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| 2.5 average | StrizzMatik | September 29th 09 |
Music = really tech and still not as catchy/fun as their old stuff
Vocals = stop fucking singing Thomas Erak you SUCK! I don't care what your French vocal-coach girlfriend tells you, she's lying and you suck!
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| 0.0 | Athom EMERITUS | September 28th 09 |
In the Unlikely Event turned out better than I thought. The beefy production helps bring back the heavier sound that Manipulator was lacking while still exploring new levels of catchy wankery. Erak's voice has never been the focal point of the Fall of Troy and as one would expect he has a little too much confidence in his vocal abilities which leads to the occasional awkward moment, but it never dampens the experience. All in all the Fall of Troy seem to be piecing things back together after the missteps of Manipulator.
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| 0.0 | K. Prince | September 28th 09 |
In The Unlikely Event is proof that The Fall of Troy are as instrumentally strong as ever. Even the stubbornest of listeners will be impressed by the many delicious moments of sheer technicality peppered throughout the record. 'Walk of Fame' heralds some of the band's most bizarre time changes and Erak's most impressive guitar wankery to date, 'Dirty Pillow Talk' boasts some catchy guest vocals from Rody Walker (who coincidentally isn't singing about prison guards or beheading mongols) and 'Panic Attack!' illustrates the band finally getting a grip on writing a poppier song that doesn't suck. Yet these gems on In The Unlikely Event are outweighed by a thousand other mishaps. 'Battleship Graveyard' highlights how tone-deaf Erak has finally become, 'Empty the Clip, the King Has Been Slain, Long Live The Queen!' boasts an incredibly terrible/tacky pop chorus and 'Nature vs. Nurture' contains one of the most laughable spoken word parts in modern music - the sad thing is, I could go on and on about In The Unlikely Event's flaws. It really is The Fall of Troy's weakest effort yet and there are very few redeemable qualities beyond the ones I mentioned - take a listen and vindicate me.
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| 3.0 good | ANewTypeOfPunk | October 6th 09 |
Excellent album, sure some songs aren't the best, but overall extremely good! I like how this album is closer to the sounds of doppelganger
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| 5.0 classic | FalseOpinion | September 30th 09 |
Vocals are fine. Everything in life is always fine at all times no matter what happens. Everyone can sing amazingly. This album is good.
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| 4.5 superb | DanceAllynDance | September 28th 09 |
k you people are retarded, like seriously can you not hear progression and just accept it? like really are you that "tone deaf"? or are you just deaf in general? seriously this is probrably the strongest most mature fall of troy effort to date. poppy yes, tacky, no, come on, you doppleganger/st lovers, get with it. this is gold.
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| 1.5 very poor | Xenophanes EMERITUS | March 15th 12 |
oh man forgot how bad this was
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| 1.5 very poor | cirq | October 2nd 09 |
fuck this. i might actually pop my review cherry with this album.
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| 2.5 average | vakuola | September 29th 09 |
Not as good as I expected it to be, but still, listening-worthy.
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| 2.5 average | Comatorium. | September 29th 09 |
Shaping up to be one of the weirdest surprises of 2009, definitely top 25 material here.
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| 4.0 excellent | stinkerton | September 29th 09 |
better than manipulator and that's all that really matters, right?
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| 2.5 average | RevengeSoldier | September 28th 09 |
I want to dig this album, it has some sheer awesomeness scattered here and there, with Walk of Fame and Straight Jacket Keelhauled being two of my personal highlights. It's an interesting progression from Manipulator, this is by far their most poppy album with some really catchy vocals but Waior is DEFINITELY right on Battleship Graveyard, Thom's vocals are VERY off... and this is coming from someone who generally enjoyed his vocals. So the way I see this album (with a shitty analogy), an icecream of catchy vanilla mediocrity with a tasty flake of chocolaty goodness in it.
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| 2.5 average | nnpoc | April 12th 22 |
The Fall of Troy loses their grip on this record. It's edgy, all in the bad ways. However, the instrumentals still impress, and some tracks like Walk of Fame can still be enjoyed... kinda. Also, the demo track on the Deluxe version, The Vomiting Winter, is fantastic, and it's a shame it didn't make it on the record.
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| 2.5 average | Michael C. Davis | May 13th 20 |
I actually enjoy Panic Attack! a fair amount; the rest however, varies from serviceable to borderline bad. Can't bring myself to 2 this due to the fact that there is some alright stuff here.
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| 3.0 good | njdwalton | April 22nd 13 |
Not as bad at what everyone says, but a little too polished for FoT.
