It’s definitely growing on me. It’s just not spectacular. The AB community holds these guys up like gods. They are such an important part of our lives, more than an average band. I think I went into it expecting way too much and that’s not fair. It’s an ok song. Not strong enough to lead an album r...

Really pumped for the rest of the album now cauae i love how riffy this song is...i'll always be a riff guy at heart. It just has a rock and roll punch with the groove and i like that

Well i actually really dig the song a lot but for the life of me i do not understand the point of all the compression. To me it's a little betterthan TLH but still it's muddy as heck and all the riffs sound distant. Someone pls help me understand what good that's accomplishing. Cool song though and ...

But alas I shall wait til i hear it with some good headphones. I guess honestly it's just that i love these guys dearly and that's why hearing grating production really frustrates me heavily. Some other bands i'm rather indifferent to have some bad production but i couldn't care less. I mention it b...

Actually, the more I listen to it, the more I dislike. Such a stock modern rock song with this cliche bluesy chorus. The riff also doesn't make me move or anything. What happened to Mark - the lord of the riffs? And the mix is just unbearable as well. Well shoot i'm already expecting to want to thr...

I am very excited but at the same time...i will be severely disappointed if the mix really is just like TLH. That's just an unacceptably bad sounding rock album. But I will reserve judgment until i hear it with a crisp stream. I love these guys so much and I just want their music to sound clear and ...

Oh shit! It sounds heavy! Sounds produced a lot like The Last Hero. Can't wait to hear the whole thing! Im hoping that this is just because of instagram compressing it to hell.. If it sounds anything like TLH in terms of production I will be pretty disappointed. Edit: I do realize they purposefully...

dang, i was really hoping for some bluegrass jams

It really does seem like a big change. Doesn't mean the music will be bad, but it's impossible not to notice. Maybe that's part of the challenge for them to do something different this time though? See if they can make a quality selection of short songs? You might even say it seems like a...radical...

It really does seem like a big change. Doesn't mean the music will be bad, but it's impossible not to notice. Maybe that's part of the challenge for them to do something different this time though? See if they can make a quality selection of short songs? You might even say it seems like a...radical...

I don’t mean to be the new guy to step on anyone’s toes but reading some of the posts on the forum it seems like some take real issue with his involvement which I don’t understand. To me without him they would sound like Creed and ODR. For me personally, The Last Hero is unlistenable as a whole alb...

But yeah it still blows me away that they all listened to TLH and thought it sounded even sonically adequate. There are several almost comedically bad moments of compression throughout...one being Mark's solo in Island In Fools which is nearly inaudible. Ya know when i listen to music like AB with a...

Yep, agreed. Dust sounds better than Cauterize. Certain songs like MLM and Tore My Heart Out have a lot of punch that the Cauterize album lacked in several songs due to the muddiness. For example, i'll never get over how badly Cauterize and Tie the Noose sound

However, given your description which i lazily glossed over initially, i guess i could maybe get that. lol my bad

just kidding around btw. i'm not trying to be a jerk. i just ribs. i want ribs i'm hungry

what the heck...lol have you guys ever listened to I Know It Hurts? How on earth is it anything like Poison or Writing

I thought Fortress was a pretty good sounding album sonically. Elvis did a really great job on that album. I wish The Last Hero sounded a bit closer to that. Yeah Fortress sounded great. I had no issue with it at all. Which makes the TLH mix baffling...why make a conscious decision for half the gui...

The half note down bend theme used twice in the last of our kind solo is a trademark Mark (hehe) thing. All Hope Is Gone solo for example. Has Tremonster written all over it

Alright...so here's my brief thoughts on the album. Cause i was finally just now able to actually listen to it all. Great album, love it. I think TLH contains some of their greatest songs and moments. Highlights for me are Cradle, Fate, Twilight, Fools, and the title track. I adore all those tunes. ...

Watch Your Words is probably a top 5 AB track for me. Dead serious. That song is beautiful.