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  Review by: Dan Perrone See others by this writer A Wilhelm Scream's Official Website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on August 16th 2005
Lately, more and more bands are falling victim to something which is ranked near the very top of "things bands don't want to hear," right next to the term "sellout:" the sophomore slump. Yes, the dreaded fact that your favorite band's second album is chock full of monotony or a desperate-to-make-money change in sound is one of the most disappointing and depressing things that could happen to a band that released a rather stellar debut album. It seems as if bands in all genres are having a hard time capitalizing on the success of their first album as of late: Motion City Soundtrack, As I Lay Dying, and the All-American Rejects are prime examples. However (and each year we see an example of this), there is a saving grace, a band which completely goes against the norm to just deliver. This year, it's A Wilhelm Scream and their excellent second full-length, Ruiner.
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this album is the proof that not all of the comtemporary post-hardcore/emo is crap. i don´t like too much that kind of lyrics, but, like rise against first 3 albums, im in love with this one. the double-solos are really good, the production work was amazing, the vocals are great, the lyrics excellent. really really a whole blast of fresh air in the punk rock of these days. Good review, but that retarded Strung Out comment fucking killed it. Even at their best AWS can't touch Twisted By Design or Element Of Sonic Defiance, not to mention AWS is obviously highly influenced by Strung Out. And btw, EOSD was a more than perfect mix of punk and metal... This is one of the greatest releases of all time! I can't believe a band could be this brilliant! I am addicted to this album, in fact I'm listening to it right now. It deserves more than 5 stars. I can't wait to see what else is to come from A Wilhelm Scream. Trevor Reilly is a genius!!! This album is beautiful and should be album of the year. I absolutely love Trevor Reilly! I like Ruiner much more than Mute Print, but Mute Print still kicks ass. This album is beautiful and should be album of the year. I absolutely love Trevor Reilly! I like Ruiner much more than Mute Print, but Mute Print still kicks ass. Best album of '05... by far! This album absolutely fucking rips. If you like punk and not this record then you need to get your head checked. One of the best releases of its year. Strung Out is only the most underrated band in the indie world today! They have never failed at anything. People like you who make this site suck! Get a clue. Go to a sex pistols concert or something..............Shitty review! You failed! chhhhhhhh so good if you don't like this band, you deserve to be shot. Great album. Not as good as mute print. Its a bit darker. Still amazingly good though. These guys are fucking amazing, but Strung Out is still better. Sorry tiger. I didnt bother reading down to see if it was said. Look at that Wilhelm Date, who's that opening for them???? I bought this, it was overhyped and not that good. I'd compare them more to Bigwig than Strung Out. Either way, each one of those bands is fucking great and shouldn't be used as fodder to hype up one of the others. Each band respects the other and their talents and capabilities, so why shouldn't you? Cheers! This thread is proof positive that Punknews needs to get rid of the whole anonymous posting thing ... it just leads to morons like myself posting bullshit only because they don't have to leave a name. Not me, morons LIKE ME, haha. This review is dead-on. I fucking love this album. As of recent I've bought about 6 new CD's and I've barely touched the other five. I saw a bunch dicks on here talking about A Wilhelm Scream jumping on the metal riff bandwagon. They've been doing that shit for roughly seven or eight years. crooked_superhero seriously makes me laugh. what a douche. It seems as if bands in all genres are having a hard time capitalizing on the success of their first album as of late: Motion City Soundtrack Great band. Even better record. This shit is way off the walls. Go buy it now. I command you! Still looking for a fight huh crooks? Go stroke your dick or something fag. Bosstones fans have absolutely no credibility here. Let's get back to the real topic, which is praising this great band for making such a fucking masterpeice. Can't wait for your witty comeback! In which case I'll give you an advance response....FUCK YOU LIMEY! Ah, you kids and your pointless banter. Q. How many FAST_EDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Haha