To each their own i guess. I'm glad you like it

Album Rating: 2.5

Their 2010 album was better, but BARELY.

Agreed in full. Just

Nice review Ipod. There are a few cool deathcore albums out there (not only TPOE) like Shadow of The Colossus - Shadow of The Colossus...

I love that album- based off a game right?

Nope, the band and the game have the same name but that's it :]

Either way it gets regular plays lol

Album Rating: 2.5

Shadow of the Colossus are great. :D

Pos'd. I definitely won't be listening to this

The only other GOOD deathcore bands I can recommend are the PLASMArifle, The Contortionist, Knives Exchanging Hands, and Glass Casket. Other than that, yeah, pretty much shit.

Thanks for the votes and the rec's guys. I look forward to your feedback

great review, seems you took on the advice from your others with this and it paid off with a really good one

Cheers thumb, appreciate the kind words : ]

Deathcore is a genre where, if a band doesn’t live up to expectations, they become forgettable

reads better with a comma where i put one in

The usual complaints include the recycling of ideas and uninspired breakdowns, often combined with uncreative instrumentation, just to name the least.

reads a little awkward, maybe you meant "just to name a few"

raspy and growled vocal lines, relentless drum work and recycled guitar riffs and chord ideas and passages

desperately needs restructuring

And Hell Followed With’s instrumentation, while respectable, is the main downfall of the album.

insert comma like so

Granted, each member knows what they are doing

another comma

Of all the instruments, the drums alone could be considered a standout based loosely on technical ability.

COMMA! (ok, this one is a matter of preference...but based on the length of the sentence, it sounds better with one. seriously, try reading it aloud to yourself both ways and decide which one flows better)

The double bass work is crisp clear and even while the stick work provides the very backbone of the band.

Not sure what this sentence is trying to convey...I think it would work better if you delete "clear and" and replace it with a comma to read "The double bass work is crisp, even while the stick work provides the very backbone of the band."

The guitarists, while capable, rely on bottom heavy riffage

sigh...

Consumed By Silence’ shows many of the bands technical ability.

"abilities" for subject/verb agreement, also should be "band's" not bands

Unfortunately for this track and others is that they blend too well together and listeners may not know where one track ends and the other begins.

"and others" sounds out of place. also, insert a comma after the word together

Highlighting the album is track ‘A Whisper From Sorrow’

reads awkwardly, i'd say "the track" not just "track"

As far as the album as a whole goes this is one of the most well done songs on here.

horrible sentence...just say, "This is one of the best songs on the album."

drawing in the listener and more importantly keeping them interested longer.

and, more importantly,

has unfortunately created a rather uninspired listen

"have" unfortunately (since you used they earlier in the sentence, you need that agreement between your subject and your verb)

The only question is: “Will you as a listener be able to sit through the dull, in order to get to the slightly better tracks?"

get rid of "as the listener", it is implied that if you are listening to the album that you are the listener. also, the one time you use a comma, it isn't necessary. go figure. i'd eliminate the comma after "dull"

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Ok so as a whole I spent much less time cleaning up your grammar than usual, which must be a good thing. To be honest, this is a noticable improvement over your other writing and is easily your best review to date. The descriptions are excellent, and the grammar is getting a lot better. Just watch your comma usage, that was your biggest failing in this review. I get the feeling from reading this that you struggle to get an idea of how your sentences will sound out loud. That's the only explanation I can think of for your underusage/misuse of commas. So yeah, overall...you could still stand to get better at wording and grammar, but this is as close to a top notch review as you have ever published. For me this gets a B+ and a pos. Keep up the good work, man.

Cheers Sowing, looks like you had a bit of fun tearing that apart.
you could still stand to get better at wording and grammar
I'll continue to work on this, ill get to it eventually. It's the end goal. : ]

the best thing i think you can do to check grammar errors is to write the review, leave it overnight, and read it again the next day. maybe do that one or two more times with several hours in between, and when you're 100% sure it's fine post it. my reviews aren't exactly amazing by any means, so i feel a weird handing out this kind of advice, but in terms of grammar and sentence structure at least, this helps so much. I did it properly for my last review which was far better than the first couple i did.

wow

I think Sowing takes over from Deviant as sputnik's resident review reviewer

Deathcore is a genre where, if a band doesn’t live up to expectations, they become forgettable

that applies to all music, doesnt it?

I think Sowing takes over from Deviant as sputnik's resident review reviewer

You would be surprised what the Contributors are actually capable of if you actually ask them. They have critiques pretty down pat and that's why i ask them to contribute. Sowing, Dev, Rasp, Metalstyles etc know how to pick apart a review and it's one of the reasons why they have that tag next to their name.

that applies to all music, doesnt it?

I guess you could say that, but it's not completely true. There are some genres (for example classic rock) where they may release the same material 6 or 7 times and still create a catchy memorable listen. They may not have the same impact but still manage to acheive that all important playback value. It's also important to mention that i didn't rule out other genres from having the same problems.

leave it overnight, and read it again the next day. maybe do that one or two more times with several hours in between

I do this, it must be my lateral thinking and my weird tendencies that keep pushing an alright grammar out of the works.