Album Rating: 2.0

"SpiritCrusher your avi is the GOAT."



well thank you kind sir, I'm a huge fan of the legend on your avi too

Album Rating: 3.0

OK I see what JS is talking about, that's the classic trick of "running a really shallow idea through a thesaurus until it sounds smart"



that said there are some legit lyrics here, like the Northern Fires bit I quoted earlier

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah I understand that, I mean that's what Nothing More did with their last album and everyone managed to buy it for some stupid reason

Album Rating: 3.5

pretty sure the vocalist/lyricist has a Masters in psychology, so it's not like he just whipped out a thesaurus. He's actually a smart cookie

Album Rating: 3.0

@ButtBoy I'm pretty sure you're right. Just listening to the dude talk you get the idea that he's some kind of savant of life that just delves deep into everything he bothers delving into at all.

Album Rating: 2.0

Which is exactly why their live show should just be in a church

Album Rating: 3.5

not sure I'm seeing the logic but ok

Album Rating: 3.5

have you been to a church that integrates metalcore? If so, please direct me there

Album Rating: 3.0

"so it's not like he just whipped out a thesaurus. He's actually a smart cookie"



He might be, but the use of big words does not denote intelligence.



Either way I'm still listening to this but this is really lacking in dynamics. The music has some interesting technical bits but pacing/structure leaves a lot to be desired

Album Rating: 3.5

Lower Empire is fucking crazy

Album Rating: 1.0

'Nuclear families split apart like the atom



Demagogues proliferate the calloused grip of the state



The future asphyxiates under nativist suspicions



Insipid minds domestic fission'



Agreed that is pretty cringey

Album Rating: 2.5



I didnt find outstanding tracks for myself, not as good as previous album. 3/5

Album Rating: 3.5

Lower Empire might be my favorite here, gotta jam it more tho

Album Rating: 3.5

*He might be, but the use of big words does not denote intelligence*



Masters in Psychology doesn't mean you aren't churning out really heavy handed prose when you write 'intelligent' song lyrics

Ayyy so it's the House of Leaves of metalcore

I'm not convinced there are any good metal lyricists

Album Rating: 3.0

It's a shame this band has such an annoying clean vocalist. They could be soooo good with decent choruses

I'm also adamantly against artists footnoting their own lyrics

Album Rating: 1.0

this site is really bugging me w the shit albums getting such nice averages

"I'm not convinced there are any good metal lyricists"

Keith Buckley always scratches the itch for me.

"Dual damnations dichotomize me" has to be the most redundant horseshit I've heard in four words or less. The other detractors have a point. Some of these verses land but a great many of them whiff- and HARD. This dude needs a fucking editor.

Lyricism aside, this just seems like average metalcore.