I remember seeing the tracklist and figuring Anna was gonna be some acoustic stuff and The Mirror and the Second Veil would be this gigantic, heavy epic track. Turns out it's the opposite lol
After first listen I think this is more consistent than PS but idk if the highs are as high. That said, PS dropped off a lot for me after that year ended so this’ll probably surpass it. also the vinyl is currently half off (!) on tooth and nails site
this will probably end up being my favorite from them, just from the 3-4 listens I've given it so far.
Initial impressions are that this isn't as good as the past few records, and regularly checking out Hickey's instagram made me anticipate more math-y riffs, but this still is solid. It's basically their full blown sludge album right? It feels like every other song builds up to a big, slow, and heavy part at one point. Further listens might help me differentiate the songs a little more so I expect it to grow on me.
Yeah idk that this will top the last three albums but this is still very very good and i am happy with it.
I just started listening to the Metal Sucks episode with Cory and learned about Hundred Suns. How the shit have I not heard this project yet? Too much awesome new music!!!
The last little riff on Translational is so sick. Sounds like an old school Korn riff, but like, good.