I feel for Nik here because that moral dilemma of “do I express how I really feel about this song or do I half heartedly slap a positive rating so I get to stream with the members of the band sometime?” must have been Hell.
@@rickthomson2773 way back in the day when Samsara was their opening song for a tour or 2….you don’t realize how heavy that track is until you hear 2010/11 Parkway play it live. CHRIST. Their new music is indescribably bad.
They had a great 5 album run. I think every band declines hard at some point, it's almost like they went Metallica's path. If they were truly Australian FFDP, they would've only had like 1 or 2 good songs every album.
@@BdaB164 you're coment extremely hits home. On the one side the disappointment and on the other side the credits for leviathan I. This song is something else and is one of the top three of deep blue. Don't make me choose the other two. Albums a complete banger.
Nick knows what he's saying. What he means is that breaking benjamin still manages to stay original and catchy, even if their riffs are simple. This song isn't catchy
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] but again man thats an opinion, I personally like the song, classic parkway vibes mixed w bvb and it works to me. Seems you are being negative to be negative
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] the average bedroom metal guitarist can come up with a better riff than this, I know I play more progressive stuff, and find things that when I listen to it I'm like fuck, I wanna keep doing that, it's definitely a hook.
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] my thing is it isnt the worst thing in the world which is why i respect it. Same thing w nik he knows how much goes into it so hes not gonna shit all over it
I understand times change, sounds change, bands change, but I can't state how much the Horizons album means to me. It takes me back to such a great time. After Atlas, things went to far away from what made me love them to begin with.
Horizons is one of my favorite albums of all time, cover to cover. I liked everything up through Deep Blue though, and even liked the Wishing Wells single a lot. But this? lmao this is soooooo bad
This is weird to me because I don’t remember anyone caring about that album like at all. I remember people really caring about Killing With A Smile I’ve loved Parkway Drive since like 2008-ish. Ire is a great album. I’m fine with hearing this song on XM or if they ever tour the US again
@@ryanshinermusic killing with a smile was dope through and through as well. the hype carried through with horizons for me and my crew, and i continued listening through deep blue. IF you listen to the horizons album straight through, the moment you hit the outro section of horizons(the title track at the end) after all of the energy through the album its just really amazing imo
Streaming with other artists has made this man dishonest Literally started this video saying he doesn't like their arena sound and then acts like he enjoyed it 💀
I know it's not really a thing, but we might as well call this arena metal, cause it's still got the heavies, but with anthemic choruses and guitar leads that cause mass sing alongs on their own!
I know bands change their sounds and it's part of their growth, and I'm not gonna say it sucks cause it really doesn't. It's just that it's PWD that is doing it and I really miss the PWD I grew up with.
can't wait for darker still Friday September 9th it is going to be heavy and their 1st new since reverence in 2018 definitely worth the wait and they will be in Germany on the same day the album comes out very convenient indeed and they are Australia's version of 5 finger death punch and Winston McCall is the Australian version of Ivan Moody anyone/someone will understand that comparison
It's not a bad song, but it feels kinda.. uninspired. One of the thing fans love the most of PWD are the guitars, singing along to their intros, and I can't find myself singing to this one, or even singing the chorus. In fact, for me the bad thing about their new music is that it doesn't make me feel the same way as their old songs, their lyrics used to be fucking amazing and could kinda relate. But in this one they are singing about sleep paralysis, that's it. There is no extra meaning, you can't try to find your own meaning for the song or how it connects to you, because the meaning is in plain sight. Man, I miss songs like Blue and The Grey a lot.
As someone with pretty bad sleep paralysis I can relate to it at least so it has a bit more meaning for me and is something people don't really write about.
Shame people get old bra, its a part of life just enjoy the moment, no need to think about it that much, do I miss the old stuff yes, do I like the new also yes, as ive grown as a person and so have the band and I respect that and respect the fact they're still making and enjoying making music they like, also try sleep paralysis its wild
I'm fairly new to Parkway Drive and I really don't understand all of the hate for their new stuff. So what if it's more commercial friendly? That shouldn't change peoples' enjoyment of the songs.
@@profound369 At least they never gave up their identity or change. Things meant to evolve over the years. Pwd didnt evolve, they just changed their sound.
