Life if every reissue of this LP didn't blow out the sound to a harsh on my ears degree to the point I have to actively hunt the original uploads because the remaster I get redirected to sounds like it was mixed by someone hard of hearing. Also Honestly? did not need a four minute outro coulda been like two and even then I'd be like wrap it up because the rhythm guitar in that section is a bit overbearing.

Those two things aside, perfect album; best listened to as loose mp3s off your ... read more

Some great stuff here but it's always followed by the track being a minute longer than it needs to be. Some of the bars on Till I Get There had me making the ishowspeed face.

This album's existence is worth it though for Words I Never Said.

Some great breakup tracks are on here. The mixing is a bit much, I don't mean overproduced I mean it actually hurts to listen to at regular volumes and sounds kind of blown out at points. It does kill some of the songs sadly but what's good is good. Fortnight is an incredible opener, sadly I don't think anything else really reaches the same heights until I Can Do It With A Broken Heart; which isn't to say there aren't good tracks in between - I love So Long, London for ... read more

Great first three tracks, but the last two are quite lacking imo.

I want to preface this with the fact that the Attack Attack! self titled album is one of a handful of albums I've ever given a 100 rating. This is abysmal dogshit. When I heard Attack Attack! was back I was stoked but nervous by their choice of vocalist and lack of returning members beside the two Andrews. All My Life and Brachyura Bombshell dropped, and I felt they were a sign to let them cook.

I take full responsibility for letting them cook holy shit. It's been dogshit, after ... read more

The renditions of Keep Secrets and Why Can't You See just are not ready to be listened to, the vocal delivery on both are just so awkward. Love Maker on the other hand eclipses it's counterpart on In Search of Solid Ground. Both acoustic tracks are good, Love Maker again taking the gold here.

Best version of bury your head, second best version of I Never Wanted To (first best being a rare demo you can find on DELETE THE DEMO's channel just called saosin rare demo. If you hear New Angel playing and Cove FUCKING killing it then you're on the right video), and an absolute dogshit version of Sleepers but you can't win em all.

The Lost Symphonies performance was fine but recorded poorly - it's kinda like someone in the audience filmed it with their phone - and the ... read more

This is obviously an iconic album for the band and contains some of their best, but cove sounds so nervous to hit the right notes and be unoffensive as he can on vocals - which I don't blame him for given the shoes he had to fill. It's frustrating how much better his performances were on the demos for some of these songs, he was clearly having fun and giving it his all in a youthful "I'm in my favorite band now" way and I wish that carried over here.

Despite that ... read more

It's difficult to rate this album because it is the result of a lot of internal stress - be that with the label rejecting a lot of what they offered and making them work with other artists to speed up the writing process, and the fact Cove was pretty much out the door at this point - and disaster, so everything about it is torn is some unique way.

I want to front load this review with the vocals: Cove absolutely killed it here. This album features some of his best performances and shows ... read more

The tracklist is top heavy, which I get like put your best tracks first, but it does make every track after Doubt Me kinda like "okay let's wrap it up"

The Better Me was a lot of fun though. Listen to the title track and that. I kinda liked the occasional dives into country across the album, it caught me off guard at first hearing The Surface on the I Was A... Live performance (which I think is better than the studio version but that's just me) but I welcome that crisp ... read more

It took a while for me to warm up to this one. I wish it came out like 10 years ago when Anthony's voice wasn't as shot, not to say that he does a bad job on the record; you can tell it strains him to scream nowadays. His screams are dressed up in production to account for this which leads to it sometimes sounding just fine and others making me cringe a little.

The Stutter Says a Lot is a good example of the latter imo. It's strange because The Secret Meaning of Freedom - which ... read more

Rating at the time of review: 60
It's nice to hear Cove on a track again after so many years. It pains me to say the track is only okay, which is frustrating because the last minute is incredible while the rest is just okay like why couldn't the whole thing sound like that.

The chorus kills and it's nice to hear Cove experimenting with screams again, something he only did on demos and some spots on In Search Of Solid Ground. I'm assuming this is to gear up for an album ... read more

Best stoner rock release bar-none imo.

I love horrid production in my metal, but not inconsistent production. Personally it just takes me out of it and I have to get back into the vibe if I'm not just listening to individual tracks. Thankfully for Give Your Blood to the Night, there are some killer individual tracks to pick out. Castle of Despair and Vampiric Bloodlust are among the best black metal I've ever heard. Everything else ranges from okay to good; the title track is a worthy playlist addition despite being the ... read more

The atmosphere and vocals are incredible, but the ideas tend to drag.

The first two tracks are actually really good; after that though, it's honestly a bit hard to get through. Play With Your Insides is alright at least. Overall it feels like two polished tracks with four scraps and demos thrown in to make the release longer.

Some good tracks, some bad tracks; mixing is for cowards.

Track 3 is too varied, feeling like multiple clashing ideas where some ideas really hit and some are just eh making me wish it was split up. Overall an incredibly sick release, feels like Hella after chilling out later in life. I really appreciate the bass riffing.

The track list is a bit carried by 40 Rods to the Hog's Head, not to say what's left isn't good or anything they just don't really compare for the most part. I loved the little bouts of improv and funnily enough the outro track's little jam was my favorite tune here aside from the aforementioned show stealer. It's a pleasant listen but in my humble yet often wrong opinion this thing could've been 5 minutes shorter and been better for it.

Biblical Violence through Brown Metal back to back to back is an incredible experience. The latter three tracks are good but feel like the same ideas being done again rather than iterated on. If you told me City Folk Sitting, Sitting was improvised I wouldn't be surprised which is a very neutral statement on my part.