Customer Rating:  
Summary: not terrible
Comment: This cd is just ok. A lot of the songs sound the same, and the guitar sounds very grungy. If you are a fan of blindside's later stuff you will hate this album. I like when blindside mixes the screaming with melodic vocals. This album has none of that, it's all screaming.
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Summary: Wow, I never knew until now what I was missing!!!
Comment: This album is simply incredible. I already had the three newest Blindside albums and then I heard them play "King of the Closet" live and decided to check this album out. Oh my gosh, now I'm daily catching up on the time I missed in the past not having this album. It totally rocks!!!
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Summary: Blindside's landmark album
Comment: Firstly, Amazon has the incorrect tracklisting. [Phatbat 1303] is actually the last song, Knocking on another door, sunrise, from stone to backbone, and all you need is are moved up on the tracklisting accordingly
I have been a fan of blindside for seven years now. The first time I heard Vow of Silence solidified their place in my collection forever. Having recently purchased The Great Depression, it's interesting to see their evolution as a band and a creative force.
This album, however, blows your hair back accordingly. It's sweedish hardcore at it's finest and most powerful. Expect this to be in the hardcore cannon for years to come.
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Summary: This album brings it...
Comment: Before I start, I'd like to give a bit a background about how I got a hold of this album.
Usually I listen to punk/emo/emocore stuff but after seeing this album on amazon being compared to numerous hardcore and screamo artists, I decided that it was time I checked this band out. I went to best buy and got this for 10 bucks... (a steal)
I seriously had no idea what I was buying, I had just seen a lot of people recommend it that had my tastes. So I threw caution to the wind.
At first listen, I began to think I had purchased a cheap alternative rock/metal cd... Something I hate.
However, I listened a couple more times and realized that this was actually hardcore/metal. This band sounds like afi meets post-hardcore alternative! Cool!
Anyway, if you like hardcore/screamo/metal, or just good rock...go pick this one up. It's impressive.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Complete Waste Of Time
Comment: Review by Tyler Wagnon:
Ehhh. These reissues bring back a lot of memories, but mostly of stuff I would like to forget. Things like middle school.
Blindside were part of the explosion of heavy Christian bands in the mid to late 90's and were one of the few to have a bit of a nu-metal tinge to their sound. Needless to say, the sound on these albums are dated and honestly, Blindside are so far past any relevance in heavy music these days that these are really a waste of time and energy.
There are a few decent tracks here and there, but most of the material is just... boring, completely lackluster, and the nu-etal edge is frankly horrible. Perhaps their major label signing had something to do with the reissues, but they are pretty much pointless.
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