| 4.5 superb |
| All Shall Perish The Price of Existence |
| Andres (USA-CA) Strange Memories on this Nervous Night |
| Animals As Leaders Animals as Leaders |
| August Burns Red Found in Far Away Places |
| August Burns Red Rescue & Restore |
| Banks Goddess |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors |
| Boom Boom Satellites To The Loveless |
| Brand New Your Favorite Weapon |
| Brockhampton SATURATION II |
| Carousel Kings Speak Frantic |
| Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 |
| colourblind Move Like You |
| Converge Jane Doe |
| Converge All We Love We Leave Behind |
| Counterparts The Current Will Carry Us |
| Dance Gavin Dance Instant Gratification |
| Deafheaven Sunbather |
| Death Grips Bottomless Pit |
| Defeater Travels |
| Deftones Diamond Eyes |
| Deftones White Pony |
| Deftones Koi No Yokan |
| Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction |
| Devin Townsend Project Ghost |
| Devin Townsend Project Transcendence |
| Direct Hit! Crown Of Nothing |
| dredg El Cielo |
| Even the Trees If Only Every Day Could Be Like This |
| Every Time I Die Ex Lives |
| FACT Fact |
| Fall Out Boy Take This to Your Grave |
| Fightstar One Day Son This Will All Be Yours |
| Fightstar Grand Unification |
| Gates (USA-NJ) Bloom and Breathe |
| Haken Vector |
| Holy Fawn Death Spells |
| Hostage Calm Please Remain Calm |
| I Am the Avalanche Avalanche United |
| In Angles Shortfalls |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| letlive. Fake History |
| Lifetime Jersey's Best Dancers |
| Love, Robot Rebuild | Rebirth |
| Mae The Everglow |
| Mayday Parade A Lesson In Romantics |
| Minor Threat Complete Discography |
| Misery Signals Controller |
| Misery Signals Of Malice and the Magnum Heart |
| Misery Signals Absent Light |
| Modern Life Is War Witness |
| Napoleon Newborn Mind |
| Night Verses From the Gallery of Sleep |
| Of Fortune and Fame Perspective |
| Park Building a Better ________. |
| Park It Won't Snow Where You're Going |
| Periphery Periphery |
| They utilize three guitarists very well and it creates a unique sound. The bass and drums are just as good. The vocalist has a very high range of singing and decent screaming. His voice may irk others, but it doesn't bother me. The production is astounding, as it should be when listening to great music like this. All well-structured songs and the epic Racecar make this album one of my favorites of all time. I hope they have a long career and continue making music. |
| Periphery Periphery (Instrumental) |
| Piebald We Are the Only Friends We Have |
| Pierce the Veil Selfish Machines |
| A step up from their debut, even though their debut is excellent, this album takes the innovative elements from their previous work and take them to new heights in Selfish Machines. The instrumentation is improved. In the boring genre of "scene" post hardcore, this stands out despite the high pitched voice of Vic Fuentes, the vocalist and guitarist. Lyrics are hit and miss on certain songs. Some may be turned off by the vocals because Vic sounds like he's straining his voice on some parts, but others may see it as the passion of his voice. |
| Pierce the Veil Collide with the Sky |
| I didn't think they could top Selfish Machines, but boy was I wrong. They take their formula and top it ten fold. The pop parts are poppier, the heavy parts are heavier. Musically, it's all over the place, which is a good thing. Plus, they got Jason Butler from letlive on one of the songs. The only gripe I would have with the album is the overuse of studio effects at times. Also Vic's lyrics are hit and miss as always, but if you've been listening to Pierce the Veil for this long, you've gotten used to his lyricism. Songs like Hell Above and Bulls in the Bronx should be very fun live. |
| Radwimps Your Name. |
| Rolo Tomassi Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It |
| Senses Fail Renacer |
| Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered |
