LATERALUS

It starts off with one of the best songs on the album, The Grudge, with its great melodies and vocals, not to mention great lyrics and riffs. Hard rocking good song.

The second track is kind of cool but short and insignificant. The Patient is pretty good, but it doesn't stand out too much for me. Mantra is another short meaningless song. Schism is a really good song, with a ctachy awesome riff and good lyrics, and the mellow part in the middle is awesome.

Parabol is great, it reminds of Zep somehow (kind of like No Quarter, which Tool happens to do a cover of). Parabola is a good rocker with a cool riff and some good lyrics and vocals.

Ticks and leeches is terrible. Terrible lyrics, terrible vocals, terrible music. The drums aren't terrible really, but the rest of this absolutely horrible track is.

The title track starts off with a nice mellow riff, then some cool lyrics and then some rockingnes, and then the long middle section, which is kind of mellow, is awesome, and it leads into the awesome outro, with its catchy vocals and lyrics.

Disposition is the best part of the three part suite that follows. It's really mellow, with great vocals. Reflection is alright, it kind of bores me though. Triad is the third and final section, its pretty good, with some cool effects. The last track is pointless, although it is kind of creepy.

So this is a good prog-metal/hard prog rock album, but its not the end-all be all masterpiece people say. Highlights include: the Grudge, Schism, Parabol/a, Lateralus, and Disposition. No real downpoints other than Ticks and Leeches. Ughhhhhh...

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