Beartooth - Aggressive | Album Review
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►Hardcore outfit Beartooth disappoint big time with a regurgitated sophomore slump, "Aggressive".
"Aggressive"
Red Bull Records
Release: 6/3/16
Rating: 2.5/5
►Favorite tracks: Hated, King of Anything, Find a Way, However You Want It Said, Always Dead
►Least faves: Loser, Fair Weather Friend, Burnout, Censored, Sick of Me
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I really loved disgusting. I like this one a lot too. This is a very different feel to me. The first album is very depressing, and upsetting, yet catchy. This album is very different sound, more about fighting back and not letting the "depression" and "hatred" get to you. I actually thought the lyrics were a big jump up in quality but I guess this part of my life I'm happier with myself and things I've done and I feel it's reflecting in these lyrics verse the dark/moody that came from Disgusting.
Either way I can see why might be somewhat disappointing but the more I listen to it the more I enjoy. Hope ya feel the same!
yo dude you watch ARTV?? I love your channel dude
SuperGamingGuy Thanks!
And yep ARTV is a cool dude with solid reviews. Love his laid back style, even if don't always agree with him haha.
4killerCurtis Censored, Burnout, Hated, and however you want it said.
I like them all tho. Only one I skip is King of Anything and Aggressive. Rest I jam to.
UltimateChance agreed. You looking forward to any other albums this year??
SuperGamingGuy Not really. This was about it haha. Any suggestions to check out?
3:30 lol dat edit :]
I love "rock is dead", "hated", and "however you want it said"
you should review Ice Nine Kills "Every Trick In the Book"
Curious what your take on the album is given the way they wrote it.
I was disappointed at first but now I can't stop listening to it
Loser is my fav btw
New Architects album?
Boring ass album.
Disgusting was aggressive.
Aggressive was disgusting.
This! 😹
Disgusting was my favourite album of 2014 and so I was obviously really excited for this new record. Thankfully I don't feel the way that you do, I've only listened to the album a couple of times but I have really enjoyed it. I'm not a big metalcore fan as a lot of it sounds generic and boring to me but Beartooth's sound has always been something I have liked and I'm glad that they kept that sound on this record, even if there isn't tons of change. I also do like the lyrics and I loved them on Disgusting, probably because I'm still young and stuff (teen angst for the win!). Personally I think that Beartooth have come through with another great album but of course it'll never be as good as Disgusting for me (and I didn't expect it to be).
Enjoyed the review though and I can see where you're coming from with the whole they're just making Disgusting 2 kind of thing.
Yeah but they'reusing the same 3 power chords over and over for 90% of their riffs, same tone the litirally all of the drum patterns are the EXACT same in the chorus for every song except for aggressive. The breakdowns are a lot worse. tbh hated is the only original song on the album and even that still used the same power chord melody as in between. it's good but it lacked originality, the songs just seem like wash rinse repeats of the same songs as before....
Completely agree with u!
Where did you find the full album?
Kingdom Leaks I think
King of Anything is what puts this album at a 5/5. Yes, a lot of the album felt dry and repetitive, but look at the pressure being put on him to always be bringing something new to a genre that has very little left to be explored. King of Anything was kind of his way of saying "i don't care if you don't like it, i'm doing what i want to do because i didn't choose for you to expect so much out of me." That message alone just puts the whole album into perspective for me. This type of repetition is what comes from such high demands. He could've done something new like he did in KoA, but then he wouldn't be doing what the fans said they wanted(disgusting 2.0 as was said in the video XD).
All in all, i'm not disappointed because Shomo is happy with his music and it doesn't hurt my ears.
YES! Thank you finally someone who gets it.
your hair looks much better now! love your channel btw.
I have a problem wasn't actually about alcoholism. According to Caleb it was about Attack Attack ending and the references to alcohol were just a metaphor
Thats what it means to Caleb. Anyone who reads the lyrics would think it was about alcoholism. A song can mean whatever it means to the listener. A lot of his fans have come talked to him telling him how that song helped them with their alcohol problem.