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| 3.5 great | Cryio | February 14th 12 |
I upped my rating from 3 to 3.5 because really, the album is half great, half bad. Not terrible, just not interesting. This surely does not deserve the 2.7 it has though
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| 1.5 very poor | jungletiger | December 2nd 10 |
This album is absolute garbage. I will never be able listen to tfot the same way again. Thomas Erak's way of changing his sound was making the lamest and cheesiest album ever really? is this guy serious? With the exception of the first two songs and dirty pillow talk this whole album is infested with non stop cringe worthy moments. Look, I'm all for change, thats what keeps me interested. But if this is what you come up with after some really great material, I can't help but question your musical capabilities. Maps and Atlases and Tera Melos changed there sound and did it really well. The Fall of Troy, unfortunately did not.
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| 0.0 | balcaen | September 24th 10 |
what on earth? the fall of troy have lost any semblance to their glory days. they remind me of an aging dog whose only strive left is to keep his owner's attention by bringing him (or rather, us) these lifeless, dead birds and dropping them at his doorstep. it lacks the aggression that got us all hooked on the fall of troy in the first place. either the fall of troy is getting tired, or they've run out of ideas.
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| 1.0 awful | CrazyDrummer4562 | September 16th 10 |
Total disappointment and garbage...it sounds like they did their multitracking without having audio from the other instrument tracks and vocal track. I'll stick with Doppleganger.
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| 0.0 | Bitchfork | May 1st 10 |
In the Unlikely Event that The Fall of Troy ever recover from this rehashed, cheesy abomination, let me know.
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| 2.0 poor | JohnW | March 19th 10 |
1. Vocals are atrocious.
2. Riffs, while sometimes creative, are no longer as fast, furious, and fun.
3. Just not an enjoyable listen at all. If this would have been a demo from an up and coming band, I could see this as something special, but this is their 4th studio album.
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| 1.5 very poor | GnarlyShillelagh | November 2nd 09 |
What is this shit?
Not only the worst TFoT album ever, but one of the worst albums of the year.
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| 3.0 good | Jonnyborg | October 10th 09 |
a bit of a let down. But not nearly as bad as everyone says. Remember when everyone freaked out over manipulator? yeah, this is more of that. I would like to remind everyone that Erak didn't write an album of "caught up" part 2's
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| 3.0 good | joeplayo | October 7th 09 |
This album is very different from the previous three full lengths. I was expecting a funky Mars Volta-esque style, because that's how PoTH vocals had sounded, and that's how the interviews made it seem, but they have taken it to a strange math/pop rock style. I DO NOT think this album deserves a 2.0 at all though, it may be a lot poppier but that does not mean it is terrible. Thomas Erak's vocals have gotten much better, the screams are lacking though, they're much too natural. I feel that this band will be treated the same way as Fear Before, when they released their self-titled and lost a lot of fans. It's the people who love the band that will see the maturity of the new album, and not shun it for lack of screaming. As a musician, the guitar parts are up to par, but the song structures have become a little bit more... structured. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but maybe a bit hard to swallow. This album is much groovier than previous releases, but it's not very funky and that would have made it much better. The only track i would say is truely not up to par would be Empty The Clip, The King Has Been Slain, Long Live The Queen! only because it has that classic post-hardcore absurd title, but is very poppy and does not offer much besides a somewhat catchy chorus and good instrumentation. Also i feel like the song Webs is just another Caught Up, a joke just used to fill up space on the album. As an album, it's a breath of fresh air to the post-hardcore overdone monotony, but as far as a chapter in the fall of troy... it could have been better.
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| 2.5 average | Andross026 | October 4th 09 |
this sure as fuck isnt a 5 for all you idiots rating it a 5. everythign has been toned down compared to their prior releases. i was expecting erak's voice to improve as he was getting lessons from his jazz singer girlfriend, but this did not help at all. as said by others the heavy parts are not even heavy and overall the cd is lame.
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| 2.5 average | gocsa666 | October 4th 09 |
No Improvement on Manipulator. The best song is Dirty Pillow Talk, only because Rody Walker's in it and beats the crap out of Erak vocally.
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| 1.5 very poor | ChickenInTheSpoon | October 2nd 09 |
I can barely stand to listen to two songs out of the twelve on this album. The vocals and sound are weak all around. There's no punch to anything, everything is so laid back. It doesn't work for me, guitar wankery is supposed to be nuts and this is too calm. Even the heavy parts don't sound heavy. Panic Attack! got my hopes up, but this just let me down hard. Even that could have been improved a bit, turn the bass up please...
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| 0.0 | chocola | September 30th 09 |
this is soo bad.. TONS of talent gone to waste in 1 album
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| 0.0 | silentpotato | September 30th 09 |
eh its fall of troy enough said. theres always SOMTHING wrong with their albums.
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| 0.0 | soundless | September 29th 09 |
why hasnt iluvater soundoffed this yet
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| 3.0 good | Tw1ster | September 29th 09 |
In the Unlikely Event is an average album at best, yet I still find it to be good ol' fashioned fun brought to us by our good friends in The Fall of Troy. First off, Thomas is not a good singer, he thinks he is, but he never has been and probably never will be. I have never enjoyed the vocals but have always enjoyed their albums. The great musicianship here alone warrants nothing lower than a rating of 3. For disappointed fans, just put it on, and let go.
