Pros:

Portrays a sweeping and important narrative with rich emotional content and poignant themes and moral throughout

One of the most thunderous, heavy and powerful albums in metal, with each new riff hitting you even hardly than the last

Performances are both tastefully integrated into the soundscape and yet are also endlessly impressive and influential, especially noting the virtuosic and relentless drumming

Cons:

A handful of tracks could be cut down a tad, repeating some passages a little too frequently

Lacks some diversity overall, especially to a non-metalhead's ear

Best: Global Warming

Worst: Unicorn

9/10 Weighs you down and lifts you up