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bloc
April 13th 2010


70880 Comments


I looooooooooove that song Em. And yes, all thanks to Willie.

Wolfe, it was the other two....I know it.

Baphomet
April 13th 2010


7363 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

haha, nah I'm not saying POD sucks bay any means. It just came to a surprise that Em's favorite band was POD.

Emim
April 13th 2010


38467 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

haha, nah I'm not saying POD sucks bay any means. It just came to a surprise that Em's favorite band was POD.




I own all their albums except for Brown and Snuff the Punk. P.O.D. was the first "heavy" band I ever owned.

Willie
Moderator
April 13th 2010


20672 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

To the Shizit lovers. It's now time to check out two Rabbit Junk albums: This Life Is Where You Get Fucked and REframe.



ReFrame is more diverse and more aggressive, but also more raw. Life... isn't as aggressive but is probably the better written of the two (I'm partial to ReFrame.



Edit: oh yeah, to put it in context... Rabbit Junk is a different band from the same guy that does everything in Shizit.



Emim
April 13th 2010


38467 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I will add those to the list. Been trying to get into Industrial more lately.

HenchmanOfSanta
April 13th 2010


1994 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

To contribute in a non-Opeth-related manner:

This sounds like a pretty decent album, but I plan on getting the new Lair of the Minotaur album and maybe the Sky Eats Airplane EP first as far as getting new stuff. I can almost guarantee giving this a 3.5 rating based on the review.

Willie
Moderator
April 13th 2010


20672 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

Lair of the Minotaur? Similar to this style or just something random?

HenchmanOfSanta
April 13th 2010


1994 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

They're really cheesy thrash/sludge/doom from Chicago. I have a review of their last album up.

XIVIX
April 13th 2010


63 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I just got this today and am really enjoying the sound this band produces. I am pleased to see heavy Amorphis influences done correctly.



Tales From The Thousand Lakes and Tuonela are two of my all time favorite Amorphis releases so it's nice to be taken back to that era with this bands debut.



Great stuff overall.

Crysis
Emeritus
April 13th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The only thing which I think is really disappointing are the clean vocals, they could have been so much better.

XIVIX
April 13th 2010


63 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I personally didn't mind the clean vocals. I think they suited their purpose and were pulled off well enough

Willie
Moderator
April 13th 2010


20672 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

They definitely filled their role, but I agree that they could have been better and pushed this album forward so much more.

XIVIX
April 13th 2010


63 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Perhaps we will see different vocals on their next release. Who knows, maybe the power of the vocals will have increased by then.

Willie
Moderator
April 13th 2010


20672 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

Probably not without a new vocalist. The guy has been doing these vocals in Swallow the Sun for multiple albums with no real substantial improvement, so there's no reason to expect any now.

BigTuna
April 13th 2010


5998 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Maybe his accent will be gone too.

XIVIX
April 13th 2010


63 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I really enjoyed Swallow the Sun's records. The vocals never really bothered me so much as they would have for other people.

Crysis
Emeritus
April 13th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The funny thing is the clean vocals in Swallow The Sun are miles better, just listen to their cover of "Solitude" on The Morning Never Came. Where are those vocals?

XIVIX
April 13th 2010


63 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Well considering that record was released before this one, the vocalist could have tired his voice out slightly due to all the stress on his throat from performing harsh vocals all these years.



That's just my thoughts however and I could be completely wrong.

Crysis
Emeritus
April 13th 2010


17652 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Either way it would be nice to see some variance/improvement in both the clean vocals and the screams.

Spec
April 14th 2010


41416 Comments


Theres not TOO much clean singing is there?





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