+Giovanni Belletti I understand that and its fine if other people get different meanings, but that wasn't the message of the song. And in this review he makes it sound like that was the purpose
fucking excellent point. I always tell people that they should take their own meaning from a song. music is very subjective
I strongly agree with your review on this album. I loved Disgusting when I first listened to it and was really excited to see what they were going to do on their next record. All in all, I was HIGHLY disappointed by it. Just like you said, the production is what makes this record bad for the most part. Many of the tracks just felt rushed and generic with many of the songs having similar intros and guitar riffs from Disgusting. "Censored" in the beginning sounds similar to "The Lines" while the chorus for "Loser" sounds like the chorus to "Beaten In Lips." I originally wasn't a fan of "King of Anything" when I first listened to it, but after a few listens, it felt like one of the much better tracks on the album. Other songs like the title track and "However You Want It Said" seem to have choruses that sound a lot like an anthem, but they eventually grew on me as well. Overall, this record does seem like a Disgusting 2.0 of an album and I wish that there was more to it. 2.5 for me.
What Beartooth does well, it does VERY well, but when they are meh, it's VERY meh
I definitely agree with you on this one, which is pretty disappointing as I was hyped for this album. Although, I have been loving Always Dead.
You should check out the band "Being As An Ocean"
Hell yeah.
Bro it's an amazing album, I love every some they make no joke I love them. The songs are all great and I listen to them everyday.
the fact that the singer writes and records everything.. ( both albums ) just shows u how talented this guy is... and that's why I love 1st album and love 2nd album... it's not like a whole band is making this record then I would have different expectations
I honestly think it's a bit better than Disgusting. The riffs and the vocals are much more violent than the precious album. It feels like a proper Hardcore album. (In my opinion.)
I feel u
I agree with you dude
I have to agree
agreed
agreed
It would be great if you reviewed Mree's album 'Empty Nest'. Her sound is very different to what you usually comment on and it would be interesting to see your opinion on her music. She's underrated in my opinion and I don't think she'll ever be played on radio.
Damn... sad to hear this as Disgusting was a Top 3 album for me amongst 600 plus purchases in 2014.
Could you please review Real Friends's new album, "The Home Inside My Head". It comes out tomorrow and I'd like to know your thoughts on it. I think you might like it better than their last album.
Jason LovesABR Same :)
I think king of anything is supposed to also be nod to pick your poison where the most memorable lyric is "I'm just the king of excuses" that's just my opinion however.
I liked three out of the four singles (Loser is awful) so I'm still pretty excited. I'd sign up for a give away of the vinyl, but who knows, maybe you'll decide to keep it :). Thanks as always!
You should review Issues new album Headspace. Very interested on what you would think of it.
10000% agree with you. I was super stoked for this album and did the same thing of pre ordering but overall wasnt happy with what the final product was.
I just heard the album and here's what I think, personally.
Aggressive - 5/5
Hated - 4/5
Loser - 5/5
Fair Weather Friends - 2/5
Burnout - 4/5
Sick of Me - 3/5
Censored - 3/5
Always Dead - 3/5
However You Want It Said - 3/5
Find a Way - 4/5
Rock is Dead - 4/5
King of Anything - 5/5
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I personally give it a 3 out of 5. Maybe it'll grow on me but for now, I'd give it a 3. I personally agree with you on this review and how Caleb just re-uses the same riff for most of these songs. It's a shame because I was quite excited for this album.
I dont think that Caleb tried to copy disgusting, but rather tried to stick to the beartooth sound, and he did that very well. beartooth has an awesome sound and i'm glad that he maintains to this sound.
not my native language.
Just wondering, is Catfish and the Bottlemen's new album going to be reviewed?
+TwinTailedGamer yes
Please review the new Architects album;
'ALL OUR GODS HAVE ABANDONED US'.
Dude, it's their second album did you really expect them to change that much? This is another catchy as hell album and I think it's one of the best for 2016 so far.
