I disagree, I’m not a fan but I can’t change your mind because music speaks to everyone differently. I’m a bass player, though, and I cannot deny that they have some solid groove.
There are some nice parts of some of the tracks, I don’t deny that. But every track is sub-par and the album as a whole stinks in my opinion. Granted, it’s a very high bar they had set for themselves. Still one of the greatest bands ever.
Listen to Our Hollow, Our Home, Silverstein, August Burns Red, Outline in Color. Get out of the radio “metal” world and get into some Post-Hardcore/ Metalcore. It’s the best.
I liked how some of Fear’s songs sounded like continuations of Schism and Jambi. It made me think that maybe they were sequals but there were some songs/intro noise I really disliked. If you listened to the newer APC album and Fear back to back they end up sounding very similar.