WOW! That's really all I can say at the moment, only have 1 listen under my belt but that's about to change in a few minutes. I love how it has that Earth-shattering heaviness to it, like being torn to pieces in a black hole, while still having room to express the more melodic bits. SYL had that blast furnace sound (especially with City and Alien) that just tears into you while Deconstruction has that sound like a lumbering dinosaur's about to shit the universe onto you. Simply blown away. This is one of those albums where I looked at the time and said "shit i'm that far into the song already?!?" instead of "ok....so how much is left?..."that I tend to do on particularly longer albums. It was interesting, it still felt long but I was never bored, some parts I didn't "get" right away but that was to be expected, other parts hit it dead on and made me love'em instantly. All I know is this is definitely one for a lot of repeated listens.

Burned the album to a CD and i'm only giving myself 5 playthroughs. Did one a few hours ago and is about to do another. Then after that into the shredder it goes allowing me to get my current fix while keeping the experience still relatively fresh until that pre-order finally arrives

The end of The Mighty Masturbator is the end of Processional.... mind blown

I noticed that too Awesome! )))

I think the quality is awesome for it only being 192.

Play it through a set of big headphones or speakers, and you're good to go until the CD copy comes out

We have a 320kbps version to look forward to when we buy the album:)

Shiiiit. I gave in and downloaded it. And, oh my GOD. This is incredible. I can't wait to pay for it. This is instantly on my list of favorite albums ever.

is mikael akerfedt growling on stand? or is it just my ears trying to make perfection

Yep, you're not imagining it; that's good ol' Mike.

I'm having trouble hearing a lot of the guest vocalists. I mean, Sumeria and Pandemic are obvious in where they are, as is the title track, but... I can barely detect the rest of everyone else.

Really? I dunno... I haven't had that problem at all. The Maggot Master's part on the title track is pretty hard to miss, and Ihsahn, Tommy, and Mikael all have fairly distinct screams. As for Paul Kuhr and Greg, I'm not really familiar with their work, but from the changes in the sound of the vocals I could tell when they appeared.

Is this the final version that leaked or a promo version?

I think the problem in picking up guest vocalists comes from the fact that Devy has such a diverse voice in the first place. Your guard's not up when it comes to other voices appearing, because he always does so much on his own. Having said that, on my 5th listen (yepp), I'm finding it a lot easier to distinguish between them all.

ITS SO INTENSE I needed to take breaks from the destruction of my brain

Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues" is the calm-down album in place of Ghost for the time being...

Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues" is the calm-down album in place of Ghost for the time being...

I went with Paulo Nutini's "These Streets".

As much as I want to listen to it now and even though Dev himself has practically given his blessings I still will wait for the official release to listen to it. Hearing a poorer quality recording decoupled from the pageantry of the album art and the ritual of playing a fresh new Devin album does his music a disservice. This is further compounded by the pall of irrelevancy that something acquired for free casts over a work of art. Paying for something imbues it with value and helps sift the quality of the work through the prism of a transaction. If the work is good then one is satisfied that money has been well spent. If the work is poor then one will feel justifiably rankled that they have wasted their money. Without a fiduciary mechanism in which to provide some sort of arbiter then the perceived value (or lack thereof) of the artwork is diminished to the point of irrelevance. Like the music? Don't like it? You're not that perturbed because your investment (literally in this case) is not factored.

....which is why my money's going to the boxset when all is said and done. Different strokes for different folks ladies and gents!

[EphelDuath666]

Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues" is the calm-down album in place of Ghost for the time being...

I would agree...it's fantastic

The 7:00 section in Deconstruction makes me orgasm nonstop. I can't even describe the feelings I get here, but it's amazing. I feel like I'm in heaven.