Circus Maximus - Isolate
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It takes something special to release one album and be noticed on a larger scale. But to follow it up with an equally acclaimed second effort without becoming drab is a plateau hardly reached by a younger band. After their debut "The First Chapters" was met with a lot of positive criticism throughout the prog-metal world, Circus Maximus presented their sophomore effort, "Isolate". Read more ›› |
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It's amazing .
---- Stop seeing things and people in a binary way. Everything has its own spectrum and complexity. Be patient and learn about the world.
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One of my very favourite Melodic Prog Metal albums... I really never tire of it.
---- First gig was Manowar (loincloths 'n' all), Bristol Colston Hall in March 1983, on the 'Hail to England' tour. Tickets were £3.75, 300 in the audience, Mercyful Fate never showed, but my hearing still got seriously trashed..
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I never get bored of this album. Been listening from time to time for years. No filler, great prog, musicianship and songwriting. Fav. song is of course the masterpiece "Mouth Of Madness". The longest song on the album with lots of changes and emotions.
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I am a fan of this band but this album is by far my least favourite. There's not a single song I like enough to want to listen to it again, except maybe the closer. There are a couple of sections over the runtime that I enjoy a little, but as a whole I find in plain boring. Even their overall sound is worse than the debut and feels a step backwards evolution-wise. Good thing they corrected this with the phenomenal Nine.
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Posts: 5632 Written by 24emd on 23.01.2024 at 04:49 It's the other way around for a lot of people, at least when the album came out. Nine was considered the inferior (for lack of a better word) release by many , being catchier, more accessible. Oh well...
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Posts: 1258 Written by John_Doe on 23.01.2024 at 07:55 I've come to expect that now 
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Better than the debut by a bit but I'm still not impressed with this album. A few fun songs though, "Arrival of Love" being easily the best here. Havoc-levels of quality. Edit: Must've been drunk yesterday because I relistened today and it's great. Second-best by this band, I really like the back half of this album.
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