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| 4.0 excellent | Thor | July 22nd 14 |
With Phenomena, Within the Ruins are now officially out-Sumeriancoreing every Sumeriancore band on Sumerian Records while also not being on Sumerian Records
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| 0.0 | Diamondize | July 16th 14 |
the wanks are wankier and the chugs are chuggier. their best album to date. and... rataxia III
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| 2.5 average | Alex C. | March 12th 15 |
I could have been jamming elite and I wouldn't have noticed the difference
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| 3.5 great | Deuce8311 | August 3rd 14 |
Powerful vocals, coupled with furious blastbeats, and molded together with an almost perfect combination of aggression and technicality from the guitars. However, I have always felt that this band has the potential to do so much more. It would be nice for a few surprises next time. Even though not much has changed from their last album, Phenomena still deserves a solid rating because it is still a solid album.
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| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | July 28th 14 |
Proggy dejenty metalcore with some cool little effects. Nothing too out the ordinary, but pretty well done.
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| 3.0 good | BRAman22 | July 25th 14 |
This band sounds like they could be good if they wanted to if they cut down on the breakdowns and used more normal tuning instead of trying and failing to sound exceedingly heavy. With that said, this album is actually better than I expected it to be as I was expecting pure dogshit like Emmure.
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| 4.0 excellent | cryptside | July 24th 14 |
Upon repeated listens of Phenomena, it's fairly safe to say that this is the band's best work to date. There are plenty of chugs and breakdowns in this album, but I'll damned if this isn't one of the catchiest metalcore releases of the year so far. "Gods Amongst Men" starts the album off as one of WtR's best songs, and it becomes obvious after a few listens that there is zero filler on this album. Both instrumental tracks rank as some of the strongest songs, with "Enigma" boasting guitar licks very reminiscent of both Mario Bros and Inspector Gadget. The fun that Within the Ruins had making this one is translated well on the record, and the band have not sounded tighter in their playing than they do now.
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| 3.5 great | XxUpinsiderxX | July 17th 14 |
Best album since Creature, it seems more fresh and creative. Joe's guitar work is amazing as always, and the bass is pretty audible!
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| 2.5 average | Verdr | March 6th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lacking | November 14th 21 |
| 3.0 good | tinytim | September 20th 21 |
| 3.0 good | xlev | September 13th 21 |
| 3.0 good | kodama | August 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | April 21st 21 |
| 3.5 great | ErichB | January 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | December 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | October 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | latpac | December 31st 18 |
| 3.0 good | ryguy | November 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fowo | May 3rd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | nbats | March 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Soossi | October 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mikpol | August 7th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Redlar | July 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Drifts | March 4th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | March 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | February 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | foldas | January 25th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Loot | April 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | cjgone | December 21st 14 |
| 3.5 great | slaps | December 16th 14 |
| 3.5 great | djentsy | December 13th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | November 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Haon | September 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpturk21 | September 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ikarus | August 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | RYANGP | August 23rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ryan10 | August 13th 14 |
| 2.5 average | T5Cx | August 10th 14 |
| 3.5 great | leycec | August 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | August 1st 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Hawks | July 31st 14 |
| 3.5 great | Thibs | July 29th 14 |
| 2.5 average | adr | July 28th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Ayil | July 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Warpt | July 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | btbam99 | July 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | DrThodt | July 26th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Callan | July 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | July 24th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Odissi | July 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Puckoff | July 22nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | betray | July 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyrael | July 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Giansk | July 18th 14 |
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