La sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence

I bought this, and FFF for 30 bucks as a package off the net. FFF was pretty shocking but this on the other hand is a different story. Like Necrophobic's The Nocturnal Silence, the solos make this a good album. In other words, they get the majority of their points off the solos. Had their not been so many solos then this album may have come off a bit disappointing.

Let's start off with the positive and the best part of the album: the solos. Now, I know PN get a lot of praise for this and they deserve it. The solos on this album are long, epic and skillful and can make some songs interesting and worth a listen which would otherwise be boring, take Spleen for example. Usually, most songs have more than 1 solo. Actually, the reason why FFF is so bad is probably because it doesn't have hardly any solos.

The vocals here are much better than on FFF. As someone once asked me: "Does the singer from PN always sound like he's on his period?" The answer is no. Here the vocal performance is taken quite seriously and he doesn't make a meal of the vocals like he does on FFF.

The riffs are sometimes good but more often then not they are just average and sometimes rather dull. They can be interesting sometimes and not surprisingly, these are the better songs, e.g. track number 1 (a very good intro I must add.) A strange thing is that track number 5 seems to be split up into several different songs but they have been strung together as just one song as the songs have definite starts and finishes. It was if these guys wanted one long song or didn't want a series of short ones on the album.

So overall, this album is a bit over hyped but it certainly isn't a bad album, hell it's a lot better than their latest album, which is trash. My opinion has somewhat changed since listening to this album my first time. When I first listened to it my reaction was: "wow that was amazing", now the magic of this album has somewhat worn off. This album is worth a listen and if you liked FFF or anything else the band has put out, you'll like this.

Conclusion: The above is recommended for download or purchase.