Oh boy, brace yourselves, 3rd Root's A Sign of Things to Come will kill you. Literally! This album was such a lame effort that I could not bear listening to it. The guitar was halfway decent but it was too repetitive. Every song sounded the same, NOT KIDDING! Hey people if you are into hard-core music with a singer that sounds like he is mumbling this is your disk. The singer sounds like Kurt Cobain from Nirvana. Sure the dude can scream from the top of his lungs, but the music is too thick and doesn't carry very far.
The message is angry. It worked for me but the rest of it was bad. They fit a style which I don't use too often, GARBAGE! It's like grunge/core/emo. I really didn't know what to think. I also didn't think it was my style. I am the rap-core enthusiast of Dead. This was just weird! You people that are into mellow music and vocals might like this. To be brutally honest, now fans of this band don't get mad at me, this is for the READERS' good, I thought A Sign of Things to Come was a snooze job, SORRY. I gave this one a 4 because the message was good, but the music was not there.
4/10
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