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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNgPS-c9tlM&pp=ygUgcGlsbGFyIG9mIHNhbHQgdGhlIGFjYWNpYSBzdHJhaW4%3D pillar of salt]]". The intro sounds pleasant, but the rest of the song is nothing short of apocalyptic as Vincent calls out mankind for its failure to protect the Earth over lumbering, crushing riffs. Not helping is Dylan Walker's absolutely unhinged shrieking and iris.EXE's haunting cleans.

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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNgPS-c9tlM&pp=ygUgcGlsbGFyIG9mIHNhbHQgdGhlIGFjYWNpYSBzdHJhaW4%3D pillar of salt]]". The intro sounds pleasant, pleasant enough, but the rest of the song is nothing short of apocalyptic as Vincent calls out mankind for its failure to protect harrowing with the Earth over lumbering, crushing riffs.riffs and apocalyptic lyrics. Not helping is Dylan Walker's absolutely unhinged shrieking and iris.EXE's haunting cleans.
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNgPS-c9tlM&pp=ygUgcGlsbGFyIG9mIHNhbHQgdGhlIGFjYWNpYSBzdHJhaW4%3D pillar of salt]]". The intro sounds pleasant, but the rest of the song is nothing short of apocalyptic as Vincent calls out mankind for its failure to protect the Earth over lumbering, crushing riffs. Not helping is Dylan Walker's absolutely unhinged shrieking and iris.EXE's haunting cleans.
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** ''It Comes in Waves'', full stop. Between the lyrics talking about how gods exist as sadistic extradimensional beings who derive enjoyment from watching us humans kill each other in their name and the disorienting, dissonant sound the band adopts on that album, it can almost be seen as CosmicHorror in musical form.

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** ''It Comes in Waves'', full stop. Between the lyrics talking about how gods exist as sadistic extradimensional beings who derive enjoyment from watching us humans kill each other in their name and the disorienting, dissonant sound the band adopts on that album, it can almost be seen as CosmicHorror in musical form.it's basically the band's take on a CosmicHorrorStory.
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** ''It Comes in Waves'', full stop. Try not to have an existential crisis after listening to this album.

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** ''It Comes in Waves'', full stop. Try not to have an existential crisis after listening to this album.Between the lyrics talking about how gods exist as sadistic extradimensional beings who derive enjoyment from watching us humans kill each other in their name and the disorienting, dissonant sound the band adopts on that album, it can almost be seen as CosmicHorror in musical form.
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* NightmareFuel: Plenty to go around:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jerniapBd0s "The Impaler"]]. Despite the pretty [[SurrealHumor funny]] video and having an [[EpicRiff awesome riff]], the {{Serial Killer}}y and [[MisanthropeSupreme misanthropic lyrics]] make the song horrifying.
** ''It Comes in Waves'', full stop. Try not to have an existential crisis after listening to this album.
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* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!" and "Skynet".

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* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!" and/or "Beast". Both are by far their most recognizable songs and "Skynet".have been played consistently since their release, though which one people cite tends to depend on when they came on board; older fans will almost certainly cite "Whoa! Shut it Down!", while fans who came on board with ''Continent'' or ''Wormwood'' are far more likely to cite "Beast".
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* WinBackTheCrowd: While it was explicitly not intended to be a permanent change in style, ''It Comes in Waves'' was almost universally greeted with acclaim by the fanbase and was held to be the best since at least ''Wormwood'', and pulled back in a lot of the people who were lost by the two Shidaker-era albums or ''Death Is the Only Mortal''.

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* WinBackTheCrowd: While it was explicitly not intended to be a permanent change in style, ''It Comes in Waves'' was almost universally greeted with acclaim by the fanbase and was held to be the best since at least ''Wormwood'', and pulled back in a lot of the people who were lost by the two Shidaker-era albums or ''Death Is the Only Mortal''. ''Slow Decay'' continued this, as it was almost universally seen as their best album since at least ''Wormwood'', if not ''Continent'', and was praised for its significantly more atmospheric sound.
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* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!" and "Skynet".

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* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!" and "Skynet"."Skynet".
* WinBackTheCrowd: While it was explicitly not intended to be a permanent change in style, ''It Comes in Waves'' was almost universally greeted with acclaim by the fanbase and was held to be the best since at least ''Wormwood'', and pulled back in a lot of the people who were lost by the two Shidaker-era albums or ''Death Is the Only Mortal''.
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* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!"

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* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!"Down!" and "Skynet".
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* SeasonalRot: While they have had divisive albums in the past, ''Death Is the Only Mortal'' is widely held to be their worst and is generally seen as a boring, one-dimensional retread of ''Wormwood'' with a bunch of songs that all sound the same and a shitty production.

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* SeasonalRot: While they have had divisive albums in the past, ''Death Is the Only Mortal'' is widely held to be their worst and is generally seen as a boring, one-dimensional retread of ''Wormwood'' with a bunch of songs that all sound the same and a shitty production. Most fans like at least one or two songs off of the album, but it is very rare to find a fan who truly likes the album as a whole, and the band barely plays anything off of the album at this point.
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* BrokenBase: Multiple:
** ''Continent'': The album that truly established and defined their career and one of the best metalcore albums ever made, or a weak, watered-down album that tried too hard to cater to mainstream audiences?
** ''Wormwood'': A somewhat risky but necessary evolution that dared to not be a rehash of ''Continent'' and one of their best albums, or a blatant attempt to pander to deathcore fans to the detriment of their music and the point where they truly jumped the shark?
** ''Coma Witch'': A great comeback after the widely-disliked ''Death Is the Only Mortal'' and proof that getting new blood was the best thing that ever happened to them, or the band turning into a cover band and making it painfully apparent that their best days are long behind them?
* GrowingTheBeard: ''The Dead Walk'' is widely held to be the point where they truly came into their own.
* SeasonalRot: While they have had divisive albums in the past, ''Death Is the Only Mortal'' is widely held to be their worst and is generally seen as a boring, one-dimensional retread of ''Wormwood'' with a bunch of songs that all sound the same and a shitty production.
* SignatureSong: "Whoa! Shut it Down!"

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