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The only drawback is the considerable tendency to fall back on repetition, perhaps taking too long to extend beyond that one riff or melody, at moments holding onto them more than necessary.

One of the biggest reasons why this album is such a snoozefest. Way too much generic tripe to consistently make up for the 7-8 minutes. They just tried too hard.

Written by Risto on 30.07.2012 at 12:50

One of the biggest reasons why this album is such a snoozefest. Way too much generic tripe to consistently make up for the 7-8 minutes. They just tried too hard.

I agree. Although I wouldn't call it a snoozefest, it feels like the songs are long just for the sake of being long. I had hoped they would take out their swings a bit more. Still, many awesome riffs and a thoroughly enjoyable album.

I agree with the "taking too long to extend beyond that one riff or melody" aspect. One of my first impressions on this cd was precisely how sometimes it would drag, and how forced it sounds. But everything else is good.

Liked their previous album because it had good hooks....this one is downright boring. Its one of those albums that passes by before you even know it and nothing memorable happens. Shit, I cant even think of one song on the new album as Im typing this.

I don't see the general "too long" or "dragging" problem tbh but I do understand why certain people would find some bits of In Mourning's music boring. But then again I think they do the prog bit very well. Now that Opeth is far away from that style, IM can be a good fix for people who enjoyed prog with extreme metal elements.

The rating seems about right

Written by Risto on 30.07.2012 at 12:50

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The only drawback is the considerable tendency to fall back on repetition, perhaps taking too long to extend beyond that one riff or melody, at moments holding onto them more than necessary.

One of the biggest reasons why this album is such a snoozefest. Way too much generic tripe to consistently make up for the 7-8 minutes. They just tried too hard.

Could be I haven't heard enough melodeath but "generic tripe" is far from how I'd describe those drawn out bits. I can see why you hear filler material in this, I think so too, but that filler material for me is a great deal more impressive than other stuff out there.
Also when I say that they repeat themselves, it seems to be a negative thing at times, but on the other hand it adds to the music/feel of the album and whatnot at other times.
I don't think I could name a track which is more a culprit of that negative use of repetition than the others, simply because I think the album is very well balanced. Although.. maybe Voyage of a Wavering Mind? Seemed a bit boring in comparison to the rest, and not the strongest way to end the album.

Anyway there really wasn't a period of 7-8 minutes at which I felt "generic tripe" was slipping in, more like as I'm listening for, say, 10 seconds I'm thinking "Well yeah come on, get on with it".

This band has always been centered around building an amazing background atmosphere to their songs, layering it with sick hooks and making an original blend of melodeath/prog... the focus on building atmosphere is just sitting more at the forefront this time around. Seems like I'm one of the few, but the repitition is actually a welcomed change of pace for me. Really gives them some more space to build atmosphere, it fits with the themes they play with on the album, and the musicianship is pretty damn stellar..so all factors combined, it just kind of 'works' when I listen to it...something that I don't think would have quite the same impact if they had opted to cut some of the 'filler/repetitive' bits out.

I like it allot but it needs more tempo variations. Monolith was a bit more successful of an album, for me.

There is NO filler here.

Just ordered this album, and waiting for it to be completely shipped. Seems that I won't be disappointed

This album is just PERFECT something espicial