i think this is the best review i have ever read on punknews.org. One fucking sentence has never done so much damage. It fucking pissed me off as well, but i can not judge AWS because i have never listened to them in my life ( though i do know that they opened for Strung Out last year). But after reading such an asshole comment in a review i kinda dont want too. death cab for cutie is pretty boring A Wilhelm Scream - Ruiner hahahahahahaha man, this is prolly the best and funnest thread I've ever fucking read in my life! Yes! This site is awesome, I know it gets knocked for its annon posting abilities but I think its great! the comment about the Clash thing was hilarious as well! No, they disowned me asshole. Get your shit straight! as long as one of against me!'s review paragraphs doesnt go something along the lines of "remember when the clash tried to blend punk with 'genre b' and ultimately failed? well against me!...." This album has almost as many arguments about it as the Alkaline Trio and Mars Volta reviews. WOW score's for thisrecord and the guy whoever mentioned my name in a thread about my favorite band! What a trip! Thanks! Does anyone know how the CBGB's show went when they opened for the Offspring by the way? wow...lots of you really need to get your facts straight... the dude below me says blues bastard is good rocka nd roll? Those dudes suck! and since when is Ryan Fabian from New Bedford? The new AWS record is good but some songs sound way too generic everyday radio punk. "FAST_ED is so gay, his parents disowned him." alright alright, I admit it... I love A Wilhelm Scream but that Soft Sell songs sucks bad, so does the video, what a dumb song. Ha Ha Ha, I shure do love A Wilhelm Scream! FAST_ED is so gay, his parents disowned him. Mommas and shovels! What's next, calling me gay?! Wow, I really love you guys. Why you gotta knock Strung Out?? If you guys like Ruinerand A Wilhelm Scream, check out some other acts out of New Bedoford MA!!!! What's funnier than watching FAST ED get trampled by horses? shit. crook is to quick YOUR MOMMA!!!!!!!!! Fast ed's momma is so poor she does drive by shootings on the bus. I think this thread is about ready for a good "ZING". Is anyone down to make me laugh? God damn Jones! You are right. I don't "KNOW" this guy. But, I can make very judgemental assumptions based on his shitty taste in punk rock. Anyway, I'd probably give my right arm for this band any day of the week, and that explains my anger. And crooks is still and Limey. God damn Jones! You are right. I don't "KNOW" this guy. But, I can make very judgemental assumptions based on his shitty taste in punk rock. Anyway, I'd probably give my right arm for this band any day of the week, and that explains my anger. And crooks is still and Limey. no no no dude, Fantasia's lyrics sucked! What were you thinking?! "Fantasia" is nearly flawless music and it is played to perfection, but I'm not blasting it in my car. Who cares if what they're playing is "hard to play", it's not something I like to listen to!! People have different tastes. Accept that and move on. i cant wait to see what reviews are posted tonight so we can get in more arguments OMG WTF ASSFUCK!!!!!!!!!!! Why not post more of the lyrics that surround those? No point posting three words..... "trust the sweat not the face its on" Music is not objective. If there was a formula for a "good song" then all music would sound the same. I'd like to know why he thinks i have such a poor taste in music. "Crookedsuperhero has got to be the biggest fucking moron I've ever had the pleasure of encountering in this forum. Everyone is right, you know nothing. And judging by what you've been listening to recently, your comments have absolutely no credibility. It's probably because you're from the UK. Fucking Limey. Go ahead, respond. It'll make our day! Hugs and Kisses! Crookedsuperhero has got to be the biggest fucking moron I've ever had the pleasure of encountering in this forum. Everyone is right, you know nothing. And judging by what you've been listening to recently, your comments have absolutely no credibility. It's probably because you're from the UK. Fucking Limey. Go ahead, respond. It'll make our day! Hugs and Kisses! "Crooked---You just demonstrated my point about not knowing shit. You wouldn't know a well written song if it bit you in the ass, because you don't know what goes into a well written song. Dick" "So are any of you shit talkers actually in a band, or even play any sort of instrument for that matter? I'd be willing to bet that maybe one or two are, so having said that, none of you really have the slightest idea what you're talking abo...." which brings me to my next point Crooked---You just demonstrated