Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell (March 29, 2024) • Page 13

Perfect timing before hitting the gym this morning. I wish my vinyl would arrive before I go on vacation!

 

Man heaven side is exactly what i want for pop punk in 2024. Love it so far

 

FINALLY!What a great way to start the morning!

 

Just finished first listen. Heck of a way to go out for these guys. Bravo.

side note: glad the one unreleased SBM track made the album!

 

I Can’t Wait is classic Sum. Love it.

 

Dopamine is an early favorite for me

 

What an amazing production!big step up from OID.

On Heaven side now.
Deryck really sound more like old himslef.

Great colourful hooks.

Bad Mistake and Future Primitive would fit on Offsprings Americana haha.

Early favorites : Dopamine, Time Won’t Wait, Not Quite Myself.

going on hell side next.

 

Can’t say on first listen that I didn’t feel like this had some recycled sounds and melodies, but all in all it was much more enjoyable than their last couple and a good collection to go out on. The pop punk half had way more for me than the metal, but I guess their metal influence hasn’t really done much for me since Chuck anyway.

 

Radio silence is a great way to close the heaven side.

 

Done with the hell side.

Kinda underwhelmed tbh.It sounds like literally anything on 13Voices and OID (melodies & lyrics)

still like two songs at least : Don’t Need Anyone and It’s All Me.

Rest is very meh.

HEAVEN > HELL

 

yeah Heaven side easily clears for me.
I Can't Wait, Not Quite Myself and Johnny Libertine make me miss old school skate punk Sum 41 real bad.
only main complaint of the Heaven side is Landmines, Time Won't Wait and Dopamine kind of just feel like 3 slight variations of the same song, Dopamine being my favorite of that bunch.

I wouldn't trade Chuck for anything, that album's awesome, and I love the 2 after, but 13 Voices and Order in Decline is when Sum 41 kinda went on autopilot for me into forgettable metal and the Hell side here sadly doesn't feel much different (Don't Need Anyone and It's All Me were also the standouts for me, plus Over the Edge for the breakdown)

AKNF still stands as probably one of my top 10 if not top 5 pop punk albums of all time and I always felt their brand of pop/skate punk with shades of metal was always more unique compared to their just straight up metal stuff. songs like Waiting On A Twist of Fate is a nice happy medium.

 

half-expected Deryck to sing "MAYYYBE LIFE IS LIKE A RIDE ON A FREEWAY" in Future Primitive's intro, haha

 

Cool!

 

Which song is that?

 

Not sure if I'm ready for this lol.

 

house of liars. Known at the time as “believe” from a studio update.

 

pre ordered this the instant i saw the tweet lol

 

why?

 

Really enjoyed both sides of this, prob the best work they've done in years.

 

Can’t stop listen to Heaven side.SO MUCH FUN

 

Cause we're finally here at the end besides the final tour unless of course they return in a few years. Being a fan of this band for so long, kind of a bummer to reach the end lol

 

gotcha. wasn't sure of the context. makes sense though!

 

I won't listen to the leak but does this "feel" like a final album? Is there a sense of finality to it?

 

Definitely