Disgusting sounded authentic, powerful and breathing and almost tear-snatching. It was true to Caleb's heart, every lyric coming straight out of his very soul, inspired by everything he had to endure and suffer through.
Aggressive sounds like radio rock. Like a metalcore band trying too hard to be relatable and also trying to be "hardcore" and edgy and miserably failing at it.
(Caleb himself said that disgusting was his inner voice speaking and letting out his deepest feelings and thoughts withno back processing, and he said that in aggressive he tried to go with a more "general" and "relatable" approach to different matters the youth is supposed to be involved in)
I agree with a lot of what you say. I was a bit dissappointed because I loved Disgusting. I love some tracks of this album.
I don't care that he is trying to re-use his old style, but some songs just don't get me.
I still love Caleb and I hope to hear a lot more. King of anything, Rock is Dead, Find a way and Censored are my favourite tracks of the album. I like them even more than some disgusting songs.
Cheers, great review.
This album definitely has a different feel to it, and the production could have been a bit better, but I feel as if the lyrics on this are stronger than the ones on Disgusting. In a way, it's gotten more personal. I'm not entirely dissatisfied with this release because I know Caleb cares about the music he puts out, and making an album isn't that easy. At least this album has a positive message to fight back against what holds you down. A lot of people with depressive disorders and other issues will connect to this album a lot.
you gotta respect what caleb was trying to do tho. This album may be fairly similar to disgusting but when bands change their sound people complain ALOT. Its obvious he tried to move separate it from disgusting by using more clean vocals and a more punk-pop feel, but keep the people who wanted to hear the same as disgusting happy. All-in-all this is a good, honest review and I still think the album is up to par with their first but everyone has different opinions
just got into Beartooth, and I love both albums and basically all songs. I do somewhat agree, as I think Disgusting is a far better album. but I still really enjoy this album and think its an acceptable sophomore release. it's no meteora, but it's still decent. let's hope that their next album will bring something new to the table while keeping some of their classic sound. I give it a 7.5/10 and disgusting a 9.5/10
Are you going to review Skin by Flume? I'd love it if you started to get into the electronic scene.
Huh well I guess I'm a little less excited but I'll still check It out. Beartooth rocks. Great review.
throughout the whole album I felt as if it could've been better, it's still good but needed more tweeking in the end
I really hope that they do another album and take all of your advice because I agree with everything you said.
I feel like looking at this album as purely a follow up to Disgusting is missing the point of why the songs are the way they are. The album, according to Caleb, is written about his life leading up to Disgusting, though from the perspective of a person looking back on their life. Disgusting is fresh out of the dark period, and Aggressive is looking back at how he got there. He was in a different place when he wrote this, versus what he wrote while writing Disgusting, and yes, there was a different vibe in the studio, because emotionally, he was in a different place. Caleb's wasn't trying to make "Disgusting 2.0," he was effectively trying to make a prequel.
People give "Loser" a lot of shit, and when you think about the whole "looking back on my life leading up to Disgusting" angle when you listen to it, you see it's not "pandering to his audience" in the sense that he's looking back at his younger self, the fat 15 year old that got torn to shreds by RUclips comments for doing what he loved, which combined with the fact he was incredibly depressed, only made him feel worse; he felt like the loser everyone said he was, and it lead to him do stupid, unhealthy things so people would accept him. Pandering? I'm sorry, but no, that would imply he's not being genuine, and he is.
Yeah, saying all of this makes me come off as a huge fantard, especially when you consider the fact that Beartooth is one of my favorite bands, if not my full on favorite band. The album is just as potent as Disgusting for me, having been through a lot of similar things to Caleb at the age when he experienced them. Sorry +ARTV , but I can't agree what you're saying here. Considering the fact that your review of Disgusting was the reason I checked out Beartooth back in 2014, I'd say this review is probably my biggest disappointment of the year thus far.
Do a review of The Ride by Catfish And The Bottlemen!!
I saw you comment on their music video for Soundcheck saying how much you loved it I'd love to hear opinion of the other singles and whole album
Are you going to review All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us by Architects?
