The Powerless Rise

Iv only heard 5 songs from this album, but what Iv heard is enough to say, that once again, As I Lay Dying have made a fantastic album!
This is like a cross between all of their albums wrapped up in 1!
It has the heaviness of Shadows Are Security, The speed of An Ocean Between Us and the power of Frail Words Collapse!
Well worth the buy for any fan!
Roll On The Powerless Rise!

The Powerless Rise is the newest offering from the five-piece and what an offering it is. Building upon the elements that made their last album, An Ocean Between Us, such an enjoyable listen, the band puts out something to top even that. With riff upon meaty riff, drums from heaven, and the roar of Tim Lambesis, this album is solid.
From the opening roars in Beyond Our Suffering to the last drum hit in The Blinding of False Light, As I Lay Dying puts out all their emotion and anger for the listeners enjoyment. The guitarwork of Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso is very good. From the melodic intro to Anger and Apathy, to the solo in Parallels, and throughout every song, the two guitarists keep it fresh and unique to the ears. They go from fast thrash riffs to melodic solos and slowdowns without a hitch, and it sounds great. The bass and clean vocals are handled by Josh Gilbert, who does a solid job with both, even though the clean vocals may be slightly over-produced, they still make for epic choruses like those in Anodyne Sea and Vacancy, which provide a nice contrast to the pounding music of the verses.
The drumwork has always been one of my biggest draws to As I Lay Dying. Jordan Mancino always manages to make the songs sound ridiculously good with his mix of double bass and drums skills, and this is evident on The Powerless Rise. Song after song he pushes it forward with tasteful fills and solid double bass blasts that give the songs that extra oomph they need. The other element to the concoction that is As I Lay Dying is Tim Lambesis. This album sees him pushing his vocal range like never before. His highs are higher and his growls are more pronounced.
Every song has a pounding verse, melodic choruses, solos and drum fills galore; this album is how a metal album should sound. The Powerless Rise is perfect and pretty much unfaultable. I highly recommend this to anyone who wishes to hear an enjoyable and great metal album.
The recommended tracks to listen to are
Parallels
Anger And Apathy
Condemned
Upside Down Kingdom

I am torn as to this or An Ocean Between Us as their best album this is a superb album and love it and just can't get enough buy it otherwise your missing out on a masterpiece in the metal industry!!!!!!!1

Brilliant album again from As I Lay Dying, most of the songs on the album really shine!, a must get for you metal fans!

It's basically the same As I Lay Dying stuff, as you remember but with more heavy parts as well as light parts too. So just buy it if you love or like metal bands like this because it's awesome.