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| Every Album by Every Time I Die Ranked | 10 | | Every Time I Die Last Night in Town
The sound of a band completely unhinged and left to their own devices. When it works, it works. Some cool ideas and signs of greatness are littered about, but ultimately, "Last Night" is too scatterbrained to make any sort of lasting impact. It is widely-accepted that ETID is a band that only got better with each release. Although this ranking is not chronological, I pretty much agree with this statement. And naturally, the first is the worst. | 9 | | Every Time I Die Gutter Phenomenon
A tide shifted after the success of "Hot Damn!" as ETID found themselves being copied by groups attempting to meld breakdown-laden hardcore with infectious melodies. In order to alienate themselves from their own clones, the band gambles on making what is essentially a "pop" record. With more clean-sung choruses and a fixation on melody, they take a risk that pays off remarkably well. But even with the poetic lyrics from Keith Buckley, the band fails to say anything of real value, with the exception of "The New Black," a perfectly-balanced dose of southern riffage and metalcore--a mix that arguably should not work as well as it does here. | 8 | | Every Time I Die Ex Lives
I think this is a fantastic ETID record, and when it came out, it was my everything. But there is a fatal flaw in its construction, and that’s Joe Barresi’s production. While there’s some neat tricks like the powerful drone at the end of “Low Road” leading into the slow-rocking “Revival Mode,” and the last trio of tracks linking together to form an epic, three-part finale, by and large, the mixing sounds flat, which is criminal for a band as dynamic and demolishing as this. | 7 | | Every Time I Die Hot Damn!
Buffing out the amateur hijinks in favor of tighter songwriting and melody, the boys double-down on their southern-fried rock roots to create a genre-bending, full frontal assault that replaces their early chaos with straight-up, groovy RIFFS! There was nothing like it at the time and the same is true today. | 6 | | Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic
With a newly refined sound, a new record label, and Steve Evetts returning as engineer, ETID create their most apocalyptically heavy and cataclysmically catchy album by this point in their career. It has been explained by Keith Buckley that he does not relate to any of the material on this record, and that during this time, he simply “didn’t care about anything or anyone,” and that sentiment is felt greatly by the dark, oppressive nature of the lyrics (i.e. “White Smoke,” “Who Invited the Russian Soldiers?”). Although there is fun to be had with tracks like “Wanderlust” and “The Sweet Life,” there is a dark cloud hanging over this record that is inescapable, and it is largely the appeal of this album for some. | 5 | | Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown
A match made in metalcore heaven: Kurt Ballou and Every Time I Die. I have nothing but praises for FPU. It’s incredible that Keith, who suffered laryngitis during the recording, managed to finish all his vocal duties in the span of one day, and the result is nothing short of excellent. Even after 16 years, the band is still able to take creative risks, like the piano in the punishing “Moor” and the hypnotic final minutes of “El Dorado,” while retaining their signature, southern-tinged sound. If there’s one criticism to be made, it’s that the band at times sounds like Converge with Keith doing guest vocals. | 4 | | Every Time I Die Low Teens
At the epicenter of this brooding, aurally dense hardcore album is a deep tragedy whose seismic waves permeate throughout "Low Teens'" 43-minute runtime. And it's this tragedy that removes any semblance of humor or wit that lyricist Keith Buckley is known for, and the rest of the band follow suit in creating a seriously heavy-yet-groovy hardcore anecdote of the emotional damage it wrought. As ETID's first collaboration with Will Putney, it's another match made in metalcore heaven, however, it wouldn't be for another 4 years when they reunite that this collaboration's true potential would be revealed. | 3 | | Every Time I Die The Big Dirty
Why #2? Actually, you'd be surprised to hear this was #1 for me for a long while. The sound that ETID pioneered with "Hot Damn!" then tinkered with on "Gutter Phenomenon," has been tightly configured into a nearly perfect state. For every face-beating, knuckle-bleeding breakdown ("Cities and Years," "No Son of Mine"), there's a head-bopping, hard-rocking earworm ("Rendez-Voodoo," "INRIhab"). The balance found on "The New Black" is given a one-up by the ultimate party anthem, "We'rewolf," which manages the surprising feat of being catchier and heavier than its predecessor (with more cowbell!). Whereas record producer Machine's work on "Gutter" made songs feel like just that--machinated--Steve Evetts ensures that every genre-warping track on "Dirty" sounds organic and aggressively raw, yet polished. | 2 | | Every Time I Die Radical
