Actually I kinda felt the same way when I first heard it. It takes some getting used to but I guess it's still good in its own way. The only thing is the guitar work isn't that varied imo and Rob's voice is kinda monotonous on the album overall. He sounds better in certain songs than others, but it doesn't sound nearly as varied as Redeemer or even DXM. Also the lyrics seem to be about the same things, conformity, society corrupting, etc. What happened to all the epic songs like Player One and Winterstorm and many of the old site releases? It reminds me of SOAD in a way, all political songs. Would be nice to hear a fresh new instrumental too, it's been awhile since the last one.
But I suppose that's enough bashing. It's still a great album, just not something I'd expect from MaSu.