Comments on: The Faceless – Autotheism https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-faceless-autotheism Extreme Music Critique, Discourse & Discovery! Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shockwave https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36211 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:45:46 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36211 Thumbs up for the Faceless on this one. First 3 songs which blend into 1 song made my day. What a winner.

]]> By: Jordan Itkowitz https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36130 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:26:07 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36130 great writeup, especially because you were talking to him just as this album was being shaped. I wonder at what point the Akerfeldt influence came into the picture (it can’tt just be me who hears that Opeth comparison loud and clear).

that’s also a nice coincidence that you both love Extol so much. Burial blew me away when it first came out and Undeceived was great too but aside from “Grace for Succession,” Synergy (or Blueprint Dives) never clicked with me for some reason. Gotta go back to them again.

]]> By: Andy Synn https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36129 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:28:17 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36129 Found it. Turns out it was only a year and a half ago, not two as I surmised. Oh how time flies. Anyway, it’s just a transcript since I wasn’t videoing my interviews at the time.

http://www.nocleansinging.com/2011/05/26/an-ncs-interview-michael-keene-the-faceless/

]]> By: gabaghoul https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36118 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:10:45 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36118 I’d love to see that interview, post a link? And glad to see that Extol wasn’t just an indulgent reference on my part – that middle segment from “In Solitude” really does sound like something off of Undeceived.

]]> By: Andy Synn https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36117 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:37:17 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36117 It’s unfortunate the “gimmicks” are so jarring a times. I think a judicious pruning would have made the songs a bit snappier and removed these jarring elements. Though the album is still very good regardless.

Also I did an interview with Michael Keene a few years back, and we spent quite a lot of it geeking out about Extol, and he explicitly namechecked them as a key influence on the new stuff, so the shift to proggy, clean-vocal inflected death metal shouldn’t have been so much of a surprise!

]]> By: Storm King https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36101 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:59:03 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36101 I liked Planetary Duality more, but this is a pretty wicked album. Glad I’m not the only one who thought the clean vocals sounded like Akerfeldt, first time I heard it, I was like “wait, is this really the Faceless?”

]]> By: Odovacar https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36085 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36085 I love the video game metaphor here:

“Most of “Deconsecrate” is a bullet-hell shooter disguised as a metal track, and it’s armed with some brilliant power-ups…”

The album didn’t command my attention like Planetary Duality did, however I commend them for being experimental and aping Opeth isn’t a bad thing for me.

]]> By: Guilliame https://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/the-faceless-autotheism/#comment-36076 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:56:52 +0000 http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/?p=23564#comment-36076 Great album! Tons of good material and writing. Keene is a phenom on the stringthing!

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