The Fall of Ideals

The Fall of Ideals

All That Remains' merciless take on metalcore sounds especially savage on their third album, The Fall of Ideals. Chalk it up to the band’s relentless, machine-gun-blast beats ("The Weak Willed"), vocalist Philip Labonte’s metallic teeth-gnashing ("Not Alone"), or Oli Herbert’s lightning-fast guitar shredding ("We Stand"). Even the album's occasional moments of levity—such as the melodic, acoustic-dashed "Whispers (I Hear You)"— eventually cave under the band’s thrashing, gnarled intensity.