I was expecting an album that I could really connect to, but I didn't get it, I feel ADTOE is a "distant and cold" album to me. Don't know exactly why, but I think the melodies are generally weak, that there are not enough catchy moments and meaningful lyrics that make me want to sing along, not enough face-melting guitar solos, that the instrumental sections are pointless, disjointed and ruin potentially great songs (Outcry and LNF), and that wasting disk space in 2 bland ballads was too much.
It has some excellent moments, but it doesn't grab me without letting me go. Well, I hope DT 12 is better.