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| 3.5 great | bungiewolf | May 21st 08 |
This August Burns Red album is the quintessential sound that every average beginning hardcore band has when they start out. The lyrics are good, average for the genre, but good. The breakdowns are heavy, the instrumentation easy, and provides something nice, heavy, and simple to listen to
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| 2.5 average | ConcubinaryCode | April 5th 20 |
Musically this isn't all that bad with a blend of later 90s/early 00s metalcore and modern hardcore but what brings this EP down is an overreliance on certain aspects like the very amateur vocals or numerous breakdowns that make this feel overtly monotonous when it couldve been a bit more with a little more refinement and experience.
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| 2.5 average | Alabaster Jones | May 26th 15 |
If I was told in 2004 that August Burns Red would become one of the leading bands (and to many, the leading band) in modern metalcore by 2015, I'd call that person crazy. That really shows how far they've come, especially from such a lukewarm offering such as this. There is little production value to be found here, as everything sounds so bogged down and unclear, especially when the drums mix in with the guitars. Jon Hershey is very rough in his vocals, and on three of the songs J.B. Brubaker and Brent Rambler, who are both excellent usually, do nothing of interest. Matt Greiner is great on the drums, per usual, but the production really hurts his impact. The two songs that save this EP from being an entirely poor outing are "Missing This Opportunity" and "Accidental Shot Heard 'Round The World". The former makes great use of melody and manages to be coherent and discernible despite the production. The latter combines a romping metalcore start and middle with a quaint, down-winding finish to illustrate the progressive nature that they had even then. In short, this EP is one for the fans. If you're looking to get into August Burns Red, start elsewhere.
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| 2.5 average | NeutralThunder12 | September 6th 10 |
This didnt show at all what kind of potential they had.......not worth your time even if you are an ABR fan
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| 2.5 average | DWittisarockstar | January 7th 09 |
Looks Fragile After All is extremely mediocre, especially the vocals and most of the songwriting. However, this is just the debut EP from the group and at times it shows glimpses of what the band would become, and the band still does some things very very well in this album. The accoustic outro to Accidental Shot Heard 'Round the World is great, and it's unfortunate that they never replicated it in further albums. Solid for a young debut, but they greatly improve on this. It's nice to see where they came from.
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| 3.0 good | Halez | June 2nd 23 |
| 2.5 average | Glovoc | May 7th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Uzumaki | December 31st 19 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | December 28th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Sapee | November 11th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | ian b. | September 23rd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Swarm | May 1st 17 |
| 2.0 poor | tellah | December 1st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | October 17th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Chin | January 13th 15 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | December 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Nud | October 27th 14 |
| 2.5 average | bgregab | January 31st 14 |
| 2.5 average | Tywuhh | November 10th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Pndi | June 24th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Damon | January 6th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | mrOuija | August 29th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Cryio | November 13th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | wachooo | June 19th 10 |
| 3.0 good | JWT155 | January 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | ZiBug | June 22nd 09 |
| 3.5 great | beefman | December 11th 08 |
| 2.5 average | bigmo99 | November 19th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | downe | July 31st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | DJTeeLay | February 10th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | SparkyX3 | November 18th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | ReDIcE | November 4th 07 |
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