Headspace - The Official Thread v. All That You Fear is Gone (March 2016)

[senecadawg2]

I really like it. Particularly that part starting around the two minute mark. Damian sounds great, though that's nothing new.

Hyped   

[jingle.boy]

^ That was as good as (if not better than) anything from the first album.  I'm very excited about this.

[senecadawg2]

Better than, Daddy Fucking Loves You?

It's a great song, no doubt, and if the album stays consistently at that level I think it will be just as good if not better than the first, but as far as individual songs go this one is going up against some really stiff competition. I'm just nitpicking though.

This is going to be right up there with Circus Maximus and Avantasia for best prog metal release of the year, I think.

[jingle.boy]

I'm not all 'gaga' over DFLY the way most are.

[Big Hath]

while good, it's also not my favorite song on the album

[ariich]

New song is really awesome! Pumped for this album.

[Enigmachine]

New song is really awesome! Pumped for this album.

Agreed. I love the way the song flows quite organically.

[Train of Naught]

Hate to be the buzzkiller here, but it's probably not much of an opinion anyways, I've heard the first album once or twice and remember really liking it (though I don't remember any particular parts of it), so I was going to come back to it at some point anyway. I don't like this song as much as the things I heard off I Am Anonymous. I'm very much into the second half of the song though, first half isn't doing it for me yet. Hope I can jump onto the hype train sooner or later.

[Nick]

Hate to be the buzzkiller here, but it's probably not much of an opinion anyways, I've heard the first album once or twice and remember really liking it (though I don't remember any particular parts of it), so I was going to come back to it at some point anyway. I don't like this song as much as the things I heard off I Am Anonymous. I'm very much into the second half of the song though, first half isn't doing it for me yet. Hope I can jump onto the hype train sooner or later.

[nikatapi]

Ok so i had the promo for a bit now, i've listened to it 5 times or so.
Let's just say, it's not only better than the first one, it's seriously one of the best prog metal albums i've heard in the past 5 years. Such an improvement over the last record, with a great variety and very interesting orchestrations.

[Nick]

I'm working on a full review, the first draft of which I hope to have done tomorrow. That said, I really enjoy it, but have not been blown away to the degree you were. To a certain degree I feel the "IT" factor the first album had just isn't as prominent on this album.

[Dr. DTVT]

I have the promo copy as well, and after two listens I am certain their first will be remembered as the better album.  New one isn't bad by any stretch, but I Am Anonymous is spectacular, and the new one is just a solid release.

I'll join jingle and go on the record of saying DFLY isn't even a top 3 song on that album IMO.

[jingle.boy]

I'll join jingle and go on the record of saying DFLY isn't even a top 3 song on that album IMO.

[senecadawg2]

Quintessential Progressive Metal epic, for me, but it says a lot about the strength of the album as a whole that y'all wouldn't put in in the top, and I can definitely get behind that.

It's probably best to read some of the comments above now, so that I can temper my expectations. I Am Anonymous was a complete surprise for me (not following any of these individual artists all that much) and that made it all the more potent. It's rarely a good idea for me to hype an album up based on a single and previous album, so I'll dull the hype and instead remain cautiously optimistic 

[Nick]

Review for the new album: https://wpapu.com/review-headspace-all-that-you-fear-is-gone/

[jingle.boy]

Review for the new album: https://wpapu.com/review-headspace-all-that-you-fear-is-gone/

Nice!  Very much looking forward to this one later this month.

[Evermind]

I need to listen to this. I've got a promo, but with the new DT and Primal Fear I didn't have time for this album and the new Serenity too.

The review is nice indeed.

[ariich]

I need to listen to this. I've got a promo, but with the new DT and Primal Fear I didn't have time for this album and the new Serenity too.

Nice, I grabbed it too though neither of us gets to review the album, sadly!

I've only managed one listen so far, but I'm digging it a lot. No idea at this stage how it compares to the debut - that one was a real grower for me as I wasn't that impressed first time around.

And very nice WPAPU review. Though my favourite thing about it was that it was written by "Nick/Mason". You two were clearly destined to work together on a prog website.