I miss the old Parkway Drive, when they were heavy. Killing With A Smile and Horizons are my favorite albums of theirs. Don't Close Your Eyes was good too.
They need a producer to tell them when shit sounds cheesy due to repetition or the way he says some things here, couldve taken more takes. Love PWD but this one had some cringe moments. The back up vocals were oof. Ok im done it was a 5/10 from me.
Same and then deep blue kept the fire going. Atlas was a good 3rd imo. Ire took a while to grow on me, but a downgrade and they haven't moved on from the Ire era yet.
@@ColdHumor IRE is a litte bit special, not bad at all, i like it but its not as good as the other ones. I like Reverence more when it comes to their "newer" Stuff
I totally agree with your opinion and really love old school Parkway. But like it or not, that old style of Parkway's music has fallen behind. They evolve against the current but not backwards. I think that's a commitment within Parkway's body at the moment.
RIP Parkway Drive 2004-2018. IRE still had some bangers and I didn't mind the more arena anthem style songs interspersed. Reverence to present is just......Dad Rock.
@@matthewhughes5619 This isn't just "softer". It's a completely different genre of music and if this song was the 1st single of an unknown band nobody would give a shit.
@@drdoom8793 I definitely prefer KWAS, Horizons, Deep Blue and Atlas but I didn't mind songs like Destroyer and Vice Grip because we still god Dying to Believe and Bottom Feeder. It felt more like a natural progression as long as they were going to keep the albums balanced.
I wonder how Nik feels having everyone else give him his opinions. I mean everyones telling him it’s ok to be honest but all of you are speaking for him. Maybe he just didn’t hate it like all of you did. You don’t have to like it, you can say you think it’s bad, but everyone is acting like they have some profound knowledge and insight into Nik like they are close friends with him. Maybe just maybe…he has a different opinion. Just a thought.
This comment here, bless you. Taste is subjective, I got into PWD off Reverence before I started liking heavier music, and I feel like people just assume they're right when they call this bad, or saying Nik is lying, everyone likes things differently.
Nike sounded way unexcited when he was trying to highlight what he liked about the song. It’s okay to say it wasn’t your favorite of theirs and that it was generic or that you weren’t impressed. Nik we come here for YOUR opinions, not to see a yes man. :) Love ya Nik!
Don’t know why people are hating on nik for rating the song high. It’s a banger. While it’s kinda butt rock it’s relatable with a catchy chorus, nice main riff, and a cool breakdown. Just bc you don’t like it doesn’t mean he has to automatically dislike it as well.
As someone that lives 20 minutes from Byron, grew up going to the local Parkway gigs and then got to see them go to sold out shows and killing it I can honestly say this song is pretty average.
Butt rock from parkway drive hurts to learn about. Didn't know they fell off this hard. Oh well. Whatever keeps them popular enough to continue music as their careers. Selling out is still better than a fucking day job. No hate. Just find the song wholly forgettable myself.
you say no hate but there really isn't a lot else in your comment. Calling them sell outs, calling what they've put their time and effort to create "forgettable", and saying they have fallen off is pretty much the opposite of "no hate". Of course you can say whatever you like lol, you're totally entitled to your opinion. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with that part of it. Just was making a point that you put "no hate" when that is pretty much what you were doing.
@@zachperez8937 it doesn't come across as hate to me at all. people generally don't enjoy seeing some of their favorite bands stripped of all originality and turned into a shallow corporate husk of what they once were.
@@zachperez8937 it’s proper feedback not hate. I’m all for bands evolving their sounds but parkway is straightup making butt rock to grow bigger with the european markets and there’s no denying that their new music is soulless and has had low effort put in
This isn’t butt rock my guy I didn’t sit through years of Creedleback clones being pushed on us just for actual heavy bands to get that title just because they know how to write melodic guitar parts
@@ryanshinermusic this isnt heavy music. That's what they used to make. That is over now. This is basic modern rock with a heavy mid range "manly" make vocal. It's the new butt rock. Even it has evolved a little bit. Still rock from the land of butt though. That shit sells. If I could do it to avoid a 9-5 Id do it immediately. I'd make t shirts that said "we sold out so hard that we now sell out every show. Thanks everyone!"
