Sparks really reminds me of The Light at the Edge of the World by Darkest Hour

Album is a disappointment with the massive exception of Blue and the Grey

Album Rating: 5.0

This is seriously one of the best pieces of heavy music I've listened to in a long time. The River, Blue and The Grey and Slow Surrender are the songs I listen to over and over again. I don't get the argumentative focus on breakdowns in this review and all the other comments, the breakdowns are the things I care about the least when I listen to this album...

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Yet, the breakdowns are the reason this album sags at points.

Album Rating: 4.0

I thought the album was pretty decent. I was a little dissapointed by some of the lyrical themes I didn't agree with, and some melodic elements didn't seem like the old Parkway we all know and love. Definitely not something I could listen from beginning to start in one sitting, but come back to now and again.

Album Rating: 2.5

Albums a bit slow imo. Sorta the same problem deep blue had.



KWAS and Horizons are both more intense/in your face type records.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

neither record has come close, kwas was really a moment in history for parkway drive and metalcore in 2005. the blue and the grey hits the spot.

Album Rating: 3.0

finally got around to listening to the entire album, and its pretty sweet. definitely a step in the right direction after Deep Blue.

has a few good songs but thats pretty much what deepblue was anyway, need to get back to horizons quality albums

If this is like KWAS I'll be happy. Horizons was ok but not as good as KWAS, Deep Blue was meh.

I like some of the drumming in this. Overall pretty average album though.

Album Rating: 2.5

@iambandersnatch, Agreed. Will listen to this soon, hoping for an enjoyable release

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

yup

"Deep Blue and this are just way too over-produced and boring."

What are you talking about? Horizons was a lot more produced sounding than Deep Blue or this.

Album Rating: 2.0

I'll give this a listen but I'm sure it will suck.

Album Rating: 3.0

Horizons was so triggered and overproduced it was hard to listen to, especially on tracks like Boneyards. Adam D was a great producer back in the day but everything he's done since ~2007 is so homogenous.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

this is not a patch on Killing With a Smile.

Album Rating: 1.5

This is really bad.

Album Rating: 3.0

KWAS had some great songs (Gimme A D, Smoke Em, Hard to Speak) and some horridly horridly bad ones (Guns for Show, Picture Perfect).

Album Rating: 2.5

Those two songs you mentioned aren't even bad.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

naw, KWAS was pretty much great apart from Blackout