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Ecnalzen
July 20th 2014


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hey, guy!



I reeaaaalllly liked Atonement.

Mongi123
July 20th 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That's a good ec ;)

Ecnalzen
July 20th 2014


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh, you.

Toondude10
July 20th 2014


15184 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

We Are Destroyer kicks so much ass.

Mongi123
July 20th 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Hell yea it does it's awesome.

Toondude10
July 20th 2014


15184 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't know what it is, but Anberlin is practically a master when it comes to the openers in their albums.

StolenIdentity
July 20th 2014


326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good review.



I was a bit surprised by your quotations of the lyrics to Harbinger though.

I was convinced Stephen sings "I don't want to go now, but I've got to, for you to remember me, in this light"

Mongi123
July 21st 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Thanks dude. As for harbinger, I'll listen again later after work. I swear to god that's what Christian sings but I could be wrong. Either way makes sense but if you lyrics are the case I'll change stuff around.

tommygun
July 21st 2014


27108 Comments


nice mongi a little clunky in parts though like

Make no mistake that Anberlin certainly didn't miss the target with this one.

sticks out a bit - prob half a dozen different ways to improve that sentence

nitpicks and proofreading and fine tuning

good review

Mongi123
July 21st 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Thanks dude, I'll get to that later as well

toxin.
July 21st 2014


13036 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"We are the destroyers” Stephen Christian exclaims

There should be a comma here before the end quotes, no? Standard dialogue punctuation, though some authors avoid it I guess.



Good review though. I like the album as well, but I actually disagree with a lot of your review. The most glaring is the premise of your album. I don't think this was much of a swan song at all. It may have been intentional on their part not to have an album full of fin's, so to speak, but whether that's because they're open to starting again in a few years or just because they feel a humble exit is fitting of Anberlin I don't really know. I could talk about it more, but I probably will save it for my review, whenever I get to that.



The other thing I disagree with is the beautiful atmosphere being unexpected. From the improvised cadenza (tautology, I'm well aware) at the end of fin to the entirety of Miserabile Visu (or New Surrender, really), the band has shown they're great at creating beautiful atmospheres. But that's a minor nitpick.

Mongi123
July 21st 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yes your right I'll change that later too haha. And duh, of course they may start again at some point but they did say this will

be their last album so that's how I treated it. As for the atmosphere, it's more I like its more well done than ever than

"unexpected." With the exception of fin being their best work in that department. I can make that more clear later too.

toxin.
July 21st 2014


13036 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Fair enough. I don't think you really have to clarify the thing about atmosphere since I don't think anyone really cares. Would probably be unnecessary.



and yeah, I didn't mean to say that your review shouldn't treat it as their last album, but rather to say that it didn't feel (to me) much like a swan song, at least musically (maybe it is lyrically), and was throwing out some ideas as to why that's true

tommygun
July 21st 2014


27108 Comments


haven't read threads but is this an in rainbows type deal where ppl are talking more about the circumstances surrounding the release and how it all 'fits' rather than the music itself?

toxman help

Mongi123
July 21st 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Don't really know what you mean about in rainbows but nah not really. A healthy amount of both id say.

tommygun
July 21st 2014


27108 Comments


m/

NordicMindset
July 21st 2014


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Anberlin are normally masters with their openers"



I can name one exception

randomnames
July 21st 2014


22 Comments


Good review! This is about a 4 for me right now.

Is there a 'not' missing after 'It may", last paragraph?

Toondude10
July 21st 2014


15184 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

@Green I know which one you're talking about.

Mongi123
July 21st 2014


22034 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Oh shit I was wrong about those lyrics lol smh



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