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Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
May 21st 2022


32047 Comments


Where's the love for Floating Skulls!?

CugnoBrasso
May 21st 2022


2703 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Floating Skulls is great, I love that 7/4 riff at the beginning. Where's the love for Nightmare Eyes now?

StrizzMatik
May 21st 2022


4160 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Been saying Floating Skulls is sick. That and Nightmare Eyes are my favorites on the record next to Blinded, Amaranthine, Blood Spiller and the t/t

Space Jester
May 21st 2022


11035 Comments


I’m glad people are liking this a lot but it’s probably my second least favorite. Still good but it’s missing something

CugnoBrasso
May 21st 2022


2703 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I think it's going to be a 3.5 for me. When it sounds like Cave In, it really shines, but when it doesn't, it's like a Kylesa-East of the Wall mashup that you would have expected back in 2012.

i used to love this proggy/sludgy stuff, but I've listened to too much of it.

Wavering Angel is a great closer, but doesn't anybody find the lyrics to be a bit cringy?

botb
May 21st 2022


17910 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I really fuck with the grungy sounding stuff on here though, I have to say. And Brodsky does a better hetfield than hetfield does these days

AlexKzillion
May 21st 2022


17315 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"Wavering Angel is a great closer, but doesn't anybody find the lyrics to be a bit cringy?"



Tbh Brodsky's lyrics have never been all that strong but his vocals more than make up for that. Think quite a few of these songs do suffer a little from "we need a chorus, lets just yell the song title over and over" syndrome tho

AlexKzillion
May 21st 2022


17315 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Also I do somewhat agree that the album is a bit bloated and could've prob had some tracks cut (mainly: the interludes, waiting for love)... but similar to Colors II last year, the production is so fucking strong that it just turns the entire album into ear candy which makes me not mind the length as much

DDDeftoneDDD
May 21st 2022


22376 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Careless Offering 2nd part is quite awesome

Deez
May 22nd 2022


10330 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"we need a chorus, lets just yell the song title over and over" syndrome tho'



Kinda agree like if youre gonna do that Just name it something else

Sowing
Moderator
May 22nd 2022


43962 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Finished this earlier today and it was outstanding. Can't believe I'm just hearing of these guys now.

botb
May 22nd 2022


17910 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Sowing, you’re gonna love Jupiter and antenna

Space Jester
May 22nd 2022


11035 Comments


Sowing wrote a Converge review in 2012 but doesn’t know who Cave In is smh

DDDeftoneDDD
May 22nd 2022


22376 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Really divided on this one. Need more listens.

StrizzMatik
May 22nd 2022


4160 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Brodsky hasn't really ever been a great lyricist but he'd probably be the first to admit that, and there's a tongue-in-cheek cheese to a lot of it that is probably intentional. And it's really not uncommon for a song's chorus to just be the title, it's practically a trope in metal, punk and hardcore.

StrizzMatik
May 22nd 2022


4160 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

@Sowing I'd go through their discography in chronological order. Their musical evolution is pretty amazing.

SmashIsTheWay94
May 22nd 2022


2251 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Not that I really need a reason to binge Cave In, but this album has me jamming them exclusively over the past couple days. Such a sick band, and it's cool that they seem to have plenty more in the tank. Next album when?

CugnoBrasso
May 22nd 2022


2703 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I also binged their discography this week end.



I work as a high school teacher and I should have prepared a lession for tomorrow morning, but I'll just tell my students that Cave In dropped a new record.

SmashIsTheWay94
May 22nd 2022


2251 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

They'll understand

DDDeftoneDDD
May 22nd 2022


22376 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yap. A 3.8 to 4 no doubts. Maybe just a little bloated I guess(?)



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