Album Rating: 2.5

tedious, mainstream piece of crap. I'm so happy their latest turned out much better than this.

Album Rating: 3.0

The Living Infinite is pretty much ze bezt thing

Album Rating: 2.5

Tried to listen to this album after I jammed The Living Infinite. So fucking boring and bad. It makes me cringe.

the drumming on this is so good though

Album Rating: 2.5

Only if it's present in the songs at all, most of the songs on this are lazily written, filtered electronic build-ups

Album Rating: 3.0

This is one off my favorite Soilwork albums honestly.

Album Rating: 2.5

y it sucks

it really does

Yeah new one and and their 2nd and 3rd ones are much much better than this

new one is kinda cool, the vox are kinda bad but the guitarwork is great

I think his screaming is pretty good but the singing is kinda generic yeah.

screamings are pretty generic but theyre ok, cleans are mostly bad but sometimes decent.
drums are also pretty generic on the first disc.

Album Rating: 3.0

Well why do you guys dislike this one so much? Mainstream appeal and high-quality are not mutually exclusive factors, you know. This is pretty well-executed as an alternative rock album that happens to include some metalcore and melodeath elements. The songwriting is also lot stronger than on an album like Figure Number Five, which while similar aesthetically, followed the standard songwriting template pretty exclusively.



That said, this is probably my fourth favorite Soilwork behind A Predator's Portrait, The Living Infinite, and The Chainheart Machine; it's about on par with Natural Born Chaos and The Panic Broadcast for me.

"Mainstream appeal and high-quality are not mutually exclusive factors, you know."
obv not, the beatles are one of the greatest bands ever

Album Rating: 5.0

finally, someone who wrote a review and rated it properly.

finally? this review was written 8 years ago

Album Rating: 2.5

Everything about this album screams lazy. Half-assed. Almost intentionally watered-down.



Damn, that sounds like a review summary. I'll probably write one for this, too.

Album Rating: 3.0

I still think Figure Number Five sounds much more watered-down than this one.

Album Rating: 3.0

This is certainly their most "alternative-rock" album but there are some pretty interesting songs here.

Album Rating: 2.5

Just listened to it and meh. It's bad. FNF is indeed more mainstream, but the melodies are at least fun. To me FNF - 3, this - 2,5 STAGD - 2 (simply because it's STD mk 2)