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| Bands (i Feel) Peaked At Their 1st/2nd Release
Bands that, in my opinion, peaked at their debut, or sophomore release (for bands that have been around a bit longer). | | 1 | Norma jean
Bless The Martyr was a wonderfully raw album. O' God The Aftermath was definitely more technical, but it felt like the same wall of noise almost the entire time. Their past two have just been overproduced, underwhelming, and uninspired. | | 2 | Atreyu
Now I'll be the first to admit, Atreyu was never amazing to begin with, but when Suicide Notes & Butterfly Kisses came out, it was one of the first albums that got me into heavier music. The Curse was decent, A Deathgrip On Yesterday was barely passable, and then they signed to the same label as Hannah Montana (as if Victory wasn't bad enough) Well, I think we all know about the musical turd they laid recently... | | 3 | Chiodos
Apparently I am one of the very few around here who enjoys Craig Owens' voice. Anyway, All's Well That Ends Well was a highly enjoyable listen, though it kind of dragged in the middle a bit. Bone Palace Ballet, with the exception of two or three songs, seems like a horrid attempt at appealing to the Fall Out Boy/Panic! At The Disco crowd (they will always have the ! in my mind). To put it simply, its one of the most overproduced albums I have heard in my life. | | 4 | Saosin
Two words...Anthony Green. I can deal with Cove (even though his live performances are a rather lackluster experience) but it even seems like the band lost some of its composition ability with the departure of Green. Hopefully they get it back together on the next record... | | 5 | He Is Legend
Why oh why do bands think southern rock is cool again? I mean sure, its fun sometimes, but its over. Nobody has tried to bring disco into hardcore or anything...why don't we just let sleeping dogs lie. (I'm all for combining genres, but I've lost all hope that anybody will get the metal/southern rock combo right anytime soon) | | 6 | Tera Melos
I love all of Tera Melos' albums, really I do. It just kind of seems like they've really lost their edge lately. I mean the music is technical as crap, but compared to their debut, it just doesn't seem as daring anymore... | | 7 | The Blood Brothers
Basically same as above. This Adultery Is Ripe was so unique and raw, and while I love Crimes and Burn Piano Island, Burn, it just doesn't hold up. | | 8 | From First To Last
Dear Diary was a fun mix of screamo with pop punk flavoring, and while Heroine was certainly more mature, something just felt a bit off. And then Sonny left, and so did the songwriting ability... | | 9 | Avenged Sevenfold
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet/Waking The Fallen were really enjoyable modern metal albums. City of Evil, while highly overproduced, had its moments. The new album though...dear God the new album...Once a metal band starts wearing grilz...(intentionally misspelled to mimic the shear ridiculousness) | | 10 | The Used
Their Self Titled just had so much power and flare. In Love And Death had some alright tracks, but for the most part felt bland and it didn't measure up to the debut. Their new album is yet again another great example of how overproduction can ruin a band. | |
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08.15.08 | Mudvayne | ninjuice
08.15.08 | Atreyu proggressively got better.... | SwallowARazor
08.15.08 | I agree 100% about Chiodos. I can't listen to either album after listening to that mess.
But I totally disagree with Tera Melos. I thought the singing actually added something to their mix on Complex full of Phantoms, and they didn't lose much of anything. | marksellsuswallets
08.15.08 | I love the addition of singing, its just that something felt kind of off after the debut, maybe it was the loss of the other guitarist, I'm not really sure. They haven't really gotten worse, I just feel like they should be so much better by now. | SHOOTME
08.15.08 | Chiodos got better. | Masochist
08.15.08 | Thor's got it. And Eminem, too (well...1st release was absolutely ignored, 2nd and 3rd were brilliant, 4th was cool, 5th made everyone lose all hope and faith in the guy).
I've got to stick up for He Is Legend. They've only released two LP's and one slightly long EP (and a few other songs here and there). I think we have to wait for their upcoming album to before their fate is decided.
As for The Used...I actually like their latest c.d. I've actually become more familiar with it than their first one...but I'm certain that I'm in the minority in that regard. | marksellsuswallets
08.15.08 | just to clarify, in some of these band's cases I don't mean that they have actually gotten worse, I just mean that they (so far) have PEAKED, and while some of the bands on here are still not bad (i.e. Tera Melos, He Is Legend, Chiodos) I just feel like they're better work is behind them (bands can change though) | ninjuice
08.15.08 | Chiodos also got better, and A7x peaked with City of Evil. | bustyagunz
08.15.08 | A7X for sure did not peak with City of Evil, definitely peaked with WTF, cuz Shadow's voice went down the gutter right before City was recorded.
I agree with 1-3 and 9, haven't heard the first few efforts of the rest. | Altmer
08.15.08 | this list is ironic because most of these bands don't have a good album | FakeBlood
09.30.08 | I swear to God, I am the only person who likes FFTL more since Sonny left. To be honest, I haven't listened to Dear Diary as much as I should have, but I thought Heroine was crap. It was just one uber-tuned down mess. On the new self-titled album, they seem to at leats be finding (somewhat of) an identity in the deluge of screamo/emo/post-hardcore/crap that as a genre peaked in 2003. If nothing else, give it up for the drummer... Even while at my most cynical, I always find myself impressed by him. | joshcoak
10.14.08 | the newer norma jean cds are still ok.
but everything you know whats up.
let me add uneath -the stings of conscience was epic , and the rest not so much. |
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