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| 3.0 good | MuZack95 | January 18th 17 |
Would be an excellent record if these fuckers knew how to write a song. I mean, come on. They've had Kurt Ballou at the helm for 3 records, they've got plenty of energy and dynamics, but I just can't stand the lazy transitions and unashamedly repetitive riffs that have almost nothing to do with each other. Also what's with all the discount Trent Reznor worship?
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| 3.5 great | YakNips | January 2nd 17 |
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| 2.0 poor | botb | January 13th 17 |
An album written by a band who wears all their influences firmly on their sleeve. The unfortunate part is they can't seem to come to any conclusion on how to meld their influences into anything particularly cohesive. There is disembodied worship, there is godflesh worship, there's merzbow worship, there's what sounds like sepultura meets fear factory worship, and none of it really seems anymore put together than a kid who played final fantasy 8, loved and worshipped it, and then shoddily duct taped a kitchen knife to a nerf gun and told everyone he made his very own gunblade..
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| 2.0 poor | grandfather | January 12th 17 |
Sounds like the last album except without the good parts and topped with sprinkles of Godflesh and the really shitty soft songs Stick to Your Guns does
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| 4.5 superb | FlipTrackz | June 3rd 17 |
This album is disgusting but I love every second of it.
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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | April 30th 17 |
While Forever is a step up from the relatively homogenous and tiring I Am King, it would seem that Code Orange can't quite find a sound they want to go with. A lot of things here seem almost like they're being thrown against the wall to see what sticks. There's influences from industrial, grunge, and of course the sludge/hardcore hybrid they played so passionately and charmingly in their early days, but none of these styles are particularly implemented all that well here. The vocals are pretty great and the production is loud and punishing, but from a songwriting standpoint there's just too many puzzling things going on from the awkward transitions to the seemingly half-baked ideas of crossing genres. It's really nice that they have some ambition and it's admirable that they attempt to bring that to fruition, but it's well short of the mark with this record. There's still potential to build on, though.
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| 2.0 poor | cjbizzlebizzle | March 24th 17 |
Ambitious album with an interesting blend of genres. Unfortunately that is about the best thing to say about Code Orange's Forever. The most glaring downfall is the songwriting. Metalcore, Industrial, Sludge and Hardcore elements are just thrown together seemingly at random. Transitions between each section are just abrupt and it forces the listener to think the artist is trying way to hard to mix genres for the sake of mixing genres. The production for the most part is good creating a very, very heavy mix but it falls short with the vocals leaving them in some weird zone where it feels like I am listening to them with a winter hat over my ears. Code Orange has some clear talent and aspirations but this album is just too much of a hodge podge of genres lacking clear planning.
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| 2.5 average | TheManMachine | February 11th 17 |
I applaud its labored over low-end crushing heaviness and appreciate their apparent ambition for a band whose sound mostly just conveys moshing and/or breaking jaws. And guitar-n-vocal fx that sound like a cat attack or shots of static or malfunctioning electrical equipment, sure, I'm in. So given the number of awkward+unnecessary transitions and dubious dives into industrial electro/singular almost-indie-pop moment/plainspoken vox that make this quite the jumble, I suppose I'll consider ambition chief culprit. But the taxing tough-guy throat shredding, those same ol 'chug chug really high note' chestnuts, the trudges through foreseen breakdowns while gettin' called a motherfucker before 'em -- eventually and predominately, just kind of a tedious demeanor either way.
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| 2.5 average | smitwil15 | January 16th 17 |
This band is so frustratingly close to finally breaking through and doing something really good but a lot of these ideas just don't stick.
