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[sacred shape]

2 hours ago, JimMacVeigh said:

I quite liked Sleeps Society. The last one though, self hell…no thanks. 

 

It seems metalcore bands get one 'new sound' album out that gets recieved okayish, but then all the next 'new sound' albums just flop. Experimentation for one album is fine, but a permenant switch from their roots is not. E.g. Sleeps Society was okay, Self Hell was awful. FTTWTE was okay, the one after was not.

[foolee]

10 minutes ago, sacred shape said:

 

It seems metalcore bands get one 'new sound' album out that gets recieved okayish, but then all the next 'new sound' albums just flop. Experimentation for one album is fine, but a permenant switch from their roots is not. E.g. Sleeps Society was okay, Self Hell was awful. FTTWTE was okay, the one after was not.

I think it’s about keeping up momentum. Like Sleeps Society had some bangers on it and got them a bit bigger/on to a new crowd but then Self Hell was just forgettable. It’s kinda about doing it well and you will succeed but if not you’ll fall on your arse. 

[JimMacVeigh]

Surely one of the biggest examples

of killing your momentum is Bullet for my Valentine and that Temper Temper album. Fever I really enjoyed and then they self destructed with TT.

[Andre91]

What it boils down to, for me, is that, outside of Bring Me The Horizon, pretty much all of the bands in this field just aren’t that creative or really don’t have a true understanding of how to incorporate poppier/electronic elements into their music. Oli Sykes and especially (especially) Jordan Fish do. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Andre91

[LazyDavid]

10 hours ago, northernangel said:

If Pendulum blew them away they must have been really dull as Pendulum was not a good set by any stretch. I've seen them a few times including headlining Radio 1 tent at Leeds and Download was rubbish compared. Hopefully Drumsheds will be better. The daylight killed them too.

Yeah they are a million times better in the dark, and the setlist was also weak by their standards, but the performance still had far more to it than Architects