My 100th review will be dedicated to, in my opinion, the greatest album of all time (at least at this moment) - Define The Great Line by Underoath.
This entire album is simply a monumental work that, while not having a concept as such, guides you through its tracklist as if it were a journey through the desert depicted on the cover.
Every track on this album has its own sound, while still maintaining the core sonic identity of the record, brilliantly produced by Adam D.
Every instrumental ... read more
The Poison by BFMV is what people who've never heard emo music would call emo music. In reality, it's a pretty solid metalcore album with cringy lyrics but good vocals and solid riffs.
Let me start with what I don't like: the lyrics are just awful, sometimes even disgusting - like on tracks The End and Hit the Floor.
Secondly, some tracks should have been shorter - especially the final version of Tears Don't Fall, which turns from a decent ballad into this weird two-faced ... read more
After a four-year gap between albums, Static Dress returned with their best work to date.
Without a doubt, RCD was legendary and can already be considered a modern classic, but this album simply doubles down on everything people loved about its predecessor - and makes it twice as good.
The riffs are stunning, the drum work feels noticeably stronger than before, and the vocal melodies have become far more interesting and diverse. At the same time, the heavy tracks are heavier than ever. ... read more
A fairly unique album.
It's a very skillful blend of mathcore, deathcore, metalcore, and djent, all mixed with traditional Japanese instruments and clean vocals. The vocals here are just excellent - both clean and harsh. It's a shame this vocalist never did anything beyond this album and some YouTube covers. Instrumentally, everything is also top-notch, and the song structures show far more work than on Lost Isles. The songs are still chaotic but feel much more cohesive overall.
A ... read more
A very heavy metalcore album with a noticeable nu-metal influence (especially Slipknot). While I'm not a fan of nu-metal as a genre, the simple riffs on this album are put to pretty good use. The thing is, for me, The Plot In You has always been first and foremost about the vocals. And in my opinion, Landon delivered his best clean vocal performance on this record.
You can tell he wasn't yet a polished clean vocalist - he leans heavily into raw emotion to carry the melodies. Each of ... read more
I FUCKING LOVE THIS ALBUM
I like other Saosin albums, but they all felt repetitive to me internally. The songs had similar post-hardcore structures and generally blended together in terms of overall sound. On In Search of Solid Ground, even though they didn't fix the structural issues, they added a ton of much-needed variety.
Almost every song has its own distinct sound. And while I'm not a fan of the pop-punk tracks on this album, the post-hardcore songs feel noticeably more ... read more