
The safety was found in sticking to the original format of a concept release, the danger in transforming (once again) stylistically.įrom the first listen I could tell that the album had its perks and its qwerks, both of which were immediately clear to me on the first track, Pariah.

The band simultaneously played it safe but strayed into danger with 2009's The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion. With three albums that all differ stylistically, it would be playing it safe for the band to focus on making something that is sonically similar to their previous efforts.

› A Dream in Static (feat.Review Summary: dredg combine the ideas of their first two releases with the straightįorward nature of their third album and the result is a good album with a lot of inconsistenciesĭredg had a lot to live up to when they were making their follow up to 2005's solid Catch Without Arms, a departure from previous efforts such as the seminal El Cielo and raw beginnings of Leitmotif. Lajon Witherspoon & The Moscow Studio Symphony Orchestra) › Official Merch Store REDMUSICONLINE.COM › End of Silence: 10th Anniversary Edition(2016) Kill the Flaw was released on Asylum Records and 7 Bros. › Official Merch Store BREAKINGBENJAMIN.COM 15. › Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching)ġ6. Love, Fear and the Time Machine by Riverside United States of Emergency by Minor EmpiresĢ1. › This December It’s One More and I’m Free (2005)Ģ2. Phantasia on the High Processions of Sun, Moon and Countless Stars Above by Heights Honorable Mention: One Love Revolution by PillarĢ5.

ROCK Honorable Mention: Pinwheel by Pinwheel I’m doing my best to keep moving forward and starting on my list of top EP’s in 2016. Breaking my original list into separate genres had its own set of challenges and discrepancies, but in the long run it made more sense and was much easier when it came to making decisions about placement.Įven though I’m two whole years behind schedule, I hope the time and effort that went into compiling all this was worth it. For this edition, I’ve broken my list of favorite albums into three categories: Rock, Metal, and Top 10.Īfter a lot of contemplation, I decided it didn’t make sense to compare certain albums within the same list. There was an avalanche of new releases in 2015, and my palette for new sounds has been steadily expanding over the last few years.
