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| 3.5 great | sempiturtle | October 19th 17 |
Reminiscent of their older albums without the awful production and vocal tinkering, making this probably their best album to date and definitely a return to form.
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| 3.0 good | doom. | June 15th 22 |
I'm curious as to why they ditched Dave Stephens on cleans when he did a pretty darn good job on
prior album. Regardless, the band shockingly reinvents itself with some really well executed heavy
breakdowns and technicality. Unfortunately, they seems a little disconnected as the album
struggles to be cohesive with confusing experimental production and 80s-esque clean choruses most
likely provoked by Kyle. Still a solid attempt nonetheless.
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| 3.5 great | Maximo | August 29th 18 |
slept on this release last year since I hadn't listened to the band actively in years, but after hearing about kyle i checked it out and it's surprisingly strongrrest in peace kyle
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| 4.0 excellent | c0nf1n3d | February 16th 18 |
This is, no question, We Came As Romans' best record; every song is fully-realized. Sometimes though, bands like using records to try new ideas...leaving the end product reeking of experimentation in a bad way. "Cold Like War" smells of experimentation in a GOOD way, as the opener "Vultures With Crooked Wings" and "Encoder" certainly do that...but they're both great. The record's best song is "Two Hands" - a fast-paced driving song with lyrics that would belong on a ballad. Perhaps the only song holding this one from honestly being up for debate for 'great metalcore records' is the song "If There's Nothing To See". It's the worst song on "Cold Like War"; essentially feeling like the older sound of WCAR rearing its head in when no-one really wants it. That aside though, the band's future is bright thanks to them signing with Sharptone Records.
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| 3.0 good | Piem | March 13th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | jzzlrd | May 26th 23 |
| 3.5 great | FnTom | August 29th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 21st 22 |
| 2.5 average | tinytim | February 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | DJD1ed | February 7th 22 |
| 1.5 very poor | LilPeep | August 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emim | December 23rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Brabiz | November 12th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Prole | August 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | alcnet | May 18th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Halez | May 1st 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Element | January 26th 20 |
| 2.5 average | ElSomni | October 12th 19 |
| 3.0 good | ian b | October 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Purpose | September 27th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Linx | September 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | babb | July 22nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | GCSSB | March 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | btbam99 | February 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shadein | November 16th 18 |
| 3.0 good | STEA | November 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JTPlays | October 19th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Josh | September 23rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | brunch | August 30th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Krpa | April 30th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Naenia | January 29th 18 |
| 3.5 great | jsaf7 | January 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Risodo | November 4th 17 |
| 3.5 great | doc23 | October 30th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | nbats | October 29th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Elynna | October 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | twig42 | October 25th 17 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | October 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Verix | October 22nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | October 21st 17 |
| 3.0 good | jesper STAFF | October 21st 17 |
| 3.0 good | gilly | October 21st 17 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | October 20th 17 |
| 3.5 great | heck | October 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | October 20th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | klocu4 | October 18th 17 |
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