BLOOD

I was so eager to listen to this album, and when I finally did I was practically slapped in the face with how awful it was. It took me a long time to tolerate Kevin Moore's muffled monotonic cold vocal style and sound. Whatever symbol it was supposed to represent destroyed the songs.

If we surgically isolate Kevin's voice, there is not much left there. The most thing I was excited about was Gavin's drumming and it left so much to desire. I expected Porcupine Tree-style fluidity and breathing, but no. I guess it takes more than just a drummer to create an awesome sound... or destroy it. (e.g. producer, mixer, sound engineer, etc.)

To sum up, I don't see how I could listen to this again. I'll stick with The Thing That Never Was and ShutDOWN.

And Kevin? Please stop singing.