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| Erra Ranked
have at it | | 5 |  | Erra
Neon
Erra's worst album, it takes what worked on Drift and creates something so bland. Nothing hits, no hooks get caught in your ear like the previous release. More of JT going through the motions, defintely the low point in the bands discography. I almost fall asleep in the first ten seconds of the album with how cliche it sounds.
2.5/5
Best Song: Valhalla | | 4 |  | Erra
ERRA
I'll be hated for this, but this album didnt do much for me at all. I realize I am just not a fan of JT's vocals, and it's hard for me to get through this album becuase of it. There are certainly some bangers like Gungrave and Snowblood, but i dont like the Tool-esque riffs on certain songs and thier attempt at a proggier/djent sound, doesnt work imo. The cheesy arpegiated synths that make way into a heavy riff gimmick gets old on this, and it seems to be continuing on the new singles.
3/5
Best Song:
Gungrave | | 3 |  | Erra
Augment
The follow up to Impulse was hailed as a huge improvement by many fans at the time, but to me it fell flat. Feels like Impulse 2.0 in almost ever way, and the songs really start to blend together here. Sounds like a band hitting the ceiling of what thier style can offer, and i dont revist it much. Production feels slightly worse here somehow, but it sill offers an onslaught of melodic riffs.
3.5/5
Best Song: Frostbiite | | 2 |  | Erra
Drift
Erra's first album post the departure of second guitarist and sonwriter Alan Rigdon and harsh vocalist Garrison Lee, Drift is certianly a "Jessie" album...apparently it remains his favorite Erra album to date. It's a refresh point in the band's sound and line-up and is quite the grower. In fact, i didnt like this album when it released, but love it now. Biggest weakness here is the harsh vocal delivery from JT which is so monotonous and made me miss Garrison. Regardless, Drift holds the bands most beautiful and uplifting songs. The production is less plastic and sounds more natural, clean guitars take more of a lead and Jessie sings ALOT. Jessies voice really starts to hit it's stride here and some of the songs are truly uplifting.
4/5
Best Song: Hourglass | | 1 |  | Erra
Impulse
A band whose debut album remains thier best. Jessie and Alan had an aweomse guitar blend on this and Alan's melodic riffage is missed on later albums. Only real weak spot are Jessie's clean vocals which stray into a forced high range that he cant quite pull off and samey vocal hooks. The album is crushing while maintaining beautiful melody. There is no doubt this album pushed a new sound in metalcore at the time and influenced many bands, tho few if any nail the sound.
4.5/5
best song: Vaalbara | |
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02.22.24 | drift is my fav. i think. | trilo
02.22.24 | 3 > 1 > 4 > 2 > 5 | onionbubs
02.22.24 | this is bold lol
4 (i at this point have learned to just accept my truth that this is my favorite album of the last 30 years) > 1 >= 3 >>> 2 >>>> 5 | SteakByrnes
02.22.24 | trilo has the right ranking | JeetJeet
02.22.24 | Impulse as #1 is so based
We can just pretend only 1 and 3 exist and we'd be good | Dedes
02.22.24 | 1 is EZ 1 ye
I do like their last album quite a bit but I do think it falls short of Augment and Impulse | onionbubs
02.22.24 | i think they kinda play to different strengths. most of the reasons i think self titled is the best is bc of stuff they don't do on any other album of theirs really so it just depends what you look for | twlight
02.22.24 | 1 just bops front to back. I was lucky enough to see them play some of those tunes way back in the day (opened for BMTH and August burns red) | onionbubs
02.22.24 | damn was that pre sempiternal bmth? that bill is nuts | twlight
02.22.24 | I believe it was. Btmh played mostly suicide season, ABR was supporting constellations. The show was lit | Tundra
02.22.24 | You'll see no complaining from me here, Drift owns hard | twlight
02.23.24 | I adore drift now, never thought I would but something clicked with the album in the last year for me. Close to my fav of theirs but impulse is more consistent | pizzamachine
02.23.24 | Hot take: all the albums are good | artiswar
02.23.24 | i actually… agree with this ranking | onionbubs
02.23.24 | never expected to see a drift reappraisal ngl | artiswar
02.23.24 | me neither! I remember liking it a lot and getting shit on left and right lol, people treated that album like Neon | twlight
04.13.24 | Hourglass fuckin jams. |
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