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| 4.5 superb | Shattered_Future | August 17th 16 |
I just threw my chair out the window it's so heavy.
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| 0.0 | rc239 | August 27th 16 |
how does a band's 7th album end up being their best? doesnt make any sense but whatever
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| 4.5 superb | joshpayne | August 17th 16 |
Polar Similar is an ice cold, slowly moving, hulking mass that is as crushingly heavy as it is densely atmospheric. It's basically a planet.
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| 4.5 superb | rafalafa | September 1st 16 |
New Norma Jean have found 'it.' This is a metalcore band that gives a fuck. Holy shit.
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| 3.5 great | RivalSkoomaDealer | October 7th 16 |
It's fine but the way yall were hyping it had me thinking it was the second coming of Jane Doe or something.
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| 4.5 superb | Comatorium. | August 17th 16 |
Polar Similar sees Norma Jean going into uncharted territory with their heaviest and most experimental release to date, the end result of which is a wholly satisfying journey through a space/humanity on earth and beyond theme. The album is an eclectic bag of sounds that uses the best elements of a mature metalcore sound with newfound levels of heaviness via dabbling in post metal and dirty, sludgy, towering riffs juxtaposed with the ever present brief hardcore freak outs that are Norma Jean's bread and butter. The two ends of the spectrum transition back and forth between (and often in) tracks and makes for a smooth and engaging listen.
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| 4.5 superb | TooManyFriends | August 17th 16 |
sign me the FUCK up good shit goOD sHit thats some goodshit rightth ere right?there if i do?5ay so my self i rsay so thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: rigHt therE) mMMMM ?O0??OOO rOooo000000 Good shit
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| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | September 13th 16 |
I'm not a big fan of Norma Jean. This album, though, is awesome. I'm not sure when they switched vocal styles, but I much prefer this to the throatier style I've heard on previous albums. The music too, while heavier, is less chaotic.
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| 5.0 classic | Nerf | September 10th 16 |
it's ok i guess
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| 3.5 great | Erwann S. STAFF | September 15th 22 |
Polar Similar sees Norma Jean come back with a much less decidedly-metalcore sound to it - resembling a more "modern alternative" that uses a lotta nu-metal tones. What is truly at fault, however, is simply that PS sports less interesting songwriting than its predecessor. Still great - obviously, it's Norma Jean.
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| 4.0 excellent | Lucman | July 12th 18 |
Polar Similar is a beautifully innovative opus that keeps rewarding even years after its release.
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| 4.5 superb | eventheminions | September 28th 16 |
A record that gets better with every listen. Nails everything it attempts and strikes the perfect balance between bludgeoning heaviness and soaring melody.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | September 12th 16 |
It's taken a few albums and around six years, but Norma Jean has finally shed their previous reputation of Botch worshippers and solidified their new reputation as one of the most solidly consistent and enjoyable metalcore acts today. Polar Similar takes the dense production of Wrongdoers and runs with it, delivering punches left and right with the occasional instrumental interlude. A couple of the songs are quite long, and though they've had some trouble with those in the past, these ones are without a doubt the best they've done. Nothing from a songwriting standpoint is all that different for them, but when the songs are as well done as "Death Is A Living Partner" and "A Thousand Years A Minute", it's easier to forgive. The faster-paced songs here are all excellent, and though some of the mid-paced tracks can drag a little, they're also generally good. It's nothing all that new from the band, but they've certainly become comfortable in their sound without becoming too much so, as their seventh full-length is a welcome addition to their discography.
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| 4.5 superb | Recreate | September 11th 16 |
1,000,000 watts cause this album makes me feel alive
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| 4.0 excellent | BeerKhan | September 10th 16 |
Listened a few times and it's pretty good but a step down from Wrongdoers in my opinion.
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| 4.0 excellent | PinetSebastien | September 9th 16 |
On my third listen. Not as good as wrongdoers but it's still a fucking great album.
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| 3.5 great | asaf | September 9th 16 |
first norma jean album i've been able to sit through and enjoy since OGTA
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| 0.0 | tresm87 | September 9th 16 |
While it is the almighty norma jean and it's executed almost flawlessly reading the other soundoffs ii was expecting a
masterpiece beyond world comprehension that outdid the other masterpiece which was wrongdoers. This has some
amazing moments throughout but doesn't come close to wrongdoers overall. It gets lost in the super slow interlude
moments and drawn out jam session moments but delivers in so many signature NJ aspects though. Probably more on par
in my ratings with anti mother than any of the last 3 classics.
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| 4.0 excellent | sicky | September 5th 16 |
it seems that Polar Similar is (with Meridional) one of the best Norma Jean album.
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| 4.5 superb | Mammalsauce | September 5th 16 |
Norma Jean finally learn to balance the short heavy songs with the longer "sludgier" songs with fantastic song writing and improved vocals. Potentially metalcore album of the year.rReccomended tracks: Reaction, Death Is a Living Partner, Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else.
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| 5.0 classic | AlexTM510 | August 30th 16 |
I HOPE YOUR BURN, I'LL BE THE KING OF THE ASHESrOn Polar Similar, Norma Jean somehow builds up their sound even more from Wrongdoers. rThe huge guitars are giving a more detuned, sludgy feel that is equivalent of crushing mountains. The rinstrumentals here in sound quality and scope are all excellent but it's Cory's Brandon vocals rthat have hit a peak of vocal versatility that perfectly captures and matches the music, raging from the rvocally dynamic screaming to the guttural bellowing scratchy singing. As stated by several, Norma rJean have become the rare band that somehow is still releasing their best music. And at album rnumber #7: The Polar Similar is Norma Jean's best album and could potentially be their magnum ropus.
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| 4.5 superb | snerefedsav | August 21st 16 |
it's wild to me that norma jean made their best album 7 albums into their career
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| 4.0 excellent | Dolving999 | August 17th 16 |
What you're hearing is the loneliness of God. He just sits up there, bored as hell, playing balls-heavy yummy riffs.
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