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AbyssalCreation

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Last Active 01-01-70 12:00 am
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2015
Fit for an Autopsy Absolute Hope Absolute Hell	4.0
Counterparts Tragedy Will Find Us	4.5
Tragedy Will Find Us is a fantastic representation of the evolution of Counterparts sound. Instrumentally specific parts are more fleshed out while the songs themselves are much more concise, and don't meander (which I thought some of their earlier material was guilty of.) The overall tone is much darker and more desperate than previous material so when the melodies are more prevalent they create a perfect "silver lining in the clouds" feeling that generally accompanies this type of sound. Collapse, Burn, and Tragedy and are all good showcases of this. Breakdowns still remain a staple of Counterparts sound, and on TWFU they bring The. Fucking. Mosh. Whether dropped out of nowhere like in the pit rousing opener "Stillborn", the steadily built upon until it collapses under it's own overbearing weight in "Stranger", or "Choke's" plain ridiculous yet fitting attempt to out do the much discussed breakdown in Compass. They are always tastefully placed and never overdone, they appear only when needed and are always accompanied by a sick mosh call that is always equal parts distressful and poignant. I could be wrong but the heaviness seems to be a lot more influenced by early Metalcore than previous albums. The use of short bursts of spoken word passages that instantly bring to mind Of Malice era Misery Signals/7 Angels 7 Plagues/Taken etc. also suggest this. I admit a love of gut wrenchingly honest lyricism and being able to identify with said lyrics definitely helps in appreciating this album. When I first heard "I AM A STRANGER WHEN I STARE INTO THE EYES OF THOSE I LOVE LOOK AWAY IN DISGUST PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE SIGHT OF MY DECEPTION " my jaw dropped, and my vision turned blurry; to hear thoughts that ruminate often, but are never openly spoken about, addressed so vividly and desperately it... It really caused me to reflect hard on such matters and to be thankful that there is someone who truly shares and understands my fucked up thought process. Equally impactful, but for an entirely different reason, the closing of following track Tragedy; the stern affirmation of I AM NOT A MORTAL I AM A METAPHOR FOR MOVING FORWARD instills the listener with a sense of camaraderie that can only be found in a shared nature of despair as well as a renewed sense of purpose which is much needed after the absolutely draining Stranger. I love that Brendan has the courage to address the deepest of insecurities and the darkest of thoughts as well in such a way that is incredibly relatable and personal, but never alienates the listener. In conclusion the instrumentation and lyricism blend together to create a beautifully cathartic juxtaposition that is the perfect soundtrack for encountering and ultimately dealing with the tragedies that affect our lives. Strong Melodic Hardcore/Metalcore AOTY material.

2014
For the Fallen Dreams Heavy Hearts	3.5
Nothing Guilty of Everything	4.5
Manners Pale Blue Light	4.0

2013
Still Remains Ceasing to Breathe	3.5
A Lot Like Birds No Place	4.0
Misery Signals Absent Light	4.0
Defeater Letters Home	3.5
Old Gray An Autobiography	4.0
Shai Hulud Reach Beyond the Sun	4.5

2012
This or the Apocalypse Dead Years	4.0
Solace (CAN) Call & Response	4.0
The Contortionist Intrinsic	3.0
Beau Navire Lumens	4.0
Suis La Lune Riala	4.5
Dizzy Wright Smokeout Conversations	3.5
The Saddest Landscape After The Lights	4.0
Loma Prieta I.V.	4.5

