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3.0 good | Comatorium. | July 4th 10 | Norma Jean continues to rip off Botch, and adds Dillinger to their list of influences/plagiarisms. They also continue to do it rather well.
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3.5 great | Inveigh | July 4th 10 | If We Are the Romans and Option Paralysis had a baby...
Norma Jean would sue it for plagiarism. Meridional draws heavily (and when I say heavily, I mean those literally seem to be the only influences) from both of those albums; but unfortunately isn't quite the sum of its parts. However, it's an extremely well-executed homage, full of bone-crushing and technical riffing and improved vocals from Cory Brandan. In a year with very few truly good metalcore releases, it won't be surprising if Meridional receives quite a bit of praise and attention.
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4.5 superb | darkbunny | July 10th 10 | This album didn't have the same immediate catchiness that Redeemer and The Anti-Mother did, but after giving it a few listens I find myself absolutely amazed at how well put together this album is. It's a bit of a grower, but it's much more rewarding than any of their previous work.
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4.0 excellent | pbass0 | January 31st 13 | I don't know. I just enjoy this album for whatever reason.
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4.0 excellent | SeanFracture | July 14th 10 | Not as good as the wonderful Redeemer, much better than The Anti-Mother, less plagiaristic than O' God and more consistent than Bless the Martyr. Thoroughly enjoyable chaotic metalcore.
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3.5 great | PinkBlackberry | July 9th 10 | Norma Jean has always been rather hit or miss with me, I loved their earlier work but to me they lost that flair, that..edge in their last few releases. But I am a definite fan of Meridional, It's a fantastic listen.
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3.5 great | vakuola | July 6th 10 | This new Norma Jean record sounds like Norma Jean, yeah.
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3.5 great | snerefedsav | July 5th 10 | initial reaction. this is a fuckton better than the anti-mother. could be a grower though, but it starts to drag after the halfway point.
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3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | November 27th 15 | After moving from a straightforward metalcore/hardcore group into a more melodic hardcore styling with 2008's The Anti-Mother, Norma Jean decided to go forward with the melodic hardcore, but not before returning to their roots to help shore up some of the shortcomings of the previous LP. The result was Meridional, a mix of melodic hardcore and metalcore that hits hard, but provides rest and resuscitation as well. The first five tracks of the record were as good as anything the band had ever done and could've went go toe-to-toe with some of the better tracks off of O God. Needless to say, this record was their best since O God, and that notion was only reinforced by songs like the evocative "Falling a From The Sky: Day Seven". They still wore their influences on their sleeves, though, so the record isn't wholly original. In general, though, this is a great listen, and the combination of metalcore/melodic hardcore with some pop sensibilities is always enjoyable.
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3.5 great | NoSons | December 6th 14 | Wrongdoers puts this album in the grave and it makes it boring now. Seriously this thing isn't as fun as it used to be.
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2.0 poor | jh7744 | June 19th 12 | This album has one fatal flaw: it's fucking boring. I liked Norma Jean better as a Coalesce ripoff.
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3.0 good | Puxel | August 13th 10 | much better than The Anti-Mother, not as good as Redeemer.
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3.5 great | wyankeif1337 | July 25th 10 | And once again, Norma Jean sounds like, well, Norma Jean (Botch), and not some pansy melodic metalcore shitfest.
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