The 16th album from this band from USA.
The band is a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
This album hails the return of their classic lineup. Yes, Mike Portnoy has returned to the fold.
This is a long awaited album and it has caused a lot of ripples in the scene. Numerous reviews has been posted and I have been holding back for some time as there is a lot unreviewed albums in the scene that need my attention more than this album and this band.
This album is well over seventy minutes long. The music is very complex with lots of layers. There is no hits and no immediate pieces of music that jumps out of this album. The signature track, I am afraid, will be the rather tacky and crass Midnight Messiah who sometimes sounds like a track from early era Metallica. Not impressive.
This album really require the full attention of the listener. The best piece of music here is the closing twenty minutes long track The Shadow Man Incident where the band sounds a bit like early era Dream Theater.
Besides of that, the music is too complex, too heavy and simply not up to their normal standards. This is one of their weakest ever efforts, I am afraid.
2.5 points
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