Up next on the chopping block is Shinedown. Now I am not super familiar with them and really only know like one or two songs from them so with that let’s take a look…………..
Leave A Whisper- I was actually pleasantly surprised by this one. To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting much from this album but I must say that it’s a really good album. If you’re into bands like Saliva, then this should be one to listen to. I’ll give it 9/10
Standouts: Fly From The Inside, Crying Out, No More Love
Us And Them- first impressions, this is a step up and it is but honestly, this is a continuation of the last album. It would seem as if these guys are on the path to become the next big rock band. I’ll give this one 9/10
Standouts: Yer Majesty, Heroes, Fake
The Sound Of Madness- so this is one of those records that starts off strong then as you listen to it, it really just gets boring. Now I understand that this is the record that broke them but aside from the first half, it’s just an ok record. I’ll give this one 6/10
Standouts: Devour, The Sound Of Madness, Cry For Help
Amaryllis- the production on here seems kinda weird. I don’t know something about it seems a bit off. Anyway, this one is bland. I wasn’t really sure what to expect after Sound Of Madness but it’s just a mediocre record. I’ll give it a 5/10
Standouts: Adrenaline
Threat To Survival- I guess for this one they wanted to go for every other song to be sort of ballady type songs. I got bored with this one really quickly and didn’t really care for it. I’ll give it 3/10
Standouts:
ATTENTION ATTENTION- again just a boring nothing special record. Like what the hell?! They had such good first and second albums also all the song titles are also in all caps (just something weird I noticed). There isn’t really anything special about this one. I’ll give it 2/10
Standouts:
Planet Zero- this one has more softer songs compared to the last few but again this one is boring and not really that good. If you really want to check it out but don’t expect much. I’ll give it 1/10
Standouts:
Well for about 2 1/2 records, they were good but then they really dipped in quality. Not sure why. Maybe it was the label or something but after Sound of Madness, they really went downhill. So again anything after that record isn’t really worth one’s time and is easily skip-able.
Final Grade: C-
Album Rankings:
- Us And Them
- Leave A Whisper
- The Sound Of Madness
- Amaryllis
- Threat To Survival
- ATTENTION ATTENTION
- Planet Zero
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