Snakes is their best, I like the guitarwork on it a lot. HoF is truly a gem though.

their last effort was pretty dang solid too, haven't really had a bad release yet.

Death Is this Communion is just almost perfect from beginning to end though.

Agreed but I think Snakes is a little more perfecter.

Can we all agree that Matt Pike's vocals have been going steadily downhill after DItC though?

not really

They're declining in intensity but I don't know about the quality.

He just doesn't have the same vocal power though. It's like listening to Bruce Dickinson after Brave New World. Still awesome, but the vocals are just taking ever more of a backseat cause they have to.

Please don't compare HoF to bands like Iron Maiden.

i agree with frownman, unfortunately.