my point about not knowing shit. You wouldn't know a well written song if it bit you in the ass, because you don't know what goes into a well written song. Dick Since we're all throwing in our 2 cents: "So are any of you shit talkers actually in a band, or even play any sort of instrument for that matter? I'd be willing to bet that maybe one or two are, so having said that, none of you really have the slightest idea what you're talking about right? You really can't say if AWS sucks or not because you don't know. That's the bottom line, you don't fucking know. You don't know anything because you don't play drums, so you wouldn't know how difficult some of those parts are. You don't play guitar so you don't how hard it is to play dual solos, having to match what the other guy is doing perfectly as to not sound loose and out of time. And you don't sing, so you wouldn't know how incredibly difficult it is to actually sing a three part harmony live, or in the studio. You know nothing, you know that you know nothing and it pisses you off to such a degree that you feel the need to berrate any band that comes along that you can't wrap your simple little head around immediately. Do everyone here a favor and stop trying to act like a fucking expert on a subject that you know nothing about. Here's a novel idea, why not try to contribute something to punk rock instead of tearing down others that dedicate their lives to this scene? Or go to school, get a job, do something constructive with your time." So are any of you shit talkers actually in a band, or even play any sort of instrument for that matter? I'd be willing to bet that maybe one or two are, so having said that, none of you really have the slightest idea what you're talking about right? You really can't say if AWS sucks or not because you don't know. That's the bottom line, you don't fucking know. You don't know anything because you don't play drums, so you wouldn't know how difficult some of those parts are. You don't play guitar so you don't how hard it is to play dual solos, having to match what the other guy is doing perfectly as to not sound loose and out of time. And you don't sing, so you wouldn't know how incredibly difficult it is to actually sing a three part harmony live, or in the studio. You know nothing, you know that you know nothing and it pisses you off to such a degree that you feel the need to berrate any band that comes along that you can't wrap your simple little head around immediately. Do everyone here a favor and stop trying to act like a fucking expert on a subject that you know nothing about. Here's a novel idea, why not try to contribute something to punk rock instead of tearing down others that dedicate their lives to this scene? Or go to school, get a job, do something constructive with your time. Holy over-hype! This album is NOT that good. 'bigwig sucks monster cocks' Score is for THE Wilhelm Scream... you know, the sound-bite from movies. This band, however, is not very good. Smackin' Isaiah was horrendous. Good move by these guys to change their name to lose all association with... themselves. Anyway, this album is not that great, but it is a little better than what they've done before. So take that for what it's worth. you guys need to learn a little lesson from GCF Score's for NUNO and fucking AWS ... great new album. And let me just say, the song title The Kids Can Eat a Bag of Dicks looks hilarious when scrolling across my car CD player's display. It makes me smile every time. hi guys...i'm guessing you're all dudes anyway. well, thanks a lot for all the posts, it's all very insiteful. umm..yeah. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahthis shit is fucking awesome! we make some of you soooo mad! hahahahahhahoooh...okay sorry i'm a little drunk. i disagree with the strung out comment hey "not to regret homo"..i dont really think aws even really chooses what songs get played on their mp3's..thats why they have a really big record label called nitro that does all that for them..if you knew anything youd know that by now..hahaha silly you, you're so dumb, and you have nothing itellegent to say..wilhelm takes a huge shit on 90% of the bands that are makin music now a days, i look at the punk scene that i used to actually be into, and i get sick. its like.."underoath, receiving end of sirens, brand new" and a bunch of other bullshit, these guys actually have something new to offer, they're not a bunch of whining pussies. "The comment below is absurd. Under its "logic" only cooks could determine what flavors people liked, only actors and directors could determine what movies were good, and the president would never be wrong." Like them or hate them.. i think we can all agree