| Shai Hulud Reach Beyond the Sun |
| Sigur Ros ( ) |
| Somos First Day Back |
| Stick to Your Guns Disobedient |
| Stray from the Path Make Your Own History |
| So much energy in this album. Heavy-hitting hardcore from beginning to end. The vocalist's distinguished voice is one of the highlights of this band and a factor that sets this band apart from other metalcore acts. Brutal breakdowns throughout but they aren't overused. If you're looking for something different in the metalcore scene that isn't some cookie-cutter band, listen to this album. |
| Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends |
| The Appleseed Cast Mare Vitalis |
| The Chariot One Wing |
| The Dangerous Summer War Paint |
| The Dangerous Summer Mother Nature |
| Slightly biased, it's realistically a 4, but this is the shift in sound they absolutely needed. Like Proper Dose by The Story So Far, this album may create a divide between fans of this band. Working with well-known pop punk producer Sam Pura really redefined them. This album has some of the most beautiful, most poppy, and most aggressive songs they've ever created (e.g., Bring Me Back to Life, Starting Over/Slow Down, Way Down respectively). As expected with most Dangerous Summer records, it's very lyrically dense. Very solid production, atmospheric synths and ambient guitar tones throughout, and the drums sound SUPER fresh. Some very risky songs (e.g., Better Light) and styles of instrumental approach. Many work out surprisingly well, and others are questionable. I feel like this whole record could be considered their Blink-182 Untitled, as the production style seems influenced by that (Virginia sounds like it could straight up be written by Blink). Some parts end up dragging for too long, and some choruses get a bit too repetitive later in the songs. But there are songs that are the typical Dangerous Summer sound, just with a fresher production (e.g., The Consequence of Living). Overall, a super dynamic record compared to their past discography. |
| The Dear Hunter Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading |
| The Dear Hunter Act III: Life and Death |
| The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection) |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis |
| The Dirty Nil Master Volume |
| The Hotelier Goodness |
| The Ongoing Concept Handmade |
| The Story So Far Under Soil and Dirt |
| I really can't decide between 4 and 4.5, ugh fuck it. I love this too much. |
| The Swellers Ups and Downsizing |
| The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza III: Series of Unfortunate Events |
| Combining atmosphere, technicality, and brutal -core elements, Danza III is the noisiest, most chaotic, ear-popping monster of an album you'll hear all year. Problems one might have with the album is the limited vocal range. On the first listen, every song may seem to blend in, but as you continue to listen, you discover many differences, specifically on the guitar. The way Josh Travis uses an 8-string is different, but mind-blowing at the same time. |
| The Traditional How To Live Without Blood |
| The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation |
| The Wonder Years No Closer to Heaven |
| The World Is a Beautiful Place... Harmlessness |
| Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance |
| Thrice The Illusion of Safety |
| Tiny Moving Parts Celebrate |
| Title Fight The Last Thing You Forget |
| Transit Listen and Forgive |
| Trap Them Darker Handcraft |
| Trash Boat Crown Shyness |
| Unexpect Fables of the Sleepless Empire |
| I don't listen to this kind of music much, but holy shit this is awesome |
| VOLA Inmazes |
| 4.0 excellent |
| '68 Two Parts Viper |
| 7 Angels 7 Plagues Jhazmyne's Lullaby |
| A Day To Remember For Those Who Have Heart |
| A Day To Remember And Their Name Was Treason |
| Acceptance Phantoms |
| Adaliah Shedding Skin |
| It may come off as typical melodic hardcore, but this record is haunting, heavy, and has plenty of goosebump-inducing moments while retaining a sense of consistency throughout. |
