Admittedly took me a while for the EP to click for me but this absolutely rules. Need to hear these live.
On first listen it sounds like the step between Ex-Lives and From Part’s Unknown. Not a big fan of the singing right now. But when Greg really screams I enjoy it.
I feel like I can hear some of the AiC/Cantrell influence in his clean singing now (which would make sense)
Got a couple listens in. This album is cool, but i don’t love Greg’s singing parts. I feel like the EP was relentless with riffs and energy, this feels more like them establishing this band as its own thing. stoked to hear the progression even if it’s not my favorite from them. excited to see the body of work as it keeps evolving. There’s some killer parts on this album though.
I did not fully appreciate this band when they first debuted despite loving all of the members' previous bands but holy fucking christ this album ripped my face off
Add in some industrial electronics and Deliver Us from Life is a long lost Ire Works track - so fucking sick
Ok, if Lie Between The Lines would have been released as a single I would have been pissed. lol. That was such a great surprise of an opening track. (serious stankface)
I already have 11 front to back spins on this. So many standout moments throughout - Greg continues to somehow be a monster vocal wise after decades of screaming his head off. My voice would be gone after a day
For the most part them adding a little bit of a Dillinger or Etid song is kind of neat, I think there is a section somewhere on the album that greg finishes a screaming section that sounds like how he ends Farewell mona lisa.