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Album Description
The explosive metal quintet has come to be known for their heavy riffs, memorable hooks and rowdy live shows. Revolver Magazine recently dubbed them "the future of American metal".Of the band's new album, vocalist Phil Labonte said, "People have a certain idea of what this band is. When they hear the new stuff, they will notice a new approach integrated with our original style. The riffs sound familiar, but with the new layers of song dynamics, it's now a completely different animal. It's almost like a new way to look at an old friend."

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5 out of 5 stars

The Defining New Wave of American Metal Album July 11, 2006
50 out of 55 found this review helpful

ALL THAT REMAINS - The Fall of Ideals
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Herbet, Martin, and Lebonte are back with 2 new members (J Sagen - Bass // S Lucas - Drums) and their finest offering yet with `The Fall of Ideals'.

From start to finish this is an 11-song masterpiece, filled with powerful riffs, melodic choruses and blistering breakdowns... And though this album is truthfully nothing new in terms of Metal-core, it is leaps and bounds above the competition. Generally speaking the Killswitch-Style of heavy verses and overly melodic, sing-a-long chorus don't do it for me... Truth is, I just can't stop listening to this (And even singing along!) Phil Lebonte is one of metal's finest and easily most diverse vocalists, showcasing high pitched shrieks, low growls, hard-core screams, and a fantastic singing range. Herbert and Martin, as always, rock the guitars with fantastic song writing and face melting solos. New addition female bassist, Jeanne Sagen holds her own providing a nice backdrop for the insane guitar work of her counterparts. Other new comer Shannon Lucas is an absolute savage behind the kit... giving the All that Remains camp the well need heavy boost which 'This Darkened Heart' had lacked on drums.

Honestly, I could rant and rave about this album but I will spare your time...
All you need to know is THIS is the premier New-Wave-Of-American-Metal album... hands down!
Prior to this CD I would have ranked, `This Darkened Heart' or Unearth's `The Oncoming Storm' as the premier Metal-Core Album.... But this, my friends, takes the cake!

Favorite Songs: Whispers (I Hear You), The Weak Willed, Indictment, and Empty Inside
-4.75 Stars.

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4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable, if not identifiable July 15, 2006
12 out of 16 found this review helpful

All That Remains' second release, 2004's "This Darkened Heart," should have been their breakthrough. But it wasn't. So, perhaps in an attempt to cross over into the mainstream finally, the band added a substantial amount of more melody to their follow up, "The Fall Of Ideals." But, even though it's up for debate whether All That Remains wanted to expand their fanbase or just expand their sound (and not make a "This Darkened Heart" rehash), there's almost no denying that "The Fall Of Ideals" is a changed sound.

There are positive and negative aspects of this newfound melody. On the plus side, there are quite a few more catchy, memorable, and infectious choruses. But, since about every song has a cleanly sung refrain, ATR now sound quite a bit less identifiable and more like an Atreyu, Caliban, or Killswitch Engage clone (it's only a coincidence that KsE guitarist Adam D. produced this disc, though.) But there are ample aggressive guitar riffs and raging yells on here to prevent All That Remains from completely redefining their sound. And, to their credit, this band is capable of adding melody to their metal without having to haul out the acoustic guitars for a cliche interlude or album closer.

"This Calling" is a good example of these songs' structure: a heavy intro with long, almost emo-like screams leading into the verses (consisting of rapid, punching riffs, hard-hitting drums and throaty yells), segueing into a soft, gentle chorus with limpid singing, and concluding with a mini guitar solo. This is a good song which comes together well, and the pleasant-sounding chorus serves as a nice break from the throaty yells. But after listening to this formula again for another five--or so--tracks, the listener longs for something to break up the repetition, because the songs have become kind of predictable. But, fortunately, there are a few songs which are completely heavy: the fast, pounding "We Stand," the scorchers "Six" and "Become The Catalyst" (which have fiery, chug and churn, dual guitar leads and almost thunderous rhythms), and the quick, bruising tenth track, "Empty Inside," are all full-on metal assaults without any vocal pleasantries. And there's a lot of heavy stuff to go around, here, so no song ever has too much melody. Plus, the whole album is less than forty minutes long, so it doesn't overstay its welcome and/or become repetitious to the point of being intolerable.

