"Oblique Rain, alas, don't have a former bandmate who is now so famed that his word alone is enough to sell their album, but must follow the other 99% of Metal bands in simply being good enough for word-of-mouth recommendations."
Lol. Harsh but fair. I don't mind Katatonia but feel somewhat similar to yourself, Mr Reviewer sir, and I also found myself fairly bemused by the quote by my personal favourite human, one Mikael Akerfeldt. Ah well, these things do occur now and then, we readers are lucky to have such perspicacious and thoughtful critics as yourself to steer us proper
(i'm only being a little bit facetious)...and I am going to get my grubby little (virtual) hands on this asap