| After the Burial In Dreams |
| Afterthoughts Prologue |
| Against The Current In Our Bones |
| All Shall Perish This Is Where It Ends |
| All Time Low Wake Up, Sunshine |
| The most mature sounding ATL record that somehow exudes a very youthful quality. They know how to craft a very catchy song. The feature with The Band Camino is excellent. Some filler here and there, but one of their best records. |
| Ancestors Suspended in Reflections |
| Andrew W.K. I Get Wet |
| Angels and Airwaves The Dream Walker |
| Arsonists Get All the Girls Motherland |
| This is good stuff. Seriously, if you want creative deathcore that isn't pure breakdowns, listen to this. It's no Exoplanet, but it's hella fun. |
| Astronoid Air |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
| August Burns Red Constellations |
| August Burns Red Messengers |
| August Burns Red Thrill Seeker |
| August Burns Red Leveler |
| Auras Crestfallen |
| Balance and Composure Separation |
| Balance and Composure I Just Want To Be Pure |
| Balance and Composure The Things We Think We're Missing |
| Band-Maid World Domination |
| Basement Beside Myself |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues |
| Between the Buried and Me Alaska |
| Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence |
| Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot |
| blink-182 Blink-182 |
| blink-182 Dude Ranch |
| blink-182 Enema Of The State |
| blink-182 Take Off Your Pants And Jacket |
| blink-182 Neighborhoods |
| blink-182 California |
| Born of Osiris The Discovery |
| Botch We Are the Romans |
| Brand New Daisy |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Brand New Deja Entendu |
| Brand New Science Fiction |
| Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal |
| Brockhampton SATURATION III |
| Brockhampton SATURATION |
| Brockhampton Iridescence |
| BT This Binary Universe |
| Can't Swim This Too Won't Pass |
| Captain, We're Sinking The Future Is Cancelled |
| Carousel Kings A Slice of Heaven |
| Cartel Chroma |
| Charli XCX Charli |
| Charli XCX How I'm Feeling Now |
| Cipher The Joyous Collapse |
| Close Your Eyes We Will Overcome |
| Closure in Moscow First Temple |
| Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Descension |
| Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness |
| Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Ascension |
| Conan Existential Void Guardian |
| Converge Axe to Fall |
| Counterparts Prophets |
| Counterparts Tragedy Will Find Us |
| Counterparts Private Room |
| Covet effloresce |
| Craig David Born to Do It |
| CrazyEightyEight Burning Alive |
| Cruiserweight This Will Undoubtedly Come Out Wrong |
Cruiserweight at their catchiest. Perfect summer pop punk. The chorus of Cautionary Tale
will be stuck in your head as will that of Yellow Lights, those vocal harmonizations when
Stella sings "You cried as i thought that i could run" are unreal. |
| Cyanotic The Medication Generation |
| Dads American Radass (This Is Important) |
| Dads Pretty Good |
| Daft Punk Discovery |
| Daggermouth Turf Wars |
| Dance Gavin Dance Happiness |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II |
| Dance Gavin Dance Artificial Selection |
| Dayseeker Origin |
| Daytrader Last Days of Rome |
| Deadmau5 For Lack of a Better Name |
| Death Grips The Money Store |
| Death Grips Year of the Snitch |
| Defeater Empty Days and Sleepless Nights |
| Deftones Around the Fur |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Denzel Curry TA13OO |
| Destroyer Kaputt |
| Devin Townsend Project Epicloud |
At first, this might seem like the perfect album. Combining heaviness with catchy pop
melodies with a bombastic production and songs that leave you with a "happy" feeling. But
upon further inspection, you realize these melodies are very familiar, we've heard them all
before (The melody of Save Our Now sounds dangerously similar to The Island by Pendulum).
