Suicide Season Review

Released: Sep 29, 2008
Genre: Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Label: Visible Noise
Number Of Tracks: 10
Suicide Season is the follow-up to the band's debut album, Count Your Blessings.

Sound:	8
Lyrics:	6.5
Impression:	8.3
Overall rating:	7.6
Users rating:	8.3
Comments:	56

Featured review by: unregistered, on december 01, 2008

Sound: The sound of the album is a departure from the bgands last album count your blessings, which is a good thing, because they're is a distinct individuality to each individual song, in other words they don't all sound the same. Don't get me wrong, I liked the sound of count your blessings, but it was very repetative, and wasn't an album that I could listen to all the way through. this is different however. they seem to have evolved as songwriters, making the album better overall. They have kept the parts I loved about the old album (oli has kickass screams, and the dissonant riffs kick ass) and it adds things I love (the hardcore yell, more thought out lyrics and song writing) it's overall a great album that I will be listening to quite a bit. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics on this album cover quite a bit of things, they range from funny ( football season is over) to very heartfelt (the title track). The delivery is a bigger highlight though. say what you will about oli sykes, he my look like a douche but he has a pretty killer scream. the addition of the hardcore punk style vocals is a welcome add on, and it's just all around great. I haven't looked at the lyrics to much yet, but from what I have seen they are pretty good, but not the best ever. O, the last track has killer lyrics, like they seem to be really raw and honest, so great job on that. // 9

Impression: Overal a pretty awesome album. Not the best ever, but pretty sweet. It seems that the band is trying to expand they're mfanbase by dipping into different musical styles. the song on this album range from long heartfelt epics to near grindcore freakouts. overall I would recomend getting this album, becuase you won't regret it. My favourite tracks are diamonds aren't forever, football season is over and suicide season. // 9

overall: 8.3

Reviewed by: marcus7string, on june 04, 2009

Sound: This album was the first real time I listened to Bring Me The Horizon, and I was very pleasantly surprised. As the tracks vary quite a lot, I'll give an overall rundown of each track.
01.The Comedown: This is one of my favorite songs on the album, it has a brilliant beginning, and is, for want of a better word, fun to listen to. This song may also have one of my favorite breakdowns of any song ever. 9/10
02.Chelsea Smile: this is also a brilliant song, with lots of different sections, such as an unexpected trip hop style part, great song, but the singing does get a little boring. 8/10
03.It Was Written In Blood: a so-so song, I personally feel that it is a bit boring, and is slow to get into the main part of the song, this is usually one that I skip. 6.5/10
04.Death Breath: this is a fantastic song, its so heavy and cool. this is possibly my favorite song on the album, just becuase its so heavy and fast. 10/10
05.Football Season Is Over: another Ok song, not brilliant, it doesn't have any really interesting parts, and the singing gets on my nerves to be honest. Probably my least favorite song. 6/10
06.Sleep With One Eye Open: a pretty good song, not the best, but by no means the worst, I think I like this song mainly for the low growling vocals. 7/10
07.Diamonds Arent Forever: Really Good song, cool intro and great chugging guitar part, one of the best songs. 8.5/10
08.The Sadness Will Never End: This song is brilliant, the Guitar is great, and Sam Carter's vocals really make this song brilliant, and really works well. 10/10
09.No Need For Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You On The Backs Of Toilet Doors: this song is actually pretty decent, despite the stupid title, the jazz style into is always funny to listen to and when the guitars start it always makes me laugh, pretty brilliant song, purely for the oddness of it.
10.Suicide Season: this is another great song, the intro is cool, and it has an overall great sound to it, this song is great, and I think that it is probably the most meaningful track on the album, which makes it a great closer for the album. 9/10

The overall sound of the album is great, and despite a few boring songs, it is mainly a great album, with some brilliant songs. I think that the album is also quite unique, as I have never really heard songs like this from any other bands, that is, unless I'm just completely blind to a load of similar bands, I don't think I can't really compare this album to any other bands. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: This subject is a seemingly very touchy area, I often see very varied opinions of Oli sykes' Writing and singing skills, and I personally like his vocals, and most of the lyrics that he writes, but sometimes his screaming can get very tiresome, but I do really love his lower growls, and it seems that I prefer songs with the low growls to songs that are just screaming. However, easily my favorite Vocal performance on the album is Sam Carter's on the Sadness will never end, and its surprising how well the clean vocals go with the heavy guitar.

