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XplaugeX

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Last Active 11-17-09 12:24 am
Joined 11-05-09

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Average Rating: 3.47
Rating Variance: 0.55
Objectivity Score: 77%
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5.0 classic
This or the Apocalypse Dead Years
@Tijnmans: I honestly can't tell if you're trolling or just really dumb. Opinions are opinions but man, these lyrics are VERY strong, and there are only a few clean passages, and instrumentally it absolutely destroys. If you actually liked them before and you hate this then I just have to assume that you're not quite right in the head.

4.5 superb
August Burns Red Leveler
Giving a 5 to balance out all the 1s that this album really doesn't deserve.
Between the Buried and Me Alaska
Between the Buried and Me Colors
Between the Buried and Me Colors_Live
Born of Osiris The Discovery
Darkest Hour Deliver Us
Deadlock Wolves
Misery Signals Controller
Oh, Sleeper Children of Fire
Periphery Periphery
Protest the Hero Fortress
The Sorrow Blessings From a Blackened Sky
This or the Apocalypse Haunt What's Left
It's a change, clean vocals are there, but not in a bad way, very well done in my opinion, there are varied vocals all over the album. In some way's it's better then Monuments and in some ways it's worse. The production is a massive improvement, but the style is so different from Monuments that it may not appeal to fans of the last album. One thing that stands out to me is how much energy this album has, nobody is just playing their instrument, everything has FEELING in it, which can make some songs sound really impressive. What I really love about this album is how catchy it is. If you like this type of music at all, you'll pretty much be like a bobble-head throughout the whole listen, it's the kind of music that's just fun to listen to. If this is the direction they're going, I think the future looks pretty good for this band.

3.0 good
As I Lay Dying Shadows Are Security
Atreyu Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Atreyu Congregation of the Damned
Breaking Benjamin Dear Agony
Bullet for My Valentine Hand of Blood
Corpus Christi A Feast for Crows
This album is pretty upsetting to listen to, and for only one reason. Chug Chug Chug. This album has waaaay too much chugging. There's so much of it that sometimes I wonder if the band borrowed a guitarist from Mychildren Mybride. It's not ALWAYS that bad but a lot of the time it is. On the upside, the new band members (which includes everyone but the guitar player from the last album) are pretty damn good at what they do. The new drummer is great, has some pretty fast feet, and plenty of entertaining fills and rolls. The guitar solos that you can find here are pretty decent, nothing really impressive, but at least it's a change. The Vocals are tons better then on the last album. Max (the new lead vocalist) has a much more powerful voice then the last guy, and he can go pretty low. This album could have been much better if the guitarist wasn't such a lazy ass. I'm giving the album a 3 because aside from the guitar playing, the album was pretty good.
Feed Her to the Sharks The Beauty of Falling
Five Finger Death Punch The Way Of The Fist
God Forbid Earthsblood
Impending Doom There Will Be Violence
In Flames Come Clarity
Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache
Mudvayne The End of All Things to Come
Mudvayne Lost and Found
Nephilim Mortality
Papa Roach The Paramour Sessions
Protest the Hero Scurrilous
I hate it. It's technical, sure, they have skill, bla bla bla. You can only go apeshit on the guitar for so long before it becomes repetitive and dull. Well they've reached that point. And the lyrics this time around are even shittier than the ones on Fortress. But at least Fortress felt fresh. They haven't changed at all this time.
Stone Sour Come What(ever) May
Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety

2.5 average
As Blood Runs Black Allegiance
Bring Me the Horizon Count Your Blessings
Mudvayne The New Game
MyChildren MyBride Unbreakable
Protest the Hero Gallop Meets the Earth
Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
Slipknot All Hope Is Gone
TesseracT One
The Devil Wears Prada Plagues
The Devil Wears Prada With Roots Above and Branches Below
The Word Alive Life Cycles

2.0 poor
Atreyu The Curse
Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season
Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction
I don't understand what's appealing about this album at all. I couldn't even finish it, I just skimmed through, boring as hell.

1.0 awful
As Blood Runs Black Instinct
This is trash. They had FIVE YEARS to improve. They guitarist showed some potential but decided to stick with his shitty boring chugga chugga riffs. That crap gets old after one song and he does it for the entire duration of the record. The new vocalist is okay but it's nothing we haven't all heard before. Lech's drumming is pretty nice as always, but again, we've all heard much better. This record is shit and NOBODY should waste a penny on it. In fact nobody should waste time writing a review for it. It doesn't deserve a review!
Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season Cut Up!

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