The FOB was good Not Great Not FOB best work But much better than Mania

@@user-sb8cm4tz5g That's fine, we all have different opinions

I am just as surprised as you honestly. 🤪

Yess. Aside from some personal production peeves, I really think they put out some of the most soild work since Foile.

​@@breakingmadeline3063 I hope we get more of an evolution on some of these vibes. Pete did say he considers Cork Tree - Folie as its own trilogy, and the same for the 2010s albums, and he said he hopes this is the start of something new (possibly another trilogy). And if that's the case, I really hope they keep Neal Avron as the producer given how hard Patrick fought for him, and just how much good stuff he's gotten out of the guys! Patrick also stated he hopes the band can do 20 more albums before all is said and done

Oh definitely. He should totally tell Muse to break up. Been a fan of them for years now, but I felt their last truly great album was 'The 2nd Law'.

It certainly a solid record. I wish it was better, but at least I can say it wasn't worse than MANIA.

I personally never was able to get into FOB so this is my first album of their that I have listened to in its entirety, and... it's ok, it's not too bad really, I think fans are gonna enjoy it more than I do. If this thing is able to wash away the bad taste of Mania that will be enough for me.

@@eliasmg9144 listen to Folie a Duex

Yeah, I didn't realize I messed that up until the final render. I'll take the hazing on that. 🤪

I agree, Lighting Up the Sky is better than When Legends Rise. I saw Rocked's short review on it, and I just laughed at how he took most of the album's concept at face value and based it all on the song Red White and Blue. I'm sure it'll end up on his worst of the year list in December (he gave it 3/10, so... Yeah). I've enjoyed Godsmack since 2016 and I don't regret it. Sidenote, aren't you the guy that Rocked blocked on KZfaq and Twitter? If so, then he's either a pretentious elitist, or he just comes across as one and isn't actually meaning too.

@@BlakeMaxwellHart Late reply, But yes I am the guy that Rocked blocked on YT and Twitter. I never figured out what the reason was exactly, But I speculate that it was my neutral political stances that got me canned. (I say this because the last reply I sent to him was about his stance on anti-vaxxers, And I got axed immediately after even though I wasn't supporting those people) Idk if he's necessarily an elitist, But he definitely lets his political bias cloud his judgement of certain bands and their music. I started watching him back in 2017 and he used to be a lot fairer with his criticisms than he is now, He was also an open fan of Godsmack for years until something flipped in 2020 and he started treating them on the same level as Theory of a Deadman and Puddle Of Mudd (Which his hatred of P.O.M in particular is comically over the top, Discounting the first RTP since that was actually good and fair with its critiques) Needless to say, His channel is nowhere near as good as it used to be. And it's a shame cause his earlier videos from 2015-2019 were genuinely great. But his bias gets in the way too much these days. That review of Lighting Up The Sky was especially bad (Dude called Growing Old, What About Me, and Best Of Times patriotic songs... Like what?)

@@PuddleOfPizza I agree. It's probably why I unsubscribed to his channel not too long ago. I began following him on KZfaq in late 2020/early 2021 and continued up until April of this year. Crash's review of Lighting Up the Sky wasn't nearly as bad (though the part in the video where he stereotypes their fanbase is uncalled for). Yeah, the three songs he mentioned have nothing to do with politics or patriotism at all. What made him think that you were supporting anti-vaxers? I've also noticed that he's not even doing the RTPs at this point (probably because people would feel guilty about liking their favorite music). I've agreed with several critiques in those videos, and have actually listened to some of the albums he's covered (Hoobastank's The Reason is mixed all over the place depending on what song you're on, and Puddle of Mudd's Come Clean isn't mixed well either, and Wes Scantlen's voice is an acquired taste). He's also not doing any long form album reviews or All Time Favorite Album videos (I'm sure the amount of videos on that list doesn't even cover half the amount of the albums he loves). I do understand why he refuses to talk about that one band Voldemort. Hint: It starts with L and ends with S.

@@BlakeMaxwellHart I just did a bit of digging into my tweet history and it appears that it was my anti-deplatforming stance that got me canned, And not the anti-vax stuff. Luke was defending Twitter's right to ban whoever they wanted and I brought up how inconsistent they are with their rules. (Cause they would ban users for the most minuscule reasons, And allow terrible people to abuse their DMCA reporting systems and get people removed unjustly) Which all of this is factually accurate, So the fact that this was what did me in confuses me even more than the anti-vax stuff. And I'd be able to look past all of that if he still made good content, But all he does now is make generic Top 10 videos and mediocre Album Reviews. With the RTP, All Time Favorites, Viewer Comments, Riffage, and Billboard Gets Rocked series' in particular he's said that he doesn't do them since they don't pull in enough views. So all that we're left with is this mediocrity. And again it's a shame cause those earlier videos are really good, I would consider myself a fan of Puddle Of Mudd (Though I recognize that their music is an acquired taste, And I don't think their material after Life on Display is nearly as consistent as their previous four releases including 1997's Abrasive and the 1994 Stuck EP), But Luke's RTP on Come Clean is one of my favorite videos because it critiques the music for what it is and acknowledges both the bands' strengths and weaknesses. Nowadays he just makes up these lame "roasts" and insults the bands for their politics rather than their music. Any time Godsmack gets brought up he does the same generic "Go Away, Keep Away, Stay Away" bit that has never been all that funny (It's not even accurate either since only the first album had that issue), Says that the band is phoning it in when he himself has been phoning it in for over a year now, And insults Sully for his politics. (And truth be told if Godsmack really were phoning it in they would just keep pushing out album after album like FFDP does (And they can since radio will play Godsmack's music regardless of what it is), But instead they're deciding to call it quits by putting out a final farewell release, They didn't have to do that)

​@@PuddleOfPizza He's also not doing the Patreon question videos anymore. If he decides to bring back the old content, that'll be great. He has said that the RTPs and All Time Favorite Album videos aren't getting as many views as before, and that if the views for either of those got up again, he might look into it. Here are some suggestions for RTPs that were made by other people. Saving Abel's Self Titled. Papa Roach's Infest. Godsmack's Faceless. Three Days Grace's One X. Drowning Pool's Sinner. Staind's Break the Cycle. And probably many more.

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Nice for you

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Good for you