And while there is a lot going on musically, the instrumentation of individual instruments
can be very simple. For example, listen to the guitar in the beginning and verses of Grace
and you hear that he literally plays the same chord over and over just chugged in a
different pattern. If you can get past these nuances, it truly is a beautiful album. |
| Dir En Grey Uroboros |
| Doomtree All Hands |
| dredg Catch Without Arms |
| Emery ...In Shallow Seas We Sail |
| Love this album, I don't see why it gets so much hate or why it's supposedly bad, someone explain? |
| Emery The Weak's End |
| Emery The Question |
| ERRA Drift |
| Evan Brewer Alone |
| Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic |
| FACT In the Blink of an Eye |
| FACT burundanga |
| FACT Witness |
| Fall Out Boy Infinity on High |
| Fireworks Gospel |
| FKA Twigs M3LL155X |
| Flyleaf Flyleaf |
| For the Fallen Dreams Changes |
| For the Fallen Dreams Relentless |
| Forever Came Calling Contender |
| Four Year Strong Enemy of the World |
| Four Year Strong Four Year Strong |
| Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra. |
| From Indian Lakes Absent Sounds |
| Frontierer Unloved |
| fun. Some Nights |
| glaive cypress grove |
| glaive old dog, new tricks |
| This "deluxe version" of his previous EP adds a few new songs that really help the overall package, especially "justlikeu4theimage" and "prick." |
| Grayscale Adornment |
| Guido Anidea |
| Hail the Sun Mental Knife |
| Hands (US-ND) Give Me Rest |
| Heart To Heart Heart To Heart |
| Hit the Lights Summer Bones |
| With this album, Hit the Lights have become more energetic, progressed instrumentally and in songwriting, and dabbled further into their hardcore influences. |
| HOLYCHILD The Shape of Brat Pop to Come |
| Hopesfall Arbiter |
| HORSE the band The Mechanical Hand |
| HORSE the band R. Borlax |
| Hot Mulligan Pilot |
| Hundredth Let Go |
| Hundredth Free |
| Iglooghost Steel Mogu |
| Iglooghost Clear Tamei |
| Innerpartysystem Innerpartysystem |
| Innerpartysystem Never Be Content |
| Into It. Over It. Standards |
| Invalids Fulfillment EP |
| Iona Grove Breathe |
| It Prevails Stroma |
| It Prevails Perdition |
| Jarrod Alonge Beating a Dead Horse |
| Jimmy Eat World Futures |
| Jimmy Eat World Damage |
| Jimmy Eat World Clarity |
| Jimmy Eat World Bleed American |
| JPEGMAFIA Veteran |
| Julien Baker Turn Out The Lights |
| Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience |
| Knuckle Puck Copacetic |
| Knuckle Puck Shapeshifter |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair |
| La Dispute Wildlife |
| La Dispute Vancouver |
| La Dispute Untitled |
| Lead Hands Lead Hands |
| letlive. The Blackest Beautiful |
| This would be so much better if it weren't for the obvious autotune. |
| Life in Your Way Kingdom of Man |
| Life in Your Way Kingdom of God |
| Life in Your Way Kingdom of Darkness |
| Lights Siberia |
| Like Pacific In Spite of Me |
| Living With Lions Holy Shit |
| Lupe Fiasco DROGAS Wave |
| Mae Destination: Beautiful |
| Make Do and Mend Everything You Ever Loved |
| Man Overboard Real Talk |
| Mayday Parade Black Lines |
| Mayday Parade Mayday Parade |
| Mayday Parade Sunnyland |
| Not a groundbreaking album, but it doesn't need to be, nor is it trying. This is Mayday being what made us love them in the first place. Just solid hooks, production, songwriting all around. Satellite is arguably one of the best songs in their discography. |
| mewithoutYou Brother, Sister |
| mewithoutYou [untitled] e.p. |
| Mineral EndSerenading |
| Misery Signals Mirrors |
| Misery Signals Misery Signals |
| Misser Distancing |
| Misser Every Day I Tell Myself... |
| Mixtapes Even On The Worst Nights |
| More Than Life Love Let Me Go |
| Motion City Soundtrack My Dinosaur Life |
| Motion City Soundtrack I Am the Movie |
| Motion City Soundtrack Commit This to Memory |
| Movements Feel Something |
| Moving Mountains Moving Mountains |
| Nails Unsilent Death |
| Gah, this is amazing, I love it, but sadly, it's too short |
| Neck Deep Life's Not Out To Get You |
| New Found Glory Sticks and Stones |
| New Found Glory New Found Glory |
| New Found Glory Catalyst |
| NOISIA Split The Atom |
| Northlane Singularity |
| Northlane Discoveries |
| nothing,nowhere. Reaper |
