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JAV
June 2nd 2022


3545 Comments


It's all preference but I would have loved to hear Caleb going off in some of these. Nate just doesn't have the same power, he does what he can though.
I don't think they were really going for the spacey vibe on this one, it sounds very "grounded" like they're trying to do something a bit different. Some successes and some mishits but there's nothing on here I would call bad.

STIGMATIZED
June 2nd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

i mean if it weren't spacey, why have a fucking image of saturn on the cover

sizeofanocean
June 2nd 2022


3793 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That is indeed a very good point Stigma

Kinetic22
June 2nd 2022


142 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, I guess nostalgia is a pretty big factor in me enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would on paper.



I mean, the whole grunge thing happened when I was in my late teens, I was 16/17 when Dirt and Badmotorfinger came out so it was almost inevitable for it to be my soundtrack for those years. Then I spent decades avoiding anything that had even a whiff of grunge about it, that´s how saturated I became of it all.



And now here we are, with the Greg Puciato solo stuff and this album (both coming from post-hardcore musicians) finally seeming to catch up on what was good about grunge. Which in retrospect wasn´t all that much, but the 70s metal mixed with punk was alluring to me. And they´re making it a bit more muscular, larger sounding and agressive and I gotta say, I´m loving it.

STIGMATIZED
June 2nd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I notice the grunge part, i have no hatred apart from in poor sound/production.



but lets make one point clear: stephen brodsky is not eddie vedder



and he tries to. and it sounds like shit

JAV
June 2nd 2022


3545 Comments


The cover looks more like Saturn crashing into an ocean to me. It's just a cool cover as well.

Relinquished
June 2nd 2022


50165 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

aight stigmatized you just passed into hater territory

STIGMATIZED
June 2nd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

ok, sounds like shit is strong because im not gagging, fine. poor use of words



(yes im backtracking because im really not a hater) thanks for the vibe check



I dont think it's good though. but tolerable

Space Jester
June 2nd 2022


11562 Comments


Mostly agree with Stigma. This is unfortunately one of my least favorite Cave In releases despite having some good songs

STIGMATIZED
June 3rd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

yeah when I was saying "trying too hard", I was more specifically referring to "Searchers of Hell" which I will definitively declare to have the worst Cave In riff of all time.



Seriously.

What the actual fuck is that riff.

https://youtu.be/NTOrugzKdVc

Relinquished
June 3rd 2022


50165 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

nah lol

STIGMATIZED
June 3rd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

then suggest



what is the worst Cave In riff

Deez
June 3rd 2022


10615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Nah that riff goes



' i have no hatred apart from in poor sound/production.'



Nah Production rules





'but lets make one point clear: stephen brodsky is not eddie vedder'



Thank fuck





sizeofanocean
June 3rd 2022


3793 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah Eddie Vedder's voice is torture for me ngl

STIGMATIZED
June 3rd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

no I'm saying Stephen tries to be Eddie vedder but uh he fails

sizeofanocean
June 3rd 2022


3793 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Even that i cannot hear

So thank fuck [2]

STIGMATIZED
June 3rd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Actually not even Eddie, that's too nice



Sounds more like Gavin Rossdale

DDDeftoneDDD
June 3rd 2022


23609 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

No wonder you are stigmatized



Ahahahha



Nah for real. Good points overall, we needed your takes.



STIGMATIZED
June 3rd 2022


363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

im sorry lmao for the name, id change it if i could.

Before i got my adhd diagnosis i was a hyperactive brat and thought that "Stigmatized" by Biohazard was the greatest fucking epic song ever (as much as i love them they have fallen off so hard after mata leao) so yaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA



"Taken by surprise, stigmatized by the things I've seen with my own eyes

Traumatized until I realize that I gotta go on with my life"



is bars indeed. if you're wondering why im giving you a explaination its because im now extremely self aware of poor life decisions

DDDeftoneDDD
June 3rd 2022


23609 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm not, and tks for sharing



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