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| 0.0 | Black Daimon | January 13th 17 |
Kurt Ballou-core Goes Nu-Metal! Vol.1
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| 4.0 excellent | AlphaGoon | October 30th 18 |
This album's chaotic and evil sound does not let up for its entire run time, even in some of its softer moments. The vocals are harsh and relentless, and the guitars are crushing and hectic. The tasteful use of electronics and experimentation with sudden and extremely short complete stoppage of sound makes this album truly unique in the genre, and add immensely to its eerie and unsettling nature. Some of the lyrics are a little overly angsty, and some of the riffs/songs outshine others, but overall this is a very solid modern hardcore record, and has me looking forward to whatever they release next.
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| 2.0 poor | OldCrime | March 21st 17 |
This just doesn't work imo. Slow
breakdowns, boring chugs and awkward
transitions are not my idea of forward
thinking..
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| 2.0 poor | MegaResurrectedJake4 | February 7th 17 |
Pretty disappointing throughout. Really annoying writing choices. Why all the hasty transitions? Like are they going for surprise over and over? Has a couple dope sections here and there, like 1 part in Real and 1 part in Spy, but even those songs end up kinda sucking.  they sound real hard at times tho.
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| 3.0 good | Xenorazr | January 31st 17 |
As an outsider to hardcore music, this one leaves me scratching my head. I like that there's at least some variety to the tracks, but I'm confused as to what point the awkward shifts and transitions actually serve. Is it simply meant to keep listeners confused and on their toes? If so, it succeeds, I guess.
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| 2.0 poor | helti | January 20th 17 |
Nothing here catches my attention for longer than the time it takes to understand what kind of genre is being mixed in. None of the ideas or mixing are particularly captivating or interesting and the album just kind of falls flat on trying to sound extreme. Favorite track: The Mud
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| 3.5 great | likeshad0ws | January 11th 17 |
there's literally just a death industrial track
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| 4.0 excellent | LikeWindOnANipple | November 5th 23 |
A handful of tracks slay; the others either disrupt the flow or are super basic and it doesn't land. There's potential here.
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| 4.0 excellent | Daneleslie | July 4th 22 |
fun transitions and breakdowns aside, not many albums have production that is literally this perfect.
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| 3.5 great | Barksdale | June 8th 22 |
Best Tracks: Forever, Kill the Creator, Real, The New Reality, Spy, No One Is Untouchable.
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| 3.0 good | Arditi | June 26th 19 |
I don't mind diversity within an album, but this is just outright nauseating. Any song that stuck to the hardcore handbook was awesome, especially the title track. But the industrial tracks seem so out of place, and the female vocalist was an unpleasant surprise. No, I don't dislike female vocals, I just think this particular record could've done without.
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| 4.0 excellent | staket | November 21st 18 |
The album is filled with many emotions and they are all organically mixed in one release, which you can listen to on a repetition, but not too often.
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| 2.5 average | itsyaboicobby | April 25th 18 |
This band has the potential to be one of the best bands on the market but they just keep missing the mark.
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| 2.5 average | AcmeApathyAmok | December 29th 17 |
Some good moments/riffs here and there, but its awkward, questionable, blue ball'd transitions
plagues this album for me. They have potential to be great, but their songwriting needs tons of
improvement. Ballou's production is fantastic as always. Maybe unrelated, but unfortunately,
whatever cred they might have is "Forever" (pun intended) ruined by their comically cringy stage
presence live based off of when I saw them open for Dillinger Escape Plan's final show.
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| 1.5 very poor | KingOzma | March 9th 17 |
Interesting hardcore band become run of the mill metalcore band. Big disappointment.
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| 0.0 | Dewinged EMERITUS | January 13th 17 |
Average, boring and cringe all over the place. Fun fact: The best track is the one that doesn't belong to the album.
