Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on An Abstract Illusion's album "Woe" VOTE ON UPCOMING THEMES AND SONGS // http://www.patreon.com/criticalreactions SPECIAL SELECTION REQUEST // https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/criticalcomposer OR // https://ko-fi.com/criticalreactions LINKTREE // https://linktr.ee/criticalreactions Contains links for Special Selection submissions, the CR Patreon, access to the CR Discord Server, the CR Twitter profile, and more. 0:00 Intro 00:52 Reaction: The Behemoth That Lies Asleep 04:19 Reaction: Slaves 11:48 Analysis: An Emotional Ending 14:03 Analysis: So Many Styles and Ideas 22:19 Analysis: Balancing Clarity and Grit 24:12 Analysis: So Many Influences 27:31 Analysis: Pulls Me Out of Analytical Thought 30:18 Lyrical Dive: The Behemoth That Lies Asleep 32:40 Lyrical Dive: Slaves 37:10 Reaction: Tear Down This Holy Mountain 48:48 Analysis: Enjoyed the Non-Metal Moments 55:13 Analysis: So Much 4 vs 3 58:11 Analysis: More Mashing of Styles 1:00:30 Lyrical Dive: Tear Down This Holy Mountain 1:03:54 Reaction: Prosperity 1:11:37 Analysis: Rhythmic Syncopation 1:13:16 Analysis: An Extreme Slowburn? 1:16:22 Analysis: Taking A Break 1:21:28 Lyrical Dive: Prosperity 1:23:37 Reaction: Blomsterkrans 1:29:23 Analysis: Beautiful and Serene 1:33:39 Lyrical Dive: Blomsterkrans 1:40:38 Reaction: In The Heavens Above, You Will Become A Monster 1:55:20 Reaction: The Torment Has No End, Only New Beginnings 2:05:00 Analysis: No Words... 2:06:23 Analysis: A Better Understand of the Work 2:16:56 Analysis: Great Dynamic Range 2:19:32 Analysis: Bass, Timbre, and Production 2:25:02 Lyrical Dive: In The Heavens Above, You Will Become A Monster 2:31:34 Lyrical Dive: The Torment Has No End, Only New Beginnings 2:35:36 Outro #reaction #anabstractillusion #progmetal #deathmetal