We are officially entering the era of Brendon Urie. This is the first album where Brendon Urie has writing credits on every song, and his development as an artist shines brightly. The compositions are tight, exciting, a mix of classic and modern sounds, Brendon's vocals have begun to challenge the greatest singers of all time, and anyone who does not fall in love with these tracks is, quite simply, incorrect.

Fave Tracks: Death of a Bachelor, Impossible Year
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This is one of the few flawless albums that I've ever listened to. The transition into Death of Me is a little jarring, which is why I didn't give it the full 100%, but goddamn, this album put Dallas in the top tier of singer-songwriters.

Um... boring, yeah? Kinda boring. There are some hard hitting tracks, and the acoustic interlude "Revival" sounds good. Songwriting is decent, production is okay, vocal delivery is interesting. But in general, quite forgettable. Not painful to listen to by any means, but nothing head turning.

The first thing I noticed about Meliora is how ridiculously campy it is. It's like Flash Gordon decided to worship Satan and asked Queen to make a soundtrack for his morning jog. Musicianship is fine, songwriting is okay, mixing is good, but the entire ensemble together comes off as silly at best and boring at worst. Overall decent album, but nothing special. However, if you are a part of the faux-epic metal world, or worship Satan but don't like your music too metal, this album is for you.

This collaboration in doom and gloom is one of the best I've heard in a while. "Terrible Lie" is by far my favorite track and is actually a well-written song musically. The rest of the album, while not as creative, delivers a hard, depressing, dreary, and despairing piece of sludgy awesomeness.

Good album, would listen to it again, but not something that I will be coming back to voluntarily. Lyrics are cliche, sorry, as is the music. I know it's stoner metal, but that's no excuse for being boring.

"That's The Spirit" feels like a collection of lullabies for people involved in the hardcore scene. While their songwriting is still great and production is still on par with "Sempiternal", there's less originality or lyrical exploration than on any of Bring Me the Horizon's previous LPs. I wouldn't mind hearing to this album again, and it is really good music for peaceful sleep, but I can't say that I will come back to it.

I have very little to say about this album, other than the fact that it is even more disappointing and dull than Ultraviolence was. "High By the Beach" is the only half-decent song on the album, whereas every other track stumbled around like it was cross-faded. Lana's focus is clearly on presenting a particular aesthetic which appeals to her and probably many other people, but without basic song-writing skills, it won't turn many, if any, critical heads. Overall, disappointed.