>tfw Fanfare sounds like a memerap album intro
tbh, I like a lot of the instrumentals on the album. The band knows how to play, but its easy to tell they all revolve around the drums directly. They sometimes reuse the same beat at times, and even have the melody directly sync with the drums and bass on Kel Valhaal. Sounds very cheap at times. can get annoying, thankfully some surprise sound glitches occur which keep things interesting at times. Overall, instrumentally I think they drag things out a little too longs. More variation like on Aesthethica. Still tight though.
Now the thing id say is most polarizing is the vocals from HHH, a complete change from high pitched screeches of dread, to a very monotonous voice. Pretty unique voice in my opinion, my problem is, is that his voice has like no variation throughout this entire album. His flow of words might syncopate differently depending on the beat of each track, but he just kinda sounds like he is blankly singing this huge carry-on sentence. It gets quite annoying after a while.. But don't get me wrong, some of the songs oddly fit his voice and it kicks ass. Like right when his voice comes in....finally on Kel Valhaal, or the hook on Vitriol. Too bad it goes downhill after that though, struggling to keep a competent flow over the beat.
>I turn your ashes to gold
>you repay me with vitriol
Overall: At least it's very interesting as a whole. Very nice instrumentation, midi effects, (I actually liked the midi horns) they're pretty funny. Unfortunately I didn't think the vocals were anything special. The vocal performance is pretty meh compared to Aesthethica, less energy, less variety.
There's good parts, great parts, and bad parts. Still an interesting album to check out though.
6/10
$ Noteworthy concept
$ Solid instrumentation
x Annoyingly repetitive segments
x Vocals are hit and miss
Standouts: Follow, Kel Valhaal, Father Horizon, Total War
Burnouts: Quetzacoatl, Haelegen, Vitriol