The new remixed version is so much better.
Do an album review of the latest issues album, would love to hear your opinion on it
I find aggressive to be tamer (ironic for the name). I love hated and Loser even though I don't relate to some of the lyrics I love the sound. Most of Caleb's vocals are clean even if he is vocalizing some subpar lyrics.
Personally I really like "Aggressive" as I loved its predecessor and like the consistent style Caleb uses although I do agree that the quality has taken a step down. Great review as usual !
I loved the whole album. I will say I didn't like his screams as much, they were better being raw
for me disgusting was hard for me to get into and then I warmed up and loved it mainly Be the voice. and aggressive was immediately loved all the songs and bit more creative oh well many different opinions.
someone on the PTV new record review asked about headspace and basically he said: 2/5 bad lyrics, okay instruments, screamer sounds bland, and clean vocals are uninteresting to him
Gawd that is so wrong, the record is amazing, i actually doubt he even listened to it because he said in another comment that bands like Issues dont get him much views so he probably wrote that to get people off his back about it
Will you be reviewing the new real friends album?
I sorta agree I just lestined to fair weather friends and I was reading the lyrics in the description and I read them exactly how he said them
Yeah I love Disgusting but Aggressive let me down too
7/27 from Fifth Harmony next? It was kinda, uh.
Honestly I love every single song from aggressive and every single song from disgusting. My fave band is beartooth
If you reviews fifth harmony's new album could you review the delxue version cause the standard Version only has 10 songs and I want to hear you opinion on all 12 songs 😭
I personally dont really get all the rage about Aggressive being boring or a let down ... This album was actually the one which got me into listening to Beartooth and is still one of my overall favorites in this specific genre even though I know it's got its flaws ... I have to admit that I didnt listen that intensively to disgusting yet but I still think Beartooth has its incomparable sound (something you cant tell about every band out there) ... Many of them just try to imitate others, whats so wrong about imitatig yourself, i think you dont allways have to reivent yourself but I guess opinions differ
What did you think of Headspace by Issues?
its weird how accurately you described my feelings towards this album
I don't think this is a bad album at all... I think the problem is that Disgusting was so good and so unexpected that people had their hopes WAY too high for aggressive. If this was the first full length album they released I bet it would be getting the same praise as Disgusting. Just saying. It's a great album! Period.
Sucks you aren't enjoying this album, I don't think it's as amazing as Disgusting but I still think it's great. Favorite songs would have to be Aggressive, Hated, Burnout, However You Want It Said, Find A Way, and Rock Is Dead. I personally don't have a problem with the lyrics as its nice to see Caleb write happier songs. Overall the album is a 4/5 for me.
You should review the new album by letlive. I think you would love it, and the band in general. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I think that disgusting is better but I still absolutely love this album to
Review When I was younger by Colony House and COIN's album?
Caleb wants to make music that he wants. That's why he doesn't really change his sound. He gets that point across with the last track on the album. Saying that he doesn't really care what you think that he's making what he wants and likes. You're not going to love this record as much as disgusting because that album was GREAT but Aggressive in my opinion is just as good.
Where can I find this album?
review Catfish & the Bottlemen!!! they just dropped their new album The Ride!!!
Please review the new letlive. Album when it comes out!
I agree completely. This album just felt like all the leftover tracks not good enough for Disgusting. Very disappointing. Honestly only enjoyed "Find a Way".
I had a feeling that the album wouldn't be too wonderful. The singles just aren't too great. It's kinda sad looking at the singles compared to disgusting.
