Album Rating: 3.0

Looking forward to this album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKmbySC3V6U

One song in and I can already tell this is going to be shit. Gosh what an awful vocalist.

Lol wrong thread. nvm.

Album Rating: 2.0

4.0.....





No. Absolutely not. At best this is a very low 2.0

Album Rating: 1.0

I gave Shamus a run for his money. I respect his opinion and find it interesting. I simply don't see his vision. Walst doesn't cut it as a lyricist. Vocalist is one thing, but lyricist is another. He doesn't offer much investment. He writes immaturely and neglects anything worth mentioning. The music is usual 3DG fashion. I don't find that a bad thing because I like Stock and the rest. I just can't get behind it.

Album Rating: 4.5

I can respect and even appreciate that this band kinda lets everyone on this site down lyrically, but as I stated in my review, this is TDG we're talking about. Lyrical brilliance isn't their forte, or at least it hasn't been since the One-X/LSN days. Sure, i'm grading them on a bit of a curve, especially considering I've been a fan of this band for several years, but I do feel lyrical content isn't the fairest metric to grade them on.

Album Rating: 1.0

Lyrics are the heart and soul of a song in my opinion. Music is just as important, however, they don't speak the way lyrics do. Adam Gontier's lyrics stemmed from a personal standpoint. The reason "Never Too Late" was a smash hit was because of how emotional and realistic the portrayal was. Walst hasn't hit that yet. His word choice is most of the problem. Another major issue with the album is that it's the same themes as One-X.



I don't mind revisiting themes, but it doesn't add much. One-X dealt with the theme of being an "outsider." The One-X metaphor is entirely based off of that concept. The lyrics and album art sold the ideology. The beauty was how different portrayals of outsiders meshed together. Every story was an outsider from a different perspective. "Never Too Late" was about an abuse victim, "Over and Over" was about addiction, and "Get Out Alive" was a cryptic cautionary tale. These outsiders had an interpersonal viewpoint on what outcasted them from society *and* how they lived with it.



This album doesn't come close to that. Of course, the album wasn't trying to, but the goal was to replicate that. Walst is an outsider in the sense of his rise in the group. He was outcasted from the mainstream, bubbled under the radar, and was granted the sacred spot. He could have written an album based on him being an outsider to older fans or something similar. The fundamentals of the album called for it, but instead, he did the same themes as Human.

^agreed
But let's face it, his lyrics could've been poetry and the result wouldn't have been to different.
This album fucking sucks

Album Rating: 1.0

What makes the album broken is redundancy. The album sinks in on itself because of the mindset, "nothing really matters 'cause we're all going to die alone." That labels the album as useless. That makes his effort useless. That underdeveloped ideology renders "Human" useless as well. He constantly falls back onto that philosophy. It's lazy! "Outsider" doesn't even try to expand on it. All we get is, "stay away from the in crowd" or "push me and I'll push back." Woo-hoo, Walst graduated high school. Celebrating adequacy isn't going to help the band.

Album Rating: 4.5

Damn you explained One-X in a way I don't think I could and you have it a 3.5, whereas it's one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time

I mean I dig the album too but it's still pretty standard radio rock. Just better than most records in the same vein.

Album Rating: 1.0

Just because an album has a 3.5 doesn't mean it's bad. I didn't write my "One-X" review well, but my justification for the rating is solely because it doesn't quite make the mark. Certain songs drag the tone into uncharted territory. Obviously "Pain," "Riot," and "Let it Die" give off a juvenile vibe. I still enjoy "One-X" and it is one of my favorite records, but I don't think that justifies giving it a 5. Sure I gave "Sempiternal" a 5, but that's on different standards. For the era and genre "Sempiternal" was released, it revolutionized their niche' for that time. "One-X" didn't do anything revolutionary aside from release a good radio rock album. One could compare it to "Sound of Madness," another good radio rock album, and say the same. They were just good albums plain and simple.



When I think of a 5, I think of an album that drastically changes a genre or a band as a whole. "One-X" accomplishes one of those things in evolving Three Days Grace into a powerhouse. "One-X" did nothing for radio rock. The genre wasn't meant to be special, so "One-X" is white noise. Radio rock is meant to be a simplified dull genre that appeases ones need of basic rock music. It doesn't need "One-X" because its too complex and dark. That's why Nickelback always stayed at the top. No one thinks about a Nickelback song because it has no meaning. Any song that has some sentimental meaning is trashed in radio rock. No one wants to think or feel a song. They want to rock and party. They want that rockstar image of ladies dancing, people drinking, and drums smashing. "One-X" speaks against that lifestyle, so why would it be accepted?

"Walst doesn't cut it as a lyricist. Vocalist is one thing, but lyricist is another."

because screaming "let's start a riot" four times as a chorus is definitely good lyricism

Album Rating: 1.0

I never said Gontier was a lyrical mastermind. Gontier's written some sub-par songs himself.

But we're kidding ourselves if we're saying Walst is up to par. Gontier was the heart and soul of this band, there's no doubt about that now.

Album Rating: 1.0

It's a weird situation. Delilah makes a good point, but one can't compare the occasional bad single to consistently awful work. For every bad Gontier song there were at least 5 better ones. What does Walst have? His best effort to date is 'Painkiller' with 'I Am Machine' close second.

Album Rating: 4.5

"I Am Machine" I think is honestly the only track off Human that can still stand up to several good performances from Matt on this album. I'm not expecting him to write brilliant, profound ideas. "Porn Star Dancing" is how he got his start. I judge him more on his vocal talents. And sure he's not approaching One-X era Gontier, but he's carving a solid niche for himself and he deserves credit for that.