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LVL. 1

Last Chance to Reason

 

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

2.50 | 4 ratings

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Kempokid
2 stars This band reminds me a lot of Between the Buried and Me in many ways, the big one with this being how similarly I feel about both bands' debuts. I find this to be extremely amateurish and extremely aggressive to the point where everything just ends up feeling somewhat like noise, but is also extremely all over the place with transitions, with even the length of the songs not taking away from how much some of these songs contain, even if most of it could easily be left out. There isn't too much variety between song, other than a few interludes that calm down for a bit. Despite a lot of this being pretty mediocre, there are some moments where there are some really groovy riffs, which definitely makes the overall listening experience somewhat better, along with a couple of decent solos, such as in 'Me and Tom Brokaw Are Like "This"'. I also find the raw nature of the album to be entertaining in its own right, with the cleaner vocal section in "She's My Bloody Pie' being a big example, not being particularly good, but still being fun. Unfortunately, other than isolated moments throughout the album, this never goes beyond listenable, never really being offensively bad, along with being quite short, but never really reaching any major heights, even in its best moments. For those who enjoyed BTBAM's first couple of albums, enjoy extremely fast paced, heavy music, or wanted to think of what 'Sikth' may have sounded if they decided to try going full metalcore (albeit with less compositional prowess), you'd probably get a kick out of this, but to me, there's definitely a lot of room for improvement, which fortunately was addressed on their future albums.

Best Songs: Those Were Real Witch Bones, Maddens for Noobz

Weakest Songs: Get Awesome, It's Professional When That Happens, Joe Dirt, She's My Bloody Pie

Verdict: A really messy album filled with similar flaws to BTBAM's debut, being sometimes unnecessarily heavy and fast, with the songs ending up blending together to some extent, leading to a fairly dull sounding album. It isn't terrible, but it isn't really very good either, and I'd only recommend this to someone into this kind of music, as I personally don't see how it could appeal to anyone else in a major way.

Kempokid | 2/5 |

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