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| 4.0 excellent | BrushedRed | July 11th 12 |
This is a very underappreciated album. It's claimed to be "too generic," or "not enough diversity," while it may not be groundbreaking in the vocals department, they create something special with their instrumentals. They always seem to ingulf you with atmospheric ambiance. Unfortunately this is their last release with this type of instrumental sound. In my opinion, I feel like you should give this album a shot despite what people say. You might like it as well.
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| 3.5 great | damon r. EMERITUS | April 27th 24 |
I was (and still am) a huge fan of Oceana's sophomore album Birth.Eater, but I always disregarded The Tide due to it's different lineup. I viewed it as essentially being from a different band, and in my mind I imagined it sounding like a completely different band too. I don't know what I was thinking. The Tide is maybe a bit heavier, and doesn't have nearly as much clean singing, but other than that, it's not that different. Sure, Brennan Taulbee brought something really magical to the band when he replaced Keith Jones on vocals, but I think at it's core, Oceana was always Jack Burns. It's Jack's heavy, moody, and atmospheric guitar playing that made the band so special. So I felt really stupid when I finally put this on and immediately realized how much I've been missing out. This album is full to the brim with crunchy melodic riffs, catchy song writing, and to top it off, Keith's vocals are honestly amazing. Brennan might be one of my favourite singers of all time, but Keith's screams are so raw and emotive that this album almost veers into early 2000s atmospheric skramz
territory at times. The Tide is a classic of it's era, and I'm happy I finally gave it a chance.
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| 2.5 average | chiggles | January 30th 11 |
While 'The Tide' shows promise in a few parts, nothing really equals out as something to separate this band (or album) from the crowd. Here is the slow start of a band to do bigger things.
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| 3.5 great | evilmegaman | July 24th 08 |
This is pretty much what you expect from RISE records. But everything feels extremely fine tuned, and I love every bit of it. Fantastic vocals, Great guitars. Bass is a little hard to hear but live it's quite good. Not much else to say. It's great at what it does.
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| 2.5 average | benny06 | January 22nd 20 |
| 5.0 classic | 8733 | August 22nd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Skoop | May 2nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | tgdv | May 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | January 1st 17 |
| 3.0 good | SimpleM | September 10th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tywuhh | April 30th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Henry | February 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | karpie | April 25th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Sconza | August 23rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Henry | June 12th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ilbron | March 4th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | ILJ | March 26th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Weedon | March 13th 13 |
| 2.5 average | CK | February 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Ecotone | December 23rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Tywuhh | December 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | omik1116 | November 26th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Pndi | October 31st 12 |
| 3.5 great | cutex | August 11th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Vyndax | January 29th 12 |
| 3.0 good | mttgry | January 19th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Dev518 | January 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | sora236 | January 3rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | qdgyu | July 12th 11 |
| 3.5 great | stvnbyd | February 28th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Clash | February 19th 11 |
| 3.5 great | TT | December 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | mrnic3 | November 24th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Xplisit | October 3rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | IN64 | October 2nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | DeskmaN | September 29th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Kleur | September 8th 10 |
| 3.0 good | FACT | September 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | THIEF | September 7th 10 |
| 3.0 good | beezay | September 4th 10 |
| 2.5 average | mirak2 | August 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ess | August 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kulti | April 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | phpjoey | March 23rd 10 |
| 3.0 good | joshc | March 5th 10 |
| 3.0 good | philm | February 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | soap91 | December 24th 09 |
| 3.5 great | d00derz | September 25th 09 |
| 3.5 great | mkCII | June 25th 09 |
| 3.0 good | ZiBug | June 22nd 09 |
| 3.0 good | X3ni92 | April 28th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Wongeh | April 18th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Kylion | November 23rd 08 |
| 2.5 average | asaf | November 20th 08 |
| 3.0 good | shika | November 20th 08 |
| 3.5 great | jrad69 | November 18th 08 |
| 3.5 great | bigmo99 | September 3rd 08 |
| 3.0 good | Bea | August 4th 08 |
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