Looking forward to this album, the first song released is very promising. Interesting this album listing is already up on MS but no news item about it.
Is this album now available to purchase? I went to Google Play and it says it is only available for pre-order, becoming available on July 10. I'm in Australia but I thought it was released today (5 June)?
- edit: just looked at their Farcebook page and found the following statement "Unfortunately, due to ongoing logistical challenges, our new album 'Virus' will now be released on July 10th."
Tried to buy it on HD Tracks. Low and behold, the hi res version is not for sale in the United States... what a crock. I'm picking up the cd tomorrow. Glad to get it, but disappointed it's not in hi res...
First 4 tracks are pretty solid, especially the opener "Prosthetic" and the "Messiah Complex" has some good moments. "Canary Yellow" is the weakest track imo. It's a good solid prog album but nothing I will remember in the future. "The Mountain" stayed in my mind immediately and has some additional elements that make it an exceptional album compared to this.
Came back to this album recently and definitely surprised to see the ratings so similar. This is easily on par everything pre-Vector (excluding The Mountain).
Not enough Keyboard show off in this album, which is a little bit disappointment conpared to the previous haken works. Hope to improve next time with new Keyborad player. Overall a great album, and I like Messiah complex pretty much.