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Mesm277
May 23rd 2021


1136 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The calm part after the breakdown in Smartfriend is so satisfying

DarkNoctus
May 23rd 2021


12780 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i really don't like smartfriend. the verses annoy the shit out of me and it's one of their clumsiest choruses rhythm wise.

dangerousdarrin
May 23rd 2021


847 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Smartfriend is one of the bands absolute best songs. It's better than anything on the new album. I don't even care. No contest.

Flugmorph
May 23rd 2021


35413 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

they don't care guys.

dangerousdarrin
May 23rd 2021


847 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I definitely don't care what you have you to say. You love their worst song. It's embarrassing.

DarkNoctus
May 23rd 2021


12780 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

okay darrin

parksungjoon
May 23rd 2021


47227 Comments


>You love their worst song. It's embarrassing.


only thing embarrassing here is you mate, chill lol

dangerousdarrin
May 23rd 2021


847 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Lolz

thedoom
May 23rd 2021


575 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

some people just really don't like rap I guess

LeddSledd
May 24th 2021


7445 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

There's not one song on the new album that beats anything on Inmazes [2]

DarkNoctus
May 24th 2021


12780 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

you're right, there's not one, there's several :^)

LeddSledd
May 24th 2021


7445 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

several stinkers, that is correct

nightbringer
May 24th 2021


2931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Witness continues to grow on me. Several choruses are stuck in my head.

nightbringer
May 24th 2021


2931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"some people just really don't like rap I guess"



Rap is fine but rap and metal make for a precarious partnership. I mean, I can't think of any attempt at the combination that I really love. And I can think of lots that are cringe.



That said, the track record of attempts is so awful that it's hard to truly *hear* a new attempt without the negative associations of rap+metal colouring the listen. These Black Claws definitely set off nu metal comparisons in my mind, which left a bad taste in my mouth, but on further listens it's not terrible. I still don't love it but I don't need to skip it either.

parksungjoon
May 24th 2021


47227 Comments


>Rap is fine but rap and metal make for a precarious partnership. I mean, I can't think of any attempt at the combination that I really love. And I can think of lots that are cringe.

spineless by tourniquet was better than it had any right to be, but im with you on not really loving any of that stuff

ChrimzonCanine
May 24th 2021


2080 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

There's not one song on the new album that beats anything on Inmazes [3]



And even that record has a lot of useless chaff in it :P

dangerousdarrin
May 24th 2021


847 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I actually like some rap but like mentioned before, it rarely works in heavy genres and why keep trying? It sounds awful. Also why does the rap song have their worst lyrics ever? "One straw in the drain, One word that you failed to sustain" ahhh I cringe.

Sowing
Moderator
May 24th 2021


45535 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I didn't even know the new one came out. Been hyped from the singles for a while now.

bigweinerdon
May 24th 2021


2927 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

How do people not like Smartfriend? That song is an absolute rip

Sowing
Moderator
May 24th 2021


45535 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Straight Lines is off to a wonderful start



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