 | Nothingface An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity
3.8
excellent
| Ranking: #178 for 1998 | |
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| 4.5 superb | cabbagedan | March 17th 07 |
Within the first verse-chorus of the opening track, "Goldtooth" Nothingface dispell all thought that they are just another nu-metal band cashing in while the time is ripe. Powerful drumming and riffing, accompanied by the visceral shouts of frontman Matt Holt, propel this album away from the standard and up into a band making a name for themselves as a force to be reckoned with.
Coming in at just nine tracks, the album is a blast of energy rather than plodding and atmospheric. Tracks such as "So Few" and "Error in Excellence" may be among the more melodic, but the latter has its visceral moments; the former is thoughtful and somber, and is the one track where Holt sings through its entirety. The heartstopping texture change in "Sleeper" and the vicious spitting on "Grinning" are prime examples. The rest of the album, while often accompanied with softer vocals, showcase the more brutal side of nothingface; a definite plus for the group, as Holt steps away from Nu-metal thuggery into soaring, brilliant music that is both thoroughly metal and defines what this band is capable of doing.
Track picks:
-Grinning
-Breathe Out
-Sleeper
-I, Diablo
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| 4.0 excellent | teo | July 8th 25 |
...Atrocity is considered to be the lesser album in the triad of the latter (and the most acclaimed) NF catalogue, and, yet, this is the album the band was looking back to most when they tried to reform the band for the last time - it is their most focused body of work with a deliberate deep heavy sound to it that was not revisited on the following albums and it was the album that didn't have TVT interfering.
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| 3.0 good | davezillaMP3 | July 13th 20 |
while it a sophomore slump, there is simply no denying the raw power these guys have. seriously this is some top-notch arrangements with a nice bite to them
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| 3.5 great | Britch2tiger | December 19th 15 |
Alright now this is what I'm talking about: melodic orchestrations, hardcore vocals, and some great guitar play. A much more elaborate album than their first. This may be the second nu-metal oriented band to reach a potential 4.5/5 rating, but just not w/ this album.
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| 3.0 good | haley | June 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zakusz | June 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | luetin | June 14th 21 |
| 3.0 good | bikvid | August 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | February 25th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | July 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | KayCato | September 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | afox13 | December 14th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Nuhead | December 9th 13 |
| 3.5 great | glezz | November 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | sapient | October 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risein | June 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Duncs | February 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shvyin | March 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shuyin | September 20th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jumaos | September 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | MudIdol | July 29th 11 |
| 3.6 great | Trey STAFF | July 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nytro | January 28th 11 |
| 2.5 average | cb123 | April 10th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | bobbot | June 25th 08 |
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