Average Rating: 3.27 Rating Variance: 0.39 Objectivity Score: 81% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name4.5 superbAnberlin CitiesAnberlin Vital4.0 excellentAugust Burns Red ConstellationsAugust Burns Red Rescue & RestoreAvenged Sevenfold Waking The FallenCity and Colour Little HellDance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain IIEmarosa Emarosa3.5 greatAugust Burns Red LevelerAvenged Sevenfold Avenged SevenfoldBullet For My Valentine The PoisonCity and Colour Bring Me Your LoveDance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle MountainDeadlock WolvesEmarosa RelativityParabelle Your Starry Eyes Will Never Make Us EvenGreat album. Unlike their previous efforts, which were really hit and miss in terms of me liking some songs, I don't think there's a song on this album that I truly dislike. If you're familiar with any other Kevin Matisyn (vocalist) projects... including past Parabelle albums... you should know what to expect in terms of sound. Safe but catchy alt rock featuring his unique vocal style. Clever, poetic lyrics. The difference being that the album doesn't have a ton of weak spots or songs that flat out miss, just don't expect them to branch too far outside of their comfort zones. My favorite tracks at the moment: In The Shadows My SurrenderPoets of the Fall ClearviewFront heavy, the first four or five songs are among the most enjoyable the band has written. Catchy, poetic and genuine alternative rock with atmosphere and light pop influences. Vocals, guitars, drumming... all top notch. A noticeable improvement over Jealous Gods, which was a solid but somewhat underwhelming release. The last half however falls into some of the bands worse habits. Slow and "emotional" songs for the sake of being slow and "emotional" (see: Moonlight Kissed) or meandering songs that can't quite decide what they want to be and never hit that catchy/emotional/powerful crescendo the listener is waiting for (see: Center Stage, The Labyrinth). Recommended: Drama For Life, The Game, Once Upon a Playground Rainy, Children of the Sun, Crystalline3.0 goodAbsolution Project LiesAugust Burns Red Thrill SeekerAvenged Sevenfold City Of EvilAvenged Sevenfold NightmareBullet For My Valentine Scream Aim FireCity and Colour SometimesDeadlock ManifestoThis album has great, average and horrible moments. The great, in my opinion, going well above and beyond anything on Wolves or any of their past albums. The average songs being below Wolves. And the horrible moments (the rapping on Deathrace *cough*) not deserving to be on anything even remotely metal related. The album seems to be all over the place sometimes, not giving you a good feeling of solidity throughout it like Wolves did. Compared to Wolves, some Deadlock fans may be a little disappointed. But on it's own, it's an enjoyable album. Many of the songs on it will fade into obscurity, but a couple of the songs (look at the recommended tracks) I know I'll be listening to over and over again for the next few months. Recommended Tracks: Dying Breed, The Brave / Agony Applause, Altruism (for fans of slower, melodic songs) and Martyr To ScienceDeadlock Bizarro WorldOwl City Maybe I'm DreamingSwimming With Dolphins Ambient BlueThe Bunny The Bear The Way We RustProbably one of the best albums the group has put out. Cleans are still the best part (though they swapped out the "bear" again), harsh vocals are still cringe-worthy most of the time... but they work sometimes, the energy in songs like 'I Am Free' is commendable, and the song-writing is actually solid. If nothing else, a band with a somewhat unique brand of electronic post-hardcore... and an unusually solid effort this time around. Recommended Songs: Wait And See, I Am FreeThe Syncope Threshold End of the Beginning2.5 averageAugust Burns Red MessengersBreaking Benjamin Dear AgonyDo you know how much variety Phobia had? This is pretty much like that, only with the variety taken down a notch. The biggest thing that bugged me about this album is the recycled use of lyrics from the other albums... just little lines like "you take my breath away" that pretty much sound like they ripped it directly from the song Breath on Phobia. Other than that though, it's a relatively solid, catchy album. Good for Breaking Benjamin fans, probably nothing that'll get you into them if you've already heard their stuff though.Bullet For My Valentine FeverHarmless and generic pop-metal with some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard. I don't know who writes the lyrics, but I hope the rest of the band either goes along with it as a joke or just because they enjoy the mediocre level of mainstream success it seems to achieve. Seriously. However, if you look past the lyrics, it's a decently catchy album with the occasional guitar solo. Might be worth a listen or two if you desperately need to kill an hour or so of your life.Owl City Ocean EyesVolbeat Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies1.5 very poorOwl City All Things Bright And BeautifulI actually kind of enjoyed Maybe I'm Dreaming and Ocean Eyes, they were catchy and fun (though lyrical abominations, especially Ocean Eyes). This however has no redeemable qualities. The only decent song on this is "Honey and the Bee".
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