 | Tracklist:
1. Alerion
2. Final Episode [Let's Change The Channel]
3. A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta
4. Nobody Don't Dance No More
5. Hey There Mr.Brooks [Featuring Shawn Milke Of
Alesana]
6. Hiatus
7. If You Can't Ride Two Horses At Once...You
Should Get Out Of The Circus
8. A Single Moment Of Sincerity
9. Not The American Average
10. I Used To Have A Best Friend [But Then He Gave
Me An STD]
11. A Prophecy
12. I Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps A Cowboy
King
13. When Everyday's The Weekend
Release Date: 2009 | |
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| Summary: Someone come up with a name for this. |
0 of 2 thought this review was well written
So first things first, this band is what you would get if you made a supergroup from Bring Me The Horizon, Attack Attack!, Enter Shikari, and Miss May I. Taking vocals, guitar work, and drumming from BMTH, and Miss May I, and the techno/trance from AA! And Enter Shikari. Everyone and their moms want to compare this band to Attack Attack!, and it’s possible to do so, but not very reasonable. Tthis album could have been Attack Attack!’s next album. But Asking Alexandria got to it first. Now, I like Attack Attack! more, even though musically they may not be better. My only thing is that Asking Alexandria tries too hard.
The first thing you notice when you start the album is the keys and trance(core) effects in Alerion. But then this massive breakdown comes in and destroys whatever thought you are having. Many people are against an album with a notable amount of breakdowns (August Burns Red), and I’m the complete opposite. Breakdowns make or break an album for me. If you’re the type of person that hates a myriad of breakdowns, don’t even pick the album up. Anyway, Alerion really kicks you in the mouth when you hear the vocalist scream, “Cross my heart and hope you die. Left by the roadside. Karma’s a bitch right?”
From there you can already tell they aren’t on the top of the lyrics list. But, it gets the job done.
As for vocals, they are wonderful and not so good at the same time. For some parts, they get annoying because this band is from the UK, and the vocalist has an accent, but then again it’s interesting to hear, and refreshing. Moreover, he has an amazing range. Think of Bring Me The Horizon with better Enter Shikari singing. His death growls are the best I’ve heard in a while. Hearing him below, “Bitch. You stupid ***ing bitch.” during the last breakdown in Not The American Average just makes me want to punch something.
There is absolutely something about the singing that bothers me. It’s not good and it’s not bad. It’s just average, and the accent makes it weirder. If he used an autotune it would be better.
Again, that’s where Attack Attack! pull in as being better than them. Their singing, while autotuned, is way better, and much more catchier. Although I sometimes find myself singing parts of I Was Once Possibly Maybe A Cowboy King throughout the day. They could certainly do better.
I’ve actually had the privilege to see these guys live in their first US tour with Vanna and A Static Lullaby, and let me say, they destroyed. Not as good as Vanna, but nearly. Yes, you hear a ton of synth, but they have no keyboardist. The Danny, the vocalist does all the programming. Yes, I will keep referencing Attack Attack! because as AA! rely on the techno/trance/synth as part of their actual sound, I think Asking Alexandria just through them in the songs just to have something other than breakdowns ever 45 seconds. (Literally) It was fun jumping up and down to the ending of The Final Episode [Let’s change Channels]. And boy, do they know how to put on a good breakdown live. I would do anything to relive their walls of death. But everything seems thrown together, and really, this would be a good hype album, but nothing to seriously listen to. I would much rather listen to Someday Came Suddenly because I get a break from death growls and breakdowns for actual riffs and better synth.
All in all, if you like breakdowns, synths, and violent lyrics, this album is for you. I mean, I love it, but it will never top The Devil Wears Prada’s With Roots Above and Branches below as my top album as 2009.
I highly suggest seeing these guys live, try to catch them as they tour the US before they go back over-seas. Seriously, this new genre of post-hardcore bands with a ton of trancecore/deathcore influences needs a name. Synthdeath maybe? I think that’s cheesy, but of course someone will use it.
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I read the first paragraph and thought this sounded terrible so I stopped reading.
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What's up with all these terrible band names.
I def know what I'm gonna call my band..
Doing Mary.
God damn!
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perhaps, tree kills ants!
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I can't stand half of these bands mixing hardcore and electronics. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just they always come off so...cheesy perhaps. I can listen to some songs by Enter Shikari and I See Stars, but that's about it.
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This is yo' first review, so I won't neg. Other people shouldn't. But remember, when writing, there is no sign that says YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY COMMAS. Your sentences have nearly no flow at all. They're choppy and disconnected. Next time, read through each paragraph as you write it, so you can actually hear if it sounds concise as a whole.
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ugh, this band album everything about this genre blows. i don't get it.
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For the review, it's pretty much what bitstream says. No flow really. Also that group of bands at the begining is pretty random and also pretty replacable (seriously Bring Me the Horizon is not unique at all, and Miss May I is relevant for reasons that you probably weren't thinking of). But I guess it does illustrate how scene this is, and how this is the conglomeration (is that even a word?) of all of the trends of said scene. This sounds so cliche. The only reason this works is that they execute the stuff really well.
So for those that haven't heard this: It's like Miss May I, generic, but well executed, metalcore, with scattered synth, and lyrics that could easily be taken from Emmure. I might've comma spliced somewhere in there, but I don't really care. Also, I was thinking of reviewing this at one point, so that's why this comment is so long.
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we really needed another review about how average this is.
| | | Album Rating: 1.5
nobody fucking cares about how they compare to Attack Attack! Both bands blow
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can you really form a super group out of anyone from attack attack! or BMTH? that would be a terrible band
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can someone do a REAL review for this album. This is about as close to a 3.5 as brokencyde is to a legitimate artist.
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This album is garbarge.
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
Attack Attack suck whale dick and Enter Shikari is way better than this band will ever be. decent album but definitely not a 3.5, more like a 2.5
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You should really keep your review at a professional level
"Everyone and their moms want to compare this band to Attack Attack!"
Let's avoid using everyones mothers in a AA review, yes?
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