...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Tao of the Dead
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theacademy
Emeritus
December 17th 2011


31865 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

one of the most underrated of the year

Imperial
December 18th 2011


2040 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The album is so dreamy. Just reminds me of clouds upon clouds.

MRectangle
February 8th 2012


37 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I absolutely hated "Worlds Apart". I cannot imagine how anyone could sit through such an album.



Loved the first three albums though, felt that "Madonna" was the peak for this band. I sort of wrote Trail of Dead off after "Worlds Apart", reading the reviews for subsequent albums.



Gave "Tao of the Dead" a chance, and it seems pretty rocking on the first listen. Quite a loud album with a lot of energy. There are some good song structures, and that classic Trail of Dead drum pattern is in there... you know what I'm talking about. So I approve for now. Hard to tell how this will stand up to repeat listens though. It's catchy, but is there depth? Tough to say.

juiceviaorange
April 27th 2012


1051 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This review is sweet and I pretty much agree with all of it...sounds like a 4 maybe?

DeadGuy
May 23rd 2012


1197 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This album flows so so perfect to me



maybe its just the smoke

klap
Emeritus
October 10th 2012


12409 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

new album goes hard

jefflebowski
December 20th 2012


8573 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Pure Radio Cosplay kicks some serious ass



hugely underrated album too

yoss33
July 2nd 2013


33 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Easily my favorite album from this band. It rocks hard without getting annoying and played out, seems to improve with each listen.

CrownOfMagnets
July 2nd 2013


2334 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

such a rocking album. My favorite from them is probably Source Tags though. This might be my second or third favorite

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
December 29th 2013


16619 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

diggin

hownearhowfar
September 4th 2014


35 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I like the album, but damn it has some awful lyrics. For example, in "Ebb Away" Jason sings "There is

no light in this darkness" (pretty banal), and then follows it up with "She has no face in darkness",

effectively rhyming "darkness" with "darkness" because it wasn't dark enough yet.



My other problem with the album is that it goes for a generic power chord alternative rock / punk

sound too frequently. I got into this band to get away from all that. Still, it's pretty good. The

whole space carnival sound they use on "Let's Experiment" and "Fairlight Pendant" is nice. "Rule by

Being Just" is my favourite song / movement / whatever, though. Wish it was fleshed out a little

more, but it's brevity works too.

yoss33
November 23rd 2014


33 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Fave t.o.d. album, what!



I do like (some of) their earlier stuff as well, just feel like this one's less of an emotional commitment to listen to, has a smoother sound. A more refined aywkubttod if you will.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
November 23rd 2014


47595 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

A Strange Epiphany is so fakkin good

jtswope
August 18th 2015


5788 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Man that melody on The Wasteland is so blissful.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
August 18th 2015


47595 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

I JUST HAD MY PERFECT DAY

CugnoBrasso
September 5th 2017


2640 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is criminally underrated. "Strange news from another planet" is such a good ending suite, and their new Tao of the Dead part III is even better! I hope they're putting them together for a 10th anniversary release, this album has been overshadowed by st&c way too much!

Deathconscious
December 22nd 2017


27347 Comments


I remember being intrigued by the artwork but i dont remember the music at all, i think ill listen again.

CugnoBrasso
December 22nd 2017


2640 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Adolf, it's good... Just make sure you also listen to the "Tao of the Dead pt. 3" EP afterwards. Its punk-ish indie rock with a prog attitude.

Deathconscious
December 22nd 2017


27347 Comments


that sound awesome.

Storm In A Teacup
April 13th 2022


45703 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Fun



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