[lonestar]

I need to listen to this. I've got a promo, but with the new DT and Primal Fear I didn't have time for this album and the new Serenity too.

Nice, I grabbed it too though neither of us gets to review the album, sadly!

I've only managed one listen so far, but I'm digging it a lot. No idea at this stage how it compares to the debut - that one was a real grower for me as I wasn't that impressed first time around.

And very nice WPAPU review. Though my favourite thing about it was that it was written by "Nick/Mason". You two were clearly destined to work together on a prog website.

Finally listened to the promo, and I'm gonna go against the grain and say I like it better than I Am Anonymous. Been on constant play for a few days now, and the title track is just stunning. Damian kills it beginning to end.

[jingle.boy]

[ariich]

It took a couple of listens for it to sink in properly, but yeah it's a damn good album. I'd probably put it roughly on a par with IAA.

[lonestar]

In this situation, I think we need a caffeine emote that pisses  himself....

[jingle.boy]

:splooge:

I is disappoint there is no emote for that code.

[wolfking]

Looking forward to checking it out.

[senecadawg2]

No comments since the official release?

I've only listened to it all the way through 4 or 5 times, which is good but I'm still waiting for a bit more. So far I'm not sure I'd put it quite on the same level as IAA, but it has some really great parts/songs. One thing that sticks out to me is the 72 minute length; I just don't think it needs to be that long. I don't think my attention span has gotten any shorter, but I still think 40-60 minutes is the ideal length for an album and that if it's going to be longer it needs to be without any filler. Really hard to achieve, and that's not to say that I think there is a lot of filler on this album, but I do feel like a couple parts could've been trimmed more.

[Elite]

I have yet to hear it, but just found out it's on Spotify. I'll probably listen to it tonight.

[jingle.boy]

I've given it a couple of spins.  Enjoying it.  I wasn't all gaga over IAA the way a lot were, and I'm getting the same vibes here.  Very enjoyable, but easy to get lost in the midst of all the fantastic music.  We'll see.  I'll give it a few more spins over the next few weeks.

[kaos2900]

Will probably get to this Wednesday.

Interesting note about the length of albums being best around 40-60 minutes. I'm in the process of trimming the fat of music collection and removing songs I don't like from my phone. I'm finding that even the great albums have no more than 8-10 songs and last no more than 40-60 minutes.

[Dr. DTVT]

Well, I've had a reviewers copy for over a month, so I've been listening to the new Redemption.  I still stand by what I wrote in my review for Nick.  And unlike one review I saw, you can read mine and Nick's review in 5 minutes and get a sense of what is going on.  I'm not joking when I say I saw a review that probably takes longer to read than it does to listen to the entire album.

[ariich]

Well, I've had a reviewers copy for over a month, so I've been listening to the new Redemption.  I still stand by what I wrote in my review for Nick.  And unlike one review I saw, you can read mine and Nick's review in 5 minutes and get a sense of what is going on.  I'm not joking when I say I saw a review that probably takes longer to read than it does to listen to the entire album.

Was that Andrew's one for LOMM? It was bonkers.

[me7]

As I listened to the album, I was surprised how much the singer sounded like the guy from Threshold. Now I also see that he sounded similar on IAA in retrospect but I never connected the sound with Threshold.

Today I saw the video for "The Science within us"...... OMFG... It's the same vocalist... I didn't notice for three years...

[TAC]

  OMFG... It's the same vocalist... I didn't notice for three years...

[Dr. DTVT]

To be fair, Threshold has had 3 singers, and Damien Wilson has only been the main singer for the first album in 1990 and the two most recent ones.

Rich - that was the one I was referencing.  I don't know how seriously anyone could take a review like that.  I've seen less intense Dream Theater fan fiction, and we all know how crazy those people are.

[kaos2900]

I'm digging the new album. Don't love it, but it's pretty solid.

[ErHaO]

Oh man, thought this was going to release later this month! I see it is up on Deezer, will check it out as soon as I have a nice silent evening on my own