Comments on: Stargazer – A Great Work of Ages

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:39:42 +0000

Picked this up over the weekend…. two fulls spins in, and Im not feeling it at all. There were a couple tasty riffs here and there, but it was entirely underwhelming to me. The production flat out sucks. Totally devoid of any life or heft. Just flat and uninspired and way too thin for this type of music.
Really wanted to get into this, too. I will give it a few more tries, but it seems like a case of style over substance to me at this point.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:52:06 +0000

my favorite song of theirs is “Magikkian” off of their split with Arghoslent. really organic production and a the kind super headbangable riff towards the end that you don’t quite always get with most tech death.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:57:16 +0000

Wow, this is pretty good shit. Nice review as usual Erik.

By: vugelnox

vugelnox — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:49:55 +0000

the split with Invocation is much thrashier and lighter on the progressive tendencies and a very good release overall (Invocation were an early incarnation of Portal). Their first proper album is more like this but the songwriting isn’t quite as strong.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:44:14 +0000

Does their earlier stuff sound like this also?

By: vugelnox

vugelnox — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:30:31 +0000

really didn’t like the Blood Revolt eh? I think its Profound Lore’s best release of 2010 so far (very possible that Agalloch will top it). I’d peg the Stargazer as my 2nd favorite PL release of the year, it tops their debut and equals the brillance of their split with Invocation from over a decade ago.