Very little still remains

All That Remains made two of the best melodic metalcore albums early in the decade. So it was disappointing when they made a very average hard-rock-oriented album in “Overcome.”
 
The big question is whether or not All That Remains has returned to the aggression that it does so well with “For We Are Many.” 

The answer: kind of.

Songs like the title track and “Aggressive Opposition” do draw from the best of All That Remains, while songs like “Hold On” and “The Last Time” continue the heavy use of auto-tuned, clean vocals present on “Overcome.” The band does both styles reasonably well, but the problem is that the album flows terribly.

All That Remains is obviously playing to two audiences now, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Most of the songs are good, but the album needs to be much more cohesive if the band wants to prove it can pull this off. 

Until then, it might have to stick to the aggression that it does best.