After listening to some tracks on Youtube I must say that I like what I'm hearing so far. The production is kinda...euhm...'woody', just as on "Voyager", but it doesn't bother me. Although I can imagine not everyone is charmed by this. "The Art Of War" and "Brethren Of The Hammer" are spinning in my head multiple times a day, so that's a good sign. Great atmosphere also.
The LP isn't that expensive, so I'm going to get it soon as possible.
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"Abattoir de la Mort" so far stands out to me musically as the great song from this album, although the somewhat veiled self-referentialism (also found in "Brethren of the Hammer") in the lyrics is a bit hokey. The lyrics to "Grindhouse", however, are especially dubious. Over all, I like this album a lot, although it may be my least favorite album since the reunion. Unlike some others here, though, that's actually saying something, because I like the previous 4 albums a lot. Atlantis Rising especially is underrated in my book. Time will tell with this album though. I've only played it perhaps just under a dozen times as of yet.