Average Rating: 3.28 Rating Variance: 0.66 Objectivity Score: 85% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name4.5 superbArchitects Hollow CrownTop-notch vocals (especially the clean ones), sharp production, tight musicianship. Highlight tracks are "Early Grave", "Follow the Water", "In Elegance", and "Hollow Crown." This album contains no filler, and every song displays raw emotion and carries it's own weight.August Burns Red ConstellationsNot content with just writing breakdowns with filling and calling it a song, ABR have shown maturity and better song writing. Improved vocals and better riffs also from Messengers.Between the Buried and Me The Great MisdirectEngaging, twisting, and addicting. Shows progression and versatility with tracks like "Mirrors" and "Desert of Song". Not as 'technical' as Colors, but The Great Misdirect surpasses it in every other way.Converge Jane DoeConverge No HeroesDarkest Hour Deliver UsEmery The QuestionEmery ...In Shallow Seas We SailMore than a return to form. They combine what made The Question so enjoyable, fix the problems that riddled I'm Only a Man, and came up with this, post-hardcore's finest of 2009.Misery Signals ControllerSet Your Goals This Will Be the Death of UsUnderoath Lost In The Sound Of Separation4.0 excellentAnberlin CitiesArchitects RuinAs Cities Burn Come Now SleepAs Cities Burn Hell or High WaterAugust Burns Red MessengersConverge You Fail MeConverge Axe to FallThis would have strongly warranted a 4.5 or 5 if there weren't so many needless guest musicians, and the closer "Wretched World" doesn't amount to much, unlike their other epic songs like "Jane Doe" and "Grim Heart / Black Rose". But there's NOTHING else to complain about.Darkest Hour The Eternal ReturnEnter Shikari Common DreadsEvergreen Terrace Almost HomeCatchy choruses throughout the album, with once again top-notch clean vocals accompanied with the sharp screaming. Some songs hit harder than others. Highlight tracks are "Almost Home (111)", "Mario Speedwagon", and "Failure to Operate".Every Time I Die New Junk AestheticContains every good quality of ETID; fun, dirty, raw - and amplifies it in 13 tracks. Highlight tracks are "Roman Holiday", "Wanderlust", and "Organ Grinder".Fear Before The Always Open MouthFor the Fallen Dreams RelentlessHORSE the band Desperate LivingLa Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair Misery Signals MirrorsNorma Jean RedeemerOceana Birth.EaterSenses Fail Life Is Not a Waiting RoomImprove even more on the improvement shown on Still Searching in every way. The melodies are tighter and the aggression is genuine and carries weight. Highlight tracks are "Wolves at the Door", "Hair of the Dog", and "Family Tradition".The Chariot Wars and Rumors of WarsThe Devil Wears Prada With Roots Above and Branches BelowThe Ghost Inside Fury And The Fallen OnesThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than AloneUnearth The March3.5 greatA Day To Remember HomesickAnberlin New SurrenderArsonists Get All the Girls PortalsAs Cities Burn Son, I Loved You at Your DarkestAugust Burns Red Thrill SeekerBecoming The Archetype DichotomyBroadway KingdomsCircus Circus Brooklyn NightlifeDance Gavin Dance HappinessDarkest Hour Undoing RuinEvergreen Terrace WolfbikerFear Before Fear BeforeYet another change in direction, for the worse, but it's still a really good album. More straight-forward than The Always Open Mouth. Interesting lyrics throughout the album. Highlight tracks are "I'm Fine Today" and "Get Your Life Together".Gwen Stacy A DialogueDefinite improvements from "The Life I Know". Inconsistent, but mostly solid, vocals. Good showcase of musicianship. At face value, a generic post-hardcore album, but not really the case after a few listens. Highlight tracks are "The First Words", "Profit Motive", and "The Sound of Letting Go".Haste the Day Burning BridgesHaste the Day Pressure the HingesIn:Aviate 1985In:Aviate SpeakInhale Exhale I Swear...It Prevails Capture & EmbraceIwrestledabearonce It's All HappeningMastodon Crack the SkyeMaylene and the Sons of Disaster IIIMos Def The EcstaticNorma Jean O' God, the AftermathNorma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the ChildOf Machines As If Everything Was Held In PlaceOur Last Night The Ghosts Among UsPM Today And Then The HurricaneSaosin In Search Of Solid GroundSenses Fail Still SearchingSet Your Goals Mutiny!Stray From The Path Make Your Own HistoryTaking Back Sunday New AgainThe Almost Monster, MonsterThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksTherefore I Am The Sound Of Human LivesThis or the Apocalypse MonumentsThis Time Next Year Road Maps and Heart AttacksSolid pop-punk effort. Catchy, easy to get into. This band shows great promise. Have also released two solid EPs.Those Who Lie Beneath An AwakeningTides of Man Empire TheorySolid debut from a band with a promising future. The whole album has an eerie feeling, and they have sharp musicianship.Valencia We All Need A Reason To BelieveWhitechapel This Is Exile3.0 goodA Hope For Home The Everlasting ManA Plea for Purging DepravityTechnical, catchy, and heavy; but one breakdown too many... in every song.At The Throne of Judgment The Arcanum OrderBlessthefall WitnessDefinite improvements from their first album. This