we'd rather have kids listening to these guys than whatever screamo band is featured on the cover of AP this month. heh.....i actually just bought the jurassic 5 ep of amazon.com like about 4 hours or so ago.... It is VERY good, I'm sure lots and lots agree, in fact I heard its selling out of places so...I think this one is going to make them rockstars, I'm serious. Say goodbye to sleeping in a van that smells like fartz guys! Say hello to coke, floozies, RCA and the thing I'm going to dread the most: ok, I got this today and I'm already on my third listen "Why listen to AWS when you can listen to Bigwig? " i'm wearing a jurassic 5 shirt (the ep cover) nah, im sure he'd concentrate more on how you mis-spelled 'definitely' oopps forgot the "y" in definately......im sure some dicknose like crooky will point that out if i dont.....so ha.....beat you to it dicknose crooky ....But yeh I think definatel the best song IMO has to be definately "Congradulations". It's rough yet melodic, short but sweet. "you aren't answering points you pathetic tower of human filth Syracuse is full of AIDS. Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet; but bye-bye Hellfest. "i don't understand how you don't like the killing it killing it chant" i'm so punk i'm wearing a button down and khaki's at a desk. scores for getting a job oi oi oi score is for crook knowing Fall Out Boy's lyrics to say that they are better than A Wilhelm Scream's. I agree, the chorus of Killing It Killing It...Ruins that track, woulda been a steller one without it...it already had a hook without the dumb part i don't understand how you don't like the killing it killing it chant "Listen, you people that keep comparing and comparing...shut the F**k up...who cares about how they compare to other bands such as strung out...The best goddamn thing about this band is that i dont care what anyone says..ive NEVER heard any cd that sounds like this, and their sound is original and incredible. The reason they have to tell people they sound like certain bands cuz half of you pathetic kids wont listen to it unless you hear someone say it sounds like a shitty band you like..they dont care about comparison, they care about originality. this cd shits on any "punk" or "hardcore" cd out their right now, i know because i HATE punk and hardcore and i love this band. Any band that can go from the king is dead to in vito veritas II is freakin amazing, cuz that just shows they can give you any sound they want, if they wanna sound like a crappy brand new they can, they're capable of doing anything. This band is incredible, and anyone who really understands music and actually knows what they're talking about would understand that, so fuck everyone ripping this band you dont know shit." I saw a thread about some guy wearing a story of the year shirt.. (do not exit your house with this one btw) but I tought what shirt the hardcore punk fan on punknews.org are wearing right now ? Wow, there are alot of children posting on this site ranting like little bitches. you people don't know your shit Whoah. Scott Sinclair turned out this? I find that hard to believe - he's pretty talented. The same artist does all of HWM's artwork, duder. 2000 actually for the new guitarist, he was in the band when they were still Smackin' Isaiah for at least a year or so. And what about Nick? He's been around since The Way To A Girls Heart... That was like nine years ago. the album's great, I just don't like this dumb emo/nu metal/angst kid with crows design...the blood and all it's kinda dumb...alot of bands use that shit nowadays...Dobi works with lots of shitty bands too, kinda reminds me when HWM used dumb artwork on their last record People just don't like whats popular. It boggles my mind how people can shit on this band. to the guy below me: they added a new guitarist in like 2002 or 2003 I think...the only original members of the band (since Smackin' Isaiah) are Nuno and Trevor... The kids truly can eat a bag of dicks. "big_guy, "This band is incredible, and anyone who really understands music and actually knows what they're talking about would understand that, so fuck everyone ripping this band you dont know shit." I also forgot to add that i have never read lyrics this powerful and deep...damn trevors a fucking genius, you gotta wonder whats on that guys mind sometimes..haha big_guy, Listen, you people that keep comparing and comparing...shut the F**k up...who cares about how they compare to other bands such as strung out...The best goddamn thing about this band is that i dont care what anyone says..ive NEVER heard any cd that sounds like this, and their sound is original and incredible. The reason they have to tell people they sound like certain bands