Circus Maximus - Isolate

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8.5 | 262 votes |
Band
Circus Maximus
Style
Progressive metal
Release date
7 August 2007
Owners
256 have it
21 want it
Tracklist
01. A Darkened Mind
02. Abyss
03. Wither
04. Sane No More
05. Arrival Of Love
06. Zero
07. Mouth Of Madness
08. From Childhood's Hour
09. Ultimate Sacrifice
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8.4
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8.4
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".

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published 07.01.2008 | Comments ( 7 )
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Mehdi Taba
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27.12.2010 - 15:29
Rating: 10
Mehdi Taba
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It's amazing .
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19.04.2011 - 23:08
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Agreed. A brilliant album, the band are gearing up to record their next album. To help promote the band in the UK please join this group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_178659505519449
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21.04.2011 - 06:50
Rating: 9
tea[m]ster
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The guy's voice is simply off the charts!
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10.04.2014 - 18:44
Rating: 10

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One of my very favourite Melodic Prog Metal albums... I really never tire of it.
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26.05.2015 - 05:51
Rating: 10

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THE BEEEST ALBUM OF ALL THE HISTORY!!!! (IMO), all the songs are perfect, with so much pasion and emotion. This is my definition for a really deserved 10!!
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04.09.2019 - 11:57
Rating: 10
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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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23.01.2024 - 04:49
Rating: 8
24emd
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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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23.01.2024 - 07:55

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Written by 24emd on 23.01.2024 at 04:49

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.

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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23.01.2024 - 08:00
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Written by John_Doe on 23.01.2024 at 07:55

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...

I've come to expect that now
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03.07.2025 - 12:46
Rating: 9

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I'm bothered by two things - that they have done so little in 18 years after this and that the lyric "Ultimate Sacrifice" is sung in Mouth of Madness - not Ultimate Sacrifice.
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24emd
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17.02.2026 - 11:19
Rating: 8
24emd
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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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