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  • Alternative Character Interpretation: Some think that Adam is singing "The High Road" about breaking up with the band.
  • Contested Sequel: Transit of Venus is either their best album, or them selling out to mainstream pop. The album was hailed by critics as their best album yet, because they expanded their boundaries. Many fans disliked it because They Changed It, Now It Sucks!
  • Critical Dissonance:
    • Like Seether, they generally garner mixed reviews from music critics. However, among music fans, they're actually one of the more well-regarded post-grunge bands in existence.
    • Transit of Venus was hailed by critics as their best album yet, because they expanded their boundaries. Many fans disliked it for that same reason.
  • Epic Riff: Just about all of their songs, though "Just Like You," "Pain," "Animal I Have Become," and "Break" stand out.
  • Fridge Brilliance: "Pain" could be taken as either wangsty, vaguely masochistic or Word Salad. Taken in the context of Adam's painkiller addiction, the lyric "I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all" takes on a new light...
  • Friendly Fandoms: With the Breaking Benjamin fanbase, as both have similar styles and are big Fan Vid bait.
  • Growing the Beard:
    • (Original lineup): One-X got a more positive reception than their first album, Three Days Grace.
    • (Post 2013 lineup): While Human got mixed reviews, Outsider was nearly universally praised as a return to form for the band.
  • Harsher in Hindsight: The last single "The High Road" is about looking for a way out which was followed by Gontier quitting the band, especially if you think of it as Adam singing it to the other members
  • Memetic Mutation: "I can't talk right now, I'm making PISS!"Explanation 
  • Narm:
    • Some songs during Adam Gontier's time with the band can come across as this due to his habit of Suddenly Shouting his lyrics in an emphatic manner during parts of the song, usually the chorus. It's most prevalent in their earlier works, but you can find examples of it even on Life Starts Now.
    • Not that the Matt Walst era doesn't have its moments.
  • Replacement Scrappy: Brad's brother Matt Walst, singer for My Darkest Days, received this reaction after it was announced he'd be filling in for vocal duties on the tours following Adam Gontier's resignation from the band. Despite his mixed reception in Human, his performance in Outsider was widely praised, helping alleviate the fans' initial reaction.
  • Signature Song:
    • "I Hate Everything About You", with "Animal I Have Become" offering a challenge to the title (they even finish some shows with it).
    • "Pain" is another very popular song from them, being their highest-charting Hot 100 entry.
    • "Never Too Late" could also be in the running considering it was a big pop hit.
    • "Break" did fairly well on rock radio, and seems to be one of their most-liked songs in recent years.
    • "Chalk Outline", which is to date their longest-running #1 on rock radio.
    • "Painkiller" is well known, as it’s their debut with Matt Walst. "I Am Machine" counts too.
    • "The Mountain," for the Matt Walst era. It did quite well on rock radio and was the lead single for Outsider.
    • "Better Place" for Saint Asonia, as it’s the band’s debut single.
  • Tear Jerker:
    • "Home" is about a dysfunctional homelife and abusive relationship.
    • "Never Too Late" is about keeping hope whilst feeling suicidal.
    • "Fallen Angel" becomes this once you know the meaning behind the song. It's meant to be about someone watching their loved one go through grief and try to hide it, with the song being inspired by drummer Neil Sanderson's mother grieving over the lost of her husband and one of her sons.
    • "Lifetime" is about the regret and difficulty of losing a loved one. It especially hits harder when you view the music video of the song, dedicated to the people affected by the Mayfield tornado disaster in 2021.

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