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NudeTayne
February 20th 2024


2244 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Members Only is the most happy metal song I'd actually crowd kill to

Meborphus
February 29th 2024


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Having a hard time understanding the rating drop for this album.

Whole thing is genuinely fun and I still revisit it

onionbubs
February 29th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

yeah this is a big step up from false idol

Tundra
February 29th 2024


10737 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yep owns

Meborphus
February 29th 2024


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Agreed - trumps False Idol but sits just below Matriarch for me.

Think I finally get Death Runner too - thought it was always overshadowed by Lost Creator but it makes a great closing pair. The riff at the 2 minute mark is too spicy.

Rowhaus
March 1st 2024


7149 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

To me this just feels so sterile and bland compared to stuff like id and CMC. What's with these early 00s metalcore bands progressing as players, but regressing as songwriters? It feels like an AI wrote this tbh

Meborphus
March 2nd 2024


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That was always my biggest beef with False Idol. Marc said in an interview around release time that he wrote all the songs in the span of two weeks, and it honestly sounds exactly like that.



This at the very least is fun imo

Odal
Emeritus
March 2nd 2024


3129 Comments


This one feels like a nice bounceback for them. I couldn't get much into False Idols and Matriarch because they felt too.....scattershot and safe? Idk, I need to give them more listens but they've never been able to hold my attention like this one thankfully has. Even still, there are sections that have me scratching my head. I'm not against clean vocals in this scene or anything, but I just really like them here lol

I'm kinda with Rowhaus though, a lot of bands that were clowned on back in the day have become absurdly good musicians while taking a step back in the songwriting department. I'd rather have something clumsy and full of personality like Common Man's Collapse than something pristine and joyless.

onionbubs
March 2nd 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

yeah this still cant really hold a candle to the three albums pre matriarch. def has more personality than theyve had in a while but its still like, not *fullly* there yet. really hope they push for an album like death runner next but its not gonna happen lol

Odal
Emeritus
March 2nd 2024


3129 Comments


Totally. This feels like what they should've done after Eclipse and it's kinda frustrating that it took them a decade to essentially do a worse version of what they instantly did so well in their early years lol

Meborphus
March 2nd 2024


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Definitely not lol.

I really grew to love Matriarch after learning (and attempting) to play its songs on guitar. Everything pre Matriarch may as well be a different band.

Matriarch < CMC < Eclipse < Mother < ID < FI < ATSA

onionbubs
March 2nd 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

eclipse > id > cmc > this > matriarch >>> false idol

Meborphus
March 2nd 2024


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, I got my symbols going the wrong way lol

Odal
Emeritus
March 2nd 2024


3129 Comments


I'd probably swap id and eclipse but other than that, agree with onionbubs

Tundra
March 2nd 2024


10737 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This dumps on the old stuff yeah

Tundra
March 2nd 2024


10737 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The production sounds very mechanical yes, I just like that prestine sound

onionbubs
March 2nd 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

yea i think this sounds fine tbh

NudeTayne
March 4th 2024


2244 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

CLOSE OFF THE GATEWAY ENTER SLOWLYYYYYY

NudeTayne
March 4th 2024


2244 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

youuuuuuuuuu knooooow

eyeeeeeeees cloooosed

YOUUUUUU KNOOOOOW

EYEEEEEEES CLOOOOOOOOSED

NudeTayne
March 4th 2024


2244 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Members Only is the best song they've ever written



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