10 Years Minus the Machine
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HitlerIsTheBest
August 5th 2012


1571 Comments


the autumn effect is nostalgic for me. never really liked anything else they put out, maybe ill check this out.

Maniac!
August 5th 2012


28548 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

This isn't nearly as bad as your review made it sound

Maniac!
August 5th 2012


28548 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

90% of this album is still bland though

SoxRock
August 5th 2012


32 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I didn't try to make the album sound bad. I enjoy it very much. My second favorite album, next to Division.

Skoop
August 5th 2012


2201 Comments


After like 20 listens, i'd place this on the level of the autumn effect, i think its a great album and a major improvement on feeding the wolves, but it doesnt have the same consistency that divisions had

PistolPete
August 6th 2012


5303 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Comparisons to Chevelle are pointless. At this point, Chevelle has so many unbelievable songs/albums under their belt their discography is untouchable. Bands like these can try...and try they do =P

Alondite
August 6th 2012


432 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'd argue that half of what 10 Years has done is better than anything Chevelle has done. I love Chevelle, but their last two albums weren't that great.



I really like how much MTM encroaches on dissonance; it keeps it interesting and unpredictable for me.

Maniac!
August 6th 2012


28548 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Wow you guys are idiots

PistolPete
August 6th 2012


5303 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Iunno the way I see it, the reason that many feel Chevelle's latest two albums were not up to par is because they just don't have songs that match their old hits. But what they lack in classics they more than make up for in consistency (no dreadful/skippable songs) which is impressive for a band that's now into their sixth album.



10 Years has some great songs, but they can't ascend higher than anything beyond sounding derivative to Chevelle IMO.

Yazz_Flute
August 6th 2012


19174 Comments


Had no idea they were releasing a new album...I feel like Feeding the Wolves just came out.

Alondite
August 6th 2012


432 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah I get the same feeling Yazz. But it's been 2 years already.



And thanks a lot for that Maniac. Your unsubstantiated insult is completely necessary.



Chevelle has been pretty consistent, but 10 Years is every bit as consistent. "Feeding The Wolves"

had a few "clunkers," but no outright bad songs. Same goes for "Killing All That Holds You." I feel

like Chevelle plays it too safe though. "This Type of Thinking" was a great album, and then "Vena

Sera" sort of dialed back the intensity in favor of a more accessible, "safer" sound which they've

had ever since. I mean name one song on any of their last 3 albums that has the edge that "The

Clincher" has. I can't.



benkim
August 6th 2012


4813 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I am leaving work early today just so that I can get this. I am pretty excited but nervous. Hope it owns.

Captain North
August 6th 2012


6793 Comments


Autumn Effect was fantastic, Division was the exact same thing but shitter and Feeding sucked. Will check this out though

Also Chevelle are consistently ordinary. They're barely better than the rest of the pack.

benkim
August 6th 2012


4813 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Division was the exact same thing but shitter

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Division and TAE have almost nothing in common. 2 totally different records.



IndianaWarLord
August 6th 2012


310 Comments


really excited for this. id say Chevelle and 10 Years lead the pack... but chevelles got the edge.

Captain North
August 6th 2012


6793 Comments


@benkim, lol what are you smoking? They copied half of the ideas. Sure, it's a bit more streamlined on Division, the lyrics a bit more straightforward and they threw in a piano ballad. But the rest is the same. Beautiful IS wasteland. They did the same bullshit second half of the song things in the same places.

PistolPete
August 6th 2012


5303 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I mean name one song on any of their last 3 albums that has the edge that "The

Clincher" has. I can't.




Dude...I Get It? That song was an instant classic. But you are right...since Vena Sera, band is sorely lacking one of those but I Get It was right up there with their best songs.

PistolPete
August 6th 2012


5303 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

@IndianaWarLord: A year or so ago I would've been happy to name Red alongisde the leaders of the pack, but that last album had "burnt out" written all over it. Maybe they'll redeem with this next one.

Maniac!
August 6th 2012


28548 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

"Also Chevelle are consistently ordinary. They're barely better than the rest of the pack."



Kill yourself. Chevelle, until their last album, have been the best radio rock band of the last decade.

ShearPanic29
August 6th 2012


2 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Chevelle and 10 years certainly lead all of this genre. In my opinion, Chevelle edges the lead out because of their slightly heavier edge. I didn't enjoy their last 3 albums quite as much (by that I mean i'd give them 4s instead of 5s, they were still good). I liked a few songs (roswell's spell, antisaint, same old trip), but less of than on the first 3 albums. I've like everything 10 years have put out except Feeding the Wolves, it was to straightforward and it felt like 10 years had lost their originality. Minus The Machine is great. Second to Killing All That Holds You in their discography.



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