Album Rating: 3.0

Then again, I like plenty of singers people don't like (Spencer Sotelo, anyone?) and I struggle to sympathize with people calling them annoying lol

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

It's not uncommon for me to hold unpopular opinions, particularly when it comes to music (just look at my album rankings for Dream Theater, Swallow the Sun and Dark Tranquillity), so when I find myself in disagreement, I kind of shrug like Nic Cage in Face/Off.

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah i mean you put Awake over Metropolis, I'm considering revisiting Awake to see if I was being too harsh with my 3.5 for that album.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Awake is an album that's solid on first listen, but the more you listen and consider the formula at play, the more it simply works.

Album Rating: 3.0

Makes sense. m/

Album Rating: 2.0

awake is better than anything since

Album Rating: 3.0

Metropolis tho m/

Album Rating: 2.0

gr8 record but im just really into moore over rudess and pre-food poisoning labrie lol. i even like the 1993 change of seasons more than the studio release

Album Rating: 3.0

Fair enough

Album Rating: 4.0

But the EP version of ACoS is a much better composition o:

Album Rating: 4.0

Awake is Labrie's best vocal performance for sure. The dude was a beast before the food poisoning.

Album Rating: 2.0

@kal i actually way prefer petrucci's pre-awake guitar tone over the chugga 7 string guitar deal so that also gives more points to 93 acos

Album Rating: 3.5

Kinda sad how the food poisoning permanently damaged his vocals.



Those highs he reaches on songs like Lie off of Awake ughhhh, but a mere memory now.

Album Rating: 3.0

I think it's the fact that he went out on tour without letting it properly heal, ngl.

Album Rating: 2.0

yeah man. admirable but hell dude a voice is a voice

Album Rating: 3.0

As much as I like Oli Sykes' signature tone, the dude needs to stop fucking up his voice, and if it means teaching him a technique that makes him sound like a hollow ass robot live, unable to emote like usual, so be it.

Album Rating: 3.5

A lot of singers do it, but that's due to them using the wrong techniques which could be easily fixed by hiring a vocal coach.



LaBrie's was different as he knew how to sing but didn't let his voice heal, like you said.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah, the only contention I've had is I worry that the technique the coach implements would fuck with their emotional potential.

Album Rating: 3.5

It's either that or screw up your voice and potentially be unable to do your job and earn a living.

Album Rating: 3.0

Oh definitely. But I'm a selfish bastard that wants the maximum of what I see as emotionally engaging, or in the words of some, "whiny", vocal performances by any means necessary, so there's that part of me that doesn't give a shit how long they last as long as they deliver what I want.