Album Rating: 4.0

I really like this album but Parallax II still the goat

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btbam was awesome in silver spring last night but gotta say they should not be an opener anymore... or at the very least have their audience in mind when constructing their setlists



their shows only really work if they're playing to their own fanbase... they got zero crowd reaction and anytime they played a slower/goofier section dudes would just yell stupid shit. not really a whitechapel fan, and had never even heard of khemmis, but the crowd was way more into them despite being lower on the ticket.



not really sure why they would play songs like "never seen / future shock" and "the future is behind us" for an audience of trivium fans

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not like they stopped writing heavy tracks on their new albums though



setlist coulda been something like



1. monochrome / double helix (instead of sun of nothing)

2. revolution in limbo

3. extremophile elite

4. obfuscation (instead of never seen)

5. condemned to the gallows (instead of future is behind us)



doesn't have to be all silent circus tracks or something

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"Nothing wrong with sun of nothing being there..?"



Yeah my thought process there was just keeping at least 20 minutes of colors 2 material more than anything + obfu just has that big hook energy never seen has without the "goofy" parts and also fits the "old song" quota sun was fulfilling



And lmao yeah I can't ever imagine them cutting up their songs and doing dream theater type medleys or cutting sections out of songs... i know they've done things where they've only played half of swim to the moon, started obfuscation from that part from that bass groove section, and did a medley of debut/silent circus songs... but them doing like a 15 minute parallax medley!? the transitions in those songs are already super difficult as is I can't imagine transitioning to different songs haha... and I'd want my money back if they ever did a "condensed version" of white walls lol

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Also this isn't to say I didn't like the set they actually played, besides thinking future was kind of a strange choice for a closer even if it does have that breakdown at the end



blake brought out the rock band drum pads for never seen shit was tight af

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if they were set on playing those five songs i would've done sun / elite / never seen / behind / and closed with limbo



i think limbo will be played at every show they play for the next 5-10 years, if not the rest of their career... truly amazing hook for a band who only writes like 1-2 per album

>Jesus this band still has the worst vocals. Totally ruins everything

fify

Album Rating: 3.0

literally why I never got into them 100%

I forgot that this was a thing.

Album Rating: 2.0

band sucks so its not surprising

blows ass

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tfw tundra's comments are deleted and the page looks like i'm having a super serious btbam discussion with myself

Album Rating: 2.0

makes you look like a typical btbam fan

would you like a Purge 2 ?

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

this is a btbam thread johnny everything deserves a sequel around these parts

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

so 18 months removed from release i no longer think this is their best non-colors album



monochrome / double helix / revolution is the album's strongest stretch. revolution in particular i feel like is one of their greatest achievements period.



never seen is a song i find kinda boring nowadays. just feels slow and plodding and is one of their very few 10ish minute songs i feel doesn't really justify its run time. stare into the abyss is good at what its going for and transitions nicely into prehistory, but having it follow up never seen just makes the 2nd quarter of this album feel like a huge lull.



prehistory still slaps i don't care what anyone says



bad habits is another high point but has also slightly grown off me... future is behind us is fun still though i think everything after the breakdown could've been cut



turbulent has always been my least favorite track and it remains that way



human is hell is still great



overall i feel like this def could've been cut by like 20 minutes, which i can't really say for any of their other albums. great misdirect and parallax 2 and probably alaska clear it

Album Rating: 3.0

parallax 2 is dogshit in comparison to this

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haha pika explain to me your btbam ratings, mainly what makes you like great misdirect so much better than colors and p2

Album Rating: 3.0

my btbam ratings are inversely proportional to how disjointed, unfocused, and badly written their shit sounds

Album Rating: 4.5

Pika, do you have a BTBAM ranking? Would be interesting to see