FREAKS

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Based on 1 review
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Based on 110 ratings
March 22, 2024 / Release Date
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70
Distorted Sound

Freaks is a record that’s sure to make people sit up and listen, and if this is just the beginning then there’s no guessing what Avralize have in store for the future. More saxophone? We can only hope so.

EEF
30

This is pretty derivative of a lot of modern metalcore bands with djent style riffs from bands like Polaris, Windwaker, and While She Sleeps. I can think of at least a few tracks that sound exactly like the song "CANVAS" This album also features a lot of djent sections that sound like it's parodying "Animals As Leaders." The longer this album went on the more annoying and repetitive it got.

DatMarsu
60

Yeah this does cover every metalcore trope I can think of. But its still executed good enough that I can't deny a few hooks are stuck in my head and some breakdowns had me headbanging. And besides the tropes this genuinely felt a bit more colorful and plain fun, relatively speaking.

Torretti
82

Em um mundo onde a cena metalcore anda cada vez mais genérica e previsível, felizmente, temos um projeto como ''FREAKS'' da banda AVRALIZE para demonstrar um pouco de esperança quanto ao futuro do gênero. Eu pouco conhecia ou sabia sobre a banda, mas quando ouvi o single ''LOTUS'' há alguns meses, soube que precisaria dar uma chance ao projeto completo assim que ele ... read more

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I became a freak.

91

Amazing album! Hits a spot where poppiness and metalcore meet for me.

Vanillalake18
60

While I was really excited and really fucking with this album when it first came out, as time went on, I never see myself coming back to it ever. The record is an overproduced/quantized copy of many other bands. While some ideas were executed pretty well, some of the songs are more annoying to me than appealing.

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Track List

1LOTUS
4:47
82
2HIGHER
4:12
79
3BRIGHT
4:27
72
4STAB BY STAB
2:58
74
5CANVAS
4:16
87
6ALIVE
4:36
80
7OVERDOSE
5:21
82
8FREAKS
4:11
73
Total Length: 34 minutes
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