astronoid: yeah, this is a cool sound. i do think the songs stand on their own just enough & it's not too long that it does hold my interest all the way through but i can't see them making another album without doing at least something different with the sound. but it's both pretty intense and pretty gorgeous and i very much dig that.
east of the wall: i didn't really have many expectations for this one, and having given it a decent amount of spins now, i can say... yeah, it's just okay. i got this more for completion's sake tbh and it's still pretty solid, there's some great instrumental bits here but it pales in comparison to their later work.
xanthochroid: honestly i'm not even close to being done digesting this one because there's a lot to it and it's actually, really great. the quieter tracks all have enough personality to stand out and while a few of the metal tracks haven't really clicked for me (mostly the three shorter ones) the ones that have are really good; especially that fantastic closer, geez. good stuff.