2007 |
Automatic Loveletter Recover | 4.0 |
Very strong release. Intrumentation is good, melodies are catchy, lyrics are typical, and production is solid. Makes for a fun listen once in a while. This band has potential. |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works | 4.0 |
MGMT Oracular Spectacular | 4.0 |
Born of Osiris The New Reign | 2.5 |
All Time Low So Wrong, It's Right | 1.5 |
Between the Buried and Me Colors | 5.0 |
Amazing. Ridiculous genre shifts, amazing technical proficiency, and the type of songwriting that I especially love. Taking this album at face value is impossible. To understand it, you need to enjoy the humor of HORSE, the devotion and depth of Opeth, the atmosphere of Misery Signals, and the melodies of Dream Theater. Oh, and the awesomeness of BtBaM. |
Every Time I Die The Big Dirty | 2.0 |
HORSE the band A Natural Death | 3.5 |
The Devil Wears Prada Plagues | 4.0 |
3 (USA) The End is Begun | 4.0 |
Yellowcard Paper Walls | 5.0 |
Silverstein Arrivals and Departures | 3.0 |
Hannah Montana Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus | 1.0 |
My American Heart Hiding Inside the Horrible Weather | 3.5 |
Cephalic Carnage Xenosapien | 2.5 |
Becoming The Archetype The Physics of Fire | 4.0 |
65daysofstatic The Destruction of Small Ideas | 3.5 |
Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone | 3.5 |
2006 |
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies | 1.0 |
Daughtry Daughtry | 1.0 |
Trivium The Crusade | 1.0 |
The Killers Sam's Town | 3.5 |
Fergie The Dutchess | 1.0 |
Norma Jean Redeemer | 3.0 |
Mastodon Blood Mountain | 3.5 |
Threat Signal Under Reprisal | 2.5 |
The Human Abstract Nocturne | 4.0 |
This is metalcore for alternative rockers. Honestly, as I look back at myself and this record, this was what got me hooked on metal. Although their new direction is naive and ill-informed, this album is epic, catchy, and interesting, especially for a major myspace band. If you're coming from deathcore, it simply won't have the same effect. Appreciate it for what it is, rather than hating it for what it isn't. |
Ratatat Classics | 4.5 |
Sky Eats Airplane Everything Perfect on the Wrong Day | 5.0 |
All Shall Perish The Price of Existence | 4.5 |
All Time Low Put Up or Shut Up | 2.5 |
Muse Black Holes & Revelations | 3.5 |
The Acacia Strain The Dead Walk | 1.0 |
Between the Buried and Me The Anatomy Of | 3.5 |
AFI Decemberunderground | 4.0 |
As Blood Runs Black Allegiance | 4.0 |
This Will Destroy You Young Mountain | 4.0 |
Blue October Foiled | 3.5 |
Yellowcard Lights and Sounds | 4.0 |
DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 1.5 |
The Faceless Akeldama | 4.5 |
Almost a classic. Technical proficiency, decent vocals, and strong production makes for a tight sound. The riffs can be catchy, and the breakdowns fairly powerful. |