HYBRIS

I absolute love Swedish Prog. I absolutely love the Hammond Organ and the Mellotron, and despite giving this album a generous go over the past 3 years I've just never gotten into it. There are a few good rhythms in parts, but the rest just sounds like poorly pieced together pretentious loops overlayed with nonsensical guitar. It really sounds to me like the type of prog that is "purposely bad or atonal" as its subgenre.

I'm really sorry to the Anglagard fans because it seems a lot of people understand and get this but to me this album is just 40 minutes or uninspired, difficult for the sake of it, pretentious noodling. There are some moments that I like, like the 5/4 section in the beginning of Jordrok when the drums come in, but there is no denying that the guitarist is off his face if he thinks he's pulling some good riffage in the best parts of this album.