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| 2.5 average | Barksdale | June 7th 22 |
Best Tracks: Choose Your Fate, Wake Up, The Antidote, The Black Swan, Cannonball, Welcome To Our New War.
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| 3.5 great | IAmKickass | May 17th 11 |
Story of the Year are one of those bands that have managed to remain amazingly consistent throughout all their albums. Never changing their sound too much and sticking to basics, 'Black Swan' is the same old band you remember with a tad more to offer. A darker album in just the slightest bet, I find it the most mature album they have yet to release.
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| 3.5 great | AlexTM510 | March 1st 09 |
To get right to it: The Black Swan is a solid album. In all the glory of the 13 songs there isn’t one bad number here. Dan's vocals soar and his screams are gustier than ever, the guitars and rhythm section continue to provide a solid foundation to the sound (and some surprisingly tight classic metal-like solos), and ultimately Philip's soaring harmonies gives Story Of The Year a unique sound with their hard rock-meets overdone (but amazing) vocal harmonies. However, the over-glossy production, predictability, and the amount of recycled riffs create a questionable hit or miss for listeners.
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| 1.5 very poor | bobafe6604 | April 21st 08 |
A disappointingly average outing from the guys from the Lou. The production is glossy and as un-heavy as possible; the vocals (especially the screams) have been sunk way into the mix so that everything sounds nice and in tune but diction is lost. Performance wise, the Black Swan is just Page Avenue + In the Wake of Determination with some melodies and licks borrowed and mixed straight fromt he two. This album is basically just an exercize in making a Story of the Year album more of the Story of the Year-y... does it sound like them, yes; but almost too much to the point that almost every 'moment' can be guessed and every song has a nostalgic feel. Bleh, I'll pass on this one- I expect more than an average effort from a band of Story of the Year's potential.
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| 3.5 great | Piem | March 12th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Halez | May 31st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 17th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Hehe | December 15th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Skiiddz | October 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | sfoat9 | July 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Delre57 | September 19th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 2.5 average | MrNoob | February 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | SlyZ | December 9th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Emo | July 15th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Dylan | May 24th 17 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | January 18th 17 |
| 3.0 good | jsaf7 | October 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Snide | May 14th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Ribwich | November 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | sadchild | December 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asha96 | October 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | October 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaggieG | August 6th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Sebe | February 2nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | btj88 | November 6th 13 |
| 3.0 good | SMK | October 19th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | befire | September 9th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | apu | August 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | zmol | July 15th 13 |
| 3.0 good | NBA | February 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | kvasha | February 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | drz89 | January 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | ZoneOut | December 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | RobH | August 11th 12 |
| 2.5 average | ILJ | July 21st 12 |
| 3.5 great | Kaz64 | July 9th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Acorn | May 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mar1s | April 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Xyrnos | March 18th 12 |
| 3.0 good | vinceG | March 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | bain89 | March 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | C7P | February 1st 12 |
| 3.0 good | Pndi | December 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Drpibb | December 17th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Daedus | October 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Zunge | September 8th 11 |
| 3.5 great | benkim | September 7th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Cryio | August 23rd 11 |
| 2.5 average | AdamK | July 22nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | sturta | June 8th 11 |
| 3.5 great | NateT | May 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | mullo | March 29th 11 |
| 2.5 average | RCKilm | March 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cater13 | March 24th 11 |
| 3.0 good | cvlts | November 3rd 10 |
| 3.0 good | seifer | October 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kman123 | October 1st 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Spec | September 26th 10 |
| 3.5 great | nyc87 | September 22nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | Texture | September 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | dgrona | August 9th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Mace | June 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Exxor | May 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | March 22nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | ABR157 | February 26th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Jericho | February 15th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | jatts7 | February 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Sylosia | February 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | peartnoy | November 14th 09 |
| 3.0 good | mezz85 | October 8th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | X3ni92 | September 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | September 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | cia | August 19th 09 |
| 3.5 great | sperry | August 17th 09 |
| 3.0 good | ebay | July 15th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Matte | July 8th 09 |
| 2.5 average | BertFF | June 24th 09 |
| 3.5 great | bc013 | February 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vanwarp | January 3rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | cmb348 | December 30th 08 |
| 2.5 average | mkCII | December 15th 08 |
| 3.5 great | sneasy | October 13th 08 |
| 2.5 average | BMer916 | October 8th 08 |
| 3.0 good | CxLTxN | October 7th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Sconza | September 5th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cliffed | September 3rd 08 |
| 3.0 good | fritz | September 2nd 08 |
| 3.5 great | maira | August 25th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | SOTY911 | August 18th 08 |
| 2.5 average | k182hy | July 6th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Msuen | June 13th 08 |
| 2.5 average | zuzek | April 30th 08 |
| 3.0 good | iganja | April 29th 08 |
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