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2.0 poor | FearThyEvil | March 21st 13 | While the sophomore slump didn't hit this one finally did. The focus of too many breakdowns, hit or miss lyrics, and a vocal performance that gives rather mixed feelings makes this album a huge disappointment. Only really truly memorable songs were the first and last one. Shame
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3.5 great | merpmerp | March 20th 13 | Wut are you doing with your voice man? You're not Drew York. Stahp.
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0.0 | RosaParks | March 20th 13 | don't scrap my rating this album blows dick nice try though
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4.0 excellent | pepster50 | March 28th 13 | The vocals ramp this rating up from a 2.5-3 all the way to a 4. They are just TOO good. Harsh and clean vocals. Sublime. They make me forgive all the lame breakdowns, and really, except for the first song, they don't over do it. But if these guys took the time to really try and take those out this album would just be amazing. Catchy hooks. Some cool guitar parts, and good production.
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3.5 great | Antigen | March 22nd 13 | I didn't hate it, didn't love it. I really enjoyed the vocals, especially the singing, even though they're much
different then My Devil In Your Eyes (Drew York style, which will be a source of a lot of hate I feel). There are
a lot of breakdowns that become tedious at times, but the all around musicianship isn't bad. I'll give it a 3.5
even though I really want to give it a 3 just cause I love the singing soooo much.
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3.0 good | Barksdale | June 7th 22 | Best Tracks: Strange Comfort, Learned Behaviour, Living Breathing Something, Silver Lining, Steadfast, Saviorself, Have.Will.
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4.5 superb | Risodo | May 9th 18 | I understand that "Know Hope" is not so interesting and innovative, but i feel a close relationship with this work, much more for the time of my life than i discovered, rather than affinity for the band. In the old days i used to listen a lot of Miss May I stuff, and my ears end up being somewhat limited to more respected bands. The Color Morale acted on a step above and this surprised me a lot at the time i first heard "Know Hope" back in 2014. Nowadays i listen more for nostalgia and enjoyment, even if i understand all the limitations.
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3.5 great | Kronzo | August 6th 13 | These guys always had the melodic edge over their labelmates on Rise Records. The clean vocals have always been top-notch and one of my favourite parts of this group. The band seems to be striving to push boundaries sometimes here and it really shows. Sadly there's a couple too many mediocre cuts to rate this much higher.
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2.0 poor | MuhNamesTyler | June 23rd 13 | Fucking vocals kill this for me, sounds like a pissed off 3rd grader. It's a shame cause I really liked these guys
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4.5 superb | Deuce8311 | April 15th 13 | I honestly had never heard of The Color Morale before I bought this cd. I was looking for something new and decided to give it a shot. I'm so glad i did. The album is very inspirational and offers EXCELLENT vocals in every way, shape, and form. Though it does contain some less than average chugging and riffs, the album also has some of the catchiest hooks you will ever hear (Smoke and Mirrors). Don't be fooled by the label. This band DOES NOT belong on Rise Records. Looking for a new metalcore album? You found it.
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4.0 excellent | iamSeraph | March 30th 13 | harder breakdowns, crisper cleans, MUCH harsher and angrier shouts, better melodies, more ideas and innovations...I always liked TCM but this record represents their breakthrough. a unique vocal performance and constant nodding does it for me. it's generic at times (sure), but come on guys - it's a metalcore record in the year of 2013. what did you expect? ...4!
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3.0 good | ILJ | March 23rd 13 | An ever so slightly above average album marred by over reliance on breakdowns and an overall step down in musicianship from My Devil In Your Eyes. That being said, it's not as bad as I thought it would be, and the vocals are actually pretty decent once you get used to them. They bear a lot of similarities to Drew York, sometimes almost scarily so. The Color Morale haven't yet written a bad album per se, but now they're just a hair above their numerous peers, and if they aren't careful, they'll be just another core band.
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4.0 excellent | lucasjcockcroft | March 21st 13 | while this isn't as good as past workrits still TCMrbreakdowns aren't over done, instruments are above averagerand Garret's singing voice is amazing.
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0.0 | antigravity | March 21st 13 | Apparently this is a friend of a friend's band
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3.5 great | charlie15 | March 20th 13 | I'm confused, what part of the vocals sound like drew York? Antigen - you mention that the cleans sound alike, I've only listened to rising sun and there are no cleans from drew York on that.
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4.0 excellent | Piem | March 12th 24 |
3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 19th 22 |
2.5 average | Halez | November 7th 21 |
3.0 good | Uzumaki | September 19th 21 |
2.5 average | Skiiddz | October 15th 20 |
3.5 great | josh | June 10th 19 |
4.5 superb | Josh | March 21st 19 |
3.5 great | PG2001 | November 9th 18 |
3.0 good | doc23 | October 30th 17 |
4.0 excellent | El Olam | December 11th 16 |
3.5 great | tellah | December 1st 16 |
3.5 great | elry2k | July 10th 16 |
2.5 average | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | July 3rd 16 |
3.5 great | Snide | May 23rd 16 |
3.0 good | IVIII | May 5th 16 |
2.5 average | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
3.5 great | dcon4L | October 24th 15 |
5.0 classic | PIM22 | October 4th 15 |
3.5 great | lukeio | July 26th 15 |
3.5 great | Lassie | July 12th 15 |
3.0 good | ToddDC | February 20th 15 |
4.0 excellent | Sadfiend | February 11th 15 |
3.5 great | Aaron77 | December 24th 14 |
3.5 great | slaps | December 16th 14 |
2.0 poor | Prole | November 18th 14 |
4.5 superb | furpa | November 11th 14 |
3.0 good | GSMC96 | October 4th 14 |
3.5 great | quik40 | September 15th 14 |
4.0 excellent | jpturk21 | September 9th 14 |
3.5 great | Pndi | September 5th 14 |
3.5 great | Linx | September 3rd 14 |
5.0 classic | mew151 | August 28th 14 |
3.0 good | A257U2 | August 25th 14 |
3.0 good | Haon | April 29th 14 |
3.5 great | PittZa | March 11th 14 |
4.0 excellent | ludis | March 1st 14 |
4.0 excellent | willzor | September 14th 13 |
3.5 great | jmumf | August 16th 13 |
5.0 classic | befire | August 14th 13 |
3.5 great | Kulti | August 7th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Coast | July 24th 13 |
2.5 average | vali28 | July 6th 13 |
4.0 excellent | d00derz | June 27th 13 |
4.0 excellent | eXxist | April 22nd 13 |
2.0 poor | mttgry | April 15th 13 |
1.5 very poor | JulesV | April 12th 13 |
3.5 great | LenZ | April 8th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Damon | March 31st 13 |
3.5 great | NBA | March 21st 13 |
2.0 poor | bwiese | February 24th 13 |
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