Album Rating: 4.0

I think of it more like... if I didn't know this band, and I turned on my local fm station and heard these choruses through the static, I wouldn't really think they sound out of place.



Again... I LIKE THEM tho lol not a diss

Album Rating: 3.5

If anything I hear more of a Norma Jean influence than ETID. Which is not a bad thing...

Album Rating: 4.0

yea i get like meridional era cory vibes from the screaming/higher strained side of the singing at points of this

Album Rating: 4.0

Had time to jam this a few more times and I love it. I'd say it's more or less on par with EB for me

Album Rating: 4.0

just wanted to say Fed to the Lights is amazing...

Album Rating: 4.0

Nice Jamdbz, couldn't believe when you said this was a letdown.



The more I listen to this the more I truly think this is the perfect follow up to EB.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah it's crazy how quickly this is growing. I think it might be on par with EB, but maybe I just prefer EB a little bit if that makes sense? Like objectively I think might be just as good, but I think I just slightly prefer the style of EB more than this one.

Album Rating: 4.5

Agree Bandit our Saviour

Album Rating: 3.0

What’s Empty Black like then, compared to this?



2nd spin is going well. Fed to the Lights goes hard!

Album Rating: 4.0

@jay yea haha I knew I'd come around to it eventually. It always takes me a few listens to get into anything since I have the attention span of a goldfish

Album Rating: 4.5

I’m gonna speak from my personal opinion, but EB is more raw, maybe a bit more wreckless abandon and less technical polish. Higher highs. More fluid. It doesn’t really have soft songs, just songs with soft parts. It’s gnarly Demon def check it

Album Rating: 5.0

Nash p much nailed it

Album Rating: 4.5

Good comparison to the guy that said this reminds them of EAPZ (specifically they’re second album). I absolutely adore that band and this has some of the elements that I loved on that album



Some of y’all are bending over backwards to compare these guys to ETID’s 20 year catalogue. Of course there are similarities (they’re in the same genre), but I think it’s disingenuous to only mention the similarities, and not how different the two are. Generally speaking, this album doesn’t sound like anything in ETID catalogue the guitar work, the emphasis on catchy choruses for nearly every song, and the vocals in general

Album Rating: 4.5

Obviously that’s my subjective opinion though

Album Rating: 4.5

Listening to track 3 rn and I can’t think of a single ETID songs that reminds me of this

Album Rating: 4.0

THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING THIS WHOLE THREAD omg thank you



like it's just a gross over-generalization of both bands sound. Like yeah it's the same niche of metalcore but also ETID isn't doing big atmospheric bulidup shit like ornaments, or really even hooks at all in most of their songs... just like greyhaven isn't doing insanely fast hardcore shit like colossal wreck, or doing anything with borderline hard rock riffs like werewolf and wanderlust

Album Rating: 4.5

My only real self proclaimed expertise is with guitar, and the guitar work on this is wildly different than anything in ETID’s catalogue. I mean they both have some southern inspired riffing occasionally, and occasional panic chords… but the two guitarists each have their own distinct style. This guy deserves props for the originality he displayed throughout the whole album

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm just happy to hear Exotic Animal Petting Zoo being referenced in 2022

Tree of Tongues is a GOAT album and it's criminally underrated

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah I agree, ETID comparisons on this album are pretty off base imo.

Album Rating: 4.0

If were talking strictly guitar-wise I find this distinctly different by virtue of this album having more clean guitar than the entire etid discog



Also I'd say the bass is far more present here and doesn't just follow the guitar like a lot of etid's music