Album Rating: 4.0
"maybe not now but the direction they're going seems to hint at a possible move to that type of schlock"
I find it hard to believe you've actually listened to this now
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There’s nothing on the album that indicates that to me. Their heavy riffs are more reminiscent of 90s metalcore than the likes of Wage War or anything like that.
I mean “Forever Hurtling Towards Andromeda” has Sean Ingram doing vox with some sick mathy riffs at the end, and the chorus vocal melody with the guitar melody man
Yea I’m not sure why you’d think Norma Jean are becoming a chuggy beatdown hardcore band
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah I love Wage War and Norma Jean but this sounds nothing like Wage War
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Album Rating: 4.0
nah i jammed it earlier today. it's mostly the first half that sounds like that for me. first two songs especially.
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This is a stellar metalcore record agent
I cannot believe you consider ABR to be better than this
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Album Rating: 4.0
It's "tuned too low"
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Album Rating: 4.0
I mean not all ABR is top notch but Found In Far Away Places has a bit more going on instrumentally than some parts of this record.
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Album Rating: 4.0
well if it didn't rely as heavily on the open tonic it would be better
that song in F# works better than half the songs in A imo because of the way it was composed
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Album Rating: 4.0
I hope Deathbat never listens to The Acacia Strain, it might trigger him
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No it doesn't. It really doesn't. Just because it's tuned too low doesn't mean there isn't lots of instrumental stuff happening on the record.
Besides, by that logic holy hell should be a 1/5 record for you.
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ABR is a lot more flashy with their playing but I don’t find their writing nearly as good as Norma Jean
That being said, the only ABR album I like is Thrill Seeker
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Album Rating: 4.0
I don't mind the few tracks I've heard but I don't foresee myself feeling too fondly of a full album
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Album Rating: 4.0
were you piledrived down a flight of stairs as a child?
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Album Rating: 4.0
nah i don't mean that low tuning means there's nothing going on, smh
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Album Rating: 4.0
and I'm not even bashing the whole album jesus christ I'm noting stuff that i don't think works as well, even the worst offenders are at least a 2.5-3 imo here because they still do it better than other bands that tried the low tonic reliance
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Album Rating: 4.0
Low tuning doesn't equal bad you dingus. There's nothing trendy about this album at all. Norma Jean was trendy like 15 years ago but not anymore.
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Album Rating: 4.0
when did i say it equalled bad?
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Album Rating: 4.0
i swear y'all are just mad that i don't think it's their best album
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Agent just hates low tuning because Meshuggah killed his family.
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I don't think it's their best album either.
Alejandro is right, as always.
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