Overall, Oli Sykes' has some great moments on this album, but I wouldn't say it was a fantastic vocal performance, purely because he seems to rely on screaming far too much. // 7

Impression: Overall, this album is great to listen to, its one of my favorite newer albums, and although I don't really like to all of the tracks, I think that the songs I really listen to are fantastic. I really love the heavyness of this album, and it's nice to see a heavy british band again.

There aren't really any problems with the album, but there are a few annoying bits, certain parts of songs, and so on. Overall, a great album. // 9

overall: 8

Reviewed by: Conor360, on october 15, 2008

Sound: Bring Me The Horizon was once a band that the metal community scoffed and laughed at. They were too scene and they were trying too hard. The band decided to change all that, whether for the right or wrong reasons. Oli admits that the change in musical direction was partially due to the band thinking that the deathcore scene was dying. Suicide Season is, indeed, a great departure from their previous effort Count Your Blessings. The music isn't completely devoid of deathcore, so old fans can rest assured they will get a taste of the old Bring Me The Horizon. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: The album kicks off with single "The Comedown." This song is full of energy and is a good opener for the album. It serves as a segue from the old into the new. That being said, it's still one of the weaker songs on the album. Suicide Season shows Bring Me The Horizon expanding on their sound and accepting those possible emo and hardcore influences. "It Was Written In Blood" almost seems like it could go down in the books as a classic emo song. One thing that I found very refreshing on this album was the lack of typical deathcore vocals. Oli still gives a nice roar or growl occassionally, but the majority of the vocals on this album are a more expressive and emotional scream. There have been complaints about this vocal style shift, but it compliments the music perfectly and really comes off as more genuine that before. // 7

Impression: The flow of this album is also amazing. The tracks seemed to be perfectly arranged for maximum enjoyment. The beginning of the album starts off strong with a bit of a new sound that leads into a different side of Bring Me The Horizon in "It Was Written In Blood". As that track trails off the album takes on a brutal almost death metal assault. "Death Breath" through "Diamonds Aren't Forever" is a touch of death metal with a little bit of core flavoring. Soon after this assault ends, pianos begin. "No Need For Introductions... " is reminiscent of Slipknot's Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat in the way that it shifts so suddenly from light jazzy piano to death metal. And really, probably one of the greatest moments of the album is when Oli screams "After all the **** you put me through, I should have pissed on you." at the songs climax. The closing track "Suicide Season" is nothing short of amazing and probably shows the most growth for the band. It's an almost experimental track that recalls The Ocean's Precambrian in it's introduction and other peak moments. The album does drop in intensity and drag on in small bits, but overall it is fantastic. All in all this is an album to write home about. All the deathcore and Bring Me The Horizon haters should at least give them one last shot with this album.

Songs worth note: "Chelsea Smile," "It Was Written In Blood," "Sleep With One Eye Open," "Suicide Season". // 9

overall: 5

Reviewed by: Magero, on september 30, 2008

Sound: So, UK Deathcore giants, Bring Me the Horizon are back with their 2nd full length, Suicide Season. Having spent the last few months working with famed Swedish producer, Fredrik Nordström, BMTH return with an interesting collection of songs that clearly show a band trying to break free of the monotony of the deathcore movement. In doing so, the band has brought a rawer and "hardcore" sound to the table, with amazing production and an emphasis on rhythm. However, the song writing to back up the new production has suffered a tad. In pursuing this "new style" that BMTH have sort after, they've fallen into the trap of writing a few decent songs and then just pasting together certain sections to fill up the album. While songs like "The Comedown", "Football Season is Over" and "Sleep with One Eye Open" are heavy, in your face and just plain fun songs, songs like "Death Breath", "Chelsea Smile" and "Diamonds Aren't Forever" just don't do anything. The riffs sound recycled (especially Chelsea Smile which sounds near identical to Comedown) and the cut and paste methodology wears thin after you hear the album 3 or 4 times. // 6

