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bowlermicah
July 28th 2022


206 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"This band started going downhill after they found a permanent clean singer, maybe the rotating door of dudes who are down bad was actually good for their creativity"



Yeah I love DGD just doing their DGD thing, but this one made me go "oh that sounds like *that* song" multiple times. If this is Tilian's swan song and they get a new singer I won't be upset at all.

Jadari
July 28th 2022


78 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

"this one made me go "oh that sounds like *that* song" multiple times."



Yeah, had the same thing. A lot of the songs just sound like mashups of previous ones in the Tilian era. I can imagine the stability of having a permanent vocalist is nice, but their overall sound doesn't seem to have benefited from it at all.

Relinquished
July 28th 2022


48754 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

at that point you gotta blame the musicians

SteakByrnes
July 28th 2022


29844 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Will is the primary songwriter so idk why people are so hyper focused on blaming Tilian for everything sounding stale lol

Mort.
July 28th 2022


25225 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah the guitar work is boring af these days







vult
July 28th 2022


2343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

People blame Tilian because he makes no attempt to infuse new ideas into his vocals. The same can certainly be said for Will too and to a certain extent Mess. It’s like each member of the band has their own template for all of their songs and they just toss songs together.

nash1311
July 28th 2022


8139 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah to me it isn’t Tilian at all

GreyShadow
July 28th 2022


7064 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

it's amazing how important context is. LP2 by Secret Band had to be some of Will's best writing yet (despite Mess clearly being the star there). not sure who is the primary Royal Coda writer, i can see it being Sergio/Will collabing mostly but that new stuff is great/barely resembles current DGD

MarsKid
Emeritus
July 28th 2022


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

The band as a whole has been tired and out of ideas for years. It can't be pinned on any one member, they've all been mutually spinning the wheel of futility for a while. It's easy enough to blame Tilian since his voice has always been divisive and, in the context of recent news, he might not be a pleasant fella. . . . .

Odal
Staff Reviewer
July 28th 2022


2099 Comments


tbh DGD just seems like a band that time has passed by. They had their moment but society has moved passed the need of DGD

SteakByrnes
July 28th 2022


29844 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

"not sure who is the primary Royal Coda writer"



As far as I know it's been Sergio the whole time, but Will's influence can certainly be felt with the stuff he's been on since joining

Cormano
July 28th 2022


4133 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"They had their moment but society has moved passed the need of DGD"

lol they are currrently at their commercial peak so there's clearly a demand

watch jj become their most successful record to date

Purpl3Spartan
July 28th 2022


8635 Comments


It feels like I’m the only one who thinks it’ll still be a decent album

JayEnder
July 28th 2022


19973 Comments


For what its worth I definitely prefer it over this album. No cringy songs in Spanish either so that's a plus

Andrew definitely spices things up on the new one.

vult
July 28th 2022


2343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Feels Bad Man is one of the worst songs they've made outside of obvious flops like Parallels and Calentamiento



Tilian really cant help himself with the overbearing and frankly offputting vocal layering and high notes that are SO unnatural. Also, what is with the dollar store Rock Solid instrumental behind it? Mess also sounds legit bad on it.

JayEnder
July 28th 2022


19973 Comments


Hey vult do you still like DGD or what? Tell us how you really feel

vult
July 28th 2022


2343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

gasp i guess not

Kosko
July 28th 2022


153 Comments


Y'all coming down way too hard on this, it's their best work since Mothership. Mess is innovating his screams into forms, and the instrumentation sounds great. Really seems like you guys just don't like DGD.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 28th 2022


60537 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

RIP vult fuckin exposed

vult
July 28th 2022


2343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

straight to jail for me



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