Ay yes the old 2000's, the 578's everything back again! 1:33 That teddy reminds me of that one big pink teddy bear in a toy story movie that I saw a long time ago lol.
I'm a massive PWD fan. I even liked the last couple of CDs. This however is the most boring song they have ever written. I'll give it a few more listens. Maybe it gets better. It worries me if this is considered to be one of the best songs of a new CD.
Nik, as a Guitarist, you absolutely owe it to your self to listen to Chronos off their reverence album. It has the most beautiful solo I've ever heard.
I can only speak for myself but I got into parkway drive for the blend of melancholic guitar harmonies, crushing heavy riffs and thoughtful poetic lyrics. This just doesn't have any of that, it's not there. Obviously a band has to change and grow and can't keep releasing the same thing over and over but I feel like they've moved away from what really made them stand out from the crowd in the day to this kind of commercial lowest-common-denominator sound. I have all the love in the world for them but if I wanted to listen to something like this I would pull up a skillet or breaking benjamin album.
*5-7-8 for lyfe*
Sick
When you get 578 except its on the butt rock station
Cent!
5/7/2008
hey nik, are you up for dual guitar cover?
This song gets better the more drunk you get.
Ironically, getting drunk is the only way I want to hear it again
@@CMCSeahawk Found the fake elitist one.
@@xenogenesis9635 Found the overly sensitive crying fan boy
it feels like a 2003 song that a westler would use as an entrance theme.
Sounds like Skillet or something...
LMAO
Lmaooooo
I feel for Nik here because that moral dilemma of “do I express how I really feel about this song or do I half heartedly slap a positive rating so I get to stream with the members of the band sometime?” must have been Hell.
Even for its 5 minutes of life, this comment is underrated. it should be the most liked comment.
Think you nailed it.
That''s called selling out. Dude needs to be honest.
Yeah I was so fucking upset
Mate I think you're projecting your own opinion of the song onto Nik's, seemed like he was pretty straight about it to me.
Actually a good song, i don't understand the hate, i discovered Parkway Drive with this song and i like it. I heared a lot genéric metal than this
The haters are just people being edgy, they don't know music.
I’ve heard them called Australian FFDP and now that’s all I can think of
Yeesh. 10 years ago they were one of my favorite bands in the genre. Leviathan I? Come on.
@@BdaB164 Leviathan I has always been one of my favourite tracks, very underrated.
@@rickthomson2773 way back in the day when Samsara was their opening song for a tour or 2….you don’t realize how heavy that track is until you hear 2010/11 Parkway play it live. CHRIST. Their new music is indescribably bad.
They had a great 5 album run. I think every band declines hard at some point, it's almost like they went Metallica's path. If they were truly Australian FFDP, they would've only had like 1 or 2 good songs every album.
@@BdaB164 you're coment extremely hits home. On the one side the disappointment and on the other side the credits for leviathan I. This song is something else and is one of the top three of deep blue. Don't make me choose the other two. Albums a complete banger.
Breaking Benjamin changed man.
I get what you’re saying but this sounds nothing like BB
@@WindyCityNick flew right over your head
@@WindyCityNick You aren't very bright, are you.
It's kind of weird to see you here lol
Nick knows what he's saying. What he means is that breaking benjamin still manages to stay original and catchy, even if their riffs are simple. This song isn't catchy
Nik, it’s ok to give a low rating bro. You’re too nice. We want honest reviews, not pandering to artists.
You could tell he didn’t really like it but I knew he’d say 4 at least
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] bro i so agree with Plot. Their newest album is still the freshest take on metalcore for me atm
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] but again man thats an opinion, I personally like the song, classic parkway vibes mixed w bvb and it works to me. Seems you are being negative to be negative
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] the average bedroom metal guitarist can come up with a better riff than this, I know I play more progressive stuff, and find things that when I listen to it I'm like fuck, I wanna keep doing that, it's definitely a hook.
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] my thing is it isnt the worst thing in the world which is why i respect it. Same thing w nik he knows how much goes into it so hes not gonna shit all over it
I only recently found PWD so I’ve been able to absorb their albums and love them all,off the new one , Soul Beach my favorite
Try their early albums, plenty of more bangers
I feel like parkway drive is the modern day In Flames
This song is probably going to be on WWE smack down vs raw for the new ps2 game they’re coming out with!
