i'm back, but was never gone.:

Most of the metal bands nowadays are changing their styles drastically. I'm now listening to new Unearth material and they have gone a long way since releasing The Oncoming Storm. I have not heard a single breakdown on The March (their new album). They were famous for having killer murderous breakdowns. What happened?

Much as I like bands who dare take different directions, I'm not following the direction that Unearth is taking. It sound like old In Flames and a bit of the band that they liked (I forgot the name of that band). The dual guitar melody is still there, but most of the elements that made them famous were gone.

Before: Endless

After: My Will Be Done

The thrash metal element is totally trashed. I think I'll just classify them as metal right now, because apparently they don't belong in any other classification, as far as I can tell.

Job For A Cowboy (although not very recent) have changed their style since their demo LP called Doom. Genesis was a nice brutal change, but they've turned into a pure death metal style... which they're good and bad at. Something good would be a death metal band who can add variety to their songs, so as not to make every song sound the same. So to cut the story short, yeah... almost every song sounds the same. 1 or 2 are different, but only because I've been listening to them enough to differentiate.

Before: Entombment Of A Machine

After: Embedded

Another band that's started to deviate is All That Remains. They released an album recently and I have to say that the songs I like are completely epic. Like Chiron and Two Weeks. The rest of the album I really couldn't care less... except for Before The Damned.

I've already posted the after links above, so this is the...

Before: This Calling

So what does the future hold in store for us, I wonder...