August Burns Red - Constellations

Powerful, Clean and Thought-through is three words that come to my mind when i listen to this third release from August Burns Red. First time i ever came across this metalcore onslaught of a band was when i heard "Your Little Suburbia Is In Ruins" from their 2005 release Thrill Seeker. At first i felt like it was just to messy and straggling. But it grew on me to the point that nowadays it's a song i always will have in my playlist. But back to my three words. Powerful, from the first track on the album to the last it is full-on attack. Clean, the production feels very clean! Everything on there has a purpose in one way or another. And in that my third word will fit in to, Thought-through. Now u say "So this is the perfect album?". NO! Why? I'll tell you... It feels like a straight highway without any hills or turns. No suprices or musically exciting extravagances. It's just to darn predictable! There is one track on the album that rise above everything else on there. And it´s the only single from the album. Im taking about the track "Meddler". But the placing of this track on the album is awful. It's track Nr 11 on a 12-track album. I had lost interest of the album long before that track came on. And when it finally got my attention again there was no more to listen to. I still think their 2007 album release Messengers is their most solid material to this date. If i would recommend one tune by August Burns Red i would say "The Truth of A Liar".

Skull Reviews gives "Constellations" by August Burns Red
3/5