Album Rating: 2.0
I never had any interest in these guys post Say Hello to Tragedy. Since I had heard snippets of tracks off I Am Nemesis and Ghost Empire, I believe it was signaling the end for them. When a band starts hopping on the "downtuning to a ridiculous level" trend, you can tell they're creatively spent. I don't mind tracks like Intoxicated though, it doesn't completely rely on those lame Drop A or lower motifs where the tonic is based on an open note and then attempt to cover it up with a chorus that's been copy-pasted over and over across the album.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Kind of agree with most of what has been said here. I've been avoiding this album since it came out as I kind of knew where they were heading after the last release, basically a German "Bring Me The Horizon". I love their earlier work, up to and including Ghost Empire, but this and Gravity bar the odd track have been a bit "meh". I'm not a fan of the gang chanted chorus in pretty much every song.
edit: Changed my mind on this a bit after more listens, it's more enjoyable than I thought, it's repetitive and somewhat generic but they do it well.
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