Please elaborate Titan50... Sounds like they knocked you back for an autograph or something...

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mitch91, that's a pretty good description that I wouldn't argue with too much. They very much sound in between those two Lostprophets albums EXCEPT for the sake that there is more screaming than much of what Lostprophets have recorded. I guess you have to throw a little of Story of the Year in there as well.



Why did you find it weird that Epitaph signed them? I think they saw the crossover potential of the band. I enjoyed 'We Are The Dynamite' to a point, but maybe the label saw past the weaknesses of that album and knew that with some maturation could come stellar results.

Well Epitaph are a pretty huge indie label and The Blackout weren't really that well known over here (Britain), so it surprised me that a US label like that would take a plunge. I think they do have crossover appeal though, and their sound is perhaps more similar to a lot of bands over in the US.

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Righteo Titan. I've only seen 1 interview with them and I must admit there is still some growing up to do. It seemed like they were more concerned with f**king around than actually answering questions, but thankfully there was no Nirvana bashing to be heard. Personally, I think that song title works just fine on this album.

Sean Smith also is a proper Limp Bizkit fan

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LOL Titan. I have yet to see them live, but apparently Smith is just all over the place on stage. He really needs to learn an instrument! Oh well, at least he gives actual singing a pretty decent go on this album.



Fair enough mitch, but I think any label would take a plunge on a band if they see potential, no matter where they come from and the success they have had previously. I think when Epitaph signed Story of the Year, it suggested which direction they were heading (although many will argue that their direction changed a good 5-7 years ago). And if you sat down 100 15-22 year olds in a room and played them this album, I think 90 of them would presume they were American anyway! There isn't a Welsh accent to be heard.

I don't like his singing on the single. Don't really feel like giving the album a go

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Which single is that?

Children of the Night

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Thought so. See my comments about that song on the previous page of these comments. Basically, I feel it is the 2nd worst song on this album and was a poor choice for lead (physical) single.

Musically, from what I've heard it doesn't appeal to me anyway. And I can't listen to a bunch of twats who feel the need to bash Kurt Cobain for being a "miserable cunt" when he had fucking medical depression

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Fair call. It's sometimes difficult to ignore initial thoughts for other reasons when listening to music. I have the same problem with Robbie Williams.

davey this mae review is going to be arguably the cheesiest review on sputnik

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"cheesiest"? I think you mean "epic", don't you Adam?



Hmm, if you can somehow combine cheesy & epic, you could have yourself a masterpiece! I'm intrigued & looking forward to it.

If you want cheesy and epic Queen is the best band ever

New bands i'm looking into include: Dear Landlord (great first track, then it becomes disappointing), And Then There Were None (good solid album, original sound), August Burns Red (not my thing at all), Suicide City (haven't really heard it yet), Corpus Christi, Becoming The Archetype, Children 18:3 and Thousand Foot Krutch (ditto).

Exactly what do these guys sound like? Indie? More pop-punkish? More post-grungey?

Apparently they draw comparisons to Funeral for a Friend and Lostprophets

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Pedro, none of the above, although there are some pop-punk traits in there. As simple and cheap as it is to compare them to their fellow countrymen, they are indeed a mixture of FFAFriend & LostProphets. The Blackout's sound is somewhere in between post-hardcore and mainstream rock. There are also a few similarities to Taking Back Sunday. It's catchy, it's accessible, yet it's occasionally rather heavy with screaming & walls of guitars.

davey ur so good at describing music i can already hear this without even knowing who the band are haha

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Why thank you cheesy. I mean Strikey. Although, I guess you are indirectly calling the band generic. Then again, they pretty much are. As I said in the review, they are not boundary pushers, they just do the genre stereotype very very well.