New song “Empires” from Metro show

[Ram27]

jeff end solo sucks

[houseofglass11]

Yeah it sounds like some MCR hot topic shit. Definitely not an SP style lead at all. I will die on the hill that he shouldn’t be in the band now that James is back.

[paranoid]

If the new heavy portion of the record sounds like as Rome burns, I’ll be very happy

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

Yeah it sounds like some MCR hot topic shit.

are you serious? mcr is a fucking amazing band and even their worst material isnt as devoid of aesthetic as this is

[ourruseoffools]

real music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ourruseoffools]

i dont blame jeff at all for writing a shitty solo on this song, im not sure what id do if i were posed with the same task.... the riff is so uninspiring

[houseofglass11]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

are you serious? mcr is a fucking amazing band and even their worst material isnt as devoid of aesthetic as this is

MCR is a terrible band and always has been. How old are you 17?

[RenewRevive]

meh

[TheAlter]

Wait a sec, MCR hail from the New Jersey post-hardcore scene, good shit. Of course then emo happened and they played along with it becoming millionaires in the process.

What's crazy is how big they got right away and how big they still are.

[Forgotten Child]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

MCR is a terrible band and always has been. How old are you 17?

This

[TheAlter]

Originally Posted by Forgotten Child

This

not This

[majesty]

I envy whoever cut their losses and jumped ship after Machina. I salute those who disembarked after Adore.

[majesty]

The official SP Tik Tok account posts a lot of Gerard Way is a Bolly fanboi content. I couldn’t name a single MCR tune.

[ilikeplanets]

I was a teen in the height of the emo era and fucking hated all of it, and wish i wasn't reading anything about MCR right now. Although sometimes I did enjoy the makeup and choppy bangs.

[TheAlter]

Originally Posted by majesty

The official SP Tik Tok account posts a lot of Gerard Way is a Bolly fanboi content. I couldn’t name a single MCR tune.

Lmao must be quite the other way around at this point.

Gerard’s done all the right moves: band hiatus at the height of its fame, unbelievably successful non-music ventures and now a huge comeback.

[houseofglass11]

The mainstream hot topic emo era was absolute trash. I hated every one of those bands.

[run2pee]

Sunny day real estate is good emo

If u haven’t heard LP2 by sun day day real estate go listen to it now ya dummy

[slunken]

This is trash. Billy doesn't play riffs anymore. When he pretends to, he just plays this kind of sloppy jam mess.

[slunken]

where has all of billy's confidence gone?

man simply cannot produce a riff any more?

[houseofglass11]

Originally Posted by run2pee

Sunny day real estate is good emo

If u haven’t heard LP2 by sun day day real estate go listen to it now ya dummy

Uh dude that’s like first wave mid-90’s american emo. That’s the good shit before it fused with screamo and became that post hardcore hot topic crap.

[Funbags]

MCR is amazing.

[ilikeplanets]

Xx[[hardcore]]xX

[CherryRay]

"Empire, Empire, Empire..."
The lazy repetitive lyric thing is still hanging on like a bad habit, but overall, things are definitely getting better.
There's a little more sense of the band being a 'them' and despite it still seeming more restrained to align with the modern rock approach, it does seem more balanced to allow more of an old 90's vibe. Still hopeful for more new tunes.

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by CherryRay

There's a little more sense of the band being a 'them' and despite it still seeming more restrained to align with the modern rock approach, it does seem more balanced to allow more of an old 90's vibe.

no clue what any of that means

whatever this band is doing here, it’s devoid of integrity or artistic merit. it’s just empty fluff propped up with flashing lights and posturing and pageantry.

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

Yeah it sounds like some MCR hot topic shit. Definitely not an SP style lead at all. I will die on the hill that he shouldn’t be in the band now that James is back.

But MCR was the one 2000s scene band that had classic rock lead guitar

I mean, the lead guitarist even looked like he got lost on his way to a Wolfmother audition

[Squish Squash]

Originally Posted by cork_soaker

no clue what any of that means

whatever this band is doing here, it’s devoid of integrity or artistic merit. it’s just empty fluff propped up with flashing lights and posturing and pageantry.

This is the case for literally everything he's put out after Machina II.

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

The mainstream hot topic emo era was absolute trash. I hated every one of those bands.

It's weird how what was called "emo" in 2007 bore almost no resemblance to emo before it.

How did we go from Cap'n Jazz and Mineral to The Used and Underoath?

[houseofglass11]

this

[TheAlter]

Originally Posted by Disco King

It's weird how what was called "emo" in 2007 bore almost no resemblance to emo before it.

How did we go from Cap'n Jazz and Mineral to The Used and Underoath?

90s emo was massively overhyped by critics but never really made it past college radio or whatever.

emo was just the perfect word for 2007 kids, they probably dead never heard of Texas is The Reason or The Get Up Kids.

[ilikeplanets]

Green Day's release of Boulevard of Broken Dreams was a real shock for me. Seemed so left field for the Dookie Boys, but emo was really that popular.