album has a handful of heavy breakdowns, without getting too monotonous. The choruses are catchy, but this is STILL a formulaic post-hardcore album, just well executed.Born of Osiris A Higher PlaceBurden of a Day Blessed Be Our Ever AfterBurden of a Day OneOneThousandEnter Shikari Take to the SkiesFeatures a lot of interludes (filler), and a couple of memorable tracks.For the Fallen Dreams ChangesVery 'safe', but there is sign of brilliance, like "This World Around Us" and "Hopeless".Haste the Day When Everything FallsHaste the Day DreamerHeavy Heavy Low Low Turtle Nipple And The Toxic ShockImpending Doom The Serpent ServantSolid death metal album. Nothing special, but "More Than Conquerors" is a great song and sticks out like a sore thumb on the album.In Fear and Faith Your World On FireInhale Exhale Bury Me AliveJon Lajoie You Want Some Of This?Very hit-or-miss. Some tracks aren't funny at all, while some are hilarious and effective parodies of the materialism and sexism that exists in hip-hop, etc. I never thought I would like any of these youtube comedians, so it gets the nod.Life on Repeat As I GrewNorma Jean The Anti MotherOh, Sleeper Son of the MorningSilverstein A Shipwreck in the SandStray From The Path VillainsTexas in July I AmThe Color Morale We All Have DemonsVanna A New HopeWe Came As Romans To Plant a SeedPowerful, commanding lead vocals. The clean vocals are auto-tuned but aren't distracting. Every song features positive, almost inspiring lyrics. It's good to see a modern post-hardcore band NOT complaining about a past relationship or a random whore. And decent song writing skills are shown; they tend to stray away from the usual verse-chorus-verse structure. This album is definitely something to build upon.2.5 averageA Skylit Drive AdelphiaAfter the Burial Rareform (Re-release)Austrian Death Machine Double BrutalFunny on the first and maybe the second listen, but it wears off quick. The covers are kind of fun but wear off quick as well.Before Their Eyes The Dawn of My DeathBorn of Osiris The New ReignBring Me The Horizon Suicide SeasonDrop Dead, Gorgeous Hot N' HeavyDrop Dead, Gorgeous have found a comfortable middle-ground from their first two albums, which is post-hardcore with a slight southern edge. There are bright spots in this album, like "Two Birds, One Stone", and "Dirtier Than You Want to Know", but in the end the album runs its course and not much is remembered.Greeley Estates Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go EastGwen Stacy The Life I KnowMyChildren MyBride UnbreakableHello, guilty pleasure. A few of the breakdowns on this record really hit hard. It screams brocore, but the positive lyrics are cool. And if I was in a band, I would definitely write a song about my favorite video game too. Don't know if it would go on a full length, though. Their release this year should be better. They're working with Matt Goldman, a pretty good producer.Senses Fail Let It Enfold You (Deluxe Edition)The Fall of Troy In the Unlikely EventThe Word Alive EmpireGood lead vocals. Bad screaming. Decent guitar riffs in every song keep it competent enough.2.0 poorAlesana The EmptinessMostly shoddy vocals once again. "The Artist" is catchy. "The Murderer" has a nice breakdown near the end, but is ruined with the bad screaming, and after that, the song gets really annoying. Nothing else is worth mentioning. Some decent riffs throughout the album keep it listenable enough for the first time through.Greeley Estates No Rain, No RainbowEvery song features the same chugging, verse-chorus-verse-breakdown-chorus structure. All the songs blend together. They are taking a turn for the worse.Miss May I Apologies Are for the WeakRiddled with mistimed, useless breakdowns. The auto-tune clean vocals are obvious. It contains no lasting value. "Not Our Tomorrow" is pretty catchy, and "Architect" has a sick riff near the end, the rest is filler and it blends.The Crimson Armada Guardians1.5 very poorAttack Attack! Someday Came SuddenlyStick Stickly, a handful of 3-minute filler tracks, bad vocals, auto-tune, dumb dance interludes, and then you're either disgusted or bored.Blessed by a Broken Heart All is Fair in Love and War1.0 awfulAnnotations Of An Autopsy Before the Throne of InfectionEndless, brainless chugging, overdone gang vocals, and terribly immature lyrics. But the lyrics don't matter when your vocalist is squealing for 30-some minutes, right?Asking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreamPretty much a re-hash of Attack Attack!, Bring Me the Horizon, and Blessthefall with all of their annoying qualities amplified for 35 minutes.Breathe Carolina It's Classy Not ClassicNot classy, nor classic. It's two scene kids with no talent (i set my friends on fire, metro station, anyone?) who can't write decent lyrics or decent beats... this album has no direction, it's just trendy garbage so Rise Records can profit... or something.brokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It!I'M 12 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE THIS. Well I'm not 12.Metro Station Metro StationNever Shout Never What Is Love?KILL IT WITH FIRE. This is dumber and more sappy than Dashboard and Owl City put together.
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