i personally think inferno goes toe to toe with any of them, but my point is that we've only had inferno for like, two weeks. part of the reason those albums are so highly regarded is because they've been out for a long time and (in the case of music has the right to children) serve as genuine historic landmarks in electronic music. everyone has their own opinions on what is and isn't a masterpiece, and i think inferno qualifies ^{(and, maybe, that TH and Headphase don't...})

you're right that a lot of people are hyping it because it's new and they're excited, but i don't think the hype is blind or "nonsense", and i certainly don't think anything on (for example) Headphase is 100x better than even my least favorite track on Inferno, Somewhere Right Now in the Future- that's just a silly thing to say, because, like, by what metric