2011
Dionaea Still	4.0
Pianos Become the Teeth The Lack Long After	5.0
Counterparts The Current Will Carry Us	4.5
La Dispute Wildlife	4.0
White Arms of Athena Astrodrama	4.0
Bury Your Dead Mosh n' Roll	3.5
August Burns Red Leveler	3.0
Beau Navire Hours	4.0
Touche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me	4.0
Departures When Losing Everything Is Everything You Wanted	4.5
For the Fallen Dreams Back Burner	2.0
So Hideous To Clasp a Fallen Wish With Broken Fingers	4.0
Last Chance to Reason Level 2	3.5
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Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II	3.5
Defeater Empty Days and Sleepless Nights	4.0
Adobe Homes/Beau Navire 7 Inch	3.0
The Saddest Landscape/We Were Skeletons Split	3.5
Beau Navire Life Moves	3.5
Emmure Speaker Of The Dead	2.0
Glassjaw Coloring Book	4.5
Failure In Vanity The Contender	3.5
Glassjaw Our Color Green (The Singles)	4.5

2010
Snowing I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted	4.0
Hopsin Raw	3.5
Iselia Adaptations	3.5
Mushroomhead Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children	2.5
The Saddest Landscape You Will Not Survive	5.0
The perfect soundtrack to any emotional crisis ever.
Within the Ruins Invade	3.5
The Contortionist Exoplanet	4.0
Ion Dissonance Cursed	3.0
The Devil Wears Prada Zombie	3.0
The World Is a Beautiful Place... Formlessness	3.5
Touche Amore/La Dispute Searching for a Pulse/The Worth of the World	5.0
Norma Jean Meridional	3.5
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza III: Series of Unfortunate Events	4.0
Parkway Drive Deep Blue	2.5
This or the Apocalypse Haunt What's Left	4.0
Eminem Recovery	3.5
The Saddest Landscape/Pianos Become The Teeth Split	4.0
Attack Attack! Attack Attack!	2.0
MyChildren MyBride Lost Boy	2.0
While I enjoyed a couple of songs from this bands debut, there is not a single memorable moment on this cd. It is the definition of mediocrity. In fact the one thing I really liked about the first cd (the somewhat creative drumming) is pretty much gone.The breakdowns are back and are as boring and formulaic as they come. This band is doing nothing, but mimicking the more popular second generation Metalcore bands.
Tech N9ne The Lost Scripts of K.O.D.	4.0
Rosetta A Determinism of Morality	4.0
Deftones Diamond Eyes	4.0
B.o.B The Adventures of Bobby Ray	3.0
Dr. Acula The Social Event of the Century	3.0
Periphery Periphery	4.0
On this album you will hear Heavy Metal, a musical genre from the future.Be dazzled by distortion, be bombarded by bass beats, and jitterbug to djent! I'm sure you will enjoy such finger popping tunes such Light,Insomnia, and my personal favorite, Ragtime Dandies!
Bleeding Through Bleeding Through	2.5
letlive. Fake History	4.5
Veil of Maya [id]	3.0
Structures All of the Above	3.5
Alcest Écailles De Lune	4.0
The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis	4.5
Counterparts Prophets	4.0
Chelsea Grin Desolation Of Eden	2.5
Look What I Did Atlas Drugged	3.5
Alesana The Emptiness	2.5
Snowing Summer Tour Tape	3.0
For Want Of For Want Of	3.5
More Than Life Love Let Me Go	4.0

2009
Dead Man In Reno Ideology	4.0
The Empire Shall Fall Awaken	3.5
Defeater Lost Ground	4.5
A Lot Like Birds Plan B	4.5
The Red Chord Fed Through the Teeth Machine	4.0
Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect	4.0
Zero And Falling A Disease Of Meaning	3.5
HORSE the band Desperate Living	4.5
Converge Axe to Fall	4.5
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) What It Takes to Move Forward	5.0
The Contortionist Apparition	4.0
Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream	2.0
After the Burial Rareform (Re-release)	3.0
Emmure Felony	1.5
Bleed from Within Humanity	3.0
Eyedea and Abilities By the Throat	3.0
For the Fallen Dreams Relentless	3.0
Knives Exchanging Hands The War Of Speech, The Weapon Of Words	3.5
Arsonists Get All the Girls Portals	3.5
August Burns Red Constellations	4.0
The Boy Will Drown Fetish	3.5
Born of Osiris A Higher Place	3.0
Poison the Well The Tropic Rot	4.0
Dead Kings Dead Kings	4.0
Atmosphere Leak At Will	3.0
Pianos Become the Teeth Old Pride	3.5
Touche Amore ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse	4.0
Suicide Silence No Time to Bleed	2.0
Iwrestledabearonce It's All Happening	3.5
Emery ...In Shallow Seas We Sail	4.0
Broadcast the Nightmare Twenty Twelve	4.0
Oceano Depths	2.0
Snowing Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit	5.0
Seneca Reflections	3.0
The Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than Alone	4.5
Within the Ruins Creature	3.0
The Lonely Island Incredibad	3.5
A Day To Remember Homesick	3.0
Amia Venera Landscape Amia Venera Landscape	4.0