Lyrics and Singing: Oli's vocal approach has become much more varied than his previous range of "stupidly vicious screams" and "gut wrenching lows" to include a throatier hardcore yell what adds some real emotion so some of the songs. His lyrics are once again about the usual scene kid trash however. The usual angst styled lines about "writings in blood" and "how you betrayed me" laced with a few semi-clever metaphors for sex or death just don't cut it anymore. // 3

Impression: Suicide Season leaves me in an interesting bind as I love the band's previous album, "Count your Blessings", but the production is so god awful on it, that this album will probably remain on rotation in it's place for awhile. Songs like "Football Season is Over" are huge fun (despite Deez Nuts main-man and ex-I Killed The Prom Queen drummer, JJ Peters, utterly useless contribution to the end of it) and "Sleep With One Eye Open" reminds me of Meshuggah with it's Drop G chugging and stop-start, off-time breakdown intro. Sam Carter of Architect's clean sung contribution to "The Sadness Will Never End", however, is a nice touch, but not enough to save the otherwise angst ridden, almost screamo song. Overall, while the album isn't that bad, it does however fail to reach any real point other than being a fun little forty-two minute ride. // 6

Comments

[rory_asten_bell]

yeh i kind of agree here

most the stuff is alrite i spose

not as amazing as i anticipated but some of the songs are a bit poor and repetative

[(vince)]

I think the guy who's singing the clean stuff in The Sadness Will Never End is Luis Dubuc from The Secret Handshake. It's possible that it's Sam though but i'd doubt it's him.

[Magero]

According to wikipedia;
"The Sadness Will Never End (Featuring. Sam Carter)"
I just assumed it was him doing cleans.

[(vince)]

Magero wrote:

According to wikipedia;
"The Sadness Will Never End (Featuring. Sam Carter)"
I just assumed it was him doing cleans.

Hmm, touché. I thought Carter would've done some screamed stuff and that Luis Dubuc would've taken the singing for him. It would've made more sense to me. =)

[Dark_Raven10]

My friend does not believes that Suicide Season has worse production than Count Your Blessings, which makes me laugh so hard.

[Dark_Raven10]

sorry, "*my friend beleives*" Not "does not belive"

[Archaex]

It's like they don't have a lead guitar in this album, ever. :/

Oli's vocals have improved but some parts of songs are just like "uhh, **** it lets go all out" and it just sounds bad.

Everything is good in this album the guitarists just lack the intricacy the last album had.

[Magero]

One thing I should have noted is that Oli's "hardcore" vocal style gets really strained in some points. Like the intro to the title track.

[Dark_Raven10]

There actually is a guitar solo in The Sadness Will Never End, but it's very muffled by the other guitar and vocals.

[Sephirangel]

i personally believe the album is brilliant! The fact that BMTH started the utterly shite underground deathcore movement was actually an achievement...not a good one but its very hard to set trends nowadays!
The album surely does move away from that, but they just arnt comfortable with the genre they have gotten into yet

[boyan89]

This album sounds like it would be good for parties especially Football Season Is Over.

[Mikewazousky]

Ah man, these guys had potential. With Suicide Season, they've basically conformed to what the scene kids want them to sound like. Truly a shame, they were brutal, now they've really gone to hell. This is their "Black Album".

[tomohawkjoe]

[quote=Magero]
almost screamo song
[/quote]
no

[iktpq666]

it seems theyve taken a step backwards
count your bleesing is my joint fav albums ever with horizons by pwd and colors by btbam.
it was brutal, melodic and technical.
this album is good but it had a big name to live up to amd imo it wasnt up to the standard of their debut.
the lack of harmoized riffs, solos and growls is a shame. i hope they learn from their mistakes and make a ****ing epic third album

[Yelly]

the new album is just awesome. Why r u guys so critical?

[AnEvilWalrus]

This is so disappointing. This might be a good album from all the generic metalcore/deathcore bands but for Bring Me the Horizon...
The only reason I would give it anything higher then a 5 is because of Diamonds Aren't Forever and a couple decent riffs scattered throughout.

