All Our Gods… stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the creative Behemoths of modern heavy music and will certainly be one of the year’s highlights.
If All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us was an Olympic gymnastic performance, it would have nailed the double backflip but stumbled just a bit on the landing, leaving onlookers blown away by the trick and barely remembering that last wobble.
*The most important review I've written*
REVIEW REPOST #025. I repost my old reviews, which got no attention, with updated thoughts. Posted this review last year, but I'm posting it again alongside my updated and original review. This is going to be one of my most important reviews since this is one of the most important albums in my life.
Updated Review:
All Our Gods Have Abandoned is the best Metalcore album of all time and up there with the best albums ever released, for me. It is also ... read more
Tom’s final album with Architects (although not the last album he wrote in) is as soul crushing and depressing as the previous album. I remember hearing somewhere that Tom thought Lost Forever // Lost Together was going to be his last album, it shows there as that album felt like it was written to be a final album, from its insane guitar work, Sam’s incredibly powerful screams, the intensity and variety of the songs, it all added up to make a phenomenal send off to one of my ... read more
Absolutely in the discussion for best modern metalcore album. “AOGHAU” is filled to the brim with anger, confusion, and a little bit of hope, but it’s a dark album. Emotions are elevated by Sam’s almost pained vocal delivery, but the whole album feels exceedingly sad from the passing of guitarist Tom Searle shortly after the album was released. Tom was the primary songwriter for the band, and nearing death, seemingly put all he had into “AOGHAU”. It’s ... read more
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