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It is good, but I'm hesitant to call it great. As mentioned on previous threads it does have a serious ARK flavor and the vocalist is quite good. They blur the line between heavy prog and melodic rock pretty well but I'd prefer a more focused album. I've only had it a few days so my opinion can chan...

Just ordered from Amazon Prime, should be here Friday or Saturday. They appear to have a single copy remaining if anyone wants to jump. It's 23.99 but that's fine for quality. It's not like I'm buying a bunch of stuff in 2019 anyway

I'm probably missing out, but I've yet to like anything Devin has put out, and there's little chance I'd care for this. I appreciate him as an artist and doing his own thing, that's great. But, much like John Arch, DT is not for me at all. Maybe one day...

I wish I'd read the anti-shitting zone part before listening cause my undies would have appreciated that.

This sounds somewhere between Lyra's Legacy and Vanish, which is perfect for me cause those are great albums. I'll have to see who carries this one and pick it up. Great catch!

I've been on the forums since 1997, and I had no clue either lol! I knew it was out of character so after a few seconds to process the response I figured there was more to it. BTW NOS, incongruent opinions are just fine here so keep posting. I don't particularly care for some of the stuff posted her...

As with Rendezvous Point, this isn't really my genre but I like this. I have zero clue about Muse so that reference is lost on me, but I'll definitely check this out once released. I get the Dredg reference, though and I totally hear that. Good shout out!

Larry, I just bought the same. I heard a second track from Stone Leaders and that sold me.

I don't care for Leprous and am unfamiliar with Muse but this sounds terrific!

I probably need to listen again as well. My personal favorite is Harvest but I hadn't heard the debut in well over a decade. bout time I corrected that

this is pretty fantastic. I know some here were underwhelmed with Her Halo, and I understand. This has an urgency that maybe that ladt album lacked. For me, this will be album of year contender

I've heard enough, order placed with Laser.

I'd never heard of these guys before now, how does the back catalog compare?

I've got their previous two releases. Kind of a hit/miss thing for me but they do craft some catchy stuff. Of course I'll get this as well

I have no experience with Tool other than cursory listens, so I'm not sure how similar this is but I do like what I heard.

This is my current Enchant playlist. Not necessarily the best but are my personal favs from them Under Fire The Thirst Oasis What to Say Juggling Knives Black Eyes Broken Glass Paint the Picture Catharsis At Death's Door Pure Fade 2 Grey What To Say Blindsided Colors Fade There's some acoustic versi...

I'd not heard of them before last week, and they are very, very good. I'm not sure I'd categorize them as prog metal but more of a heavy prog that sits somewhere between Porcupine Tree's Deadwing and the first two Frost albums. They've mixed some crunchy guitars with old school key sounds very well ...

The best advice I can give is to purchase the live DVD. They have a great mix of songs from all their albums, and getting them in a live setting presents the tone for the songs. I absolutely adore Blueprint, but the production is horrendous. Had that been better it would be a top ten alltime disc fo...

I also cannot tolerate John Arch. Usually, this is when I inject an insulting simile/metaphor about his voice and its effects on my ear canal but I'll refrain as my opinion is already well known. However, this particular song is the least offensive song of his to my ears.

Nos wrote:Like how some people think John Arch is a good singer

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While I agree the talent is there, his voice, at least for me, is like rubbing a chalkboard with another chalkboard.

I'll go back and check into older Soen this weekend.

That's cool, NOS. No accounting for differences in taste. See, I have Khan in my top five singers alltime simply from his phrasing, delivery and character in his voice. And I heartily agree there are phenomenal singers with a super limited range, but the ones that stand out can emote and have some p...

I bought this on a few recommendations and while it's pretty good, I can't help but feel like pretty much ANYONE could be the singer of this band. It's all so non-descript and monotone and without soul, feel or character. Maybe that's the whole point of their sound and I'm completely in the wrong. H...

This is quite good, but I'm not prepared to call it great yet. There has always been something about Bath's voice that irritates me slightly, kind of a scratchy treble edge that later day Tony Harnell songs have. I think I'd prefer a little more punch in the guitar as well on this, but overall I can...

I just purchased the Nine Miles Down. With shipping and euro conversion it ended up to be 22 bucks. I've only heard the one song so let's see what kind of return on investment I get...

Nine Miles Down sounds pretty great from the limited samples. Looks like yet another overseas CD that has no distro and only available through the band. That's fine, though I'll order. I just would like for bands to have more than one full song available...

I always look forward to this annual present, but it's becoming increasingly clear my strange tastes are out of alignment with the majority of this group, and that's fine. My overwhelming no.1 this year doesn't appear on anyone's list, so I'm the outlier I suppose. I really didn't have a great music...

I humbly add to this thread Magnitude 9 - Chaos to Control This was the first album I ordered online from hearing awful wav. files. I then got Zero Hour. I think this was 1997? I bought from Impulse if memory serves. I've gone back and repurchased a few albums from this thread today so thank you for...

I've already got March 12 locked. Hard to believe they are touring together finally. Larry, I had no idea you were moving. we gotta catch up...