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8.0
30370
8.0 |
All Music
Results may vary from song to song, depending on the listener's tastes, but not Trivium's commitment to crafting fully realized, self-sufficient tracks
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8.0
30371
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
The sound of a band finally maturing and delivering the sort of record they promised way back when Ascendancy propelled them into the spotlight
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
What’s disheartening about In Waves is its lack of a clear identity; the band seem to be targeting too much at once
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6.0
30363
6.0 |
musicOMH
Not Trivium's finest moment by any stretch of the imagination but it does point towards the band having found direction and its own voice for the first time in quite a while
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6.0
30365
6.0 |
BBC
The album’s better songs ... hark back to the time when their creators sounded fresh and exciting
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6.0
31011
6.0 |
Uncut
Chops-wise, all is unimpeachable, but one ends up craving novelty. Print edition only
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5.8
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5.8 |
A.V. Club
For a band that was recently poised to evolve into something more sumptuous and ambitious, In Waves is a return to form Trivium doesn’t need
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5.0
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5.0 |
Rave Magazine
In Waves finds the band still trying to figure out what they want to sound like. Chopping and changing moods and styles throughout,
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Guardian
As overproduced and mercilessly polished as modern metal gets, and all the worse for it
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4.0
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4.0 |
PopMatters
The music on In Waves isn’t horrible; it’s just nothing we haven’t heard from this band or any other band like them before
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