yeah i'm not even gonna bother holding off on this one, it's too easy to call it my favorite
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interestingly, almost everyone left has won a round, except Evermind who aaaaalmost won round 1. c'mon dude it's your turn to shine this round
Well. Yeah. In this round this album just stands head and shoulders above the rest. For some reason I used to think this band was some lame deathcore band? I think I listened to their album from last year but not sure on that one, but I didn't follow up on it if I did, obviously. But yeah, this is... right up the alley of the kind of stuff I've been digging lately, more death-metal-infused prog metal than the other way around. In general stuff I like is that there's a decent melodic focus here rather than chuggy heavy riffing, and the chords they use a lot are more flavorful, punchy chords that I also tend to like. The opener is a huge epic thing split into three parts in a way that makes me think of Slice the Cake, too, they're all distinct but flow together pretty well, that third part also ups the weirdness ante but never feels overbearing about it. I said on first listen I didn't like the back half as much as the front half but really I think my only complaint is the two short tracks right before the closer are both completely pointless and kind of kill the momentum of the album a little? But no, everything else here I like or love, most likely one to follow up on for sure.
Evermind with
The Faceless – Autotheism,
you can never escape mwahaha----------
1. The Faceless - Autotheism