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| 0.0 | ShakeSoda | January 12th 17 |
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| 0.0 | zaruyache | January 12th 17 |
wonder if this'll be any better than the last one ZzZzzZzzz
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| 4.0 excellent | Teal | January 12th 17 |
THIS IS REAL NOW MOTHERFUCKER
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| 4.5 superb | dess05 | August 16th 25 |
| 3.5 great | oqud | January 29th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Blaidd | August 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | s0nicx | July 14th 23 |
| 3.5 great | haley | May 31st 23 |
| 3.5 great | tinytim | December 19th 22 |
| 3.5 great | memnite | November 13th 22 |
| 3.0 good | slaps | September 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | FnTom | August 29th 22 |
| 3.5 great | brian | June 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tommaso | April 17th 22 |
| 2.5 average | x1balb4 | January 16th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | Lvxfra | November 16th 21 |
| 3.0 good | xlev | September 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Xizon | September 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | biggzhc | April 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | March 15th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | anvium | February 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | canczar | February 21st 21 |
| 3.5 great | Grandpa | February 13th 21 |
| 3.0 good | borkle | January 31st 21 |
| 3.0 good | NoSons | January 9th 21 |
| 3.5 great | JTPlays | September 11th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Nick | August 31st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Zeuzo | August 1st 20 |
| 5.0 classic | joseph | June 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | animist | April 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zac124 | April 20th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Trem16 | April 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shamus CONTRIBUTOR | March 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Steev | March 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ian b | March 20th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Dummit | March 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | madtwoo | March 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Xirae | March 10th 20 |
| 3.0 good | GamamJ | February 13th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | artiswar | February 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | RedBol | January 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alex C. | October 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | d00stin | October 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | October 16th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Uzumaki | October 15th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Jaxer | September 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | August 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | brunch | August 24th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Corney | August 5th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | k1ngy6 | March 30th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | crab | March 5th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Erwann S. EMERITUS | January 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | sicrvat | January 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | ryguy | December 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | ARDCWE | November 2nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | elry2k | October 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | mommypig | September 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scott | September 7th 18 |
| 2.5 average | bry11 | September 1st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Rausku | June 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bridge4 | June 24th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Thor | June 22nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | Sam C. | March 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Joran | March 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | hung0ver | February 24th 18 |
| 3.5 great | hpmk26 | February 15th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Maximo | February 1st 18 |
| 2.5 average | akimbo | January 18th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Nifkin | January 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | January 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Fear | December 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Faraudo | December 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Sebe | December 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Simon K. STAFF | December 24th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | chayka | December 13th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Prancer | December 8th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Spec | December 8th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Risodo | December 7th 17 |
| 3.0 good | greg17 | December 6th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | AriDoe | December 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Acole9 | November 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sinbadd | November 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | sr388 | October 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ctay145 | October 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Anduhr | October 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Toms | October 7th 17 |
| 2.5 average | EJinHD | October 6th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Warpt | September 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ksolan | September 16th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | ryallen | August 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Alban | August 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Skoj | July 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | qdgyu | June 18th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Eminor | May 24th 17 |
| 3.0 good | tgdv | May 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | April 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | DRusso | April 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | March 29th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Highz | March 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | March 1st 17 |
| 3.0 good | Drawk | February 18th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Hep Kat | February 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | JS19 | February 17th 17 |
| 2.5 average | djunior | February 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Gio | February 14th 17 |
| 2.5 average | ckssr1 | February 12th 17 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | xzubesx | February 9th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Trebor. EMERITUS | February 7th 17 |
| 3.0 good | jsaf7 | February 4th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Kirkt95 | February 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | InVein | February 1st 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Pudpots | January 31st 17 |
| 2.5 average | adr | January 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | MattTD | January 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ebola | January 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jips | January 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brandon | January 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | January 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | willzor | January 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | January 18th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | hsb | January 16th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Wizard | January 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | asaf | January 16th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jeejee | January 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Joe0094 | January 15th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | anat | January 15th 17 |
| 3.5 great | fdrc | January 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Tywuhh | January 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | ian b. | January 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Soupy | January 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | betray | January 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jamdbz | January 13th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Tobmast | January 13th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Wolfe | January 13th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Henry | January 13th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Spluger | January 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | January 12th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Elvis | January 2nd 17 |
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