cuz half of you pathetic kids wont listen to it unless you hear someone say it sounds like a shitty band you like..they dont care about comparison, they care about originality. this cd shits on any "punk" or "hardcore" cd out their right now, i know because i HATE punk and hardcore and i love this band. Any band that can go from the king is dead to in vito veritas II is freakin amazing, cuz that just shows they can give you any sound they want, if they wanna sound like a crappy brand new they can, they're capable of doing anything. This band is incredible, and anyone who really understands music and actually knows what they're talking about would understand that, so fuck everyone ripping this band you dont know shit. The only reason this wouldn't be as good as Mute Print is because they have already used the harmonized finger tapping through the whole song in William Blake Overdrive. That is the best thing I have ever heard. The comment below is absurd. Under its "logic" only cooks could determine what flavors people liked, only actors and directors could determine what movies were good, and the president would never be wrong. They say those who can't do, teach. I think those who can't do, criticize. I'd love to read Crooked's best lyrics, or hear any of you other detractors bands. Please by all means, post links to mp3s. Show us where you get your authority from. ha, give up kids, you will never win against crooko. "crooky is a little bastard, and give me a fucking break, posting lyrics THAT WERE POSTED IN THE REVIEW FROM PUNKROCKS.NET (not even hand picking them hismelf, mind you) is a very lame ass attempt to slam this band and my opinion" the best punk bands are Sabbath influenced....sorry, off topic, but I had to speak the truth. "pulley is another good technical punk band with some metal influence.... lest we forget them" for the record, this album (and band) are fucking brilliant...proof is in the songwriting, they seem to be really nice guys as well...not sure if its an act or not but at least they don't act too cool and they seem pretty darn humble due to the fact that they make better music and write better songs than 98% of the newer bands coming around these days. pulley is another good technical punk band with some metal influence.... lest we forget them dude i wish 10 gazillion was an option on this fuckin score thing cuz i would like give it that, i love this fuckin cd and tonight im gonna dye my hair and put on my I love joel and benji shirt and just masturbate myself to sleep with this sweet masterpiece playing in the background, while crying oh yea, and to the kids who keep asking "are they making fun of paint it black?" "this is the first time i've noticed so many regulars arguing so furiously....if you don't count the WussEmoRock days. this is the first time i've noticed so many regulars arguing so furiously....if you don't count the WussEmoRock days. Take the worst song Strung Out ever wrote. Then put it up against the best song A Wilhelm Scream ever wrote. I think the rest is obvious... Yeah, italicizing is only for the cool kids. I think the general opinion from the comments is that this is a decent album from a good band that could've done a lot better (and have). this shit is fucking hilarious, watch it all the way through generally when there’s this much excitement (as in, you guys are all flipping out and calling each other fags every five minutes) over a CD that means that it’s actually pretty good. i think I'll go buy this soon. Along with... something. i dont like either aws or strung out, maybe thats why the "strung out/aws are responsible for the melodic punk rock w/ metal influnces" statement grates me so much. i thought strung outs first two albums were good, but after that they fell off a cliff. as far as aws, ive only been exposed to their last album, but had to delete it after 3 songs. "How the fuck do you post in italics? wow! they made Mute Print pt. II uh, well you get the idea, maybe. "score's for the dumb artwork...kind of looks like a Korn album or something'' How the fuck do you post in italics? I love seeing people flame each other here. You guys provide me with so much entertainment, I completely read every comment instead of checking out the DVD edition of The Simpsons Sixth Season. score's for the dumb artwork...kind of looks like a Korn album or something I think most people I talk to are in agreement that Mute Print was better than this. Now, that's reasonable the only thing is is that these guys tried to hype this thing up like it was was "Super Mute Print" and you know there's no way they could top that record...the only hthing that turned me off with this band is that Trevor's getting kind of cocky about it. This