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AnEvilWalrus wrote:

This is so disappointing. This might be a good album from all the generic metalcore/deathcore bands but for Bring Me the Horizon...
The only reason I would give it anything higher then a 5 is because of Diamonds Aren't Forever and a couple decent riffs scattered throughout.

yeah, I'm highly disappointed after Count you Blessings...

I'm almost inclined to take them off my band's list, just because I don't' want people to think I like the new album...

[frankibo]

i actually quite like this album. i liked count your blessing but i was all a bit of a samey mess at times. at least theres some different stuff on this album. and i prefer the hardcore kinda scream , it makes the grunts and shrieks seem more epic rather than just boring old shit.

[HammerJustice]

this album was sick, highlights being the comedown, chelsea smile (best intro), sleep with one eye open and diamonds arent forever

[mattyblinkfall]

i feel im probably the only person who hates count your blessings and love this one... count your blessings to me is the exact same deathcore song over and over again where as i find this album to be filled with a lot of different styles, although there is some down sides. i also enjoy oli's new style of screaming. the singing that sam does on this album is sick, he should sing in architects if he doesnt already do so.

[aza_rock_god]

steve_a7x wrote:

THIS ALBUM IS ONE OF THE WORSE ALBUMS I HAVE EVER HEARD! complete shit!

yeah, coming from a guy with a7x in your name

and this album is actually pretty solid, its just different from their debut, imo, smart move

[93dric]

hmm... the intro of chelsea smile sounds awefully alot like bury your deads 'house of straw'

[boyan89]

Actually I think Avenged Sevenfold are way better than Bring Me The Horizon, but this album was decent just like their first album, hopefully their 3rd album will be a step up though.

[alexbatt]

I thought this album compated to their first one was shit, they have gone way too far into an american sound, forgetting where theyve come from. The only track i really liked was "No Need For Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You On The Backs Of Toilet Doors" rest of was rubbish really. I thought it was a big step down from their EP and Count Your Blessings

[RunawayKaren]

Not the greatest album I ever heard, But anything is better then mumbling into a microphone I guess.

check.

[recklessnick]

yo. good reviews and all. and thanks for bashing the lyrics, it had to be done. but... hardcore punk? woah

[nomadicphantom]

i...personnally am a metalcore fan more than a deathcore fan...bring me the horizon and all shall perish are really the only deathcore bands that i listen to, other than that i listen to metal(the devil wears prada, august burns red)... considering i liked bring me the horizon even before they became a more metalcore band, these guys just blew it outta the water for me....best album by them so far!!!!!

[archangelseren]

bad screaming the last album was so much better!

[[HxC]]

Oh my goodness, tell me where there is a similarity between bmth and all shall perish???
Its more metalcore then deathcore, and who said that diamonds are forever is a bad song, i heard this song live when they came to australia and hadnt released this album and that song was freakin insane.
bmth have changed there style a little, its not as technical as there old album, but the way that all there songs are put together is amazing.

[ProtestTheOath]

i like this album... im a fan of deathcore and all, but this new direction, in my opinion, is great.

if they only had more depth to there lyrics instead of the typical scene: slit you thoat, you stabbed me in the back shite. the could be awesome.

[Fatally Jon]

I'm all for bands changing up their sound; I'm not going to criticize them for it.

I'm just going to say that I personally don't like it.
That, and they kind of sound like Gallows, if Gallows got a hold of some better recording equipment.

[clarkey08]

i really like this album, much more than Count Your Blessings, it sounds more professional, mature as everyone can tell and makes for a more solid album. it still is brutal but the addition of the 'emotional' aspect like in 'Chelsea Smile' ,"We All Carry These Things..." that style of guitar playing is so different and works really well.

[KoRnBizkit16]

I truly believe this band lost their brutality with this album...It's not bad, dont get me wrong. But I think the loss of harsh vocals, lacking lead guitar parts and breakdowns is sort of going to bring them down musically. All we can do is hope that their next effort will brush things up a bit. Good hardcore album nontheless

[Jesus_Rev]

I think this album is better than their previous' and Chelsea Smile is a kick-ass song!

