| 4.5 superb |
| Alkaline Trio Maybe I'll Catch Fire |
| Anthrax Among the Living |
| Anthrax The Greater of Two Evils |
| Bane The Note |
| Big D and the Kids Table Fluent in Stroll |
| Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin |
| Death Cab for Cutie Plans |
| Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! |
| Every Time I Die Gutter Phenomenon |
| Every Time I Die Hot Damn! |
| Now while I would say this album is a classic for any hardcore fan, some songs do bore me from time to time. However, compared to most hardcore cds, this album is a masterpiece from start to finish. It is lyrically superior to almost any hardcore band and also a gem for finding a good balance between intelligent, catchy hooks and heavy, varied breakdowns. |
| Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place |
| H2O Nothing To Prove |
| Hum You'd Prefer an Astronaut |
| In Flames Colony |
| Incendiary Cost of Living |
| Iron And Wine Our Endless Numbered Days |
| Iron Chic You Can't Stay Here |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast |
| Joy Division Unknown Pleasures |
| Modern Life Is War Fever Hunting |
| New Order Power, Corruption and Lies |
| Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (DVD) |
| Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps |
| Power Trip Nightmare Logic |
| Praise Leave It All Behind |
| RVIVR The Beauty Between |
| Stars Set Yourself On Fire |
| Stars Heart |
| The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced |
| The Menzingers On the Impossible Past |
| The Postal Service Give Up |
| The Weakerthans Reconstruction Site |
| The Wonder Years Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing |
| The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation |
| This Is Hell Sundowning |
| Touche Amore Stage Four |
| Unearth The Oncoming Storm |
| Besides a few songs on this cd, this album is a classic and I'm not afraid to say it. The songs all have a unique aspect to them and vocals are the only part to Unearth that seem to be nothing special. However, this release is definitely a must for any metalcore fan. The Oncoming Storm has decent lyrics, occasional solos, spectacular song dynamics and the ability to not sound generic. Many contend that metalcore is too formulaic, but this album definitely trys to debate that point by having unique breakdowns and songs typically without filler. |
| Weezer Pinkerton |
| Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
| With Honor With Honor |
| 4.0 excellent |
| AJJ Christmas Island |
| Alice in Chains Jar of Flies |
| Alkaline Trio Crimson |
| Alkaline Trio My Shame Is True |
| All That Remains This Darkened Heart |
| The Fall of Ideals is the better overall record, but this album's lack of clean singing and less commercial approach makes it have more varied songwriting in my opinion. The drummer on this record pales in comparison to the one on The Fall of Ideals, as well. |
| American Nightmare Background Music |
| Amy Winehouse Back to Black |
| Anamanaguchi Endless Fantasy |
| Another Breath The God Complex |
| Anthrax Spreading the Disease |
| Bane Don't Wait Up |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| Casey Jones The Few, The Proud, The Crucial |
| I still don't know which cd I like more, this or The Messenger. Either way, this cd impresses me throughout. Fun lyrics about friendship, tough guys, drug use, and many other great topics. The Family Guy sound clips definitely add in an extra bit of humor too. I may possibly review this in-depth later. One of my favorite edge cds by far |
| Ceremony (USA-CA) Rohnert Park |
| Champion Promises Kept |
| Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!" |
| Comeback Kid Wake the Dead |
| Comeback Kid Turn It Around |
| Conor Oberst Ruminations |
| Death Bells Standing at the Edge of the World |
| Down To Nothing All My Sons |
| Endwell Consequences |
| For what it is, this album is phenomenal. Angry and in-your-face lyrics coupled with catchy guitar hooks and pummeling drums. I was astounded from hearing this album, especially noting their prior work. I wouldn't classify this as metalcore though. More or less, this album is straight and heavy hardcore with occasional metal noodlings. |
| Every Time I Die The Big Dirty |
| Every Time I Die Ex Lives |
| Every Time I Die Low Teens |
| FM Attack New World |
| Foundation When The Smoke Clears |
| Human Leather Lazy Karaoke |
| Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| In Flames Whoracle |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Morning View |
| Iron Chic Not Like This |
| Iron Chic Spooky Action |
| Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around |
| This album is my favorite from Johnny Cash's later career. Although they're covers, each song has its own unique touch and it's very emotionally heavy. His voice may be strained at times, but that's something to expect for a person his age still writing music. |
| Kids Like Us The Game |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning |
| Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates |
| Misery Signals Of Malice and the Magnum Heart |
| Misery Signals Controller |
| Off With Their Heads In Desolation |
| Off With Their Heads Home |
| Pallbearer Heartless |
| Pantera Vulgar Display of Power |
| Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block |
| Polar Bear Club Clash Battle Guilt Pride |
| PUP The Dream Is Over |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
| RVIVR The Tide b/w Shaggy |
| Sad Lovers and Giants Epic Garden Music |
| Set It Straight My Favourite Words |
| Set Your Goals This Will Be the Death of Us |
| Shadows Fall The War Within |
| Shai Hulud Reach Beyond the Sun |
| Sick of It All The Last Act of Defiance |
| Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love |
| Stars In Our Bedroom After The War |
| Stars No One Is Lost |
| Sum 41 Chuck |
Even though I'm typically cemented in hardcore, I cannot rag on this cd. It has catchy guitar riffs, quick and fun guitar solos, gang vocals (No Reason), breakdowns (I'm Not The One) and countless other aspects that keep this cd fresh and new. It's still one of my favorite pop-punk releases because it implements the best parts to other genres and does not come off as cheesy. The lyrics are nothing spectacular, but who cares? I know I most certainly don't  |
| Tegan and Sara Heartthrob |
| The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma |
| The Bouncing Souls How I Spent My Summer Vacation |
| The Cure Disintegration |
| The Hudson Horror Nemesis |
| The Hudson Horror Ruiner |
| The Menzingers Rented World |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| The Weakerthans Left and Leaving |
| Trapped Under Ice Secrets of the World |
| Underoath The Changing of Times |
| Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend |
| Verse Bitter Clarity, Uncommon Grace |
| With Honor This Is Our Revenge |
| Not my favorite With Honor, but still a solid release from a great hardcore band. RIP |
| 3.5 great |
| Above This Fire In Perspective |
| The only problem I have with this album is Above This Fire never stepping outside their comfort zone and unintentionally crafting an average release due to that. While I love so many songs on this cd, none go beyond standard metalcore formulas and therefore it doesn't have lasting appeal besides a few tracks. That being said, I still love this cd and recommend it to anyone who enjoys hardcore or metal-influenced hardcore. Favorite Tracks: When Screams Go Silent, Designing A Requiem, Reaction, and Miles Apart |
| Against Me! Searching for a Former Clarity |
| Against Me! White Crosses |
| Alexisonfire Watch Out! |
| Alexisonfire Crisis |
| Alterbeast Immortal |
| American Nightmare We're Down Til We're Underground |
| Backtrack Darker Half |
| Banner Pilot Souvenir |
| Between the Buried and Me Alaska |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors |
| Bleachers Strange Desire |
| Bleachers Terrible Thrills Vol. 2 |
| Some of the covers are great and make the song better than the original while others do the exact opposite. Those things taken into account, I rate it the same as the original album |
| blink-182 Enema Of The State |
| I had this cd taken away from me by my parents when it first came out. So, besides the typical immature lyrics of blink-182, this album is one of my favorites and just wish all ages could enjoy their fun and poppy songwriting skills. |
| Blood Ceremony Lord of Misrule |
| Blood for Blood Serenity |
| Blood Has Been Shed Spirals |
| I was initially going to rate this lower, but then I realized how heavy and original it is compared to Killswitch Engage. Any fan of heavy music should check this out, I was pleasantly surprised. It may not blow you away, but is a nice addition to someone's music collection |
| Break Away Face Aggression |
| Casey Jones The Messenger |
