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Ebola
June 21st 2020


4696 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

damn the first song is great

secondsun
June 21st 2020


55 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

oh wow, this is the first time they've grabbed me since Fortress. Took a minute to get used to Rody Walker's vocals again, but I feel like the changes in his technique make it a little more palatable now. And these new gutturals are a nice change of pace.



All Hands is absolutely wonderful too

AtTheGates92
June 22nd 2020


144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Reading the comments, it definitely looks like retired Kezia-Fortress era PTH fans are pleased with this release. I wonder why that is? I guess they've brought back part of that older sound with this one?



Anyway, I have stopped trying to pick my favorite song. Album gud.

Snake.
June 22nd 2020


25598 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

it's prob bc they haven't put out any new in a while

Nifkin
June 22nd 2020


134 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Album slaps so fucking hard it's ridonk

JayEnder
June 22nd 2020


22725 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

ALL HANDS ALL HANDS ALL HANDS



MY TRAAAAIN IS COMING INNNNNN

TheMilkAlien
June 22nd 2020


3 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

PTH is my favorite band and I think this might be their best album. My only complaint is that there isn't as much lead guitar work and when there is it's sort of buried in the mix. Rody's vocals are better than ever imo.

secondsun
June 22nd 2020


55 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Reading the comments, it definitely looks like retired Kezia-Fortress era PTH fans are pleased with this release. I wonder why that is? I guess they've brought back part of that older sound with this one?"



I dunno, i'd guess a mixture of time (Kezia/Fortress are both over a decade old at this point) and the general lineup/songwriting changes stoked enough interest to pull people back. Plus the general concept and theme of the album are definitely relevant right now

Alondite
June 22nd 2020


436 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

DISEMBODIED HEADS

DISEMBOWEL THE EARTH



Damn Little Snakes is so fucking good.





KrillBoi
June 22nd 2020


549 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh oooh, Melon just called All Hands unlistenable, I now hate this album as a result.



(as a long time fan, album is the best since Fortress imo)

dante1991
June 22nd 2020


764 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Great album, my only complaint is it sometimes lacks bite. The guitar work is mostly clean and lacks crunch, there doesn't seem to be as many heavy riffs as Volition and the vocals are mostly clean.



In some ways it reminds me of Scurrilous because of that - but luckily more varied.



I will say that there does seem to be a lot to unpack and already it keeps drawing me back. From the Sky, Reverie and Gardenias are my favourites so far.

Groundking
June 22nd 2020


2436 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

THE TRUTH, YES A BLOND, YES A BLOND, YES A BLOOONNDDDD

APPARENT IN THE NIGHT, BUT ABSENT COME THE DAWN

Gardenias is quickly becoming one of my favorites from PTH

Pikazilla
June 22nd 2020


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Awesome album, their best since fortress

Shiranui
June 22nd 2020


1106 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

If i had to make out any weak links on this, it would be the first side of Fireside for me. Just can't get into the vocal performance yet, but second half is stellar. Also, as good as Rivet's hook is, the verse parts sound a little too on the nose in terms of pop punk standard for me.

Sowing
Moderator
June 22nd 2020


45554 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I hate the vocals here but love the music. Just gonna keep jamming until I come around.

JohnnyoftheWell
June 22nd 2020


64287 Comments


the instrumentals are geared towards supporting the vocal melodies more than any other PtH album tbh, and i'm not sure whether this has positive or negative implications for your mission

Sowing
Moderator
June 22nd 2020


45554 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I don't have a problem with the melodies just the vocals themselves. I'm hoping for a Patrick Stickles/Kristian Matsson phenomenon where I wake up one day and suddenly that squealy prog-by-numbers voice sounds transcendent.

unclereich
June 22nd 2020


14050 Comments


reminds me of your feelings towards glassjaw

dedex
Emeritus
June 22nd 2020


13008 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

I wasn't planning on loving this, but I'm only on track 3 and I already wanna stop the experience

Piripichotes
June 22nd 2020


922 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Oh oooh, Melon just called All Hands unlistenable, I now hate this album as a result."



Who cares, his opinion is irrelevant right now, he's only giving great scores to "woke" IG albums that BLM white kids like.



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