| Hacksaw to the Throat Wastelands | 4.5 |
| Tides of Man Dreamhouse | 4.0 |
The album loses a sense of cohesion that Empire Theory had. You could feel an album long
buildup in Empire Theory, reaching a crash on Western Scene. The album felt like an 'album.'
Dreamhouse's lack of longer songs like Create leave me wanting a few more impassioned guitar
solos, and some more progression, as most of the songs follow a very generic 'verse chorus'
format, so much so that I don't know how anyone could really praise it for it's progression
after Empire Theory did progression 100x better. That being said, the riffing got much
better and mathier, and the vocals, which being much more produced, have improved as well.
Josh's drumlines are still mathy and fun. A few gems, like Statues, Salamanders and Worms,
Dreamhouse, and Chemical Fires show this band's talent and ability to really work together
and make something no other band can. This band is nothing like Circa Survive, though they
have a lot of similar characteristics. Overall, this is a more mature and fun album, after
their extremely serious, less passionate Empire Theory. |
| Oceana Clean Head | 4.0 |
This band finally gives us a sound that is all their own, rather than sounding like every
other -core act out there. It sounds real, stripped down and fresh. The vocals get a tad
repetitive, but otherwise, it's a very powerful EP. |
| Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris | 1.5 |
| QotSA is so full of talent, but when they were once coherent, now they just seem angry and unintelligible. Sick, Sick, Sick is great, the rest of the album is more than forgettable. And the screeching noise in Battery Acid gives me a headache. |
| The Mars Volta Octahedron | 2.0 |
| The Fall of Troy Manipulator | 2.0 |
| Boys Night Out TrainWreck | 4.0 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Black Earth | 4.0 |
| 3 (USA) Revisions | 3.5 |
| 3 (USA) Paint By Number | 4.0 |
| Mogwai Mogwai EP+2 | 2.5 |
| Cynic Traced in Air | 4.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect | 3.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors | 3.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me Alaska | 4.5 |
| The Fall of Troy In the Unlikely Event | 2.0 |
1. Vocals are atrocious.
2. Riffs, while sometimes creative, are no longer as fast, furious, and fun.
3. Just not an enjoyable listen at all. If this would have been a demo from an up and coming band, I could see this as something special, but this is their 4th studio album. |
| The Fall of Troy Doppelganger | 4.0 |
| Compared to their newer stuff, this is an amazing album. |
| Tides of Man Empire Theory | 4.5 |
| Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze | 4.0 |
| Endless Hallway Autonomy Games | 3.5 |
| Pretty creative, and the vocalist is strong, but gets a bit repetitive. Fairly strong album nonetheless. |
| Behold... The Arctopus Skullgrid | 3.0 |
| The Receiving End of Sirens Between the Heart and the Synapse | 4.0 |
| All That Remains The Fall of Ideals | 3.0 |
| All That Remains Overcome | 2.0 |
| Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion | 2.5 |
| brokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It! | 1.0 |
| Brand New Daisy | 3.5 |
| Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates | 3.5 |
| Minus the Bear Menos El Oso | 4.0 |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium | 5.0 |
| Closure in Moscow First Temple | 4.0 |
| Closure in Moscow The Penance and the Patience | 4.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 | 4.0 |
| Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade | 4.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow | 3.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness | 4.5 |
| Brand New Your Favorite Weapon | 2.5 |
| Brand New Deja Entendu | 3.5 |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me | 5.0 |