2008
Becoming The Archetype Dichotomy	4.0
Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly	2.5
The Faceless Planetary Duality	4.0
La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair	4.0
The Demonstration Accidents With Intelligence	4.0
Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season	2.5
The Contortionist Shapeshifter	3.5
Touche Amore Touche Amore	3.0
This or the Apocalypse Monuments	4.0
Trenches The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole	4.0
Defeater Travels	4.0
United Nations United Nations	4.0
All Shall Perish Awaken the Dreamers	3.0
Misery Signals Controller	4.5
I love this album, I wondered if they were ever going to surpass Of Malice, and with each listen i feel they may have or at least be on par with it.Everyone in the band stepped their game up. Karl has definitely earned my grace especially with his singing performances in A Certain Death and Ebb and Flow,Branden never fails to amaze me with his intricate patterns and incredible fills like the ones in A Certain Death and Nothing. Ryan and Stu wow just wow.I honestly wondered if they could top the ambient parts of Mirrors and Of Malice,yet still maintain the Metalcore sound and yes they have.I was simply blown away from the guitar work in Coma,Ebb and Flow, and Reset. A real seller for this album was the lyrics from the thought provoking line of "Were just rehearsing who we think we are" from Coma to the to the powerful line of "Torch the fields and pray for rain" from Nothing, you won't find any whiny B.S about ex girlfriends here.What Jesse had in his lyrics were passion, and i absolutely loved this.However i'm also quite fond of Karls intrigueing and thought provoking lyrics of Control. The production work of Devin Townsend helped to make Of Malice a classic Metalcore album and this is no different.This record combines the greatest aspects of Of Malice and Mirrors.4.5/5 Best of 08 by far!
Loma Prieta Last City	4.5
The Arusha Accord Nightmares of the Ocean	3.5
Whitechapel This Is Exile	3.0
The Number Twelve Looks Like You Here at the End of All Things	3.5
Alesana Where Myth Fades to Legend	2.5
Shai Hulud Misanthropy Pure	3.0
Emmure The Respect Issue	2.0
Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemons...	4.0
Veil of Maya The Common Man's Collapse	3.5
Eternal Lord Blessed Be This Nightmare	3.5
A Thousand Times Repent Virtue Has Few Friends	3.0
Oceana The Tide	3.0
Winds of Plague Decimate the Weak	3.0
Protest the Hero Fortress	4.0
With Blood Comes Cleansing Horror	2.5
Annotations Of An Autopsy Before the Throne of Infection	2.5
While no where near as terrible as their debut, this cd is simply put boring.Its worth 2 maybe 3 spins tops.I'll admit i like the re-recorded Sludge City, simply because it seems like it would be alotta fun live and most of those annoying pig squeals are gone.Some of the lyrics on this cd, are at least worth a chuckle. I mean who wouldn't laugh at "MY KNIFE IS DEEP INSIDE YOUR FUCKING UTERUS!" and my personal favorite "I'll sew my cock inside your cunt so were eternally fucking" lol wut?
For the Fallen Dreams Changes	3.5
The Word Alive The Word Alive	3.5

