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| 4.0 excellent | AlexTM510 | March 18th 09 |
Heavy dance groovers and spastic hardcore are the two styles that pretty much define the sound of P86 album Rival Factions. Here we see the band pushing their sound in their farthest evolution and pretty much shed any trace of their old rap metal sound. Andrew has completely dropped his rap/spoken word in favor of high frantic screams and a deep Billy Joel like (I kid not) vocals (check out Illuminate for that). Randy retains playing guitar well and helps create a balance for Steve's unique bass synth tone (which basically takes full run on Caveman Jam). Guest drummer Jason Gerkin (She Wants Revenge) takes Alex Albert's style and pushes it in direction with the other three (check out the spastic fills in "The Forces Of Radio"). Despite the changes, the band still stands firmly rooted in their tough muscular sound and Andrew's poetic lyrics that makes them unique. It all sounds wacky but the band created a catchy sound and a number of songs that are (surprisingly) quite accessible. Old fans might be disappointed from the drastic change but Rival Factions has something more in vein for everybody. This is easily their most accessible, groundbreaking, tightest, and quite possibly best album yet.
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| 1.0 awful | sgmx | July 1st 07 |
With the exception of Sanctuary Hum, every song is forgettable. Schwab's idea of creative vocals come out sounding forced and dated. A few interesting chord progressions and focus on atmospheric sounds don't make a CD worth listening to. Especially not when the band putting it out has such a strong track record.
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| 3.0 good | Mnstorm99 | January 15th 15 |
This album is growing on me lately. Shows how much mood can affect opinion.
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| 4.0 excellent | MentalityOfA | May 19th 09 |
I love the case.
It is sort of a 3D glasses color of a blue and you can use it to see messages throughout the booklet.
The case alone is deserving of a 5, it's just an incredible idea and the creativity is amazing.
As for the music, it gets a 4.
Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed.
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| 4.0 excellent | tinytim | April 28th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Lucman | October 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Spigot | April 16th 16 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | March 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Xhoven | February 4th 15 |
| 2.5 average | mttgry | July 9th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | WesCH1 | February 9th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Zeg | January 1st 14 |
| 5.0 classic | tb86 | August 24th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Project | September 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | JRay18 | February 13th 11 |
| 3.5 great | cb123 | January 24th 11 |
| 2.5 average | iamGOZT | October 11th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Oafdog | October 6th 10 |
| 3.5 great | jatts7 | February 15th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Janze | February 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZKG777 | January 26th 10 |
| 3.0 good | AAhZZ | September 16th 09 |
| 3.0 good | ziroth | February 10th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrGlass | December 26th 08 |
| 3.5 great | dbp8890 | November 19th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | pettri | October 4th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | donovr | December 17th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | elvez | December 17th 07 |
| 3.5 great | roofi | August 20th 07 |
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