Qwerty18

Heavy is honestly a pretty decent-good track that got a lot of shit probably because of LP embracing a full-on pop sound. I largely prefer it over tracks like TTM or Battle Symphony. Especially TTM, can't stand that one anymore

Good Things Go

I know it's in for the win, but one can try. Good Things Go

Two faced

What did y'all do to my GOAT Casualty! Vote remains the same - Two Faced.

Becoming more difficult .... I know casualty is probably going next, but my vote goes to Two Faced!

Casualty is so much more fresh than HITC. Let's be real

Heavy is The Crown

Heavy is The Crown

Tone-wise, I wouldn't expect Alex to have much freedom of choice. I feel we're nitpicking a bit. Sure, there are some noticeable differences in some songs - APFMH having too much palm mute in the verse for example - and indeed, different picking patterns can alter the sound a bit too, but it's not like he was playing wrong notes or off beat. Which ok, should never happen for professionals but still, I think the guitars sound fine overall.

Over Each Other.

Come on, I hope CTB beats OEO I quite like CTB, especially... The bridge. Catchy af.

Over Each Other

Ah, seems to have been ear monitor problem around 1:38 and 1:45. Either I'm hearing weird or she went quite off-key here. Just an observation anyway. Emily is awesome, hic-ups happen.

From zero (intro)

Ah, I hadn't given a song ranking. It's kind of tricky because I like them all, but I'd say The Emptiness Machine IGYEIH Overflow Casualty Good Things Go Two Faced Stained Cut The Bridge Heavy Is The Crown Over Each Other But yeah. There is really not a huge difference between 1 and 10 in term of the enjoyment I get out of it.

I wouldn't have recognized Dave if I wasn't told it was him ^^

Awesome video. The movie for this is going to be a treat.

I think Alex is doing great, he's more energetic on stage than 2007-2017 Brad, and he is also a cleaner player when it comes to lead-playing. Also seems like a humble, nice person. I hope he sticks around. As long as Brad stays as a studio musician, I'm all good. He's at the core of LP sound, and I can't imagine the band without him.

Alrighty, let's make one, and see one year later if I still feel this way This may be controversial but 1. Hybrid Theory 2. A Thousand Suns 3. From Zero 4. Minutes to Midnight 5. Meteora 6. The Hunting Party 7. Living Things 8. One More Light One More Light was never my thing, and Living Things has kind of an identity crisis going on, so From Zero automatically beats those 2 for me. THP is a stronger effort, but has too many flaws for its own good, so From Zero tops that one too. Meteora is tricky, it's a classic, but I feel its production has aged a bit poorly, and eventually I believe FZ songwriting to be stronger. MTM was the trickiest. There are many legendary moments on it, but on the other hand, the tracklist has always been a mess, and the record is maybe a bit too loaded with mid-tempo ballads HT and ATS stay untouched. FZ momentarily lands at 3!

There are elements in common for sure, but, in my opinion, not enough to say Casualty is a lesser version of War or Victimized. I've read it elsewhere too, but I don't really agree with that view. Casualty is based more on groove than pace, at least in the verse, and I feel the novelty of raspy Mike is being underestimated. I understand that argument better with HITC and Faint, because those two are almost identical at many levels.

Honestly, I don't think War / Victimized / Casualty are that similar, beyond them being short, punk-inspired, and screamy. Victimized is a weird folk-hip-hop-electronic-hardcore mix, War is straight-up an old-school hardcore punk song, and Casualty is a modern hardcore punk-industrial jam. They're different enough tracks to stand on their own merits, in my opinion. Otherwise, every pop-rock LP anthem would be alternative versions of each other (WID, ND, BID, IBG, TTM, BS, PTB, etc..) ^^

Very well said.

Yeah, I didn't vibe with the OML cycle at all, be it the promotion, the reception, the live shows, or the record. Even down to the pictures with the cowboy hats and whatnot, totally not my thing ^^' But I think the band was having a good time with the tour, so there is that.

It's hard to say after barely 6 days, but one thing I'm feeling mildly confident about is that FZ is more cohesive and consistent as a record than the last 3 ones.