Colors was such a masterpiece, amazing that it came out 13 yrs ago

use of silence and drone dissonance does it for me. Either that or background knowledge of the musicians. Alice in Chains comes to mind, their later material all being about depression and substance abuse

When I first heard them I thought "This is the direction I wish Tesseract moved into"

given that courtney is almost 15 years deep in this, I'd say the longevity isn't a concern :P

Spiritbox is the finest thing to come out of metal in the last 3 years IMO (predated by car bomb in 2016). I've had them on repeat all month, their rule of nines vocal playthrough is the gold standard