Winston's karate bit makes the whole video
Parkway Sevenfold?
Five Finger Kangaroo Punch
I understand times change, sounds change, bands change, but I can't state how much the Horizons album means to me. It takes me back to such a great time. After Atlas, things went to far away from what made me love them to begin with.
Horizons is one of my favorite albums of all time, cover to cover. I liked everything up through Deep Blue though, and even liked the Wishing Wells single a lot. But this? lmao this is soooooo bad
This is weird to me because I don’t remember anyone caring about that album like at all. I remember people really caring about Killing With A Smile
I’ve loved Parkway Drive since like 2008-ish. Ire is a great album. I’m fine with hearing this song on XM or if they ever tour the US again
@@ryanshinermusic killing with a smile was dope through and through as well. the hype carried through with horizons for me and my crew, and i continued listening through deep blue. IF you listen to the horizons album straight through, the moment you hit the outro section of horizons(the title track at the end) after all of the energy through the album its just really amazing imo
Miss old Parkway Drive
Skillet Drive
drums sitting on the god hand
This song is like blend of Papa Roach and Skillet
totally agree..... but that isnt what i want from parkway :(
Pretty much lol
That’s not good
Man with a little linkin too
Summa them stein rams too
The new PWD is great, just because the old stuff was better doesn’t change that
I've been listening to this sing for a year now and love it still
Parkwa- ~falls asleep~
Streaming with other artists has made this man dishonest
Literally started this video saying he doesn't like their arena sound and then acts like he enjoyed it 💀
Tbf he said he doesn't "mind" their arena sound. Although yeah, i guess it was more of a 3.5 track than a 4/5.
I think he did enjoy it tho, through his body language hes clearly enjoying it. Theres nothing that suggest that he hates it lmao
I love that track maaaan
I know it's not really a thing, but we might as well call this arena metal, cause it's still got the heavies, but with anthemic choruses and guitar leads that cause mass sing alongs on their own!
its abit more heavier version of Blind Guardian, Hammerfall etc :P cant even say heavier... just.. you know.. :P cant wait to see them live again.
Instrumental sounds just like the new Architects record (which I would also call arena metal at this point)
@@Rockhound999 more like skillet
Festival metal
Reaching the point of what I call “Wrestling metal” that some 6ft 6 300lb dude walks down a ramp into a ring into 🤦🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Nik being from the 90s what I wouldn't give to hear you do some Helmet! I appreciate your taste in music, it's helped me a lot bro!
That opening riff sounds like something you'd hear from a grade 9 metal band at a high school talent show.
It's really uninspired. Jeff can do way better than this.
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] 😂🤣
Exactly this. Was trying to describe it to someone. This is the perfect description
That’s like every metalcore and deathcore band my guy
@@amaze2n He can but this is where the moneys at
**Chair spin** when ye gets it right just based off of the FEEL 3:08
0:00 Since I could hold my head up high.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really great album, one of my favorite albums from them. I still love atlas and ire, but this album is great from track one to eleven
Skillet is back with the darker vibes.. cmon parkway .. we need another album like deep blue
You’ll be fine. Go listen to deep blue if you don’t like musical progression 😂
@@dylanwallace763 this isn't progression, this is straight up selling out and playing buttrock for the easy money
@@dylanwallace763 you consider copying 10 year old Three Days Grace "progression"?🤣🤣🤣
@@dylanwallace763 Progression you mean Ire part 3?
@@matthope3392 what's wrong with wanting money? Isn't that what every musican wants?
I know bands change their sounds and it's part of their growth, and I'm not gonna say it sucks cause it really doesn't. It's just that it's PWD that is doing it and I really miss the PWD I grew up with.
