Comments on: Oh, Sleeper – Son of the Morning

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:56:36 +0000

This review is bullshit. Music changes with the times. Kiss more Botch ass, please.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:04:45 +0000

there breakdowns fit in perfect with their songs a lot, and not every song has a breakdown like every other generic song, the breakdowns have meaning with meaninful lyrics behind them… with ” i’ll cut off your horns” jesus, such an amazing part.. not like every other band just saying.. OH!

By: dan

dan — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:04:00 +0000

By: Vuk Varicak

Vuk Varicak — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:46:00 +0000

Lol, I don't know about him, but they sure do.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:55:00 +0000

This review is bullshit. Music changes with the times. Kiss more Botch ass, please.

By: hearwax

hearwax — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:17:57 +0000

I will admit that the lyrics are strong – something I regrettably did not notice when reviewing this disc – but here is my argument with you…

The breakdowns not making sense all the time is what makes Oh Sleeper a lot like other metalcore bands; throwing in breakdowns for the sake of breakdowns. And using good chord progressions doesn't solve songwriting issues. There are tech bands that use cool chord progressions a lot, but it doesn't take away from the fact that they are just meedling around half the time. Yes, Oh Sleeper are better than both Norma Jean and The Chariot (by miles), and I really liked their debut EP and a portion of When I Am God, but this record is full of songs that feel like mishmashes of passages, which to me, does not indicate good songwriting.

I appreciate the comment though, you did bring up some valid points.

By: hearwax

hearwax — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:17:00 +0000

I will admit that the lyrics are strong – something I regrettably did not notice when reviewing this disc – but here is my argument with you…

I appreciate the comment though, you did bring up some valid points.

By: ink

ink — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:19:07 +0000

dude.
while this album isn't perfect, its pretty damn good. It doesn't deserve a 5.8. More like a 7 or an 8.5.
What do you mean the breakdowns often don't make sense? Their transitions are close to perfect, but apparently they have to "make sense" and sound like every other friggin hardcore band out there to be good.

Their songwriting is lacking? I'm sorry, they're seriously using some pretty good chord progressions. And that requires good songwriting. Let's not even talk about their extremely well thought out lyrics that put Norma Jean and The Chariot both to shame. The ttheological depth they have managed to fuse into their lyrics is alone worth giving them a higher rating.

And yes they're technical prowess is beast.

By: ink

ink — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:19:00 +0000

And yes they're technical prowess is beast.

By: Zap

Zap — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:38:03 +0000

I Think this is one of the best metalcore/mathcore releases of this year ! to me it ranks up together with architects hollow crown and august burns red constellations for the album of the year ! I can't see how the songwriting is not good… it has plenty of remindable choruses,VERY intense and emotional shouts, sick licks, riffs, breaks, breakdowns and so on… i think this is better than most of the other new stuff released this year… it just has anything a good album needs. Much better than for example Killswitch's new Album. I am a huge fan of them , but they got so fuckin generic on that new album! there was not a single surprise, whereas Oh, Sleeper had some moments where i said wow ( Reveries of Flight, the Beginning of the title track…) This is at least as good as redeemer from norma jean, which was an absolute killer. What i wanted to say is that this is better than most of the generic metalcore bands and therefore it should get a higher rating. Thanks for taking the time to read my comment Zap