Average Rating: 4.29 Rating Variance: 0.56 Objectivity Score: 48% (Poorly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicDream Theater Train of ThoughtDream Theater Images and WordsDream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a MemoryDream Theater AwakeDream Theater Systematic ChaosEvanescence The Open DoorIn Flames ClaymanIn Flames Come ClarityAt the time when I bought this album, I was not a huge death metal fan. It was then the heaviest album I owned so naturally it took several listens for it to sink in properly but when it did I realised just how great this album which I had originally undersetimated was. The first In Flames song I ever heard was 'Take This Life,' the opening track on this album. I was hooked by the brutality of the verses and the catchy melodic vocals during the chorus. it didn't take me long after that to research the band further and I decided to by a couple of albums of theirs, opting for Come Clarity and Whoracle. While whoracle is regarded by some as one of In Flames' best and indeed a death metal classic, I personally think that Come Clarity is somewhat better. Don't get the wrong impression and think I am saying Whoracle is a bad album, quite the opposite, I would probably rate it as a solid 4. However, I like the way this album contains more clean vocals, (the song 'Dead End' even including a guest appearence from a female singer) their hooks really giving the songs the extra boost to ensure they stick firmly in your head. One of the other main factors that I hold this album in such high regards is the guitar work. Throughout the album there is riff after riff chugging away constantly, some of the more outstanding ones including the opening to the songs 'Scream' and 'Crawl Through Knives.' The only moment during the album when the relentless guitar onslaught stops is during the ballad-tinged title track, but even that includes excellent acoustic guitar melodies, and a very good solo too. Overall this album packs a hell of a punch whithout overdoing it and the clean vocals dotted throughout it provide the icing on the cake which make this such a great album and a must-have for all fans of melodic death metal. Track-by-track: 1. Take This Life - 4/5 2. Leeches - 4.5/5 3. Reflect the Storm - 5/5 4. Dead End - 5/5 5. Scream - 4/5 6. Come Clarity - 5/5 7. Vacuum - 5/5 8. Pacing Death's Trail - 3.5/5 9. Crawl Through Knives - 5/5 10. Versus Terminus - 5/5 11. Our Infinite Struggle - 4.5/5 12. Vanishing Light - 4/5 13. Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone - 3/5Mastodon LeviathanMastodon Crack the SkyeMetallica Master of PuppetsMetallica Ride the LightningMetallica ...And Justice for AllMetallica Death MagneticRise Against The Sufferer and the WitnessTool LateralusTool Ænima4.5 superb36 Crazyfists A Snow Capped RomanceArchitects Hollow CrownAvenged Sevenfold Avenged SevenfoldCancer Bats Hail DestroyerDream Theater Six Degrees of Inner TurbulenceDream Theater OctavariumEvanescence FallenFoo Fighters The Colour and The Shape (Expanded)Genesis GenesisGreen Day 21st Century BreakdownI simply can't agree with this review, overall I think this album is fantastic, the only complaint I can possibly think of is that it is slightly cheesy in parts. The song 'Peacemaker' is indeed entertaining as you said but I can't believe you mentioned 'Christian's Inferno' among the better songs, in my opinion that is the worst song on the album. 'Murder City' and 'Peacemaker' are my two favourite songs from the album.In Flames A Sense of PurposeMastodon Blood MountainMetallica MetallicaRise Against The UnravelingSlipknot SlipknotSlipknot IowaSlipknot All Hope Is GoneStone Sour Stone SourSum 41 ChuckTool 10,000 Days4.0 excellent36 Crazyfists The Tide and Its TakersFoo Fighters In Your HonorMastodon RemissionRise Against Revolutions per MinuteRise Against Siren Song of the Counter CultureSlipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal VersesTool Undertow3.5 greatBullet for My Valentine Scream Aim FireDream Theater Falling into InfinityFoo Fighters Foo FightersFoo Fighters One by OneFoo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceRise Against Appeal to ReasonSum 41 Does This Look Infected?3.0 goodFoo Fighters There Is Nothing Left to LoseMetallica Reload2.5 averageSum 41 All Killer No Filler1.0 awfulMetro Station Metro Station
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