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| 3.0 good | Glovoc | April 13th 23 |
| 3.0 good | bSmith | March 29th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | Timmy | January 24th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | Elynna | February 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | LoKii | December 12th 21 |
| 2.5 average | xlev | August 7th 21 |
| 3.0 good | anvium | February 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 25th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | cowbeef | August 6th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Halez | May 21st 20 |
| 2.5 average | Brabiz | May 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | benny06 | January 10th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Kullnes | November 3rd 19 |
| 2.5 average | Renée | October 7th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | crab | February 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | YAAAOOO | December 11th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Josh | November 5th 18 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | June 7th 17 |
| 2.5 average | elry2k | April 14th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Emim | December 12th 16 |
| 3.0 good | tellah | December 1st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Smorge | November 27th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | MOCAM | October 1st 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | almond | May 23rd 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Snide | May 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | hsb | April 21st 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Henry | January 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eswin17 | November 28th 15 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | November 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | jbus | November 6th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Aeri | August 14th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | TJM1992 | September 13th 14 |
| 2.5 average | mathkof | August 25th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Dischi | April 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | rg9 | April 3rd 14 |
| 2.5 average | enjoimx | February 18th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | akimbo | January 2nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | Skoj | November 6th 13 |
| 2.5 average | hudso | October 29th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | aircycle | September 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Alaska | August 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | mew151 | June 27th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | tlhk | June 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Launch | June 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | April 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Alexd93 | February 27th 13 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 18th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | JS19 | February 3rd 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | kb36 | January 22nd 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Tywuhh | January 16th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Tabble | August 11th 12 |
| 3.5 great | SethEZ | August 8th 12 |
| 3.0 good | NBA | May 30th 12 |
| 3.0 good | foxxxy | April 27th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Naps | March 3rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | Aberjam | February 11th 12 |
| 2.5 average | irkalla | February 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Damon | February 1st 12 |
| 2.0 poor | ILJ | January 24th 12 |
| 2.5 average | John L | January 21st 12 |
| 2.0 poor | pens | December 31st 11 |
| 3.5 great | SRB829 | December 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | jbassp | November 14th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | JJwins | November 5th 11 |
| 3.5 great | MFer | October 16th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Intake | October 2nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Gunnar | September 7th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | TenWar | August 30th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Olson | August 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | sehguh | July 13th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | bc013 | June 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ev0ken | April 25th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | shev | April 13th 11 |
| 2.5 average | TanMan | March 26th 11 |
| 2.5 average | gwh45 | March 22nd 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Dan H. EMERITUS | March 8th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | ntbb | February 18th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Matski | February 15th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Scoot | January 20th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | LOL poo | December 26th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | DNefedov | December 18th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Opsonyn | December 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | ffbadd | December 9th 10 |
| 2.5 average | elry12 | December 1st 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Curse. | November 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | IN64 | October 28th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Dalaul | October 19th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Hep Kat | October 18th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Ben H | October 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | OFace | October 1st 10 |
| 2.5 average | Emyr | September 27th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Spec | September 26th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Texture | September 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | ti0n | September 7th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Ire | September 4th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Thane | September 3rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | ess | August 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | August 7th 10 |
| 1.0 awful | m4nny | July 27th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sealk | July 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | l3pr0sy | June 30th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Thef | June 25th 10 |
| 3.5 great | lakku | May 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | ap070 | May 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | dnor | April 28th 10 |
| 2.5 average | GLN | April 22nd 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Sevhead | April 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Valle | April 4th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Wael | March 27th 10 |
| 3.0 good | gonzab | March 27th 10 |
| 2.5 average | WolfAmI | February 28th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Nach0 | February 15th 10 |
| 1.0 awful | qwe3 | January 22nd 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | kroglor | January 20th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Markk1 | January 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | ThePove | January 4th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | shortz | December 9th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Pizza | November 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Leica | November 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Exile | November 15th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | HASJ | November 11th 09 |
| 3.0 good | x31942 | October 24th 09 |
| 3.0 good | neon13 | October 23rd 09 |
| 2.5 average | Chasta5 | October 22nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gev56 | October 21st 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Sconza | October 19th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Yordy | October 18th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Matte | October 17th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Msuen | October 12th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Ragez | October 11th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Groink | October 10th 09 |
| 3.0 good | natey | October 8th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | idbz | October 7th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Taxt | October 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | October 5th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Mouth | October 1st 09 |
| 2.0 poor | kitsch | October 1st 09 |
| 3.5 great | Mevz | October 1st 09 |
| 5.0 classic | PABLO94 | September 29th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Skyler | September 29th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | ziroth | September 29th 09 |
| 3.0 good | soma | September 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Smiley | September 28th 09 |
| 2.5 average | X3ni92 | September 28th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Bsmith7 | September 28th 09 |
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