...just wraps it up perfectly. And it’s simultaneously chilling and full of despair but hopeful at the same time.
This album is truly a work of art. Truly could become my fav Chevelle album, which is a HELL of a feat. I actually think it even beats Deftones Ohms — Deftones are prob my fav band and Ohms is brilliant, but NIRATIAS is just otherworldly man.
Posted Mar 12, 2021, 5:03 AM UTC
Finally, someone else points this out lol. It is my favorite feel and moment on the entire album!
I love the closing. Seems people are disappointed there were so many instrumentals/interludes. I don’t really care. I’d rather have 8 great songs than 16 average ones.
Yeah I think the interludes really round out the album and make it more than the sum of its parts. Similar to how the interludes on Tool’s Lateralus accentuate the songs and the atmosphere....
...that being SAID, now that I’ve listened to the album over a half dozen times, I have been skipping over most of the interludes most of the time (I always listen to Test Test and Lost in the Digital Woods though). Honestly if I have the time to listen to the entire album in that one sitting, I won’t skip them, but I’m typically listening for about 15-20 mins at a time in my car so I’d rather hear the songs in that limited amount of time.
Chevelle is my number one band of all time, and Deftones is a very close second.
That being said, and hearing NIRATIAS and Ohms several times, I much prefer NIRATIAS over Ohms.
I’m with you — but Ohms IS fucking fantastic as well.
No doubt!