[Reverend 7 Strings of Hate]

I've been spinning this disc and it fucking owns! I highly recommend it. I havnt liked their last 2 albums either.

 

[Drew]

I HATE the opener, but the rest of the album is pretty good, and it seems to get better as it goes along. "Let This River Flow," "The Akuma Afterglow," and the intro to "Enter Dog of Pavlov" are all incredible.

The mix, on the other hand... The writing is great, which makes it doubly frustrating. I keep wanting to hear what this would have sounded like with a lusher, more Devin Townsend inspired production. :/

 

[jaxadam]

Wow, sounds pretty good! I had kind of given up on them, because I really didn't care for much of their recent stuff, but this sounds good.

 

[Ror3h]

Yeah the opening track is a bit annoying, but the rest of the album is solid!

 

[7deadlysins]

Haven't liked these guys since Natural Born Chaos, just can't dig the new stuff (same can be said about In Flames for me too :lol

If they went back to stuff like this, I'd be all over it though. :yesway:

 

[brian]

I picked this one up, but other than Late for the kill, early for the slaughter, nothing really stood out as awesome.

 

[Stateless]

I also stopped listening to them after NBC. Their earlier stuff was what first got me into melo-death. I'll have to give this new one a few more listens. I listened to it once and wasn't impressed.

 

[Vince]

The chorus of Two Lives Worth of Reckoning - exactly my kind of music :agreed:

Having said that, yeah the production blows on this disc. I'm with Drew in that the album is pretty great other than the first track. When you compare the mix with Natural Born Chaos, Figure Number Five, or Stabbing the Drama, it just pales in comparison, which is sad. It saddens me. I'm a cry.

 

[Vince]

The chorus of Two Lives Worth of Reckoning - exactly my kind of music :agreed:

Having said that, yeah the production blows on this disc. I'm with Drew in that the album is pretty great other than the first track. When you compare the mix with Natural Born Chaos, Figure Number Five, or Stabbing the Drama, it just pales in comparison, which is sad. It saddens me. I'm a cry.

 

[Toshiro]

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I stopped after NBC as well. Disarmonia Mundi fills the void for me. :lol:

 

[Vince]

What are you guys smoking? NBC, FNF, and STD are fucking awesome :agreed:

 

[Toshiro]

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APP was awesome, everything since is meh or :barf:

 

[Harry]

No, the production is not about to top Stabbing the Drama or Gojira's The Way of All Flesh as far as production references goes, but on an overall scale, bad production?
Peter Wichers is a great engineer and Jens Bogren always delivers a pretty damn good quality mix to my mind, and this album is no exception.

Their best album since NBC, for sure.
The leads are so fucking tasty.
The songs are on fire.
Soilwork are back on top of the game as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Harry]

What are you guys smoking? NBC, FNF, and STD are fucking awesome :agreed:

I like all those albums to some extent.
The chorus on "Nerve" is just so fucking groovy, I find myself listening to that song way more than any other off STD.

 

[WarriorOfMetal]

I dunno what you guys are on about, Soilwork only has two albums: Steelbath Suicide and The Chainheart Machine

 

[1]

I HATE the opener, but the rest of the album is pretty good, and it seems to get better as it goes along. "Let This River Flow," "The Akuma Afterglow," and the intro to "Enter Dog of Pavlov" are all incredible.

The mix, on the other hand... The writing is great, which makes it doubly frustrating. I keep wanting to hear what this would have sounded like with a lusher, more Devin Townsend inspired production. :/

Ah fuck. I was coming into this thread to post "How's the mix?".

 

[Stateless]

I dunno what you guys are on about, Soilwork only has two albums: Steelbath Suicide and The Chainheart Machine

^ This plus Predator's Portrait.

 

[Naren]

What are you guys smoking? NBC, FNF, and STD are fucking awesome :agreed:

:agreed:

I think all the people who only like the first 2 Soilwork albums are psychologically deranged and belong in a mental hospital. :yesway:

[action=Naren]is not exaggerating. No, he is not. Don't say that you don't belong in a mental hospital. We all know that you do.[/action]

 

[Stateless]

I liked NBC and STD, but not as much as the earlier stuff. And FNF was pure shite. :lol:

 

[Naren]

I liked NBC and STD, but not as much as the earlier stuff. And FNF was pure shite. :lol:

:lol: I like Figure Number Five WAYYYY more than Natural Born Chaos and slightly better than Stabbing the Drama.

In other words...

YOU SUCK. :lol: