Invent Animate - Heavener
33

It's appropriate that this is the title track – it's all the fatal flaws of the album microcosmed into 1 MASSIVE slab of nothingness.

STARSET - SHATTERED DREAMS
80

A FAR CRY FROM HEAD OVER HEELS, but...still really great :D

STARSET - SILOS
100

I mean, everyone's said it already (asidefromalltheVesselsglazingugghhhhh). This is peak STARSET.

STARSET - Head Over Heels
100

BEST SILOS SONG I WON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE

STARSET - dark things
85

This sounds like Vessels...but actually good :]

STARSET - DYSTOPIA
100

SUPER HAPPY to see the love on this track :DD

STARSET - TokSik
75

The overreaction on this single is...depressing to me.

STARSET - DEGENERATE
100

WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH YA'LL!? THIS IS PEAK STARSET! LIKE WHAT?
OK but really like c'mon this is awesome.

STARSET - BRAVE NEW WORLD
100

People gotta put more respect on this song, man...

Starset & Breaking Benjamin - Waiting On The Sky To Change
90

An awesome collab between 2 excellent bands in the modern rock scene! With that being said...well, I don't like to compare, but yeah, I think Ben's parts outclass Dustin's (NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR VOCALS).

STARSET - DEVOLUTION
100

DO I EVEN NEED TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS PEAK METAL!?

STARSET - EARTHRISE
95

HORIZONS is maybe the album I'm the most emotionally resonant with, & this song is my best example. With that being said, it's not QUITE as peak as the 1st quarter of this album, but oh well! Still a slapper

STARSET - LEAVING THIS WORLD BEHIND
100

This song is romance incarnate.

STARSET - THE BREACH
100

Their best opener EVER! (beforeDEGENERATE)

STARSET - INFECTED
100

Arknights, thank you for always bringing out the best in STARSET :D

STARSET - ECHO
85

This has the best music video of all time btw :D

STARSET - TRIALS (reimagine)
100

THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A REIMAGINING!

STARSET - TRIALS
100

STARSET can do any song & it will be perfect. I believe this because of this song.

STARSET - SOLSTICE
100

Nostalgia aside, this song is a bonafide Leonardo da Vinci MASTERPIECE!

STARSET - STRATOSPHERE
90

If I may quote one of my favorite users on AOTY...
GOOD SH*T!

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