Parkway Drive Killing With A Smile
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Deathconscious
June 25th 2026


28289 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"Definitely improved on subsequent albums."



Not by much, they've always had cringey lyrics.

JayEnder
June 25th 2026


23583 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"The crumbling skyline cuts a vicious horizon



Sinking its teeth into the cold September sky"



Definitely got better over time but yeah the lyrics on this album are pretty bad

Christbait
June 25th 2026


2118 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"Not by much, they've always had cringey lyrics."



Oh for sure. I don't look to Parkway Drive for lyrical inspiration, but it's not wrong that the lyrics did get better as their talent grew.



Dead eyes speak in volumes

But our lips refuse to move

Could this ever be the last time?

The final time that we see this through?

Give me the strength to return

Return the breath you've stolen

Give me the means to reset, reset

Her heart I've broken again

Reflections, built upon sorrow

We're walking the darkest roads

Within chests carved with regret

Ectier
June 25th 2026


5464 Comments


Their best song and its made of scraps lol.

Their lyrics have always been passable up till Atlas and Ire a bit, after that? Idk man they became way worse imo

But after the whole jed and broken glass, byron scene stuff coming out. They can fuck off

Christbait
June 25th 2026


2118 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I dropped them when Atlas released. I know some folks didn't notice a drop in quality but I think I was so bored with Atlas that I barely remember it. I think the most recent song from them I liked was "Absolute Power" and, yeah, it sounds like classic Parkway Drive but the lyrics are very middling.

jrlikestodance
June 25th 2026


9174 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Boneyards best song, this best album

Emim
June 25th 2026


40374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Preach

JeetJeet
June 25th 2026


13060 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"I dropped them when Atlas released. I know some folks didn't notice a drop in quality but I think I was so bored with Atlas that I barely remember it."

Its the boring version of Deep Blue. Such a disappointment and the band only got worse so I pinpoint that album as the start of their insane falloff.

Christbait
June 25th 2026


2118 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Deep Blue sort of catapulted them into metalcore stardom. Once they got there they got comfortable. And then I think they just got money-hungry and transitioned to the stadium rock garbage. Gone are the days where they just surfed, wrote riffs, and hired dudes who couldn't play the instrument but were fun to have around for the vibes.

joshieboy
June 26th 2026


8518 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Australian tour got announced playing this and Horizons in full. $175 for each show, fuckin ridiculous. Price gouging fans for a nostalgia tour is one way to try and recover your reputation huh

Christbait
June 26th 2026


2118 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

And that's collectively, what? 80 minutes of music? Not like they're playing a 3 hour set. That's insane money.

arthropod
June 26th 2026


3723 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That would be... what, 450 PLN? Ridiculous.

jrlikestodance
June 26th 2026


9174 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Cashing in on core nostalgia w arena rock pricing. Disgraceful

KjSwantko
June 26th 2026


12884 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Band sucks and sold out hard. I don’t even find it surprising really.

nash1311
June 27th 2026


11720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I was not aware of the drama til Ect's post. Holy moly 🤢

NudeTayne
June 27th 2026


3506 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Killing With A Semi

Ectier
June 27th 2026


5464 Comments


Thats why I have deleted my ratings for them. Also fuck Prom queen as well but Crafters always been a cunt.

This is from a shakey memory of my investigation of it: Broken Glass(Crafter was someone who ran or heavily involved) was a forum in the early 2000s where pics of girls where shared etc. Apparently aside from members of the band (Winston and cant remember the other guy) would play a game to see how many girls they could pick up in a night oe some shit.

But the biggest fuck you is the band coming out and saying they had no idea the drummers brother. who they dragged around for 20 years and made shirts about(dads against jed), gave him a nickname Jia wrote rap lyrics about, was a sexual predator and pedophile. 30+ Women came forward, he has been charged and all.


These fuckwits made me kinda proud of Aussie core for ages when i was a teen and i was a huge fan.


KjSwantko
June 27th 2026


12884 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Damn. Well we all know where perverts and pedophiles belong (wood chipper). I stick to the first half of Amity Afflictions discog for my Aussie fix.

Emim
June 27th 2026


40374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Twelve Foot Ninja m/



also Stories

nash1311
June 29th 2026


11720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Leave it to Emim to drop the gem (Stories)



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