I would like to hear the reasons from the people saying it's not as good as "The Battle". I love "The Battle", but this is just as good, and since "The Revenge" is so fresh right now, I'd probably tend to say this one is even better. I love every song. The solos from Magnus and the songwriting are a little more in the vein of Last Tribe. The differences that I hear from the first to the second album is slightly heavier guitar mix, and more pronounced, and layered background vocals, due to Dennis Ward's involvement in both cases. Those that said they had a problem with Jorn and Russell sounding the same...there is more variation in the way they come across this time...not that that was a concern for me.
I think it's brilliant and so far my album of the year in what has been a great one.