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| 4.0 excellent | YouAreMySilence | December 29th 08 |
Johnny Truant trade in any sense of melody found in The Library of Horrific Events for even more pure anger. Although No Tears isn't as technical their previous releases it is louder, the lyricial concepts aren't as cliche and it is filled with more brutal and epic breakdowns, just listen to the end of the albums best track Death Rides, while the 7 minute long ambitious masterpiece The Weeping, Wailing, And Gnashing Of Teeth help create a thunderous, louder then life atmosphere.
Second only to Misery Signals in metalcore record of the year, Johnny Truant improve on their heavier aspects and create an absolute monster of a record.
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| 4.5 superb | Safety Chaser | July 3rd 08 |
"Round up heaven's drunk ones, booze grip the the lungs".
Johnny Truant summon a beast from hell. No more obvious melody, and more importantly, no more songs that feel as if they were abondoned in the writing process. Johnny truant have found thier sound, and it sounds great. The album contains elelments from Reprocussions and Library of Horrific Events. I listened to album over and over again, and everytime, there's something suprising. No song sounds the same, nor are there any repitition. Stuart and Rueben's thrashing of strings are heavy, epic and atmospheric. The bass is almost seemless unless you're pounding it on a 1200 watt system with a giant subwoofer. And, Paul Jackson's drums are excellent as always, and keep you intriqued with the flow and sequencing of the songs. Olly Mitchell throws out his over use of high pitch screams and only use them at the most vital of bits, and conducts yet an interesting set of lyrics that appeals to every song as if it told one story.
If you loved thier previous work, this will impress you. The prouction and bass is the only set back, but not on an annoying or extreme level. Buy it.
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| 4.0 excellent | RandMcNally | June 25th 08 |
In my opinion this is a vast improvement on 'The Library of...' which is also a great album. This is brutally heavy and epic as well as musically and lyrically impressive.
However, the production is a pain in the arse, both the vocals (which are awesome) and the drums (also awesome) seem muted, as does the bass. Makes it seem frustatingly cruastrophobic, numbing the brutally a bit.
However, i think calling this generic is a very unfair. Its just let down by the production by Adam D i think, who is usually immense. Worth a buy i think if you like epic, heavy, metalcore, definatly worth a listen though.
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| 3.0 good | shem | August 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | March 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | cfg26 | December 10th 20 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 20th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Uzumaki | December 11th 19 |
| 3.5 great | nbats | October 4th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | El Olam | November 21st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | October 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | rid | December 4th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | September 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | mzeet | August 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Nud | February 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | John L | February 5th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Lenix | December 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ssssssss | September 10th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Truant | July 12th 12 |
| 3.0 good | MTTS | February 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spec | February 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | LaNuit | October 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IN64 | September 25th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Eyaaah | September 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | djunior | August 21st 10 |
| 2.5 average | Naffa | April 14th 10 |
| 2.5 average | GibTG | January 20th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | x31942 | October 24th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Rembo85 | September 14th 09 |
| 3.5 great | JMH90 | August 30th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | X3ni92 | August 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | malllen | January 12th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | HowMuch | December 6th 08 |
| 3.0 good | jrad69 | November 18th 08 |
| 3.0 good | asaf | November 14th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Kiron | October 9th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | P13 | August 9th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | DsRaMoS | June 26th 08 |
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