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1	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Ryan Knight. He either made the band grow tremendously and brought a whole new dimension to their sound with his far more developed and distinctive leadwork, or he was an annoying noodler who sounded like he was playing to a different song entirely half the time and brought absolutely nothing of value to the table from a songwriting standpoint.
2	* BrokenBase: ''Everblack''. It was either a lesson in how to gracefully pull off a DarkerAndEdgier turn and was the biggest sign of growth since ''Nocturnal'', or it was a boring slog with two or three good songs and a bunch of filler that fundamentally missed the point of why people liked them.
3	* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the more underrated MelodicDeathMetal bands in the public eye due to their association [[{{Deathcore}} with genres]] [[{{Metalcore}} that they are ]] [[HardcorePunk not part of]], but nonetheless one of the most respected and well-loved bands in the melodeath scene.
4	* FandomRivalry: There is something of a friendly one between fans of Shannon Lucas and fans of Alan Cassidy; Shannon fans prefer him for his extremely hard-hitting and aggressive playing style and usually see Alan as a great drummer who plays it a little too safe and is often a bit too flashy for his own good, while Alan fans prefer him for his extremely fast and precise footwork, creative cymbal work, and snappy, taut feel, and see Shannon as a great drummer who was necessary for the band to get to the level they are at, but was a bit too predictable and formulaic and got wobbly at higher tempos live.
5	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Seriously, '''ALL''' of their music videos have at least one.
6	** On a band level, Brian Eschbach's response on Facebook to a "who's coming out to see us?" post from Music/TheFaceless after they bailed on an Australian tour with TBDM (that TBDM apparently pulled a decent amount of strings to get them on as a favor to them, only to have Michael Keene reward them by going on a drug binge and missing his flight):
7	-->'''Brian''': No one.
8	** The time that Alan Cassidy managed to successfully light his chest hair on fire and filmed it.
9	* GatewaySeries: As a whole, they are, along with Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Behemoth}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/JobForACowboy, and Music/{{Carcass}}, one of the most common entry points to death metal. Within a specific point in time, if you were in your early to mid-teens in the late 2000s and were just starting to get into extreme music, odds are good that it was due to some combination of ''Nocturnal'', ''[[Music/JobForACowboy Genesis]]'', ''[[Music/SuicideSilence The Cleansing]]'', ''[[Music/WhitechapelBand This Is Exile]]'', ''[[Music/AllShallPerish The Price of Existence]]'', and ''[[Music/DespisedIcon The Ills of Modern Man]]''.
10	* GrowingTheBeard: They were originally viewed as just another MelodicDeathMetal[=/=]{{Metalcore}} band, but have easily became an EnsembleDarkhorse of the genre. Later albums, starting with ''Nocturnal'' dropped the metalcore influences.
11	* HarsherInHindsight: In the wake of Trevor Strnad's suicide, the lyrics to "To a Breathless Oblivion", "Receipt", and "Abysmal" look a lot more like expressions of suicidal ideation well before he actually took his life.
12	* NauseaFuel: "Virally Yours" is a better example, which is fitting given that the protagonist actually seems to get off on this.
13	%%** See the entry for SesquipedalianLoquaciousness in the main page and try not to throw up.
14	* NightmareFuel:
15	** Quite a given, since they mostly talk about horror tales. Their unhinged sound really doesn't help matters, either.
16	** Regarding the actual music, go ahead and listen to the main riff of "Into the Everblack" and/or "Miasma" in a dark room. [[SchmuckBait Go ahead.]]
17	** Seriously, most of ''Everblack'' can be this even by TBDM standards. "Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn" and "Map of Scars", anyone?
18	** The cover art for ''Abysmal'' is particularly horrifying, even for their standards.
19	* SeasonalRot: ''Abysmal''. While it does have several fan-favorites (namely "Threat Level No. 3" and "Asylum"), general consensus is that it's a boring ''Miasma'' retread with a lot of songs that go nowhere. Subverted with ''Everblack''; yes, there are plenty of fans who would call it this, but it's such a polarizing album that it doesn't qualify. Trevor himself has said as much about ''Abysmal'', and the band has not played anything from it since 2017 (though he has clarified that it has some deeper cuts that he wouldn't mind dusting off at some point).
20	* SignatureSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse" and/or "I Will Return".
21	* SpotlightStealingSquad: Brandon Ellis has steadily become this in the late 2010s due to his revered status in modern guitar circles and active social media presence; it is telling when a band with a frontman who is legendary for his WolverinePublicity and a drummer who is himself something of a celebrity in metal drumming circles is now more likely to have their lead guitarist namedropped before anyone else in the band.
22	* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Miasma'' is generally regarded as this from the fans, as it ditched most of the metalcore influences that ''Unhallowed'' had and had tighter songwriting and performances.
23	* TearJerker: "That Which Erodes the Most Tender of Things" can certainly qualify for this in their discography considering that yes, stillbirths are a real thing.
24	* VindicatedByHistory: At the time of its release, ''Deflorate'' was divisive and turned many fans off due to its more technical songwriting, and after its touring cycle had concluded, virtually nothing off the album save for "I Will Return" (which was the one song that the fanbase universally loved) ever saw the light of day again. As the 2010s went on, fan reception grew much kinder towards it, and many fans now at least consider it underrated, if not one of their better albums. Subverted with the band's own feelings towards it, as Trevor has cited it as one of his least favorite releases and criticized it for its lack of songwriting diversity and overabundance of extremely fast and technical songs with little breathing room, though he shares the fanbase's love for "I Will Return" and seems to be pleased by the recent rediscovery of the album.

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