Overcome

As metalcore albums over the past decade have gone this is possibly one of the better releases, with a moderate range of different songs, from the 100% chart oriented two weeks through to the more mellow believe in nothing; this album doesn't leave anyone uncatered to. Beyond potentially fans of their first 2 releases. this darkened heart and behind silence and solitude, on a whole this album is a nice combination of melodic riffs and perfect vocals through out - the lyrics on the other hand were a bit weak but that can be forgiven as vocal style and guitar work is THAT much better than some of their other releases.

This album puts them are the forefront of the metalcore scene, with other bands such as Bullet for my Valentine and Killswitch, to name but a few. They seem to have taken the best of both, combined them with an awesome vocalist, to produce a phenomenal end product that wouldn't shame the best of the metal scene. As All that Remains go, this is perhaps that slight bit worse than their third release, The Fall of Ideals, but trumps their first 2 albums.

This album pretty much fulfills any expectations anyone may have of a metalcore release, pretty simple solos with softer vocals around the choruses, making them softer than any other form of Metal, the only issue with this' that they seem to have lapsed on the content of the album, making this release forever a shadow of Fall of Ideals, and forever compared to it.

The best tracks to this album are by far Two Weeks and Chiron, Two Weeks being the clearest attempt at the mainstream they've had in recent years, catchy vocals with a chuggy guitar through out, being the break from the rest of the album in terms of being a weaker song - But the better for it. Cleaner vocals and a better song structure through out. Chiron on the other hand was typical of the rest of the album, but being the best among them, this in mind, it was the typical song about drivel that Phil sang pretty well which made this song the best from the rest.