Rant #2

My rant this week is going to be about bands who change their style. Okay, situation: you find this band on purevolume.com or whatever you absolutely love, you listen to them for a couple years, and soon enough they put out a new album - you're pumped, to say the least. It releases and to your dismay it seems they've gone from hard rock to (WTF) art rock. *coughthricecough* It sucks, right? I can't stand when bands do this, I think they lose fans this way, more than gain. One example is Atreyu, they had released three albums that were metalcore, heavy guitar riffs, lots of very unique screaming through the verses, and great guitar solos. Then they release "Lead Sails, Paper Anchor" where they chose to go all hard rock, to cut out most of the screaming, to change their entire sound, basically. The music wasn't bad, but it wasn't the Atreyu I knew and loved.

Exhibit A of course for this style change is Thrice. They started out very punk, with fast, distorted guitar, upbeat tunes, and slowly started maturing into something very unique. They peaked at Artist in the Ambulance, I believe, it has something for everything. Vheissu was good, but it seemed very niche, it was very ambient and slow stuff, but nevertheless good. Then they released The Alchemy Indexes. I can't even listen to this stuff. It's so weird, mostly acoustic, they are trying to portray the four elements; earth, wind, water, and fire, through the sounds and song names. It's just not for me, and it's too bad, but here's hoping for a better next album.