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It's a bold new direction for a group with youth on their side that, while potentially divisive, points towards a bright future.
10y
as promised, i'm checking out the original release of Node before the rerecording of it releases this week.
and, well, this is just aggressively okay metalcore. this is Northlane's first album with their current vocalist Marcus Bridge, and while he's a pretty average screamer on here, his singing performance is actually pretty good. as for the rest of the record, it's unfortunately held back by the really weak production. this has to be Will Putney's worst from what i ... read more
AVERAGE
Northlane is neat. That's really all I have to say about them. They're not the saviors of metalcore everyone seems to think they are. They're not the worst thing to happen to metal since Emmure. They're just neat. They make slightly interesting music that's kind of enjoyable while it's on that isn't too compelling to relisten to after it's over. Node is a crystallization of everything right and wrong with the modern wave of djent and progressive metal as a whole.
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It's Atmospheric, Melodic, Cathartic, This is some tasty Metalcore. the lyrics of Impulse are dogshit though. also, the album doesn't go anywhere. The songs are so similar, there is no real arc or development on the record. the tracks are almost Metalcore paint by number.
