#Dark clouds lyrics adept full#
#Dark clouds lyrics adept free#

After all, if youвЂ™re going to kill your scene cred withВ metalcore, at least make it good metalcore.

#Dark clouds lyrics adept free#

For the three or four AMG readers who actually like this stuff, IвЂ™d recommend checking out This or the ApocalypseвЂ™s Dead Years instead, which seems to have been a big influence on Sleepless, only executing the sound far better and free of the notebook-doodling lyrics. The guitar-work is the real highlight of these 41 minutes, though, and while nothing here sound-wise makes Sleepless a painfulВ listen, the dull choruses, similar track structures, and embarrassingly immature lyrics make this an album I would only spend money on if it came in an instrumental version. The overall effect hurts tracks like вЂњDark Clouds,вЂќ where much of the charm generated by the hyper-melodic verse guitars is deflated when the insipid chorus of вЂњBreathe in/breathe out!вЂќ breaks in.ДЇortunately, the production is potent and features just enough range to make the leads ring clear and bright, while giving the occasional keyboard embellishments and вЂњwhoa-whoaвЂќ backing vocals room to breathe. The antiseptic clean singing doesnвЂ™t help, and even LjungвЂ™s growls, while wholly competent and shifting smoothly from deeper to higher pitches, lack personality. Additionally, many of these 10 tracks feature a similar structure and tempo, not to mention clean choruses that sound cut and pasted from track to track.

#Dark clouds lyrics adept full#

вЂњDown and OutвЂќ goes full Korn amidst its spacey clean picking and thumping bass drums, featuring pre-chorus line вЂњYou fucking bully/you fucking prick/you fucking coward/you fucking dick!вЂќ Later, the closing title track eats up half its runtime with an atrocious spoken-word high school poetry piece, while вЂњThe SicknessвЂќ features a bizarre jangling sound effect that sounds like a cellphone going off in the background. Like Silence, Sleepless has some terribly embarrassing moments that make listening with headphones a must. While the guitar-work is terrific, there are also some deep-rooted flaws here.

Adept seem to love the trick This or the Apocalypse pulled a lot on Dead Years, where djent riffs are overlaid by crystalline, shimmering leads вЂ“ as heard on tracks like the stomping вЂњDark CloudsвЂќ and вЂњThe Choirs of Absolution.вЂќ вЂњRewind the TapeвЂќ mixes it up, sounding like a re-imagining of Bullet for my ValentineвЂ™s вЂњHearts Burst Into FireвЂќ with its upbeat rhythm and echoing nostalgic melodies. Amidst the clean wails of вЂњLet me hold your hand the last time!,вЂќ вЂњWoundsвЂќ features an addictive, oinking verse riff that collapses into a breakdown overlaid by syrupy sweet leads, which feels like chugging grenadine and then dropping a glitter bomb on yourself.

Yes, itвЂ™s bleeding-heart emo, but thereвЂ™s more here than black eyeliner and poorly drawn heartagrams. Opener вЂњBlack VeinsвЂќ gives me everything my 16-year-old self could desire: colorful This or the Apocalypse-style leads, djenty chugs, a soaring clean chorus with an a cappella first iteration, and even an extended spoken word intro where vocalist Robert Ljung gets all his feels out before concluding вЂњMaybe I donвЂ™t deserve to be happy!вЂќ Sleepless largely continues in this vein, with a healthy dose of djent to boot. ItвЂ™s hardly original, but amidst all the chugs, squeaky clean melodies, and wails of вЂњThese days will never end!,вЂќ Silence featured some solid hooks and a bit of post-hardcore flavor that led me to really enjoy some tracks вЂ“ even if some cringe-worthy moments prevented me from ever listening to it in full. Adept play a sort of revivalist metalcore of the screamed verse/clean chorus variety, not unlike Feed Her to the Sharksor about a bajillion other bands from the mid-2000s. It was probably this nostalgia that first led me to check out Swedish quintet Adept back in 2013, with the release of their third LP Silence the World. Part of itвЂ™s because this is the music I grew up with вЂ“ sure, thereвЂ™s lots of emo choruses and re-purposed Gothenburg riffs, but theyвЂ™re my emo choruses and re-purposed Gothenburg riffs, the ones that got me through high school breakups and summer jobs cleaning goose poop off the local golf course while dodging errant balls from half-drunk assclowns. And while I agree the genre has its shortcomings, I canвЂ™t help but enjoy it nonetheless.

Telling a bunch of underground metalheads that you like metalcore is the equivalent of painting a big scarlet letter right between your set of Fred Durst nipple rings. Look, I get it: вЂmetalcoreвЂ™ is a dirty word in the metal community.