| Oathbreaker Eros|Anteros |
| Of Fortune and Fame Earn It |
| Olafur Arnalds re:member |
| Parades Foreign Tapes |
| Park No Signal |
| Park Jacob the Rabbit |
| Parkway Drive Killing with a Smile |
| Parkway Drive Horizons |
| Parkway Drive Atlas |
| Pendulum Immersion |
| Periphery Juggernaut: Omega |
| Periphery Periphery III: Select Difficulty |
| Pierce the Veil A Flair for the Dramatic |
| Poison the Well You Come Before You |
| Polar Bear Club Clash Battle Guilt Pride |
| Polar Bear Club Chasing Hamburg |
| Polar Bear Club The Redder, The Better |
| Polar Bear Club Sometimes Things Just Disappear |
| Polyphia New Levels New Devils |
| Port Blue The Airship |
| Port Blue The Albatross |
| Purity Ring Another Eternity |
| PVRIS White Noise |
| Some lazy songwriting here and there, but Lynn's voice is the highlight of these tracks and makes for a stellar debut full-length. |
| Real Friends Composure |
| Relient K Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer |
| Rolo Tomassi Grievances |
| Russian Circles Memorial |
| Saves the Day Through Being Cool |
| Saves the Day Stay What You Are |
| Say Anything Say Anything |
| Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy (re-release) |
| Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy |
| Sea In The Sky Everything All At Once |
| SebastiAn Total |
| Senses Fail Pull the Thorns from Your Heart |
| Shattered Skies The World We Used to Know |
| Silverstein I Am Alive In Everything I Touch |
| Skrillex Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites |
| Sleigh Bells Treats |
| Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror |
| Sleigh Bells Bitter Rivals |
| Filled to the brim with attitude and then some. Much improved from the inconsistent Reign of Terror. |
| Stand Atlantic Skinny Dipping |
| Stand Atlantic Sidewinder |
| Stand Atlantic F.E.A.R. |
Way better than Pink Elephant. High energy, great production, more technicality, versatility of genres blending classic Stand Atlantic pop punk bangers with their new aggressive pop/rap influences (a la Bring Me the Horizon). All of this carried by Bonnie Frasier's incredible vocal performances and vivid lyrics. Some songs are growers, but the melodies will stick to your head like glue.
Cons are that the second half of album is mostly filler, even if the songs are still solid. And it could've used a more upbeat closing song rather than sticking the abruptly aggressive "molotov (OK)" at the end.
Favorite tracks: pity party, dumb, hair out, switchblade, doomsday, xo, cabin fever, molotov (OK), van gogh |
| State Champs The Finer Things |
| Stick to Your Guns The Hope Division |
| Stray from the Path Rising Sun |
| Stray from the Path Villains |
| Stray from the Path Subliminal Criminals |
| Such Gold Misadventures |
| Such Gold The New Sidewalk |
| Super American Tequila Sunrise |
| Superheaven Jar |
| Swans My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky |
| Taking Back Sunday Louder Now |
| Taking Back Sunday Where You Want To Be |
| Texas Is the Reason Do You Know Who You Are? |
| The 1975 A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships |
| The Acacia Strain Continent |
| The Acacia Strain Death Is the Only Mortal |
| The All-American Rejects Move Along |
| The Band CAMINO Heaven |
| The Chariot Long Live |
| The Color Morale My Devil In Your Eyes |
| The Contortionist Exoplanet |
This album shows there is more to deathcore than just breakdowns. There are a plethora of them though, some may say they keep this album from being great. However, the band mixes heaviness with ambient soft sections that make you feel like you're floating in space.
When in the band is in their heavy mode, the guitarists play tasteful riffs that never bore the listener. The drummer is great and keeps things interesting. While many believe the previous vocalist of this band was better, the current one is just fine in this album. He has good highs and lows. Some parts of the album include clean singing and autotuned robot-like vocals, to give you that sci-fi feel.
In Expire, about one minute into the song, the autotuned vocals are badly placed into a breakdown. This is my biggest problem with the album. They could've written better breakdowns, but their simplicity and heavy tone just add to the atmosphere.
