Kinda disagree here. Sure its not on the level of Survival Horror, but songs like LosT, Top 10 statues, bullet with my name on or n/A are pretty good too imo . Also Strangers isnt too bad.
Those other songs actually were fine but they didn't give me that "this is awesome" punch in the face, unfortunately. Youtopia, I really like a lot though. It has that eerie Deftones atmosphere - reminescent of something like Be Quiet and Drive - and I'm all there for it.
Maybe it's because they released six (?) singles over the course of 3 years for this record, but it just had zero replayability for me. Agreed Youtopia is a banger and Darkside is fire, but the rest of the album just double's down on the band's edginess that I can't stand and the transitions between tracks are a drag when you just want to shuffle them into a playlist. People complain about the amount of interludes on A Thousand Suns but it was a masterstroke of genius to keep them separated on the tracklist for that very reason. Survival Horror was AOTY and had me wondering if Linkin Park hypothetically could've channeled a similar sound back in 2020. This was very underwhelming by comparison.
Just listened to the album and as expected this is mid. From the non-singles I only enjoyed Youtopia and Dig It. Limousine has some interesting moments too, the other songs I only liked the choruses. I'm really not a fan of this whole tiktok/hyperpop gimmick tbh.
I'm still a bit bummed Jordan is not in the band anymore. Became a fan around Sempiternal, and he always was an essential member in my eyes.
I love both Wonderwall and the Youtopia rmx... so unexpected, so good. Can't decide which one I like more. Also, every song on Sempiternal just rocks so hard. Impossible to pick favorites. Such a great album. BMTH have aged like fine wine for me. NeX GeN was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as Survival Horror.
DarkSide, Youtopia, N/A and Limousine are the only songs i kinda care about, Im listened to the rest once and never will again, I hate hyperpop and pop punk so not really my thing