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Album Rating: 4.0

I admit the last LPs lost me somehow… not really on point. But this one is finally a good old ABR! The Nameless slaps hard

Album Rating: 4.5

appreciate it gyro! and yes larkin this would be a great discog to binge. there are definitely subtleties album to album that set each apart.



the nameless is so good, i was surprised that it seems to be a track picked out by many as weaker. that mid section is so meshuggah, especially that robotic thordendal esque solo

Album Rating: 4.5

Den of Thieves has been stuck in my head all week, along with a few others. Love their consistency. Will probably have to bump this up.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

The Nameless is great. Really the only two I'm not feeling completely are Sonic Salvation and Cerebral, still decent but way more rote ABR

New Evanescence, August Burns Red..all we need now is for Dave to gush about Butch Walker and the trip back in time will be complete.

Okay as someone that very much does think a lot of their records sound the same (I’ve only ever listened to one in full but I’ve heard a bunch of their songs over the years) is there a record that’s the most “out there”? I really would love to get into these guys because I’ve never outright hated anything I’ve heard from them, I just have also never really been interested enough to properly check them out.

plz thx

Good review tho fam, when I saw they dropped something new I was kinda indifferent toward it, but you clearly got a lot of love for them and I feel like we def have similar taste so I guess I’ll see if I can get into them

Album Rating: 4.5

thanks man! this definitely isn't out there, this is a straight throwback to their early days. if i know you, i think you'll appreciate the straightforward heaviness here. this isn't a bad place to start again.

Right on, I’ll jam it tomorrow at work 👍

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I think Constellations or Leveler is a great place to start for an overall feel of their sound. This is a great place too for a distillation of their sound.

@wildcard I'd say Found in Far Away Places kinda fits what you're looking for the most

I’ll do that and this one then, I’ve heard Constellations but that was years and years ago, I’ve def heard a track or two off Leveler too, that album art looks way too familiar

I will say for a prog metalcore™️ band I do appreciate the shorter song lengths. Nothings more discouraging (and unappealing, tbh) to me than a bunch of 8+ minute tracks

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah not much of ABR is really out there at all, but that's part of the appeal for many. They're highly consistent and it generates devotion and irritation from both sides of the aisle

Album Rating: 4.0

Man just listened to Den of Thieves again and it friggin goes

Album Rating: 3.0

Hmmm I'm not sure if this is really my thing. I'm 7 tracks deep and it's got some fun moments but seems to settle back into the same mode often. I'm unfamiliar with their other stuff, but it sounds like these guys embody a particular era of metalcore that generally doesn't do much for me. It's just like, a lot of mid-tempo chugs, highly produced drums, fairly uniform harsh vox. They immediately sound a hell of a lot better than many of their contemporaries, though, because (at least so far) they don't lean into the whole whiny clean sung choruses like so many other metalcore bands. Den of Thieves is the best thing I've heard by a mile so far. Maybe I need a few listens to properly break through.

Album Rating: 4.5

That's understandable tbh.

Album Rating: 4.5

I know I mentioned Den of Thieves a few comments up, but man, Forged by Failure may be my favorite ABR song… no recency bias at all..

Album Rating: 4.5

I actually don't find ABR to be mid tempo chugs at all, they typically go for more fast punk style speed, and Jake is all over the vocal spectrum here. But they definitely "settle back into the same mode" for sure. I think that's a lot of people's historical beef. The main line is what is samey