I would like to point out that the song I have a problem isn't really about alcoholism it's about how attack attack was such a negative and detrimental part of his life that help fuel his depression he simply used alcoholism as a metaphor for this seeing as alcohol, pot, and video games where thing he used to escape reality.... Just saying some of these tracks could be very lyrically deep in the same way as that
+Jason LovesABR haha it's all good mate I just think that the music becomes a little more interesting when there might be more to a song then what you get at face value
I honestly loathe this album, expected something so much better since I really liked Disgusting. The disappointment makes it that much worse u know :( also do you plan on reviewing the new catfish and the bottlemen record at any point? I'd like to hear what u think
+mpress I will soon
I strongly disagree. I really enjoyed Aggressive and I feel that it is progression for Beartooth's music. The lyrics shifted from the ups and downs of depression to a complete resolve to never go back to stewing in misery and to keep fighting 'till the end. The album can be a bit repetitive, but there isn't a skippable track on this LP for me. I am by no means an expert on production and what qualifies as "objectively" good production quality, but I enjoyed most of the riffs, drums, and Caleb's variations between screaming and clean vocals. My personal rating would probably be a 3.8 out of 5.
Interesting. As much as I used to love Beartooth, I felt as if the sound would easily burn out. For the most part.
Censored and sick of me are my favorite off the album lmao
I actually like this album more than Disgusting, just my opinion as well
I disagree with you soooo much. I don't know which album I like better but doesn't matter. I love them both.
THE STROKES NEW ALBUM IS COMING OUT NEXT FRIDAY OMG AHAHHAHhaH yessssssssss
+claudio piunti EP* sadly. I wish it was an actual full album
can you review The Black from Asking Alexandria please?!
I love David Bendeth's mix on this album
You should do a review of blueprints and deadweight by wage war
Please do a review of 7/27 BY FIFTH HARMONY!
i disagree with alot of this, everyone has their own opinion and different views. a couple songs yeah they're similar but the repetition is pushing the point. ive seen some similar things in life caleb has and i really relate to the lyrics but i can see what your talking about, but before you make too many judgements you gotta see em live and get in the mosh pit! its a whole different story man!
I still really like this Record. Loser is annoying as fuck though. Lyrics felt like damn Limp Bizkit Lyrics. Disgusting is definitely better too.
Can you review hope inside my head by real friends please
I LOVE Beartooth but I just don't like this at all either, everyone else seems to be liking it and I think it's just because it's Beartooth. An example of this is the new BMTH album, people only like it because it's BMTH. :/
Jason LovesABR True on BMTH but all of the reviews besides this have been pretty positive.
I've been mostly seeing distaste for the album. Critics seem to kind of like it though. So mixed reviews.
Mizter Meschie honestly yeah. i kinda even tricked myself into believing it was a lot better than it actually was just because they're one of my favorite bands. now, i don't hate this album but i just don't see myself enjoying it as much as any of the other music
are you gonna do a review of The Ride by Catfish and the Bottlemen?
it's out now
thankss
I agree completely, this was such a huge disappointment. I only liked a couple of songs on Aggressive despite loving the entirety of Disgusting
KONGOS please
Aye, review the new Flume album
I wonder if the formulaic, boring and recycled songs are like. The point maybe? Idk the way it ends with King of anything maybe he's like making a point?
Maybe that's just me as a huge beartooth fan trying to get myself to like the first half of this album
Do Headspace by Issues
THE STROKES!! review the new strokes EP!
+Genesis Estrella I will when it comes out
I really like Hated and Loser. But the others ehhhhhhhh
my biggest problem with Disgusting was exactly this, the same-ness, and this record makes it no better. The lead single was eh, which want a good sign, but Hated and Always Dead were great. There's some awesome songs and moments on here. Aggressive is such a disappointment. Lyrics are way worse. Songs just sound to same-y. 3/5 for me.
I enjoyed the album but they sound to much like A Day to Remember I like ADTR but I don't like bands who copy other bands.
review filthy frank/pink guy's album
can you please review hospice by the antlers
Review Troye Sivan's Blue Neighborhood!
PLEASE REVIEW Flume - SKIN
Has it leaked or something? Where is everyone getting it?
ikr 🙉
yeah I don't get it either... Where the hell did he get it? I preordered it like a month ago and I don't have it so I'm wondering...
it's supposed to be out on June 3rd --'
It has leaked indeed.
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