2007
Waking The Cadaver Perverse Recollections Of A Necromangler	1.0
I like to chew on gum.i like to color paint. i like to eat shredded wheatttttttttttttttttt shredded and shredded wheattttttttttttt. That is the only good thing to come from this bands existence that hilarious interpretation video we all know and love. Fuck this band,seriously.
The Ghost Inside Fury and the Fallen Ones	3.5
Parkway Drive Horizons	3.5
Born of Osiris The New Reign	4.0
Suicide Silence The Cleansing	3.0
Between the Buried and Me Colors	4.5
From Graves of Valor Famine	4.0
Through the Eyes of the Dead Malice	3.0
As I Lay Dying An Ocean Between Us	3.5
Arsonists Get All the Girls The Game Of Life	3.5
Still Remains The Serpent	2.5
Whitechapel The Somatic Defilement	3.5
Knives Exchanging Hands Hiatus	3.5
August Burns Red Messengers	3.0
The Number Twelve Looks Like You Mongrel	4.5
Job For A Cowboy Genesis	3.0
Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain	3.0
Chimaira Resurrection	3.0
Emmure Goodbye To The Gallows	3.0
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster II	3.5
Life in Your Way Waking Giants	4.0
Yet another, amazing Melodic Hardcore band, that bit the dust.Waking Giants, is one of the most passionate cds,that i've heard, in the Melodic Hardcore genre. The track Salty Grave is worth the price of admission alone, as it perfrectly sums up the bands sound as a whole, and features, one of the most captivating, spoken word sections of the genre. So if your looking, to get into this great (yet unfortunately deceased) band, I advise you download Salty Grave,We Don't Believe and perhaps Reach The End. I miss this band....sob
My Bitter End The Renovation	3.5
A Day To Remember For Those Who Have Heart	3.0
Beneath The Sky What Demons Do To Saints	3.0
Dead Man In Reno Demo 2007	3.5
Iwrestledabearonce Iwrestledabearonce	4.0

2006
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies	3.5
Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me	5.0
Bring Me the Horizon Count Your Blessings	3.0
Inhale Exhale The Lost, the Sick, the Sacred	2.5
Diecast Internal Revolution	3.0
HORSE the band Pizza	3.5
Dead Man In Reno Dead Man In Reno	4.5
The Devil Wears Prada Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord	3.0
Misery Signals Mirrors	4.5
Catherine Rumor Has It	2.5
Breaking Benjamin Phobia	3.5
All Shall Perish The Price of Existence	5.0
Veil of Maya All Things Set Aside	4.0
Elysia Masochist	2.5
Underoath Define the Great Line	3.0
Alesana On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax	3.0
Drop Dead, Gorgeous In Vogue	2.5
La Dispute Vancouver	3.5
Atreyu A Death-Grip on Yesterday	2.5
Ligeia Your Ghost Is A Gift	3.5
Seneca Seneca	3.5
Arsonists Get All the Girls Hits From the Bow	3.0
Bury Your Dead Beauty and the Breakdown	3.0
Emmure The Complete Guide To Needlework	2.5
The Faceless Akeldama	4.5

2005
System of a Down Hypnotize	3.0
August Burns Red Thrill Seeker	4.0
Job For A Cowboy Doom	3.0
Through the Eyes of the Dead Bloodlust	4.5
Johnny Truant In the Library of Horrific Events	4.0
Bullet for My Valentine The Poison	2.5
Suicide Silence Suicide Silence (EP)	3.0
Ill Nino One Nation Underground	4.0
Embrace The End Counting Hallways to the Left	3.5
A Dozen Furies A Concept From Fire	3.5
Parkway Drive Killing with a Smile	3.0
Between the Buried and Me Alaska	5.0
Protest the Hero Kezia	4.5
Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains Love Songs For The Apocalypse	4.0
Mortal Treason Sunrise Over A Sea Of Blood	3.5
The Knife Trade/Through the Eyes of the Dead The Annihilation of Expectation	4.5
The Number Twelve Looks Like You Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear.	4.0
As I Lay Dying Shadows Are Security	3.0
The Taste Of Blood Predator	3.5
The Agony Scene The Darkest Red	3.5
System of a Down Mezmerize	3.0
A Day To Remember And Their Name Was Treason	3.5
Still Remains Of Love and Lunacy	3.5
Mudvayne Lost and Found	4.0
Winter Solstice The Fall of Rome	3.0
God Is an Astronaut All Is Violent, All Is Bright	4.0
Knights Of The Abyss 2005 Demo	3.5
Glassjaw El Mark	4.0
A Black Rose Burial An Awakening of Revenants	4.5
Gizmachi The Imbuing	3.5

