My favourite album for years until I heard Epsilon. I couldn't even tell you why, I never liked the kinds of power metal vocals that come up a lot in this album before then, but somehow I just got completely addicted to this album and Stu even ended up my favourite vocalist. When I first found it was shortly before World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King expansion came out and I needed to get to level 55 in time for release so I could make a Death Knight (I think I was about level 41 when this began?) but couldn't be bothered to quest, so I just spent weeks exp farming enemies in the Blasted Lands and Hellfire Peninsula and had this album on loop in the background for the entirety of that time and I somehow loved it more every time it repeated, and I actually succeeded (though a day or two after Wrath's release) just by zoning out and just listening to the album as I did it and finally made my Death Knight boi and had a great time with him. Now mostly because of that I associate this album with some pretty nostalgic times in my life so it always gives me good feels to listen to it.
I didn't have A Past Beyond Memory or Paralyzed downloaded at that time though so now they always feel really out of place for me when they start playing, feels like someone randomly shoved in some extra songs.
Favourite tracks in no preferential order are Nothing, Out, Pain Through Breathing and Suspension of Disbelief.