Overall, Exoplanet is an excellent album in the stale genre of deathcore. |
| The Crimson Armada Guardians |
| The Dangerous Summer Reach for the Sun |
| The Dear Hunter Act I: The Lake South, the River North |
| The Dear Hunter Black |
| The Dear Hunter Migrant |
| The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead Scene |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer |
| The Early November Imbue |
| The Ghost Inside Fury and the Fallen Ones |
| The Ghost Inside Returners |
| The Ghost Inside Get What You Give |
| The Ghost Inside Dear Youth |
| Most of it is typical TGI, but the 2nd half of the album is much more interesting |
| The Midnight Monsters |
| The Plot In You First Born |
| The Postal Service Give Up |
| The Republic of Wolves shrine |
| The Story So Far What You Don't See |
| The Story So Far The Story So Far |
| The Swellers Good For Me |
| The Weeknd House of Balloons |
| The Wonder Years The Upsides |
| The Wonder Years Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing |
| The Word Alive Empire |
| The Word Alive Deceiver |
| Empire was phenominal, Deceiver is better than Empire. But.....it doesn't have lasting replay value |
| This Time Next Year Drop Out Of Life |
| This Time Next Year Road Maps and Heart Attacks |
| This Wild Life Petaluma |
| Thrice Vheissu |
| Thrice Identity Crisis |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV |
| Thrice Beggars |
| Thrice Major/Minor |
| Thy Art Is Murder Holy War |
| Tiny Moving Parts This Couch Is Long & Full of Friendship |
| Tiny Moving Parts Swell |
| Title Fight Floral Green |
| Title Fight Shed |
| Titus Andronicus The Monitor |
| Touche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me |
| Transit Keep This To Yourself |
| Transit Joyride |
| The album name is very fitting, as this is just a collection of well-written pop/rock songs that show Transit's steps to returning to form, or possibly something greater. |
| Tribulation Down Below |
| TTNG Animals |
| Turnover Peripheral Vision |
| Twenty One Pilots Blurryface |
| Tyler, the Creator Bastard |
| Underoath Define the Great Line |
| Upon a Burning Body The World Is Ours |
| Fun, brutal metalcore than isn't just a big breakdown fest |
| Vasudeva No Clearance |
| Veil of Maya Eclipse |
| Veil of Maya Matriarch |
| Vildhjarta Måsstaden |
| VOLA Applause of a Distant Crowd |
| Volumes Via |
| We Are The In Crowd Weird Kids |
| We Came As Romans Cold Like War |
| Yellowcard When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes |
| Yellowcard Southern Air |
| YOB Our Raw Heart |
| 3.5 great |
| A Day To Remember Homesick |
| A Day To Remember What Separates Me from You |
A very hit and miss record, of course if you like quality music you won't like this. But if you're like me who has a sweet spot for this band, you might find enjoyment in this. There are less heavier parts, save for "2nd Sucks" (which is the heaviest song they've written; no clean vocals).
The mix of metalcore and pop-punk ADTR is known for is displayed only in "You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic" and "Sticks and Bricks". The rest of the album is pop-punk, and there are some solid songs; however, there are many similarities to New Found Glory. "All Signs Point to Lauderdale" is the best song on the album, and if you've heard it you know all the fans will be singing along to the exceptionally catchy chorus once this song comes on.
