Is this the most pleasant surprise of 2016?

No.

>>68851641
its honestly my AOTY

extremely good abum breh

No but I saw a large group of ponies listening to it on cereal box last night so at least that demographic was pleased. My pleasant surprise was probably MEGA

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Not even close.

>>68851641
Why is the album cover so bad like what

>>68851641
For me, yeah. After HTTK all hope I had left for a7x was gone, but this was pretty good. The only problem I have with this is that it sounds too much like Dream Theater at times (probably influenced by Mike Portnoy, he was their drummer for a while and he's a close friend of the band afaik).

I'm gonna need some more listens to form my final opinion on this, but right now I'd give it an 8/10.

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Consider this instead (Dissociation by The Dillinger Escape Plan)

its nu metal for nu males

>>68851641
idk if it's the surprise of the year but of course this was a big surprise.
After HTTK i was really disappointed and their old albums sound a little bit too childish for my actual tastes (saving just a couple of songs).
I hope for something on this level in the future, they're very talented and this is ofc a good way to go.

>>68853619
There's nothing surprising about TDEP making a great album