Bad Omens - Finding God Before God Finds Me
Released January 17th, 2020
Noah Sebastian, Nicholas Ruffilo, Joakim Karlsson, Nick Folio
Genre: Metalcore
Intro
Happy Saturday, everyone. I am writing this on Friday so hopefully the last day of the week was alright for everyone. Anyway yeah Bad Omens isn't a band I'm really into but Joey really loves this band and wanted me to check out this album so here we go. Let's skip the bullshit and get right into it.
Thoughts & Feelings?
For some reason I can't figure out the genre of this band. They're like alternative rock with some elements of metal and screaming. It's kind of neat but I have no idea how to classify them. Sometimes they're an alt rock band, sometimes they're a metal band. Kind of confusing but you know what, all the more to them. The more genres the better audience you expand to. Anyway yeah this band is pretty good.
This album makes me feel like I'm just constantly falling from the sky, through clouds and through the air just kind of laying in the air, accepting the fact that I'm forever falling. I don't really know man, don't ask me to elaborate further.
Smash or Pass?
Kingdom of Cards - Smash. I definitely think I've heard this song before. Joey has 100% made me listen to this. This song isn't very crazy heavy metal or anything as I was hoping it's just kind of an eerie rock song. It's pretty decent but I want a little more excitement / metal involved here.
Running in Circles - Smash. Now this is more like it. A little screaming involved which is nice. I definitely enjoy this song a lot more. It sounds pretty good, the screaming is alright and it's just much more of a jammy metal vibe.
Careful What You Wish For - Smash. To me these songs just sound like alternative rock with a little bit of screaming involved. It's getting tough for me to see any metal elements in these songs so I'm just going to drop that expectation. This song as a rock song is pretty good. It's pretty catchy but I'm not very into the chorus. Neat use of kind of a synth solo involved here. Pretty cool.
The Hell I Overcame - SMAAAAASSSSSSHHHHH. Now we're talking. THIS is a metal song. Screaming and heavy action metal riffs which is super fucking great to hear. Where has this been? This is easily the best song so far just because of how hard it goes. This song goes FUCKING hard man. Like Our Last Night levels of heavyness sometimes. They seem to share a lot of the same elements. Yeah this was easily the best song so far because of how heavy it was. Might even stick this in my playlist.
Dethrone - SMAAASSHHH. Okay keeping up the heavy train I love it. Maybe the first 3 songs were just a ruse to try and fool me into thinking this was a rock band only to throw the most gut wrenching metal riffs down my fucking throat. This is some fucking Slipknot shit. This is a great ass fucking song but I don't enjoy it as much as the last one. Holy fuck that chorus is SO jammy though. Pretty fucking sick. This sounds like some Doom soundtrack shit. SICK ass breakdown. Holy fuck this song goes so hard it's insane.
Blood - SMASH. Another fucking heavy ass metal song with a shit load of screaming. I love it and all but I want something different now. Time to switch it up in the album boys. Regardless, this song is really good but I can't really differentiate it between the last song.
Mercy - SMAAAAASSSSH. Holy fuck these boys are extremely smart. They know when it's getting a little too much. They literally did exactly what I asked and switched it up a little bit to give us all a break. So fucking smart. This song is really great honestly. It still has some screamy action that hurts my throat just listening to it but it's not so fucking heavy and chuggy which is a nice break. I really fucking enjoy the lyrics to this song. So far I probably enjoyed this 2nd most.
Said & Done - SMASH. Oh Joey has 100% shown me this song. This song is pretty good and pretty catchy. Oh yeah definitely really good. Super catchy and jammy without being too much. This is definitely a good song, it's got more of that alt rock vibe which is fine.
Burning Out - Smash. Shoutout to Green Day. This song is really fucking good. It's super easy going as an alt rock song and super easy going as a metal song. It kind of throws both of those elements into this song which is a nice easy change. It's super catchy, and honestly there's not much to say. It's just overall a good song and there's a lot to enjoy here. It's nothing crazy special but it's a good song.
If I'm There - SMAAAASSSHHHHHHH. This is a slower song but it's much needed at this point in the album. This is going to be extremely easy going. This band knows perfectly how to structure an album and that shows. I really fucking enjoy this song just because it came at the perfect time and everything works. It sounds great, I can just shut my mind off and let go. Yeah I think this is my 2nd favourite so far just based on what I needed at this moment.
Never Know - SMASH. Same thing as the last where it's just a nice and good vibed alt rock song. It's super catchy. I really enjoy the chorus, and the solo is pretty cool to have in there. This song seems like it just flew by.
Limits - SMASH. I definitely have heard this song too. Pretty much the same standard stuff so far. It's just easy going alt rock with some metal mixed in. Some catchy vocal lines and choruses and what not, that's exactly how I'd describe this song and this band. This song is alright, I definitely don't mind it.
Come Undone - Smash. Same thing. Good song. Alt rock with some metal elements.
Conclusion
I had a tough time listening to this band because my mind is so fucked up right now from being so overwhelmed in life, but upon this initial listen it was a very good experience. This band definitely knows how to structure the album but I still have absolutely no idea what genre of music this album is. Is it alt rock? Kind of, is it metal? kind of, is it a mix of both? Yes. There you go that's it. Anyway yeah, good album but I definitely would need a couple more listens to really understand what I'm hearing. Still good album though
RANK: A-
What do you guys think? How is your Saturday going? Hopefully well. You know what to do. Leave your comments below.
- Sharky
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