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  • Broken Base: Overcome. Some think it was their most diverse and overall enjoyable album, others see it as the beginning of the end in their slide towards radio rock.
  • Overshadowed by Controversy: The band is more well known these days for Phil's antagonistic and blundering statements than their floundering music.
  • Seasonal Rot: Overcome was divisive and definitely was the start of their foray into radio rock (especially "Two Weeks"), but most fans will agree that it had plenty of good songs. Since A War You Cannot Win and the chart success of "What If I Was Nothing", however, virtually all of their older fans have been of the opinion that their insistence on trying to write another "Two Weeks" or "What If I Was Nothing" has ruined the band, and Phil's deliberately antagonistic behavior on social media and inability to shut the fuck up has done its fair share to alienate fans as well. Case in point: despite Victim of the New Disease making a much-praised return to the sound of The Fall of Ideals after a lengthy string of albums with increasingly poor reception, it had their worst first-week sales since 2004, and this was after an outpouring of support in the wake of Oli Herbert's death.
  • Signature Song: "Two Weeks", with "This Calling" being a close second.
  • They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Some fans say this for A War You Cannot Win. The fact that it has 4 reviews on Metal Archives with an average of only 16% should tell you so.
    • There were similar sentiments about Overcome, so their next album, For We Are Many is a lot more like Fall of Ideals. A War You Cannot Win is basically the logical progression of Overcome
  • Win Back the Crowd: Many people thought ATR was done with the melodic metalcore they were known for. After many disappointing albums with 2017's Madness not sitting well with the fanbase, the following year saw All That Remains release Victim of the New Disease which was celebrated by the fans for (mostly) returning to the sound displayed on The Fall of Ideals. Oli Herbert's passing certainly helped add a bit of praise towards the album.

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