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4.5/5 | Posted November-27-2011
Eleventyseven's 4th album Sugarfist plays like a mash up of Galactic Conquest and Adventures in E-Ville in that some songs are straight pop punk and others have more of an electronic j-pop feel. It's not a bad thing. The band has found a target market and strives to keep that market satisfied by giving them what they want. I liked Sugarfist a bit more then their last album because here they have more songs with meaning behind them. "Quota" has now shot up to be my new favorite song by the band because of the message behind it. Speaking of a message, the band's positivity in lyrics remains intact. Sugarfist is a great album by a band that knows what it wants to be.
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3/5 | Posted November-15-2011
I skipped out on Take Everything two years ago so for me it's been since Finally Awake all the way back in 2007 since I last heard stuff by Seventh Day Slumber. The new album is out and it feels like more of the same. The message behind the songs is still powerful, the hard rock/worship style still works, and the lyrics are well written. I just feel like I've heard everything the band offered and I'm growing tired of it.
Don't take that to mean I don't like the album. It's a good album and definately worth your money if you are a fan, but for me, I'm going to listen to it online once and move on.
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4.5/5 | Posted November-11-2011
It's been three years since the last Run Kid Run album, Love At the Core, released. For fans, that long wait was agonizing as we hoped to hear word of a new album in the works. The wait is over as the band gives us their latest effort Patterns. Right off the bat you'll notice that all the elements of what make the band great are still intact, but it all feels different somehow. Like they took there time to grow and develop. Yes, the Run Kid Run you know and love are still present but they have clearly progressed their sound enough to appeal to a wide range of new listeners. With this new progression in sound, the tracks still have the fun pop/punk feel from previous albums.
Run Kid Run took their time in making Patterns but the effort really pays off. They manage to progress their sound while still keeping their old sound fairly intact. Not many bands can do that well which makes Patterns a unique and fun listen.
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4.5/5 | Posted October-19-2011
It's been three years since we last heard from Family Force 5 and while I wish they provided more on this album, what they do have is so much fun to listen to that the long gap will be forgotten. III is almost a return to the style of Business but yet not. It mixes in the style of Business and the beats that you could find plaguing Top 40 stations. Musically, it sounds fresh and exciting. Lyrically though is where the controversy is. Some people are put off by the fact that the lyrics aren't "christian" at all, but I disagree. I found it to be lyrically up there with Business and Dance or Die in that the lyrics are suit the fun nature of the songs.
While I still feel that Business is their best album, Family Force 5 continues to offer us fun party songs that are upbeat, catchy, and in tune with what the kiddies are listening to nowadays. The lyrics might make some people cringe, but I still feel that III is the funnest album of the year.
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4/5 | Posted October-19-2011
Alien Youth marks a nit of a return to form for Skillet. The industrial rock sound heard on the past two albums gets diminished significantly and the hard rock is brought into the forefront. This makes Alien Youth a highly enjoyable album from start to finish. This album is also significant in that it features the debut of former guitarist Ben Kasica on one song. If the industrial sound of Invincible and Hey You, I Love Your Soul turned you off from Skillet, Alien Youth could bring you back.
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4/5 | Posted October-19-2011
Skillet's third album, Invincible, is a vast improvement over their previous album. The band has learned and developed in the interim years. Invincible still carries the industrial rock sound but now there are many more catchy songs and the production sounds much cleaner and crisper.
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2.5/5 | Posted October-17-2011
Skillet's sophomore album is a complete reversal from the debut. The grunge sound is still present but now the band experiments with industrial Nine Inch Nails inspired sounds. That's what this album is, an experiment. While this experiment didn't resonate with me that much, there are still some songs that are catchy. But unfortunately, this album doesn't hit the same mark as the debut.
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3.5/5 | Posted October-17-2011
Skillet's self titled debut album does a good job in setting up the identity of the band. The grunge sound is fitting for the late 90's time period. John Cooper's vocals sound young and not fully developed yet but that's to be expected for a first effort.
If you are a fan of Skillet, this album is a great nostalgic trip as well as a good album that shows us the humble beginnings of a great band.
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4.5/5 | Posted October-04-2011
The Chariot's unique style of unrelentless insanity continues on Wars and Rumors of Wars, which I think is the best album they released on Solid State Records. It still maintains that level of chaos the band knows so very well but they also seem like they wanted to write a bit more coherance in as well. There are repeating sections in songs that do make it feel like they want some sort of balance to the insanity happening all around them. Wars and Rumors of Wars brings us the Chariot we know as well as some coherance to the chaotic tones. Their best album to date.
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4/5 | Posted October-01-2011
After the release of their unique debut album, The Chariot returns to deliver us more unique, original, short, and heavy songs. This time the album has gone through every step in the production process, including mastering. (Something that wasn't present on the debut, but gave it its uniqueness.) Songs are short, brutal and all the traditional forms of songwriting are again thrown out the window and we are treated to 30 more minutes of pure insanity. The Chariot has always been about unconventional metal music and this album is no exception.
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