Parkway Drive said "Okay studio, what you want us to sell?" Lol
Nothing wrong with Parkway having some fun with this one. It doesn’t always have to be challenging.
you deleting your channel Nik?..... that breakdown most definitely didn't splode.
can't wait for darker still Friday September 9th it is going to be heavy and their 1st new since reverence in 2018 definitely worth the wait and they will be in Germany on the same day the album comes out very convenient indeed and they are Australia's version of 5 finger death punch and Winston McCall is the Australian version of Ivan Moody anyone/someone will understand that comparison
Feels like they forced themselves to make an arena anthem. Also, I’m really starting to think bands are paying reaction channels now
40 years old and they make kid metal, hey pop is popular for a reason
It's not a bad song, but it feels kinda.. uninspired. One of the thing fans love the most of PWD are the guitars, singing along to their intros, and I can't find myself singing to this one, or even singing the chorus.
In fact, for me the bad thing about their new music is that it doesn't make me feel the same way as their old songs, their lyrics used to be fucking amazing and could kinda relate. But in this one they are singing about sleep paralysis, that's it. There is no extra meaning, you can't try to find your own meaning for the song or how it connects to you, because the meaning is in plain sight.
Man, I miss songs like Blue and The Grey a lot.
As someone with pretty bad sleep paralysis I can relate to it at least so it has a bit more meaning for me and is something people don't really write about.
Feels like this is them attempting to go mainstream to gain popularity. This doesn't even sound like PWD at all and it's extremely disappointing.
Couldn’t have put it better myself really, spot on
Shame people get old bra, its a part of life just enjoy the moment, no need to think about it that much, do I miss the old stuff yes, do I like the new also yes, as ive grown as a person and so have the band and I respect that and respect the fact they're still making and enjoying making music they like, also try sleep paralysis its wild
Three Days Grace made this song back in the 2000s I think
Transition to butt-rock almost complete.
I'm fairly new to Parkway Drive and I really don't understand all of the hate for their new stuff. So what if it's more commercial friendly? That shouldn't change peoples' enjoyment of the songs.
I think the vocals on this track were funny/cringe
Three Days Skillet Drive.
"doing karate in the pit? Ok!"
As someone who was never really into Parkway Drive, I really dig this album
same, its weird because i really liked this and greatest fear while i couldn't get into their earlier stuff at all
@@BanHelsing cause the song writing on the recent albums are targeted to go mainstream, than their old, melodic, breakdown heavy, technical stuff
Those leads reminded me of "somebody's watching me"
I am so stocked for this new skillet , so fresh
Such a banger my boys congrats
Lol
Shit that's what it reminded me of. It's so cheesy.
Skillet is not this cheesy bro
@@profound369 At least they never gave up their identity or change. Things meant to evolve over the years. Pwd didnt evolve, they just changed their sound.
Skillet actually went a bit heavier on their heavy songs this last album. That was pretty cool
I miss the old Parkway Drive, when they were heavy. Killing With A Smile and Horizons are my favorite albums of theirs. Don't Close Your Eyes was good too.
If you don't like the new Parkway Drive give Bleed From Within a try.
I can back this up, it's so similar
Exactly my thoughts
Bleed From Within is similar to As I Lay Dying vibes
Ik I’ll get hate for this but In my opinion bleed from within is way better , their new releases are phenomenal
Old bleed from within is incredible, can't even listen to the first two albums on Spotify. It's a real shame cause it's so heavy and brutal.
They need a producer to tell them when shit sounds cheesy due to repetition or the way he says some things here, couldve taken more takes. Love PWD but this one had some cringe moments. The back up vocals were oof. Ok im done it was a 5/10 from me.
yea i liked the bridges between choruses, and half the breakdown, the breakdown was too long though imo and chorus is just, meh
So true
Three Days Drive
I'll just go listen to 5 months
The album Horizons changed my life when it first came out.
Fucking great album
In what way?
Amazing Album, especially Idols and Anchors and Carrion are soooo good
Same and then deep blue kept the fire going. Atlas was a good 3rd imo. Ire took a while to grow on me, but a downgrade and they haven't moved on from the Ire era yet.
@@ColdHumor IRE is a litte bit special, not bad at all, i like it but its not as good as the other ones. I like Reverence more when it comes to their "newer" Stuff
ngl this sounds like a7x if their vocalist was winston
Its more like a Skillet song than Parkway tbh 😂
Maybe but it's good
I was also thinking this has major early 2000's metal era vibes and you just hit it on the head that it sounds like a skillet song lol
@@MinorSpiffy or ThreeDaysGrace :D very similar to either one :D
Pretty much 😂
@@Jarczenko No, it's not.
