I think the production is the biggest letdown.
Singularity had a clearness that this and Node lack. It's like both albums have his muddy filter applied to them.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Production is VERY bass heavy and is rewarded by a good sub. I can definitely see how it can rub people the wrong way because the parts that are supposed to be hard hitting aren't nearly as powerful as on Singularity.

is this album actually good or is it one of those albums where the band has released nothing but bad music for so long that the second they release something kinda decent everyone overreacts

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I mean this band has gotten consistently good reviews and this isn't that different to their older material so you probably won't like it.

I still wish they would have picked the vocalist from Jack The Giant Killer. I think he was like the second most popular video when they were all auditioning.

I think they would have gone in a heavier direction because he was more about screaming although his cleans were good. Whereas whatever this guys name is is clearly more of a singer. I just prefer heavier shit when it comes to this genre.

Album Rating: 2.0

Yea this lacks a lot of punch that Singularity and Discoveries had

This shit ain't got no punch.

Northlane releasing something good in 2017?

Listening to Northlane in 2017

Saying shit like 'doing x in year y'...in 2017

Saying shit like "Saying shit like 'doing x in year y'...in 2017" in 2017.

This is getting meta

Album Rating: 4.0

"Northlane's second effort with Marcus Bridge is an explosive demonstration of evolution and raw talent, but doesn't quite live up to previous releases."



Your summary reads like a contradiction - if it doesn't live up to previous releases that would make it a devolution.



I think the album is good and I like the production more than node. It seems fresh now because I listened to node a lot. There are quite a few downsides - one in particular is Marcus' screams, they are always in the same range and each scream section sounds the same. His clean voice is amazing but he is not a screamer in the way Adrian, or Garrison Lee are. Northlane in this current form should do away with screams altogether and go down the Tesseract route.



I feel that is what they want to do anyway and the screams are just fan appeasement.



So for now it's a 4 for me.

being spec in 2017

Album Rating: 2.5

there's some heavy cheese in these lyrics

Album Rating: 4.5

They could sound so much better, just by adding some faster parts. Just like the old Parkway Drive did.

For me this LP lacks variation.

Over all 'just' a solid release.

Album Rating: 3.0

Arron, I feel there's a difference between evolution and progression, and whilst the band's sound has changed, I don't feel it's better than their past releases.

they're not gonna add faster parts cause they want to appeal to a bigger mass

That's why they chose this vocalist initially

Album Rating: 3.5

Way better than Node

Pretty sweet on the first listen. I'll probably have to return to this later.