Album Rating: 4.5

Starting to wonder if Mattel might be in the conversation of the very best song here

"The best, most beautiful, and most perfect song ever written. An impossibly intricate version of this plays in Heaven."
lol excellent
and i feel that the best song here convo is exclusive to the Cosmic / Beautiful Morning / Easier trifecta

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

both



its also perfect metallized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bIxXrb8MYI&ab_channel=VhalHaleN



organized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFftXIMQG4&ab_channel=StevenCurrent-Topic



and yes even electronicized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ6Fxo6vaKI&ab_channel=BlueClawPhilharmonic-Topic



have to try rly hard to fuck it up tbh

did not include the Dream Dolphin version = irredeemable

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tYO4FyaGTY&ab_channel=EthemAnda%C3%A7"

jesus christ

that last one is flames though

Album Rating: 5.0

"M Shadows is also best friends with, while being a suspect human being, Chris Jericho the wrestler singer of Fozzy. He has mastered the art of staying relevant and dedicated for 4+ decades"



hahahaha this is the least surprising thing ever

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i put the wrong metal version its this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bIxXrb8MYI&ab_channel=VhalHaleN

Album Rating: 5.0

The only part that really stands out that I dislike it’s the garish synths during the solo on Easier.



I literally can’t think of a single other thing I dislike about this record.

Album Rating: 5.0

this is their painmaker

Album Rating: 4.0

still in awe of how amazing Nobody is, especially with the music video.



(2) (3) and (4)

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Someone's reimagining these songs in the City of Evil style. Hmm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyWls0xkCyg

Album Rating: 4.0

"hahahaha this is the least surprising thing ever"



Yeah...sad but true. Jericho had the advantage of ingratiating himself in Shadows world by being a celebrity beforehand but their friendship did hold true. The thing i like most about jericho is his real life persona being able to handle real life conversation with eloquence and physical violence only when called for but his actual opinions are probably fucked up, trumpian. His wife would 100% have gone to jail for a period if she wasnt a canadian citizen. His wife showed up and was one of the ones on that pence trump biden riot bullshit.

Album Rating: 5.0

The drumming is kinda whack but those guitar leads are 100% City of Evil

HEMIFox426
4 years ago (edited)
This song Rocks! I Would love to see or rather, hear more classsical music metalized in this manner. "ROCK ON FELLOW METAL HEADS!!!"

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agreed

Album Rating: 2.5

“ Starting to wonder if Mattel might be in the conversation of the very best song here”



God I hope not.



The review summary for this is hilariously overselling it, I’ve gotta say. Makes it sound like this is unrecognizable from old A7X and it really isn’t lol. The songwriting is for sure miles better than anything they’ve done in well over a decade, but I’m not hearing this career defining masterpiece you guys are talking about. Kind of feel the same way about this that I did The Killer’s Pressure Machine, where I think it’s comfortably one of the best things the band has done but feel like everyone is overhyping it because it was actually a competent and enjoyable release in a long line of dogshit releases. Idk, maybe it’ll grow more. It’s certainly pretty fun, but my mind isn’t blown

Album Rating: 4.0

i never really listened to 'the stage' but after the rev passed away and they put out 'hail to the king' I kinda assumed the part that made them weird and interesting was gone



this is right up my alley though, and i saw shadows say in a interview that the rev would've been stoked for this album and i have to believe he would've

Album Rating: 5.0

definitely check out the stage, it’s like they knew they fucked up with HttK and went in the complete opposite direction to make up for it.



I’d go so far to say that this is the next logical step after the stage honestly

Album Rating: 4.0

Agreed wild

Album Rating: 4.0

I was a collector back in the day and took the hail to the king ep to a renowned cheap shop and they raved about th "rare" ep and gave me the option of $10 cash or $17.50 t trade in value. Took the cash and marveled about society.