Parkway Drive needs to go back to their roots. We all know they need to put out more songs like Bottom Feeder, Smoke Em if You Got Em, etc.
I totally agree with your opinion and really love old school Parkway. But like it or not, that old style of Parkway's music has fallen behind. They evolve against the current but not backwards. I think that's a commitment within Parkway's body at the moment.
Bottom feeder is rubbish
@@pginarmy8620 And what songs of theirs do you prefer??
Glad you liked the video. :)
They’ve decided to go the Asking Alexandria route but with more butt rock involved.
@Madden 07 Soundtrack Fan Account [Kendrick AOTY] Trivium went to shit, none of those did.
@@xjoemallardx trivium's sound is relatively
the same wdym
@@xjoemallardx trivium went bad for one album and then they came back tf are you on about
“Doin’ Karate in the pit?” Hahahaaha
RIP Parkway Drive 2004-2018. IRE still had some bangers and I didn't mind the more arena anthem style songs interspersed. Reverence to present is just......Dad Rock.
Just because it's softer automatically means it's 'dad rock,' which isn't even an insult
Meh, even IRE was weak. It just doesn’t even feel like the same band anymore, which is depressing
@@matthewhughes5619 This isn't just "softer". It's a completely different genre of music and if this song was the 1st single of an unknown band nobody would give a shit.
Lmao, not even close to dad Rock but okay. I swear yall can't deal with change at all
@@drdoom8793 I definitely prefer KWAS, Horizons, Deep Blue and Atlas but I didn't mind songs like Destroyer and Vice Grip because we still god Dying to Believe and Bottom Feeder. It felt more like a natural progression as long as they were going to keep the albums balanced.
I got an ad for this song today. I’ve also gotten ads for when we were young, the new architects song
I wonder how Nik feels having everyone else give him his opinions. I mean everyones telling him it’s ok to be honest but all of you are speaking for him. Maybe he just didn’t hate it like all of you did. You don’t have to like it, you can say you think it’s bad, but everyone is acting like they have some profound knowledge and insight into Nik like they are close friends with him. Maybe just maybe…he has a different opinion. Just a thought.
This comment here, bless you. Taste is subjective, I got into PWD off Reverence before I started liking heavier music, and I feel like people just assume they're right when they call this bad, or saying Nik is lying, everyone likes things differently.
@@drystofiscalio7545 Yes, thank you.
"4/5" xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Nike sounded way unexcited when he was trying to highlight what he liked about the song. It’s okay to say it wasn’t your favorite of theirs and that it was generic or that you weren’t impressed. Nik we come here for YOUR opinions, not to see a yes man. :) Love ya Nik!
Trying to be optimistic. Four years of optimism. Plz don’t fail me. Riffdown was alright. The rest was uhhhm. Just yeah.
This has to be an April Fool's joke....in June
4:01 is actually good tho
I just found this band tonight, whoa the guitars are amazing
Listen to their older stuff. Night and day difference.
This song is a prime example of why bands should rarely, if ever, self produce. They need to be told if something isn't a vibe.
I’m a big deathcore and metalcore guy, but this is still a banger to me.
Then there is a whole wide world of metal out there that you clearly haven't experienced yet.
next lamb of god - never more
Don’t know why people are hating on nik for rating the song high. It’s a banger. While it’s kinda butt rock it’s relatable with a catchy chorus, nice main riff, and a cool breakdown. Just bc you don’t like it doesn’t mean he has to automatically dislike it as well.
Anything after horizons just sounds like angry Nickleback to me :(
"a 4 out of 5" ??? Don't you mean a 4 out of 10
How the mighty have fallen.
As someone that lives 20 minutes from Byron, grew up going to the local Parkway gigs and then got to see them go to sold out shows and killing it I can honestly say this song is pretty average.
Okay.
@@HimothyBurton yako
Those gigs at the high school were fire 🙌.
This song, meh.
My favorite part about this reaction is that you didn’t pause the music video every 10 seconds
Butt rock from parkway drive hurts to learn about. Didn't know they fell off this hard.
