Album Rating: 3.5

Leveler has their best song period with Salt & Light

couldn't agree more fellas. very happy the abr thread regulars dig leveler like i do haha. not even nostalgia, i listened when it came out and always liked it!

Album Rating: 4.0

I think people here were too bought into the "metalcore is stagnant and overpopulated" thinking and ABR were the face of it for whatever reason.



Also Leveler t/t is like top 5 ABR for me

yeah i think you're right on there.

carpe diem for me. and poor millionaire has always been one of my favs.

“ I think people here were too bought into the "metalcore is stagnant and overpopulated" thinking and ABR were the face of it for whatever reason.”

never got that vibe back then, people just wanted Composure 3.0

Album Rating: 4.0

The end of 40 Nights gets me so hyped. Ok ok I'll listen to Leveler

time for a discog run for me! i actually fell off for the most part after rescue and restore besides a few songs

Album Rating: 4.0

Just look at the reviews for Leveler lol, one of which was a staffer

you mean a fellow NERD with barely any hxc experience on the road?

doesn’t mean shit

Album Rating: 4.0

true

every old metalcore review started with a fingerwagging intro about the roots of the genre lol. it's so funny. just reads like self parody now.

Album Rating: 3.5

Basically metalcore wasn't worth a shit to the enlightened Sputter back in the day unless you were Botch or Converge lol

now now hold on

once you get promoted you get WISDOM about any genre of your choosing


problem is most of them chose shit

Album Rating: 4.0

No trust this diy indie folk album is a 5.0

Album Rating: 3.0

I have tried to get into Leveler but always found it boring for some reason. If you look at it from a distance it should just be same-old-same-old. Songs just don't hit the same as they do on other records, not sure why.

Album Rating: 4.5

Couldn’t disagree more To be honest lol but to each their own. I do remember when Poor Millionaire dropped as a single everyone loved it. And then shit on the album lol

Album Rating: 3.0

The Nameless is a pretty good song though. It gets really heavy towards the end and the production helps quite a bit there.

Album Rating: 4.5

I love it. I miss when they go heavy I feel like they mostly abandoned it. It’s why I like Bloodletter so much too

Man, this new album is shaping up to be a disappointment for me. I don't really like any of the singles. I dig The Nameless a bit but that's it. I miss JB's riffs and odd time signature like in Thrill Seeker through Found in Far Away Places.

Leveler just came after Constellations so I think most people saw it as a step back after that even though they had a pretty great streak up to maybe Phantom Anthem?