Norma Jean's second studio album, and one of the most influential albums to me to date. This album is simply a masterpiece. The production on it is fantastic, yet it feels so 'raw'. O' God, The Aftermath took a whole new approach from "Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child" and went borderline mathcore. This album is a high energy, sensory assault that will leave you on the edge of your seat up until the final song "Scientifiction (I. A Clot Of Tragedy; II. A Swarm Of Dedication)", where it is wrapped up and the album ends, leaving you to recollect yourself. The plethora of time signatures will leave you constantly being slammed with new and impossibly unpredictable riffs.Vocals: 9/10
The vocals on this album are absolutely terrifying. They are not the typical screams that you hear in most metalcore/hardcore bands. All the vocals are highs, but they can only be described as agonizing, tortured and straight up painful. You may look at that and think that sounds just terrible, but it makes for an amazingly emotional album.
Guitar: 8/10
The guitar on this album is very screechy and lots of chaotic riffs, followed by bone crushingly heavy technical breakdowns. Norma Jean definitely had a formula for the guitar on this album, on first listen it seems a bit repetitive, but that just made all the songs equally enjoyable for me.
Drums: 10/10
Impossibly technical, there is nothing boring about them. The drum parts have a level of creativity that bring them out, and put them on display in each song. This album's drumming shares a style reminiscent of Lower Definition's "The Greatest Of All Lost Arts" album. You will hear a ridiculous amount of fills and seemingly impossible choppy, unpredictable phrases. The drumming is genius, to say the least.
Overall: 8.5/10 Excellent
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