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bananatossing
April 3rd 2016


2657 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't know, I think Redeemer sounds as if the band didn't know what to do, sometimes they want to be rock n'roll-y, other times chaotic, and the melodic parts don't have much of an impact (IMO). Where Anti Mother sounds -just a bit- more focused in terms of songwriting, despite its more experimental nature.



Redeemer also suffers from being the follow up to O' God, which is generally considered one of their best. Actually, I just listened to both and there's a very notable drop in quality from one album to the other. O'God's production is miles better, too.

XingKing
April 3rd 2016


16338 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I like all of those aspects about this record. Those are also the same defining traits of Wrongdoers (and Meridional, I suppose) but they are perfectly executed on Wrongdoers. Anti-Mother just sounds completely watered down like an attempt at selling out and gaining fans.



O'God and Redeemer are pretty close in quality for me, though I prefer this record more. I also really dislike the production on O'God but think that the production here is far too clean.

bananatossing
April 3rd 2016


2657 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That is true, but on both Meridional and Wrongdoers the heavy parts hit much harder than anywhere here, except very few moments like the end of "The End Of All Things...". The cleans sound pretty much on point on those records as well, "catchier" methinks.



Overall, I find the execution very sloppy in here. Could be a production thing, too, but I find this record their weakest because it sounds like it never wants to be as heavy as O'God, or as melodic as they went on both Anti Mother and Meridional.

XingKing
April 4th 2016


16338 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"it sounds like it never wants to be as heavy as O'God, or as melodic as they went on both Anti Mother and Meridional."



I can agree with that. I think they were just trying to find their own sound as best they could. The first two are just relentlessly heavy, this one attempts to inject some melodicism into the mix, Anti-Mother is full on melodic (to my ears), Meridional tries to combine the heavy with the melodic to varying degrees of success and then Wrongdoers perfected the balance. I'm excited to see where they take their sound next.

lazyeye
June 19th 2016


431 Comments


FIGHT FAIR FIGHT FAIR FIGHT FAIR

trackbytrackreviews
June 21st 2016


3469 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I thought he was saying FIGHT ME at first

trackbytrackreviews
June 21st 2016


3469 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I've always felt the closer is kinda cringy

lazyeye
June 21st 2016


431 Comments


I thought he was saying FIGHT ME at first


ur ears might not be working bud

trackbytrackreviews
June 22nd 2016


3469 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

sure it's not just you being a dick?

lazyeye
June 22nd 2016


431 Comments


no

trackbytrackreviews
June 22nd 2016


3469 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I bet you're even named richard

Rowan5215
Emeritus
September 23rd 2016


48412 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

damn Small Spark is fucking dope

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
September 23rd 2016


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yes it's their best song prob. FIGHT FAIR FIGHT FAIR FIGHT FAIR

Tyler.
September 23rd 2016


19035 Comments


this has cool album artwork

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
September 23rd 2016


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ye all their art is great except for the anti mother and polar similar

Space Jester
September 23rd 2016


11560 Comments


I like those ones too

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
September 23rd 2016


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

polar similar is lame dude c'mon 4 dead rats lol

Tyler.
September 23rd 2016


19035 Comments


yeah but theres a red one

Space Jester
September 23rd 2016


11560 Comments


The CD digipak looks really nice though

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
September 23rd 2016


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

also what is going on in the bottom half of the antimother art lol



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