Album Review: All That Remains-For We Are Many

All That Remains has risen in popularity a pretty great deal since the release of Overcome. The popularity of their more mainstream songs "Two Weeks" and "Forever In Your Hands", which i liked but not as much as the other tracks on Overcome. With the popularity of these tracks, I became a little wary of how For We Are Many would sound. I can say now that I am pretty happy with the way this record turned out.

The one sign of an extremely mainstream sound is lead single "Hold On". It doesn't sound like All That Remains at all and it is a below subpar track to say the least. Besides "Hold On", the rest of the record is very good. Insturmental intro "Now Let Them Tremble" sets the tone for most of the record with heavy guitars and thunderous double-bass drumming. That energy carries over to the title track, which is one of the album's standouts. The title track sounds like This Darkened Heart-era All That Remains with Phil Labonte screaming in just about every pitch imaginible. For We Are Many at times is noticeably heavier than Overcome. "Some Of The People,All Of The Time" is seriously the heaviest ATR track since This Darkened Heart. The main riff is At The Gates-esque and the ending actually makes good use of a breakdown with Labonte throwing in some awesome death growls. For We Are Many is not all about the heavier side of All That Remains, Labonte still has a pretty good amount of clean vocals and there are some soaring choruses here and there.

For We Are Many in my eyes is a pretty much a fusion of the heaviness of the first 2 All The Remains records with the melodic tones from Overcomes. Phil Labonte really shines on this record with his range of screams that he hasn't explored in the past, In addition to his clean vocals improving from the past record. This is still vintage All That Remains with some slight changes to their sound, all the key elements are still there. Labonte is still a great vocalist, Oli Hebret and Mike Martin can still shred with the best of them and All That Remains is still one of the top metalcore acts around. For We Are Many is another dynamite entry to All That Remains discography and again shows All That Remains's consistency in making quality metal.
4/5 Stars
Standout Tracks
1.Agressive Oposition
2.For We Are Many
3. Some Of The People,All Of The Time