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Overall I think I'd give this album an 8/10. I dig most of the songs aside from them deciding to repeat lyrics over and over in some sections, and the random outro parts. They used to make epic outros to connect songs and these are just hollow and don't really do anything. I get that it's characters in a story but they don't take the songs anywhere or build up to the next song really. The only song on the album that was boring to me was Waking Up. I think its incredibly generic and they forgot to write an actual chorus. "Hey let's just repeat waking up over and over, and have no chorus substance." I love them most for creating cinematic rock music and they definitely toned down the cinematic stuff here. I do really like that they toned down his vocal effects, and let his natural voice tone come through. Other Worlds and Diving Bell really show off his tone. It's a great album with a few lazy writing choices here and there.

It's incredible to think the same band put out actually good things like cork tree and infinity, and now we get this.

Teasing the AI cover to remind everyone the last time they were a good band. lol

This song gets better and better every time I hear it. Brass on the chorus and bridge will be awesome to see if they play it live.

I'm hugely bummed that they didn't full band that melody from the outro. If they did that melody full band it would have been the most epic thing they have ever done.

WE FINALLY GET TO HEAR DUSTIN SING!!! O.M.G. THIS IS SO GOOD Too bad it's not actually 320...

So as someone who usually likes her music, I have to say this album is seriously terrible. This is like an album of not good enough b-sides. A few are even cringe-worthy bad.

@k a i y k o I'm aware what both things are. "Auto-tune" is generally used as a blanket statement in the industry. I'm a singer and know exactly what both things are and wasn't complaining about them using it. I love it in their style. So take a step back before you try to start forum arguments like an immature attention seeking troll who assumes they are talking to someone that doesn't know the ins and outs of production. Nobody was complaining about anything.

Anybody have an idea of the lyrics in the chorus? Is he saying "I'm kinda thinkin' like this." I can't figure it out for sure.

Random British accent on the first verse. Ok, Dusty. lol

@Ad0492 This is not even close to his real voice. It's auto-tuned into oblivion. lol But that's the way they have always been. I wanna hear him without it. haha

Great first single! I was hoping for something a bit different in the chorus, but this is everything the band does so well.

@Dust of Pain Underoath has said about a thousand times that they aren't a christian band in promoting Erase Me. Nor do they want to be seen as one. Half of the members aren't Christians as stated by Aaron in recent interviews. So no, Underoath isn't a christian band. If you would like more info about the band and what they believe check out the Bad Christian podcast when they have Aaron on.

@Dust of Pain Also, the lead singer states in interviews that he was raised christian and isn't religious anymore. He only uses the imagery as a metaphor.

@Dust of Pain Name one that's actually a christian band. I'll wait.

@Lonestar Christian band?!?! Are you serious?!?! Dethrone is about spitting in the face of God and taking the place of Him after kicking Him out of heaven, hence "dethrone." These guys are completely anti-christian.

After finishing this album I can say this is definitely his best. On his past albums I wasn't able to click with his slower songs. They used to drag on and not go anywhere. The first 13 songs on this album are perfect. From 14 on, aside from WHY, he does get back into generic territory. Lots of repetition on the last few. I'm not sure why there are 2 versions of Time with only a 10 second difference. I didn't notice anything new on the extended version. Overall, this is his best collection of songs for an album yet. It's also hilarious to compare this to anything in modern rap music. He wipes the floor with every single modern rapper.

The title track Eclipse is 10/5.

@Dust of Pain The new Underoath deluxe album has the Target songs, 2 acoustics and a remix. One is their Heart Shaped Box cover.

Halfway through and wow, everything else is better than the singles. Face to Face is epic, and ..... WOAH listening to Enemy and the breakdown just happened as I type this. Gonna start swinging this freakin' keyboard.

This album has blown me away. It's very rare to have a bands debut album be so polished that every song could be a single. The mix and production is pristine. You absolutely have to check these guys out!

This is why I love this site. This is a very solid rock band that I never would have been able to find otherwise. The album art had me worried but the actual music is really solid. Check these guys out!

As for what I actually think about the song itself. I think if it were on OML, this would have been my favorite song. I love the distorted guitar driving the chorus. The last 2 lines in the song are being debated on, whether its Chester singing WHAT ARE YOU WORTH behind Mike. It could just be Mike pitch shifting his vocal up, but it would be rad if it really was Chester. As for how this actually got out, that's really interesting because all of LP's stuff is notoriously locked down and doesn't leak from anywhere. The question is who did this, and was it done on purpose to generate buzz. Regardless, I think this is a good idea of where the band could go with Mike as lead.

Liking a bands original style does not qualify you to say the change in style is worse. Calling something worse is subjective you personally. There are plenty of us that actually enjoy everything they did after. If you like bands not changing their sound and repeating the same thing over and over, there is a fresh Skillet single for you on the site.

I love this comment section full of people that haven't actually listened to or been involved with Linkin Park in any real way since 2004.