band could do a couple things right now: does the band still use that cheesey high pitched hair metal sounding guitar? it was the only thing about the last album i didn't like and kinda ruined a lot of otherwise good songs for me. you know what i'm talking about? not the crunchy guitar, but the other one. its' not even the music it played, just the guitar sound. I liked the last album quite a bit, but this one has WAY too much hair-metal wankery for me. If I wanted gay ass guitar solos, I'd go back to my parents' house and dig up my tape of "Open Up and Say Ahhhh". So I just listened to this all the way through and here's what jumped out. In Vino Veritas was hilariously bad. Wow. Remember when A Whilhelm Scream tried to be all soulful and failed? Yeah, that just happened. Me Vs. Morrisey, Killing It, and The King Is Dead are all damn good songs. Overall this band and album are really good. I wasn't as impressed with this as I was with this as I was with Mute Print, but that's probably because I knew what to expect this time. Take my opinion with whatever ammount of salt you need though, 'cause I come from the "it's always time for harmonized guitar solos" school of thought. I'll take these guys over a ton of bands any day of the week. What is "Less Bright eyes, More Deicide"? A riff on the MUCH superior band Paint It Black's "Less Deicide, More Minor Threat"? hahahah "you ain't the fucking brightest candle on the cake either, big guy" "tightwads" vaquero, Fucking right on. Couldn't have said it better myself. did someone just call this band metalcore? haha... wow. Shameless Plug New metalcore bands never deserve scores this high. They're playing a shitty genre to start with. I don't understand how people love bands like this and Choke. When someone tells you to check it out you totally expect something original and different, but it turns out just to be another noise-factory of a metalcore band. Strung Out may not have invented sliced bread but damn they are good at playing punk-metal. When I heard that first mp3 I was immediately turned off. Not bad....but WAYYYY overrated. Remember when Strung Out tried to play metallic and technical punk rock, but ultimately failed? Imagine if Strung Out had succeeded at the genre crossover, and you'd have a good idea of how A Wilhelm Scream sounds. Take this bitch fight objectively. Crooky's arguing against the band. Underground is arguing against Crooky. Insults get you no respect and I'm less likely to listen to your opinion, regardless of the press-release you call a review. probably already said, but this isn't their 2nd full length, it is only the second one on nitro. I got Ruiner for about 3 weeks now. Maybe the Strung Out comment was a little too much for some people but the latest effort by AWS is better than Strung Out EIO - at least in my opinion. BUT this dosent mean they are better than Strung Out by any mean. Anyway, it's a pretty good cd The King is Dead is just awesome. Great vocals, nice guitar play & riff and I DO THINK the lyrics are good. People need to calm down cause this is not SO vs AWS. No more declarations of album of the year. I think that every other decent album released so far this year has been called album of the year on this site. Motion City Soundtrack is gay. Motion city soundtrack had a killer sophmore album. Why has it become Strung Out Vs. A Wihelem Scream? I understand the comment made but that's the reviewers comment not AWS. It's not like they said, "Ruiner is the best album ever and it's going to show Strung Out how to make good music, fuck them". Strung Out failed, you say? I went to pick this up today and I couldnt find it. Lame . (new listener) ruiner... or eh mute print to buy first? Shoosh... "Jones, quit being all gay for Crooky, you gayish mcgayster." Last word. p.s. i'm aware i have to get the last word in the describe the fact that crooky has to always get the last word in OKAY why would you ever defend crooky Jones, quit being all gay for Crooky, you gayish mcgayster. "you aren't answering points you pathetic tower of human filth Sickboi, there was no right answer to that question. Saying Bigwig doesnt put out albums often is true, but its also true Bigwig's current musical library puts AWS to shame. Their best song is not better than Bigwig's worst. If you want to listen to a "punk" band with metal riffs, Bigwig is the band to listen to. AWS is just some cheap substitute. Once Bigwig's new CD finally hits stores you will forget all about this band. you aren't answering points you pathetic tower of human filth “The Kids Can Eat A Bag Of Dicks” First of all, this is an amzing album! AWS does not disappoint in this one and stays true to their style. Jeez, i'm just answering points. |