So you could call this disc somewhat formulaic, but if you take every song individually, the formula works very well, so why tamper with it? All in all, "The Fall Of Ideals" does stick out in this band's discography, but it isn't very identifiable in this genre. But even though it won't go down in history as a modern metal landmark which knocks down any walls, and it won't be heralded as the album which put All That Remains in the same league as, say, Shadows Fall, any metalcore fan (or ATR fan) would tell you it still makes for a good, mostly satisfying listen.

4 out of 5 stars

The evolution of all that remains July 12, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

Ok, If you aren't already a fan All That Remains, now is the time to get with the program. This CD has it all; agression, excellent song writing, top tier production and most of all....actual due dillegence by the band in creating a CD worth purchasing.

Unlike a lot of stuff out there nowadays where you can tell a band either didn't take the time to create a quality product (taking into account all the elements I mention above) or just plain tried to hard, All That Remains really came through on this one.

For some time, this CD is going to be "all that remains" in my CD player.

2 out of 5 stars

Eh....trying too hard July 27, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

There have been alot of highly anticipated releases in metal this year and still have more to come. This album was ranked in the top 5 that I was looking forward to along with Dragonforce, L.O.G., Trivium, and Slayer. I really liked and still listen to at least once a week, This Darkened Heart. It is an amazing album and was a complete surprise to me. So on July 11th I rushed to the cd store to buy this album and after a couple weeks of listening....all i can say is, eh.. Unlike their previous album...this has no character at all...the lone high point is the amazing drumming by their new female drummer. I think this is the case of a band just trying too hard. Mike and Oli are amazing guitarists and showcase a truckload of technicality on this album but nothing stands out. The solos, with the exception of a few, never seem to compliment the songs and always seem kinda lost with no real direction. There are a couple of songs i enjoyed such as "This Calling" and "Not Alone" had me banging my head...but lost interest in the rest of the songs.....I love KsE and while I don't wanna compare the two...when I buy an All That Remains album...I don't wanna hear KsE or S.F. or any other band...They were supposed to be the band that seperated themselves from the pack.

5 out of 5 stars

One word: WOW July 17, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Let's start off with something about me that will be vital to understanding my review, I listen to metal, ALL kinds of metal. I am a lot like the dude from Kung Fu who just walks the earth. I do the same with metal, I spend time just finding unique metal and unique bands but also enjoy the good ol' drag your brains through broken glass brutal metal. I listen to Opeth, Korpiklaanni, Pantera, Metallica, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Diabolical Masquerade, Novembers Doom you name it
I have AT LEAST heard of it. But on to the cd. It has melody and screaming just like the last album and just like Killswitch Engage or Shadows Fall or any other Massachusetts metal band, grinding brutal guitars, soaring solos, and FAST double bass. SO what sets it apart from all of the others? VARIETY. It isn't even neccesarily variety or different songs, I mean there's no slow songs or anything, but variety in the instrumentation of ALL members of the band(including the vocalist) All of the members of the band prove on this album that they are capable of death, thrash, metalcore, black, hardcore, and really just about any kind of metal. They even throw the odd acoustic in there. Which isnt really strange for this kind of band but considering there is definate death and black metal influences on some of the songs.The vocalist Phil Labonte impressed me the most on this album though, the last album was great and he did an impressive job on it, but he did what needed to be done on this album, more clean singing (I can hear groans as people read this already) dont worry they haven't gone soft or anything, but the fact remains that ol' Phil has one of the best singing voices since Jesse David Leach of Killswitch Engage. But if you think they've gone soft listen to the Cannibal Corpse inspired "The Weak Willed" or the black metal influenced "Six" (remember INFLUENCED). They pull all of this off while still having a ton of melody. The drummer really picked it up on this album too. This Darkened Heart led me to believe this band was only capable of standard hardcore drumming but man he goes nuts on this one. He does quite a few blast beats even which really took me by surprise. And the guitarists as always in this band are the most top of the line in riffing and in solos, especially in solos. Whatever this case if you enjoy any kind of metal you will enjoy this album or at least find moments that are over the top. If you dont like your music heavy, well this is not for you. As far as my opinion goes: FREAKING MASTERPIECE!!!

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