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Yuli
Emeritus
January 30th 2014


10767 Comments


The intro to "Love Always Leviathan" has been my wakeup alarm
for like a year now.


How do you not hate it by now? Lol just sayin man, I can never enjoy songs when they pull me from my beloved sleep

Thanks Jake, and yeah man get on that stream. As Nomos points out, it's def a grower.

Project
January 30th 2014


5835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Honestly I have no idea why I still enjoy waking up to that

Hopelust
January 30th 2014


3618 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Probably cuz it doesn't sound like BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!!



Yuli
Emeritus
January 30th 2014


10767 Comments


but it's still saying "wake the hell up you dingus, you've already been in bed far too long and fuck sleep #666"

Calc
January 30th 2014


17360 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

the last song on this thing is pre damn good, I like that these guys write true album closers like that

Project
January 30th 2014


5835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

idk, waking up is always unpleasant, hearing music when i wake up doesn't make me hate the music more than just waking up itself



but yeah streaming now and digging it, The Monster Within rules

Hopelust
January 30th 2014


3618 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

hahahaha hashtag 666!!!!



that's awesome.

Yuli
Emeritus
January 30th 2014


10767 Comments


i love the bridge halfway thru Monster. Reminds me of TTNG for some reason.

Project
January 30th 2014


5835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

holy crap Flint and Steel @2:38

wow

Ecnalzen
January 31st 2014


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I haven't listened to this enough to say a definite favorite yet, but I think The Pharmacist is pretty amazing.

trilo
January 31st 2014


6310 Comments


thats the best kind of alarm Hopelust because it actually wakes your ass up

Project
January 31st 2014


5835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i used to have a special alarm for early morning finals, it was Oracle of the Dead by As They Sleep, a deathcore band.



i'd wake up in a panic and frantically scramble for the alarm, and then i'd be up on time with an adrenaline rush. worked every time.

pepster50
January 31st 2014


436 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I can't believe Crummett produced this, or maybe he didn't mix it ? Something about it is off for me, and everything else he touches I think is gold.

Azn.
January 31st 2014


5632 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I can very easily get into this

BenZon
February 1st 2014


2 Comments


'I wouldn't say his presence feeling slightly off should be blamed on the mixing. The only thing
mixing could do would be cutting back his vocals' volume'.

That's completely untrue - simple techniques will bring a vocalist closer to the mix, or away from the
mix. The whole album, although good, reeks of overproduction, like its predecessor.

First paragraph is awkward.

Edit: Your flow comes across as forced.

Yuli
Emeritus
February 1st 2014


10767 Comments


Interesting. BenZon, could you elaborate on how a vocalist sounds closer / further from the mix? As in, what are the production techniques a producer / engineer can utilize to achieve such a thing? I thought I was right about the mixing, but I could certainly afford to understand the process a bit more- and if I was blatantly wrong, I'd like to hear how so.

And I regret that this review may not have come across as smoothly as it could. It's always hard finding the right voice for a review when you have a set deadline for it; if I'd had all the time in the world, I would've eventually had one of those 'voila!' moments where my thoughts came to me in the precise manner I'd like them to. I've been insanely busy lately, though, which may have made this review sound more scatter-brained than I would've liked. While I don't plan on editing this review too much, these are things I can keep in mind for next time, and I appreciate you coming forward with what you see in my writing.

Hopelust
February 2nd 2014


3618 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Do you get paid as a staff reviewer or contributing reviewer?

Azn.
February 3rd 2014


5632 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I just checked the preceding album and it's incredible so far

FadedSun
February 3rd 2014


3196 Comments


"There's some cool stuff here musically but I can't stand these vocals"

This. They sound as generically emo as possible.

Azn.
February 3rd 2014


5632 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

are you one of those people who think the fall of troy are emo



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