Average Rating: 4.06 Rating Variance: 0.38 Objectivity Score: 54% (Somewhat Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicBrand New Science FictionConverge You Fail Me ReduxConverge All We Love We Leave BehindEvery Time I Die Low TeensThis is like New Junk Aesthetic fused with From Parts Unknown, and it may end up being tied with those two albums for my favorite ETiD record. They blew my expectations out of the water with this one. "Map Change" is not only one of the best songs they've ever written, but may end up being my favorite song released this year. Knocked Loose A Tear in the Fabric of LifeNorma Jean RedeemerNorma Jean All HailThe riffs here are absolutely massive. You never feel like they are just going into a breakdown or heavy section because it is expected, it all just flows together so well. Cory?s vocals are the best they have ever been, particularly on the last couple of tracks... and they have always been pretty good. Absolutely stellar from front to back. Norma Jean WrongdoersNorma Jean Deathrattle Sing for MePalm Reader BrailleWhoa, this is great!! Now THIS is how you make a good metalcore album in 2018. Radiohead OKNOTOK 1997-2017The Armed UntitledThe Armed Only LoveThe Republic of Wolves shrineTouche Amore Dead Horse X4.5 superbAugust Burns Red Constellations (Remixed)Converge Jane LiveConverge The Dusk in UsConverge Bloodmoon: IEvery Time I Die RadicalFleet Foxes Helplessness BluesFrontierer OxidizedFucked Up Dose Your DreamsThis is surprisingly satisfying. The way FU are able to juggle genres so flawlessly on this album blew me away. Metz Metz IINails You Will Never Be One of UsNorma Jean Polar SimilarRolo Tomassi Time Will Die And Love Will Bury ItSeizures Reverie of the Revolving DiamondSilent Planet SuperbloomStake Critical MethodThis is one of the more original albums I've heard this year. I wasn't just impressed by the artistry on it, I was legitimately entertained throughout. Definitely worth a listen if you're into this kind of music. Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation4.0 excellentBayside InterrobangBirds in Row We Already Lost the WorldBlood From The Soul DSM-5Car Seat Headrest Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!"Converge Beautiful RuinI loved the sound and fury of the heavier songs on The Dusk in Us like Broken by Light and Cannibals, and these songs definitely have that feel. Melancholia is such a rad track. Converge I Can Tell You About PainCult Leader A Patient ManCult of Luna A Dawn to FearDrug Church CHEERFleet Foxes Crack-UpFury (USA) Failed EntertainmentThis album rules. Been listening to it all weekend since it dropped. Hits pretty hard. Harm Wulf HijrahHesitation Wounds (LA) ChicaneryWish this were getting more attention. These guys put a lot of raw energy into their music. Excellent stuff. High on Fire Electric MessiahSolid as always. Pike and Co. don't know how to make bad tunes. IDLES BrutalismJohn Carpenter Halloween KillsKing Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' NestKnocked Loose A Different Shade of BlueThose of you who are saying all the songs sound the same... give it a couple more spins. Many of the tracks really stand out on second and third listens. I think because of how abrasive and angry it is throughout it all kind of runs together on first listen. It's no game changer but it's a pretty solid hardcore album, it hits hard. Forget Your Name is a standout track for me, as it has Keith Buckley of ETiD on the breakdown section and he nails it. Good stuff. Left Behind No One Goes To HeavenMelvins HoudiniNorma Jean MeridionalPoppy I DisagreePressure Cracks This Is Called SurvivalSkeletonwitch Devouring Radiant LightSpaceslug Reign Of The OrionSuper Snake Leap of LoveSwain HowlTouche Amore Stage FourNo other album this year has given me goosebumps like this one has. The guitar melodies are especially wonderful, but the sincerity and delivery of the lyrics are the icing on the cake. Trap Them Crown FeralThese guys always deliver. So satisfyingly heavy. Turnstile Time and Space3.5 greatAll Get Out No BouquetAll Get Out aren't doing anything revolutionary in their genre- they never really have - but each album there are always at least 5-6 songs that I really enjoy, and the same goes here. Boris Love and EvolCode Orange ForeverCreeping Death The Edge Of ExistenceFather John Misty Pure ComedyFull of Hell Amber Mote In The Black VaultGilla Band Holding Hands With JamieGilla Band The TalkiesGreyhaven Empty BlackGrizzly Bear Painted RuinsHarm's Way (USA-IL) PosthumanHarm's Way (USA-IL) IsolationJudas Priest FirepowerMeek Is Murder WasIt's nothing particularly special but it's fast, angry and satisfying.Preoccupations New MaterialSleigh Bells Reign of TerrorSpiritbox The Fear of FearStray from the Path Internal AtomicsThe National Sleep Well Beast3.0 goodMastodon Hushed and GrimI dig a handful of the tracks here but it definitely could have used a trim. No reason for this thing to be as long as it is. I keep seeing comparisons to Crack the Skye but this is nowhere near as captivating throughout like CTS is. Hopefully some of it will grow on me like Emperor did.Nine Inch Nails Add ViolenceMaybe this will grow on me, but after the first listen I'm not all that impressed. I loved Not the Actual Events, and I was hoping this would continue that sound instead of sounding like a bunch of b-sides or interludes from The Fragile. Not Anymore and This Isn't the Place are great tracks though. Thrice To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere2.5 averagePig Destroyer The Octagonal StairwayGlad I didn't spend the money to pre-order this like I originally wanted to. The first three songs are pretty rad but after that it becomes borderline unlistenable. I like noisy music as much as the next grindcore fan but it's hard to anyone sitting down listening to the latter half of this release and thinking "Oh yeah, that's the good stuff". Senses Fail If There Is Light, It Will Find YouUnderoath Erase Me
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