[enigmagib]

well i couldnt stand their first album, i hate deathcore, but with this album it doesnt seem as all over the place, its better written. the part dont seem to just be going their own way at will, it fits together much better

[Skullshredda]

Suicide Season is alrite but its nothing compared to count your blessings

[plague_runner]

What i think everyone is forgetting these days is that none of the music that is out today is hardcore....none of it it's all metalcore. Hardcore is a punk genre....BMTH is tight though but the last album is better though.

[ThePermster]

I quite agree with Magero's review.

But also why does no-one seem to realise that Oli's new "more emotional" scream aren't a product of musical divergence? You can hear the strain and the rasp of a damaged voice box throughout the album, he messed his voice up doing the high screams of Count Your Blessings and that is the sole reason he sounds so different now.

And someone mentioned they seem to have totally lost the idea of what a lead guitarist is for between albums, I totally agree with that as well.

Very big let down this album, I never liked The Gallows, and now they sound no different from each other I no longer like BMTH.

[Gromlich]

Ugh Oli was so much better Deathcore

metalcore bmth just doesn't sound as good

[MiniMusicMasta]

I prefer this album a hell of a lot to the first one.
I think its the production and the better vocal style that does it. The production is incredible. The songs sound massive.

[Bree!Bree!]

Sounds like Screamo

[Sam Rulez D00d]

great album, even though it does not sound like 'blessings'.

[plague_runner]

Bree!Bree! wrote:

Sounds like Screamo

you dont know what screamo is then....(I hate screamo)

[plague_runner]

sounds like gallows and suicide silence had a baby.

[ninjagayden777]

plague_runner wrote:

sounds like gallows and suicide silence had a baby.

Ha! I Likes! And I don't see why everyone has to bash this album so friggin' much. Listen to Suicide Season's kickass bellow part. Change your look on the technique.

[Solar Plexus]

Much lighter in terms of guitar, not as outrageous and not as many epic solo's (ie: Medusa) and such. But that's the only thing i dislike about it, it took me a while to really love CYB, and this one i found the songs instantly enjoyable, and if you think about it they're much easier to remember and think of in your mind. Btw the drums were ****ing brilliant, not so over-the-top on the double kickers this time. Great album, just as good as the last 2, merely sounds a bit different.

[xXSamueLXx]

i think WAY too many people judge this cd without even giving it a chance to grow on them. i myself am guilty of the same thing. this album is SO rich in terms of straight-up talent... around every corner their's something new. my favorite song is by FAR sleep with one eye open. in fact... it's my favorite song by ANY artist EVER. buy it, listen to it, LOVE it... but please dont judge it without even really giving it a chance. great music, hope you love it as much as i do

[ripsaw]

this cd is definately one of the best out in the metalcore/deathcore genres. The vocals are completely original and amazing. The drums are also right in place, not too many fills and crazy shit but when their needs to be. The riffs are all so catchy and talk about breakdowns... The last few songs are also so soft yet so heavy with sound. Definately their best work but dont get me wrong i love the other stuff also.

[HalfBlackJack]

Fuckin' love this album. Buy it!!!!

[lambofgodowns]

thses guys are so bad. I absolutely hate this album and anything they write. plus they are doing absolutely nothing to advance the genre and makes it all sound exactly the same

[Ben Edelstein]

I liked Count Your Blessings kind of but this one sucks. Oli's vocals have really gone down hill but at least its not as monotonous as Count Your Blessings

[bassboy92]

i think this album was good it wasnt count your blessings but it was solid i did like the diffrence i think its cool becouse depending on my mode ill play one cd over the other so in retrospect its good if your not a deathcore/grindcore elitest amd thats my fav genre so im not bashing it

[davisdestroyer]

There is nothing special about this album. its another bury your dead rip off. The only thing keeping these guys alive is the vocals.
They should be ashamed for comforming to what the popular sound is. Im a fan of BMTH only for the last two albums, this one is a trasher in my opinon.

Checked.

[thehandthatfeed]

hm i like this album very much
the sadness will never ends + chealsea smile are two brilliant songs
but i also think that olis vocals are kind of annoying in the beginning but they get more and more interesting