It's a short album, clocking in at about half an hour. It feels rushed, especially with the abundance of pop songs then comes 2nd Sucks (A complete metalcore breakdown fest) halfway through the record, throwing off the consistency of the whole album. They have seemed to let their mainstream success get to their heads with the separation of metalcore and pop, so that people who recently got into ADTR and like them solely for their radio-friendly songs don't have to sit through the heavy parts; basically, mainstream listeners can put the pop-punk songs on their iPod and forget about the rest. ADTR fans will eat this up in a few months. |
| Afterthoughts Where You Belong |
| Angels and Airwaves Love |
| Angels and Airwaves Love - Part II |
| Angels and Airwaves I-Empire |
| Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper |
| Angels and Airwaves Stomping The Phantom Brake Pedal |
| Bearings (CAN) Blue in the Dark |
| Boys of Fall Better Moments |
| Can't Swim Fail You Again |
| Charli XCX Crash |
| It's not hyperpop Charli, but it's still pretty good |
| Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Get Lost, Find Yourself |
| Close Your Eyes Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts |
| Cruiserweight Sweet Weaponry |
| Awesome pop punk like you heard it in the 90's. New Found Glory-like instrumentation with perky female vocals. Most of it blends together, and some boring songs, but overall a great album. Just listen to To Be Quite Honest and you'll be hooked. |
| Daft Punk Random Access Memories |
| dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion |
| Emery We Do What We Want |
| Fall Out Boy Folie a Deux |
| Fall Out Boy From Under the Cork Tree |
| Fireworks All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion |
| Four Year Strong Explains It All |
| Four Year Strong Rise Or Die Trying |
| Gideon Costs |
| Good melodic hardcore, but they sound wayyyy too similar to The Ghost Inside |
| glaive All Dogs Go To Heaven |
| I Am the Avalanche I Am the Avalanche |
| I, the Breather These Are My Sins |
| Jimmy Eat World Invented |
| Jimmy Eat World Chase This Light |
| Justin Courtney Pierre In The Drink |
| Like Pacific Distant Like You Asked |
| Mimisiku The Thrill of Living |
| New Found Glory Radiosurgery |
| nothing,nowhere. ruiner |
| Owl City Ocean Eyes |
| Parkway Drive Deep Blue |
| Periphery Icarus |
| State Champs Around the World and Back |
| Stay Ahead of the Weather We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna |
| Structures Divided By |
| Sunny Day Real Estate Diary |
| Sunrise Skater Kids Friendville |
| Superheaven Ours Is Chrome |
| Terror On The Screen This Time's For Real |
| The Acacia Strain The Dead Walk |
| The Acacia Strain Wormwood |
| The Contortionist Intrinsic |
| The Get Up Kids Kicker |
| The Promise Ring Nothing Feels Good |
| Veil of Maya [id] |
| VersaEmerge Fixed at Zero |
| With the Punches Keep It Going EP |
| With the Punches It's Not The End Of The World |
| Zeal and Ardor Stranger Fruit |
| 3.0 good |
| Born of Osiris A Higher Place |
| I liked The New Reign. But A Higher Place didn't do it for me. Most of the songs are forgettable. The vocals just seem to mesh with the guitars, not becoming its own element. They can play their instruments well, but the songwriting is average. This album does have its moments, though. Recommended tracks: Exist, A Higher Place |
| Boston Manor Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| Cartel Cycles |
| Fall Out Boy American Beauty/American Psycho |
| Fall Out Boy Save Rock and Roll |
| King Conquer America's Most Haunted |
| It's heavy, it's brutal, it's slightly-above-average deathcore. While there are indecipherable vocals, overused breakdowns, and repetition, this band is better than most in the genre; however, nowhere near the level of All Shall Perish or Glass Casket. The first track and Frequencies are filler, noise tracks that the album could have done without. Fast drumming, heavy riffs, and many crowd-moving breakdowns are abundant. Guest vocals throughout the album help the vocal variation. One of the highlights of the album is Return to Sender. A quiet intro that transitions into an acoustic instrumental track; this song gives the listener a break from the continuous brutality, until later into the song when it surprises you with one of the better-written breakdowns on the album. Overall, if you like deathcore, keep this in your collection if you like what you hear. |
| Moose Blood I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore |
| Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal |
| I don't like this album as much as their debut. Spencer's vocals have improved but I do not like his new singing style. Seems like they spent less time figuring out good vocal melodies on this album than the last, albeit a few exceptions (Erised, Mile Zero). Instrumentation doesn't impress as much as the debut did, mostly because there is a lot of filler. Instead of making redundant studios and playing Skyrim, they should've spent more time trying to make a better album. |
| State Champs Kings of the New Age |
| It's just pretty good. Really strong singles and has that classic pop punk sound, but bogged down by some standard filler State Champs songwriting and lazy lyrics here and there. The album is also pretty short; could've used a few more bangers to round it out. |
| Transit Young New England |
| Various Artists (Punk) Punk Goes Pop 2 |
