Great music is never "catchy" first time.. great music grows slowly imo :-)
regarding clipping I hear a wall of sound on heartstrings but there is no actual clipping or intersample peaks.
It is mastered loud (about -8db rms) but that's average for Big Bands, I prefer around -11db
Anyway I am totally loving this album, to me it screams out progressive music, I love the fact that Jem is unafraid to surf the genre spanning waves :-)
this time last year we were unsure if there would be another frost album, thank bleedin god there is :-)
peace
Matt
Complete Cycle

Must say the album isn't nearly as catchy as the previous two are... It will definitely need several going through to appreciate.
But I had really hoped there'd be less loudness war on this album. Clipping is pretty nasty in several places 