a wise man once said "A disappointing but still valiant effort. The only issue with the record is the songwriting rhas taken a small step backwards. The majority of Awakened can't replicate the rheights that the instrumentation and vocal hooks achieved on their two previous releases. rAs I Lay Dying have by no means crafted a bad record but in comparison to their best work, rAwakened falls short."r
A disappointing but still valiant effort. The only issue with the record is the songwriting
has taken a small step backwards. The majority of Awakened can't replicate the
heights that the instrumentation and vocal hooks achieved on their two previous releases. As
I Lay Dying have by no means crafted a bad record but in comparison to their best work, Awakened falls short.
Edit: Album has since grown on me. Still not as good as The Powerless Rise or Oceans Between
Us though.
wow, at first this was more like a 3 but man is this a grower. The more you listen the better it gets. I challenge anyone who doesn't like it to listen to it like 3 full times and then assess again
The hate for this album is very surprising; although, I'm sure the cleans threw some people off. That being rsaid, this album runs train. Catchy and aggressive with some dope ass riffs. Instrumentation and vocals are rboth sick. Competes with AOBU for their best album. rI'm upping this to a five. Just blasted it straight through again. If this shit don't pump you up before game rtime than you're a pussy. Just kidding. Kinda.
Well As I Lay Dying paved the way for metalcore today and it is great that they are still at it. This album has some great moments that will get your head bobbing and your fist pumping. Tim does a great job of mixing up the different style of vocals, and the guitars are thrashing away. But the production gets a little weak, it seems like the guitars over power the drums at times and it takes away from the overall feel of the album. It is a good album, nothing ground breaking but well done and work 3 out of 5.
