| Written by Alex Stojanovic TRACK LISTING Divine Kerosene No Tomorrow The Piper Antifragile Forever Cold Poison It Let You Go Cut Their Tongues Out Blood & Stone Release Date: January 31, 2025 Label: Independent Website: allthatremainsonline.com facebook.com/allthatremains |  |
It has been since 2018, during the pre-Covid times that we got new music from All That Remains. Since then, the band have gone through a lot, particularly with lineup changes, with the biggest change being in the guitar department after the unexpected passing of Oli Herbert right before Victim Of The New Disease was released. Oli has been there since the beginning, and was an integral part of the band's signature sound, so he left behind some big shoes to fill. This would leave Phil Labonte to be the only original member left in the band, and it led some people to think that the band should hang it up.
While Oli's passing put shock into the band and fans, the band soldiered on by enlisting the help of Jason Richardson of Chelsea Grin and Born Of Osiris to fill in on the tour, only to become an official member in early 2019. After Covid, the band headed back out on tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Fall Of Ideals, and during this time, there was the change in the rhythm section with bassist Aaron Patrick and longtime drummer Jason Costa leaving. In their places came Anthony Barone of Beneath The Massacre on drums, and former bassist Matt Deis, who played on This Darkened Heart.
With the Fall Of Ideals tour, this got many fans wondering whether the new music would be in the same vein of that album, which is not surprising, because every band's fans want new albums to sound like the classic albums by those bands. They would've been asking for that even if they didn't do that tour. Victim Of The New Disease was a great return to form after some albums that saw the band head into a more commercial direction. I will say that The Order Of Things was a damn great album, and one that I enjoyed very much. Madness however, I think we all know the deal, so no need to talk about that one.
The band's long-awaited new album Antifragile picks up where Victim left off. It's heavy and still brings the punch of the band's early albums with a modern twist. It was also independently released, which is something that you don't see a lot of established bands doing. The band always take pride in showcasing their heavy and melodic sides, and songs like "Divine", "Kerosene", "Forever Cold" and "No Tomorrow" put that on bright display. Vocally, Phil hasn't lost a step and his screams are as vicious as ever. To put it bluntly, it's the typical metalcore formula. In saying that, there wasn't a song on here that "blew me away", but satisfied my hunger for heavy riffs in low tunings, some throat-ripping screams, and majestic melodic vocal hooks.
While the album doesn't break any new ground, which I don't think the band had intentions of doing that with this record, it offers the best of what All That Remains became famous for in the first place. They made records where they strayed away from their traditional sound, but like all bands who branch off, they eventually find their way back to base, it just takes time, and that's what All That Remains did with Victim and now they continued that with Antifragile. It's not the band's best album by a long shot, but after a few road bumps with lineup changes, the pandemic and Oli's passing, Antifragile is a statement that all those challenges stood no chance in taking down a strong band. For fans that feared that the end seemed inevitable for the band after years of silence and all that they had gone through, all your concerns have gone out the window.
While Oli's passing put shock into the band and fans, the band soldiered on by enlisting the help of Jason Richardson of Chelsea Grin and Born Of Osiris to fill in on the tour, only to become an official member in early 2019. After Covid, the band headed back out on tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Fall Of Ideals, and during this time, there was the change in the rhythm section with bassist Aaron Patrick and longtime drummer Jason Costa leaving. In their places came Anthony Barone of Beneath The Massacre on drums, and former bassist Matt Deis, who played on This Darkened Heart.
With the Fall Of Ideals tour, this got many fans wondering whether the new music would be in the same vein of that album, which is not surprising, because every band's fans want new albums to sound like the classic albums by those bands. They would've been asking for that even if they didn't do that tour. Victim Of The New Disease was a great return to form after some albums that saw the band head into a more commercial direction. I will say that The Order Of Things was a damn great album, and one that I enjoyed very much. Madness however, I think we all know the deal, so no need to talk about that one.
The band's long-awaited new album Antifragile picks up where Victim left off. It's heavy and still brings the punch of the band's early albums with a modern twist. It was also independently released, which is something that you don't see a lot of established bands doing. The band always take pride in showcasing their heavy and melodic sides, and songs like "Divine", "Kerosene", "Forever Cold" and "No Tomorrow" put that on bright display. Vocally, Phil hasn't lost a step and his screams are as vicious as ever. To put it bluntly, it's the typical metalcore formula. In saying that, there wasn't a song on here that "blew me away", but satisfied my hunger for heavy riffs in low tunings, some throat-ripping screams, and majestic melodic vocal hooks.
While the album doesn't break any new ground, which I don't think the band had intentions of doing that with this record, it offers the best of what All That Remains became famous for in the first place. They made records where they strayed away from their traditional sound, but like all bands who branch off, they eventually find their way back to base, it just takes time, and that's what All That Remains did with Victim and now they continued that with Antifragile. It's not the band's best album by a long shot, but after a few road bumps with lineup changes, the pandemic and Oli's passing, Antifragile is a statement that all those challenges stood no chance in taking down a strong band. For fans that feared that the end seemed inevitable for the band after years of silence and all that they had gone through, all your concerns have gone out the window.
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