This is aweome news! One of my favourite bands and I am very curious about this one!

Time to revisit Phase I. I remember liking it a lot.

They had a decade nine years to pick this...

Sounds like this is going to be one of their weaker albums based on the first two singles. A shame as they have had so much time to create something special. Hopefully the rest of the album will have more interesting songwriting, but I'm not hopeful

Written by nonZero on 05.05.2023 at 11:42

Sounds like this is going to be one of their weaker albums based on the first two singles. A shame as they have had so much time to create something special. Hopefully the rest of the album will have more interesting songwriting, but I'm not hopeful

According to Per Nilsson, this album was already written back in '17, and due to different circumstances it was delayed eternally.
New SS is good, but the CA era was much better.

Written by Pablo on 31.05.2023 at 23:20

Written by nonZero on 05.05.2023 at 11:42

Sounds like this is going to be one of their weaker albums based on the first two singles. A shame as they have had so much time to create something special. Hopefully the rest of the album will have more interesting songwriting, but I'm not hopeful

According to Per Nilsson, this album was already written back in '17, and due to different circumstances it was delayed eternally.
New SS is good, but the CA era was much better.

This is the interview...



... Thx

I enjoy the songs a lot, but the production sounds very compressed and muffled to me, especially in comparison with the stellar work on Phase I. Not sure what happened there. I hope I can get used to it and enjoy the album for what it is.

Probably their worst album so far. Which is a real let down 😞

Written by nonZero on 09.06.2023 at 12:22

Probably their worst album so far. Which is a real let down 😞

If a "letdown" and "worst album so far" still gets a rating of 7, it means it's really not a bad album.

Written by John_Doe on 09.06.2023 at 13:01

Written by nonZero on 09.06.2023 at 12:22

Probably their worst album so far. Which is a real let down 😞

If a "letdown" and "worst album so far" still gets a rating of 7, it means it's really not a bad album.

What can I say, I have high expectations for this band! Not a bad album, just not up to their usual standard, especially after 9 long years.

Not bad, not bad at all.

Not bad but a bit underwhelming. I expected more after such a long time since the last album.

With repeated listens this has become my second favorite album by them, behind Pitch Black Progress. It's also one of their heaviest. I don't have any problem with the production. 10/10. I just wish they would get a US merch store. 50 Euros shipping to the United States for just a t shirt is freaking outrageous.

Written by Grouch Douglas on 21.06.2023 at 22:25

With repeated listens this has become my second favorite album by them, behind Pitch Black Progress. It's also one of their heaviest. I don't have any problem with the production. 10/10. I just wish they would get a US merch store. 50 Euros shipping to the United States for just a t shirt is freaking outrageous.

Ditto. Playing it from start to finish over the last week has moved it to a 10 to me. It's just so filled with love, I just cannot believe it.

Altergeist and Digiphrenia Dawn has possibly my favorite solos in their entire discography.

Definitely a grower, not as good as their stuff with Älvestam, but gets better the more i listen to it.

After many listens, is not as bad as first listenings. Perhaps at same level than Dark Matter Dimensions or The Unseen Empire. But is far from the great The Singularity. So now i will wait for the Mercenary album...

Once it fully sinks in this is a stellar album! Right up there with their other work