2004
The Showdown A Chorus of Obliteration	4.0
Bring Me the Horizon This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For	2.5
Lamb of God Ashes of the Wake	3.5
Converge You Fail Me	3.5
Glass Casket We Are Gathered Here Today...	4.5
"I'll let the world know what a wonderful person it will never get to meet." listen to A Grey A.M You'll Never Get to See, one of the best songs to ever come from this genre.
The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine	4.5
Taken Between Two Unseens	5.0
Misery Signals Of Malice and the Magnum Heart	5.0
Atreyu The Curse	3.0
Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache	3.0
Anterrabae Shakedown Tonight	3.5
Remembering Never Women and Children Die First	3.0
Emery The Weak's End	4.0
Suicide Silence Demo 2004 (Family Guy Demo)	2.5
The Sawtooth Grin Pervavor	3.5
Reflux The Illusion Of Democracy	4.5

2003
Mudvayne All Access to All Things	3.0
DevilDriver DevilDriver	3.0
Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus	5.0
Envy A Dead Sinking Story	4.5
Deadwater Drowning Deadwater Drowning EP	4.0
As I Lay Dying Frail Words Collapse	2.5
Poison the Well You Come Before You	4.0
Misery Signals Misery Signals	4.5
Brand New Deja Entendu	4.0
Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered	4.5
All Shall Perish Hate. Malice. Revenge	3.0
The Number Twelve Looks Like You Put On Your Rosy Red Glasses	5.0
Sailboats Demo	4.0
Through the Eyes of the Dead The Scars of Ages	4.5

2002
System of a Down Steal This Album!	3.5
Sum 41 Does This Look Infected?	4.0
Mudvayne The End of All Things to Come	4.5
Alexisonfire Alexisonfire	3.5
Hopesfall The Satellite Years	5.0
Glassjaw Worship and Tribute	5.0
Norma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child	4.5
Atreyu Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses	3.5
Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing	5.0
Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me	4.0
Poison the Well Tear From the Red	3.5

2001
Mudvayne L(ive) D(osage) 50: Live in Peoria DVD	4.0
Envy All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead	4.5
Eyedea and Abilities First Born	4.0
7 Angels 7 Plagues Jhazmyne's Lullaby	5.0
Converge Jane Doe	5.0
Hopesfall No Wings To Speak Of	5.0
D12 Devil's Night	3.5
Flaw Through the Eyes	3.5
Circle Takes the Square Circle Takes the Square	4.0
The Sawtooth Grin Cuddlemonster	4.5

2000
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory	3.5
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command	5.0
Mudvayne L.D. 50	4.0
Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence	4.5
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP	5.0
Skycamefalling 10.21	4.0

1999
Prayer for Cleansing Rain In Endless Fall	4.0
Eminem The Slim Shady LP	4.0
Poison the Well The Opposite of December	5.0
Pokemon Pokemon 2.B.A. Master	5.0

1998
System of a Down System of a Down	3.5

1997
Radiohead OK Computer	4.5

1996
Soundtrack (Film) Space Jam	5.0
Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You	4.0
If you were around in the 90s and listened to the radio; you're a damn liar if you say you didn't get the infectious choruses of Real World,3 A.M, or Push stuck in your head.
Cryptopsy None So Vile	5.0
Converge Petitioning the Empty Sky	4.0

1991
Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle	3.5

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