Maybe I don’t get it -- but I prefer to think that I’m validated in not liking the new Human Abstract album, Nocturne.

If this, the band’s first album, had decided to stick to a more straight-up or at least more convincing metal line, then they could have succeeded, but instead the band seems to be grabbing a little bit of “this” and “that” from far too many places to come off with anything convincingly authentic or enjoyable. [more]