"Overall, Renaissance is a very uplifiting and atmospheric experience, but it may be fatiguing for some due to the heavily compressed production job and heavy use of complex harmonies. Those looking for some really stellar guitar and bass work will definitely get their fix, unless they are only looking for Vai-esque shredding, which there is little of. I firmly feel at this point that the album deserves a rating of a 4, but only time will tell if this can stand up to many repeated listens.
Polyphia continue toward the path of accessibility, retaining their brilliant guitar work but losing any organic elements they had in the process."