Oh well. Whatever keeps them popular enough to continue music as their careers. Selling out is still better than a fucking day job. No hate.
Just find the song wholly forgettable myself.
you say no hate but there really isn't a lot else in your comment. Calling them sell outs, calling what they've put their time and effort to create "forgettable", and saying they have fallen off is pretty much the opposite of "no hate". Of course you can say whatever you like lol, you're totally entitled to your opinion. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with that part of it. Just was making a point that you put "no hate" when that is pretty much what you were doing.
@@zachperez8937 it doesn't come across as hate to me at all. people generally don't enjoy seeing some of their favorite bands stripped of all originality and turned into a shallow corporate husk of what they once were.
@@zachperez8937 it’s proper feedback not hate. I’m all for bands evolving their sounds but parkway is straightup making butt rock to grow bigger with the european markets and there’s no denying that their new music is soulless and has had low effort put in
This isn’t butt rock my guy
I didn’t sit through years of Creedleback clones being pushed on us just for actual heavy bands to get that title just because they know how to write melodic guitar parts
@@ryanshinermusic this isnt heavy music. That's what they used to make. That is over now. This is basic modern rock with a heavy mid range "manly" make vocal. It's the new butt rock. Even it has evolved a little bit.
Still rock from the land of butt though.
That shit sells.
If I could do it to avoid a 9-5 Id do it immediately.
I'd make t shirts that said "we sold out so hard that we now sell out every show. Thanks everyone!"
Ay yes the old 2000's, the 578's everything back again!
1:33 That teddy reminds me of that one big pink teddy bear in a toy story movie that I saw a long time ago lol.
This song contains 10% Metalcore and 90% butt Rock, what are you talking about?
His reaction is not honest.... Parkway drive paid him to overreact this jajaja
Unpopular opinion: I prefer their newer stuff.
I'm a massive PWD fan. I even liked the last couple of CDs. This however is the most boring song they have ever written.
I'll give it a few more listens. Maybe it gets better. It worries me if this is considered to be one of the best songs of a new CD.
hope, they just put this out as a single because its the most radio friendly song on the album..
This is their worst song? Then they are one of the best bands in history. I should listen them much more
Chorus somehow sounds like Three Days Grace.
Nik, as a Guitarist, you absolutely owe it to your self to listen to Chronos off their reverence album. It has the most beautiful solo I've ever heard.
Yeah that song isnt talked about enough.
Especially the live version
“You answer to me” - shit is so good
The riffdown sorta saved the track for me but solid D-
Nothing wrong with dad metal.
the chorus feels hell like Linkin Park 🤘😁🤘 Hey Nik, how to Parkway in 30 seconds?
I like the old days of them
Idk why, but parts of rhythm in the vocals made me think of In the Dark by YG.
Honestly their last good song for me was Wishing Wells.
That was literally their last album….
reminds me In Flames
That's exactly what I thought!!! Glad you pointed that out. Definitely with the chorus part.
I can only speak for myself but I got into parkway drive for the blend of melancholic guitar harmonies, crushing heavy riffs and thoughtful poetic lyrics. This just doesn't have any of that, it's not there.
Obviously a band has to change and grow and can't keep releasing the same thing over and over but I feel like they've moved away from what really made them stand out from the crowd in the day to this kind of commercial lowest-common-denominator sound. I have all the love in the world for them but if I wanted to listen to something like this I would pull up a skillet or breaking benjamin album.
I have never been so offended by something that I 100% agree with.
Totally agree; i've been a fan of PWD for many years and i cant connect with their latest works. I dont recognize them
I complete agree
On the new album every song won’t sound like this
@@HI-pi1er their last albums sounded almost entirely like this
Sold out bro
When you hear this, you realise ire and reverence weren't actually as bad as you thought.
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😂😂😂
do Counterparts or the new Satyr song
Nik can you just say something is bad just one time bro? Just one time is all I'm asking.
Nice Fightstar pfp
Brb gonna listen to Leviathan I
4:30 doing the till lindemann
chuorus man... lol YUUUUUUUUUP
Ngl this just sounds like metalcore POD or Saliva 🤔