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Old 04-27-2008, 11:17 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen View Post
I'll say it: this band have shown very little progress or expansion over their last what, 5 albums? I believe the new one is not much of a gigantic leap either. This band is a thorough disappointment.

Ghost Reveries might not technically or creatively be their best record, but it's my favourite of theirs simply for having the best melodies.
I don't understand what you are talking about. Orchid was just totally unpolished and tried to meld the quiet bits with the loud death metal bits. Morningrise polished that sound and had some great interludes. My Arms, You Hearse was totally brutal and is their second heaviest album by far. It also had a different feel to it than the past releases. Still Life was different in that they started to go away from their death metal roots and become more progressive and they started to add more jazz elements. Blackwater Park is a polished version of that album and it is a bit more heavier. Then you have Damnation, which is obviously different than the other releases and Deliverence, which is heavier than anything they released and took away the whole folk/jazz feel of the other albums. The band tried to be as brutal as possible with that album. Ghost Reveries is probably their darkest album, most likely because of the keyboards used. It was definitely influenced by the funeral doom metal scene. Now what was all this talk about them not progressing?
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