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70
Megalithic Symphony engages the ear from moment to moment and allows Aaron Bruno to try out a variety of ideas, many of them half-baked, but all of them entertaining.
11y
70
Megalithic Symphony succeeds by making a positive of its esoteric oddity, shamelessly coming on by turns like a malfunctioning android Hall & Oates (Guilty Filthy Soul), a goth Linkin Park (Soul Wars), an electro pop-metal Beatlemania (Burn it Down), a torch ballad by the winner of the Venusian X-Factor (All I Need) and a mutant amalgam of Pendulum and Len (Wake Up).
6y
50
If the goal is to conquer the world with cleverly disguised mainstream rock, then Bruno might have success on his hands. But nothing on Megalithic Symphony is dangerous or challenging or original.
11y
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, upon uniting all Chinese kingdoms and acknowledging the threat of the nomads in the north:
"My servants, our NATION needs A WOL for its protection and stability. But not just A regular WOL, A GREAT WOL! We shall unite our former fortifications that once divided us, into one impenetrable WOL to protect China!"
Anyway, this album is as cheesy as it gets. A fitting sound that represents 2013's brand of pop craze and ... happiness...
Highlights: Soul Wars, ... read more
Pretty boring listen. Knights of Shame is a fucking masterpiece but almost eveything else is just boring.
MAYBE I SHOULD KILL MYSELF
...man what a fantastic vocal stim, gotta give credit there at least. 'Sail' falls into that same category as 'Pumped Up Kicks' where they're kinda dark subject-wise but catchy enough that people didn't really pay attention to the lyrics, and as a result it was pretty funny hearing them at school events growing up in the early 2010's. Sadly while I would consider it a decent enough song — certainly a better attempt at blaring ... read more
A Great album from AWOLNATION. A couple songs that arent that good but the rest are really good. And Not Your Fault is in my top 5 songs OAT. I would recommend this album, I think this should be recognized for more than Sail
Favorite Tracks - Soul Wars, Not Your Fault
Least Favorite Tracks - Burn It Down, Guilty Filthy Soul
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Track List
| 1 | Megalithic Symphony 0:58 | 62 |
| 2 | Some Sort Of Creature 0:27 | 24 |
| 3 | Soul Wars 3:37 | 79 |
| 4 | People 3:58 | 66 |
| 5 | Jump On My Shoulders 4:08 | 69 |
| 6 | Burn It Down 2:45 | 73 |
| 7 | Guilty Filthy Soul 3:33 | 70 |
| 8 | Kill Your Heroes 2:59 | 79 |
| 9 | My Nightmare's Dream 0:27 | 34 |
| 10 | Sail 4:19 | 80 |
| 11 | Wake Up 3:03 | 76 |
| 12 | Not Your Fault 4:02 | 78 |
| 13 | All I Need 3:38 | 66 |
| 14 | Knights Of Shame 14:56 Contains untitled hidden track | 78 |
Total Length: 52 minutes