To pull from "Last Night in Town's" description, "it is widely-accepted that ETID are a band that only got better with each release," and like a wine stored in a cool, damp basement for more than 20 years, the Boys From Buffalo manage to emerge with their most brilliantly-imagined release of their career. The guitar-wielding duo of Jordan and Andy create a plethora of face-meltingly badass riffage that never fails to make me shake my head in disbelief. Bassist Steve Micciche reveals his songwriting talents for a handful of tracks including the destructively dynamic "Colossal Wreck," while Newest member Clayton "Goose" Holyoak proves himself to be ETID's finest drummer to date--an impressive feat considering that Underoath legend Daniel Davidson once heralded that throne. (1/2) | 1 | | Every Time I Die Radical
And Keith Buckley, never failing to be one of the generation's best lyricists, touches on several topics including the world at large ("Planet Shit," "Desperate Pleasures"), his devastating divorce ("Hostile Architecture," "We Go Together"), among other personal demons ("sexsexsex"), and delivers these lines in his rawest, angriest form, while at the same time putting on display some of his finest melodies on tracks like "White Void" and "People Verses," as well as the surprsingly delicate "Thing With Feathers," a tribute to his dearly departed sister, Jaclyn. What "Radical" delivers is an amalgamation of ETID's finest works, taking pieces from every era and consolidating them into a 52-minute behemoth. And all this wouldn't have been possible without the genius of Will Putney, who pieced together this gigantic jigsaw with painstaking precision. (2/2) | |
deathofasalesman
10.22.21 | like a fine wine | onionbubs
10.22.21 | 7 through 4 are the 4 best agreed | Storm In A Teacup
10.22.21 | lol bubs | combustion07
10.22.21 | Good band. Would have to run through the discography again to rank at all. Haven't heard the 2 latest either. Pretty consistent from everything I've heard tho | deathofasalesman
10.22.21 | true | porcupinetheater
10.22.21 | Poor job, redo and turn back in for full marks | onionbubs
10.22.21 | band is so hard to rank but id probably do it fpu > nja > ex lives > hot damn > radical (im j not sold on that 16 track runtime bros the best 12 tracks off of it would bring it up for sure most of its incredible) > low teens > big dirty > gutter > last night. remarkably consistent band tho last night in town is the only one i dont really come back to | Storm In A Teacup
10.22.21 | "onions Radical explanation"
now is not the time for logics | onionbubs
10.22.21 | lol the topic of etid ranks sure has radicalized u brother | deathofasalesman
10.22.21 | i fully expect everyone to disagree with my ranking, but i'll try my best to defend it while i slowly add descriptions | deathofasalesman
10.22.21 | @combustion07: a full run? sounds like a good time. AND you haven't heard the two latest ones, that's an enviable position tbh | onionbubs
10.22.21 | feel like most ppl rank these guys differently anyway. testament to their consistency | Storm In A Teacup
10.22.21 | m/ m/ | dedex
10.22.21 | shit band agreed | Flugmorph
10.22.21 | hell to the fuck yeah | deathofasalesman
10.22.21 | hmmm thinkin i should add a favorite lyric from each as i start to finish this up | onionbubs
10.22.21 | lol ignore prior comments from last night most of radical clicked w me this morning top 3 ez | Josh D.
10.22.21 | FPU best, currently in a duel with Radical | Flugmorph
10.22.21 | "7 through 4 are the 4 best agreed"
would've definitely been true before radical | onionbubs
10.22.21 | ya last night i was j on some "raDicAl is tOo lOng" bullshit lmao it rlly isnt | YoYoMancuso
10.22.21 | Low Teens > FPU > NJA = Radical > Big Dirty > Ex Lives > Hot Damn > Gutter > LNIT | Flugmorph
10.22.21 | low teens is their worst modern album | trilo
10.22.21 | FPU > Radical > Low Teens > Hot Damn > Ex Lives > Big Dirty > NJA > Gutter > LNIT
Radical got potential to dethrone FPU tho need more time | Tgreenz455
10.22.21 | ^^^Exact same for me except move Ex Lives down past NJA | Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.22.21 | Legit ranking, their first three are deffs their worst | Snake.
10.22.21 | ex lives > hot damn = NJA > FPU > low teens > who cares | Flugmorph
10.22.21 | we care about radical here snake | deathofasalesman
10.22.21 | This shit is taking longer than I thought, just two more | twlight
10.22.21 | decent ranking, I'd swap 5 and 3. 2 has always been my favorite of theirs it's so damn good | deathofasalesman
10.23.21 | shiett almost done with my thoughts on low teens and radical
Thnx | deathofasalesman
10.23.21 | FINALLY ok now argue | biggzhc
10.23.21 | damn need to hear their new album radical now. | Flugmorph
10.25.21 | this became a nice list of enjoyable writeups, good stuff! | DungeonBoy
10.25.21 | lol at NJA being > Hot Damn! | deathofasalesman
10.25.21 | thanks flug :)
every placement here feels criminal in some way and i like that | DungeonBoy
10.25.21 | haha yeah, it's tough. But The Big Dirty is one of my favorites. They really leaned into the more southern rock fusion on that record and I love it. |
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