comment sounds like one of Cynic's.

I was glad that this was at the bottom of the list. Great way to round out the category. I'll take my whiskey on the rocks.

This band, even this album, makes up for AN and Meshuggah's crappiness in recent times, and fills the void left by SYL.

It's not an average album at all. So many good moments, and as it goes further the good moments get better and better, I love those melodic moments of it mixed with all those driving riffings and their solo guitars, I couldn't expect it from an Industrial band. Big thumb up !

Written by [user id=4365] on 03.02.2015 at 18:40

This band, even this album, makes up for AN and Meshuggah's crappiness in recent times, and fills the void left by SYL.

what is SYL & AN ? I think we should never put this awesomeness next to wankery of Meshuggah.

Written by angel. on 05.02.2015 at 10:03


what is SYL ? I think we should never put this awesomeness next to wankery of Meshuggah.

SYL= strapping young lad.
Also, we shouldn't put the genius meshuggah next to this boring album.

Written by mz on 05.02.2015 at 10:49

Also, we shouldn't put the genius meshuggah next to this boring album.

NOPE! Genius is such a heavy load to put on shoulders of Meshuggah. And this is not boring, I can't see how this may sound boring. Really, I'm not that easily satisfied and by far this is one of the bests of 2014.

Was expecting amazing Industrial metal music... I'm disappointed.

This is crazy good. Reminds me of AN, though it is a bit lengthy and repetitive at times. Regardless, this album is a pure adrenaline injection and real good industrial metal.

Enjoyable style, but the riffs sound like they've all been cut from the same loaf - not enough variety. Also, not sure if it's just me, but the trebly vocals hurt my ears.

I probably won't be coming back to this band until they release a new album...which - judging by the time between each of their releases - won't be long. I'll just go back to listening to SYL and AN separately for now