| I agree completely with this review. Solid production and fun, new way to look at straight-edge hardcore. The only negative being somewhat similar song structure, though this is not noticed if you listen close enough |
| Cruel Hand Prying Eyes |
| Dead End Path Blind Faith |
| Death Cab for Cutie The Photo Album |
| Deez Nuts Rep Your Hood |
| A lot better than most hardcore bands coming out nowadays. It is definitely NOTHING GROUNDBREAKING; however, it does have a lot of catchy parts to it and I love the old-school vibe it has. Unfortunately, the high-school lyrics take it a notch down and make me rate it lower than the band could achieve. If you can look at it from a joke hardcore band-with-musicianship standpoint, you will not be disappointed |
| Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been |
| Evergreen Terrace Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in this Business |
| Evergreen Terrace Writer's Block |
| Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic |
| Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown |
| Fire & Ice Not of This Earth |
| Futurecop! The Movie |
| Grave Maker Bury Me At Sea |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction |
| Iced Earth The Dark Saga |
| Iron And Wine Kiss Each Other Clean |
| Jeff Rosenstock WORRY. |
| Jess And The Ancient Ones Jess And The Ancient Ones |
| Julien Baker Sprained Ankle |
| Killing The Dream Fractures |
| Kristine Kristine |
| Laura Veirs Year Of Meteors |
| Life Long Tragedy Destined For Anything |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All |
| Metallica Metallica |
| Minus the Bear Acoustics |
| Modern Baseball You’re Gonna Miss It All |
| Modern Life Is War My Love. My Way. |
| My Bitter End The Renovation |
| Compared to most deathcore, this album is outstanding. It blends melody into something so heavy and chaotic. In my opinion, it is a breath of fresh air in a genre so stale with typical riffs and breakdowns. Example: As Blood Runs Black |
| New Found Glory Resurrection |
| Off With Their Heads From the Bottom |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell |
| Power Trip Armageddon Blues |
| Pretty Lights A Color Map of The Sun |
| PUP PUP |
| Reign Supreme American Violence |
| Remembering Never God Save Us |
| Definitely my favorite Remembering Never release. Like the review states, the album is very focused musically and relies on heart and conviction to gain your interest. Although this band does generously use breakdowns, I would contend that they are much more than that. When I listen to this cd, I hear lyrics commenting on various issues and good musicianship from all other members of the band, something not common among many "scene" bands today. |
| Sick of It All Based on a True Story |
| Stars The North |
| STRFKR Being No One, Going Nowhere |
| Take Offense Tables Will Turn |
| Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends |
| Teen Daze Themes For Dying Earth |
| Tegan and Sara Love You to Death |
| Not as good as Heartthrob, but there's still quite a few catchy synth-pop tunes in the same style as their previous album |
| The Beautiful Ones Jaded Love |
| The Black Dahlia Murder Unhallowed |
| The Bouncing Souls Anchors Aweigh |
| The Decemberists Picaresque |
| The Maine American Candy |
| The Menzingers After the Party |
| The Shins Oh, Inverted World |
| The Wild Set Ourselves Free |
| The Wonder Years No Closer to Heaven |
| This Is Hell Weight of the World |
| This Is Hell Black Mass |
| Timecop1983 Journeys |
| Tycho Dive |
| Tycho Epoch |
| Unearth III: In the Eyes of Fire |
| Verse Aggression |
| War On Women War On Women |
| xBishopx Drugs |
| 3.0 good |
| Against Me! New Wave |
| Alcoa Bone & Marrow |
| Alkaline Trio Damnesia |
| All That Remains The Fall of Ideals |
| This is a great album to introduce someone to metalcore with, but it's also the same album that led ATR down the dark path of arena metal. I can't believe how much this band has changed. |
| Anthrax Fistful of Metal |
| As I Lay Dying Shadows Are Security |
| Atreyu The Curse |
| Basement I Wish I Could Stay Here |
| blink-182 California |
| Blood for Blood Outlaw Anthems |
| Bloodlined Calligraphy They Want You Silent |
| Boys No Good Never Felt Better |
| Casey Jones I Hope We're Not The Last |
| Comeback Kid Symptoms + Cures |
| Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs |
| Death Cab for Cutie Codes and Keys |
