You're probably not alone. I'm also not super excited about it. I'm glad they made a step back to what made them great butI agree that it lacks severely in the songwriting department.
I guess I'm gonna be the contrarian, I don't like the new Opeth album, it sounds like Dream Theater with growls..growls isn't what made old Opeth awesomex it was the song writing...This is like Dream Theater so technically perfect