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| 2.5 average | Deviant. STAFF | February 16th 15 |
Apart from a few moments here and there (curiously, all clumped together towards the tail-end of the release), Time & Trauma is 36CF's continued descent into the kind of bargain-bin mediocrity that's caused so many of their musical peers to disappear over the years.
Gone are the dynamics and the emotional interplay between vocalist and instrument. Here it's all blase over-produced, diluted mixing and bullshit heavy-riffing for the sake of bullshit heavy-riffing. Remember Snow Capped & Rest Inside The Flames? Avoid the misguided comparisons - this is the shadow of a band who once defined my childhood, but are now just pissing me off in my adulthood
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| 3.5 great | TheAfterman | February 24th 15 |
Bumped up to a 3.5 for me, was much more of a grower than I expected it to be.rSurprisingly infectious, had parts of most of the album stuck in my head for the past couple of days.
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| 2.5 average | MarchOfTheFireants | February 21st 15 |
I was a fan of Snowcapped Romance for sheer catchyness, but when I check back today, Time and Trauma feels like a step down and musically for 2015 - this is an average release at best. I get that they're going through a difficult phase, but musically they're strolling a dead end. Except for the vocals which is the signature sound of 36CF, the song-writing is too predictable. Guitar hooks are not the least memorable nor remarkably groovy. 'Also am I' was such a drag. I quite like metalcore, but this is a bland approach that is already done to death.
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| 4.0 excellent | Jared Floryan | February 16th 15 |
Having welcomed back Mick Whitney on bass and finding a new drummer in Kyle Baltus, Alaskan metalcore act 36 Crazyfists have rectified the problems which loomed over the band's past two albums. The Tide and Its Takers as well as Collisions and Castaways were manageable for what they were trying to be, though 36CF's earlier recordings carried more weight and had quite a fair amount of replay value in comparison. Time and Trauma, the group's sixth full-length offering, is noticeably uniform, though definitely not desperate or careless. This album is proof that - whilst frontman Brock Lindow and pals have demons in the form of nostalgia and other fearful events - they're not gonna consider throwing in the towel just yet. To appease the masses, these men don't necessarily have to come up with another A Snow Capped Romance or even a rehashed Bitterness the Star; 36 Crazyfists should just deliver something that's worth enjoying.
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| 3.0 good | Dolving999 | February 13th 15 |
Average for the most part. I loved these guys until TTAIT, but I don't think they got it anymore sadly... Silencer is kinda cool tho
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| 4.0 excellent | primemonitor | February 13th 15 |
Glad to see them back, and with the same aggression as their earlier albums. Drumming does seem a bit lackluster, Noonan was better imo. Excellent album nonetheless.
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| 3.5 great | pinkmaggit69 | February 13th 15 |
Glad to hear them going back to that Snow Capped style!
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| 3.5 great | MaSuPe | November 18th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | MrDoe | November 9th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | borkle | August 20th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Halez | March 20th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | nbats | October 4th 19 |
| 3.0 good | JJBSS | September 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | VikkiH | December 16th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Tethyan | November 13th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | hsb | October 9th 17 |
| 3.0 good | kroglor | September 13th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Wolfe | January 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | tgdv | June 22nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Snevitz | November 16th 15 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck97 | October 11th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | abaeza | October 2nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | August 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | qdgyu | August 5th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | July 30th 15 |
| 2.5 average | mirak2 | April 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apetzar | March 18th 15 |
| 3.5 great | alsid | March 9th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Lalka | February 24th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Yusuf | February 21st 15 |
| 2.5 average | Simon K. STAFF | February 20th 15 |
| 3.5 great | heck | February 19th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Dan H. EMERITUS | February 17th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Puckoff | February 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fromrows | February 14th 15 |
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