A few good moments in there, but I'd say this was a step down from Pass the Flask, it just didn't have the same energy.

The first time I listened to this album I didn't quite get it, but it has definitely grown on me, I can definitely see why it has become an emo classic.

This album excels at one important thing, and that is the style and atmosphere, it's so hard to explain the vibe of this album, I really haven't heard any other bands sound quite like this, it's a very unique sound and I really enjoyed it.

Most of that is because of the instrumentals, you do not expect the guitar work to ... read more

This band is opening for Trivium and Bullet for my Valentine this year, and I had never heard of them before so I decided to check them out. I'm really glad I did.

Feels similar to Trivium, which is awesome. The vocals are so good, and the production also insanely solid.

It's a bit too long tho, hour long albums are a pretty hard listen sometimes even if the album is good.

Whitechapel proves once again they are the greatest deathcore band of all time and one of the best death metal acts out there. Not any band can put out arguably their best work almost 20 years into their career.

Each song feels like it drags you into a different stage of hell, getting you deeper and deeper, the atmosphere is perfect.

Phil Bozeman has to be one of the best metal vocalists right now, this is the best he has ever sounded, he gives an almost scary performance here.

The ... read more

"Forgive him our father, your son is smiling, so lay roses around you"

A very melancholic album, I don't think this album is very consistent, but the songs that hit, HIT. Roses for the Dead, Hospitality and The End of Nothing are enough to make this album worth a listen, but I do wish the rest of the songs offered more.

Roses for the Dead might actually make me cry at some point, that song is genuinely beautiful.

This album was very hit or miss for me, a few tracks are really good, but the rest, while not being bad at all, just don't offer anything noteworthy.

This is Hopesfall going into the alternative rock route, I like it in some songs like Icarus, but it just doesn't have the emotional weight from the last album, while the clean vocals are really good, the screams are a huge step down from The Satellite Years, the harsh vocals in that album made it so raw and emotionally packed, here ... read more

As I've come to expect from The Fall of Troy, their debut is really creative, fun and unique.

It's also really fun to listen to earlier versions of songs I like from Doppelganger. Really makes you appreciate that album more, and also respect this one.

It really pains me to dislike this album. Underoath has become one of my favorite bands, and TOCS is one of my favorite albums, that style made them so different from other bands at the time, and after making 3 of the most iconic albums in the scene, they really changed things around with this one.

This is the first album without clean vocalist and drummer Aaron Gillespie, and you can really tell, the heavier side of Underoath completely takes over here, it still sounds like them, but it ... read more

Arsonists aren't getting any girls with this album.

This sounds mostly like ass. There are moments where it can be fun, mostly when it embraces its genre and just has fun with it, but it still sounds really bad, I wouldn't listen to this again ever.

Funeral for a Friend is pretty underrated.

This album isn't groundbreaking or anything, but it's an insanely effective post-hardcore release and a must listen if you like the post-hardcore side of emo.

I have very mixed feelings with this album, but I do feel they turn out positive in the end.

The first thing to say is just how different this album is from Translating the Name, that sound while really hard to replicate, is heard on songs like It's Far Better to Learn or Bury Your Head, that are slightly reminiscent of old Saosin, and are truly the highlights of this album, but the rest is pretty much a completely different band.

As much as I love Translating the Name, I don't ... read more

This sounds like if you told a group of 14 year olds to do a deathcore album, and it's surprisingly solid.

I know this isn't re-inventing the wheel or anything, it sounds like it borrows way too much of other deathcore bands from that time, and struggles to have an identity of it's own, but I think it does a pretty good job as an album to turn off your brain and bang your head. The lyrics are corny, sure, but tbh most of the times it just sounds like random growls so it's ... read more

Shout-out to emo music, has got to be one of my favorite genres fr.

Truly a beautiful record, there was something in the water for post-hardcore in 2003.

It manages to balance both melodic and heavier tracks so well, there's never a point where you get bored, as it is constantly shifting in styles, and I love it.

The instrumentals feel very technical, and borrows a lot from traditional metal, and that is such a cool mix, it's like a blend of alternative rock, with melodic metalcore ... read more

Struck me as more punk-ish than Racecar is Racecar Backwards. I enjoyed a few songs but I didn't really feel it.

Thursday is a very interesting band.
They're one of the few post-hardcore outputs who are generally labeled as real emo, and you can tell, since this isn't your conventional 2000s post-hardcore.

What I like about Thursday, and this specific era is how real it is, you can hear their emotion come through while you listen to it.

They're leagues less heavy than your typical post-hardcore band, and I feel like it helps them be so much more unique, and Geoff Rickly's vocals ... read more

The vocals were fine but they definitely took me out sometimes. This album is alright, nothing to praise nor to complain about.

It actually bothers me how this band is never brought up when talking about melodic metalcore.

This genuinely sounds way too good to be so unpopular, not even from people who listen to the niche side of metalcore have I heard anything from this band, it's crazy.

After listening to this album I'd put it up there with my favorite melodic metalcore outputs, everything sounds so clean and perfect.

One of the most underrated albums I've ever heard.

It's definitely entertaining but there isn't much that makes it stand out from other releases from this era.

I feel like I say that way to often about some of these, but there really isn't much to say about them.

I can definitely tell why this is one of the most acclaimed rock albums of the 2000s, but it definitely didn't hit the same way I was expecting. I think the enjoyment you can get from this album relies on how you listen to it.

This is a complete shift in sound from Deja Entendu. This goes into a more alternative rock route, rather than a more punkish one. While I think this album is technically stronger, and more solid all around, the songs just don't have the same impact as the few ... read more

Saosin's Translating the Name EP is probably one of the most iconic and beloved releases of the alternative 2000s scene, and one of my favorite and most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard, it's only fault is being just 15 minutes long.

Anthony Green is special, and anyone who has listened to his work will tell you the same, he lives for singing, and his passion shines in this album. His voice and songwriting is a huge reason why Saosin is so important, and while I ... read more