I'm in the middle of this right now and it seems to be a totally stunning journey! One of the best ever perhaps.
And then I can't see a single reason to compare this to Ticon This is textured, complex, beautiful music, while Ticon just collected a bunch of "stormers" with no emotion or progression or FEEL! Don't anyone agree that everything Ticon's ever put out sounds cold and dead? Well, they're competent still, and not too bad.
But this is masterwork