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MutnikSpusic
July 12th 2011


560 Comments


everything is true but this album is good

BassDemon333
July 12th 2011


3435 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Their best album

Butkuiss
July 12th 2011


7827 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

You could actually HEAR the bass in this release. Then Adam D started mixing out every damn frequency that wasn't guitar or vocal. And the songwriting is top notch. It feels honest, and even when it fumbles, it's still charming. Fast forward to As Daylight Dies and beyond, and everything seems so contrived. Too professional.



Meh. Still love this album. It DEFINED metal for me as a young teenager. I can remember professing my love for it above ADD and EoH and having all my friends look at me in shock. "Jesse barely sang!" "It's too heavy!" "I can't understand the lyrics!"

Butkuiss
July 12th 2011


7827 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Why do I have this as a 4? It should be a 4.5. I still have too much nostalgic love for it.





Fix'd.

PurpleDino
July 12th 2011


3839 Comments


Although things went downhill after Howard joined, it isn't totally Howard that worsened their sound
I attribute it more to Adam D who started being lead guitarist and just smothering Killswitch with cheese

AfterTheBreakdown
July 12th 2011


7245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good review pos'd. CD is Amazing.

Butkuiss
July 13th 2011


7827 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Adam D was a much better drummer than guitarist. The groove he has on AOJB kicks any KsE drumming post this' butt.

Relinquished
July 13th 2011


49003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah this rules. love it.

Spec
July 13th 2011


40221 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's pretty good.

PurpleDino
July 13th 2011


3839 Comments


yeah plus Adam just stripped any serious tone out of Howard's lyrics by prancing around in a cape during live shows

AfterTheBreakdown
July 13th 2011


7245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Lol

Butkuiss
July 14th 2011


7827 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Jesse's lyrics >>>>>>> Howard's. Writing the same three songs (Love song, loss of love song, "Time-to-stand-up-and-be-strong-metuhlz" song) kind of strips away any serious tone as well.

Trebor.
Emeritus
July 14th 2011


60059 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Never liked Jesse era

AfterTheBreakdown
July 14th 2011


7245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This should be re-recorded with their current vocalist.

Trebor.
Emeritus
July 14th 2011


60059 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Why?

AfterTheBreakdown
July 14th 2011


7245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think it would be better.

Hawks
July 14th 2011


94273 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Generic metalcore ftw!

MalleusMaleficarum
July 14th 2011


16396 Comments


quite possibly the richest metalcore band

Trebor.
Emeritus
July 14th 2011


60059 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

It wasn't so generic at the time

Butkuiss
July 14th 2011


7827 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I can't stand to hear their current vocalist sing his re-recording of Fixation on the Darkness, let alone the rest of this album, man.



And yeah, when this came out, it was revolutionary, man.



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