| Dinosaur Jr. Without a Sound |
| Donnybrook! Lions In This Game |
| Don't get me wrong, this cd has amazing songs like "Down For The Core" and "Ream Em And Weep". However, some songs don't get me interested no matter how much I try and like them. Therefore, I unfortunately only give this cd a Good rating to avoid praising every single hardcore act that isn't "scene". |
| Erica Freas Patient Ones |
| Evergreen Terrace Wolfbiker |
| Explosions in the Sky The Wilderness |
| Fireworks Gospel |
| FM Attack Dreamatic |
| From Autumn to Ashes Holding A Wolf By The Ears |
| Further Seems Forever Penny Black |
| Gerard Way Hesitant Alien |
| H2O H2O |
| Hatebreed Rise of Brutality |
| I Killed the Prom Queen When Goodbye Means Forever |
| I Killed the Prom Queen Music for the Recently Deceased |
| Incendiary Crusade |
| Iron Chic The Constant One |
| Iron Chic Ys |
| Iron Reagan The Tyranny Of Will |
| Jeff Rosenstock POST- |
| Junip Junip |
| Kids Like Us Outta Control |
| Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies |
| Living With Lions Holy Shit |
| Matt Skiba and the Sekrets Kuts |
| Metallica Reload |
| Metallica Load |
| Modern Baseball Holy Ghost |
| Modern Life Is War Midnight in America |
| Mount Salem Endless |
| Mumford and Sons Babel |
| Nirvana Nevermind |
| Polar Bear Club Death Chorus |
| Recon (USA-NY) Graves |
| While I love or loved this band for a very short intense period, I can't bring myself to rate this any higher than a 3. It is definitely a GOOD cd; however, there are quite a few cons such as poor production and simplistic redundance. I love songs like Burn This City(Intro), Nowhere To Run, Thirteen, This Is Real, etc, but still recognize this band's flaws and place them where they should be. Right in the middle. Not mediocre, not classic. Just GOOD |
| Reign Supreme Testing The Limits Of Infinite |
| Senses Fail Let It Enfold You |
| Shadows Fall The Art of Balance |
| Silverstein Discovering the Waterfront |
| Stars The Five Ghosts |
| Story of the Year In The Wake Of Determination |
| Success Radio Recovery |
| Terror Keepers of the Faith |
| The Bouncing Souls Hopeless Romantic |
| The Buggles The Age of Plastic |
| The Devil Wears Prada Zombie |
| The Effort Iconoclasm |
| The Front Bottoms The Front Bottoms |
| The Front Bottoms Talon of the Hawk |
| The Ghost Inside Fury and the Fallen Ones |
| Although I do agree with some reviewers that this release has many formulaic moments, they definitely make up for it by lyrics that are atypical for hardcore (for the most part). Especially for a debut release, this band has a lot of potential and can definitely rise to greatness considering the current state of hardcore. Major acts like Have Heart are calling it quits and the metalcore fad is slowly dying, bands like this have a chance to become heavy-hitters in this genre. |
| The Ghost Inside Returners |
| The Maine Forever Halloween |
| The Midnight Kids |
| The Necessaries Event Horizon |
| The Warriors War Is Hell |
| The Warriors Beyond The Noise |
| The World We Knew Exordium |
| Timecop1983 Reflections |
| Title Fight The Last Thing You Forget |
| Trapped Under Ice Stay Cold |
| Vampire Weekend Contra |
| Wintersleep The Great Detachment |
| xBishopx Suicide Party |
| 1.0 awful |
| Blessthefall His Last Walk |
| Drop Dead, Gorgeous In Vogue |
| Emmure Felony |
| Call me crazy, but I actually use to like Emmure. Now though, I leave halfway through their set and only stay for the first half to see if they are beaten up onstage. It is definitely safe to say this band is the worst in hardcore right now. The Respect Issue was bad, but this isn't even funny how bad it is. Ten thumbs down |
| Inked in Blood Sometimes We Are Beautiful |
| Inked in Blood Inked in Blood |
| Ligeia Bad News |
| I'm going to have to politely disagree with most of these reviews. While Your Ghost Is A Gift has contrived violent lyrics towards women, songs like The Blackout are practically metalcore classics for me. On the other hand, Bad News has many more catchy and fun hardcore songs, but as said before, gets old very quickly. The lyrical topics can get childish at times such as "Bitch, youz a hoe" and songs never really stood out for me. To each his own I guess, but I'd have to say that if your into hardcore at all, do not get this cd. |
| Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu |
| Simple Creatures Strange Love |
| Sum 41 Underclass Hero |
| Twenty One Pilots Blurryface |
