As I Lay Dying-The Powerless Rise

[Alongside Death]

Drums by AILD is as fucking redundant as it gets. Fucking awful. Will check out the album just out of curiousity of its suckage.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

After a cursory listen it's definitely a step forward. What I am hoping is that as some metalcore bands like AILD get heavier, it will facilitate their fans becoming more open to death metal and beyond.

They definitely stepped towards a Death Metal sound, so I totally agree with what you just said.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

when will these bands stop making the same balless records over and over again?

 

[IntoPhagist]

These guys have been good for awhile...An Ocean Between us was one of my fav albums of 2007.

 

[metal_wrath]

Long ago I enjoyed a few songs from their old album, which I regret purchasing. Totally worthless shite.

 

[ThrashizFTW!]

AILD has some pretty solid stuff, but they've got nothing impressive.

 

[waif]

Every time I see the acronym I think AIDS.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

Dude, I'm gonna say it again, this album is fucking awesome. The whole thing is wayyy better than An Ocean Between Us

The riff after the intro just gets me fucking going!

 

[metal_wrath]

As I Kneel Crying (To Christ)

 

[arg]

lol ive been spamming lately that this album rules. glad some others agree.

The riff after the intro just gets me fucking going!

the ones in Upside Down Kingdom and Vacancy do that for me!

 

[Belligerent]

So fucking tired of these bands. Enough already.

 

[harmonic_minor_shred]

I never checked out them out for a long time, because of all the negative stuff I heard (such as half the posts in this thread). Fair enough if you don't like metalcore. I went and saw them earlier this year, and I'm glad I did, they put on a great show. I love this band now. The production and performance gets way better on each album. Also, Jacob Bannon has done the artwork for all their albums, so that's pretty cool too. The lyrics on the first two albums are damn awesome, though I do get how a lot of you wouldn't like that sort of stuff, 'cause they're very personal and introspective, and deal with themes that I'm sure are brought up in a lot of other metalcore. I noticed that with this album, and the last, the singer tries to make his lyrics less personal and more topical, and it kind of feels less genuine to me.

 

[Cronopio]

Good, album is good. Naysayers and haters will be picked up by the failboat at Loser's Dock in 2 hrs rape tiem.