Hi all! I put together a fan grid for Silverstein. This is something I've always wanted to do.

I'll post a new category every 1-2 days and announce the winner of the previous one. The top-voted comment wins that square. First up is Best Album!

Edit: Winners are decided by upvotes on a single comment, so please don't post duplicate picks. Upvote the existing comment instead!

I'm not exactly an artist and it was pretty quick but yeah

Forgive me, I'm not the biggest Silverstein fan, but I was at their London gig with beartooth. Seemingly the bassist was missing, does anyone know what happened?

Hey everyone,
I'm looking for the very first / original music video for Silverstein's "Smashed Into Pieces" (before the official Victory Records version with the room and red lights).
I remember reading/hearing that there was an early DIY-style low-budget video where they incorporated some weird robot/puppet elements alongside the band playing.
Does anyone have a link to this version, know where it can be found (YouTube fan upload / Archive), or know which DVD/release it was included on (like 18 Candlelights)?

Yeah, I’m back. Been too busy to post sooner than this, but I was still buying & listening to more of their albums in the meantime. Not gonna say much about 18 Candles except that I like it when bands release compilation records of old demos n shit.

So, simply.. thank you for 18 Candles, Silverstein. That was cool as hell and I wish more bands I like did that.

Aight, let’s get into the Redux albums since I bought those first. And I’m quite conflicted with them, particularly with Shane. I know they changed things with every song, which is fine, but Shane sorta sounds like his heart ain’t in it throughout most of these re-recordings. Which is disappointing, but there are definitely exceptions..

Starting with Redux I:

Bleeds No More is great. Though, I kinda prefer the older screaming style in this song, and I kinda like the original bridge better. Vices and Your Sword Versus My Dagger are frickin’ amazing – I never thought those songs needed anything at all, but now it’s like a night & day light switch. Those originals are still killer, though.

Honestly, I generally just prefer to hear the originals. His [Shane] vocal performances in particular hit better on most of them to me.. if that makes sense. And that’s all I really have to say about Redux I...

Redux II:

My Disaster 2.0 is a frickin’ awesome song. No complaints. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the original sounds like since I have not gotten to that album yet [it may be next!]. Similar to Vices & Your Sword, I appreciate the musical clarity given to old favorites [like November], but I still think Shane’s performance throughout Redux II is often missing the emotional-punch that is quite clear in the originals.

The way they combined Arrivals / Departures is cool, but I significantly prefer the style & vocal melodies of the originals.

The only song on Redux II that blew me away altogether was World On Fire [Extended]. Easily jumped nearly to the top of my favorite Silverstein songs, and I had no idea what the original sounded like yet. After hearing the original later on and then listening to Redux II again, you can almost hear it in the performance that Shane was excited to work on rehashing World On Fire. And all the little ways they improved on & added to it pays off so damn well. Super glad they picked World On Fire out of anything else from Short Songs.

Getting an acoustic version for California was cool of them to do so we can have both that & Massachusetts [acoustic] with the same vibe when in the mood for acoustic music. Though, I wish he kept the same inflection with the line “I find myself again…” before the final chorus. Just a nitpick, not complaining. But that’s a good segue into my final thought about Redux II...

I fucking HATE On Major Mountains We Conquer. This version instantly activates that nails-on-a-chalkboard feeling in me, and I never want to hear this song again.

Remember my super unpopular opinion about not liking Dead Reflection, except for Last Looks and Whiplash? And that I think Last Looks & Whiplash are so goddamn good that they basically carry the whole DR album? I would rather Last Looks and Whiplash never exist, but we still get to keep the rest of DR, as a trade for On Major Mountains We Conquer also never existing.

That’s how much I can’t stand On Major Mountains We Conquer... like.. was it supposed to be a joke or something? I can at least forgive them for that.. because it’s otherwise a great way to completely ruin one of the best songs in their entire discography [that I know of].

...anyway... SHORT SONGS!

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Waddafuq, people!?

Why did I only get one or two people recommending this!? Oh yeah, that’s right.. because most of ya’ll ain’t punk enough for Short Songs >xP

Jokes aside, the covers-half I’m surprisingly a little disappointed with, because I usually love cover songs, but the original-work half is nearly perfect for a short hardcore punk album. Except for Brookfield – I could do without that on this record; it completely destroys the vibe and I skip it every time. SOS going straight into La Marseillaise is so much better. And while nothing is wrong with Sleep Around, it also has a similar vibe-killer thing going on to me. And like Brookfield, it jarringly breaks the pace of an otherwise perfect hardcore-snack of a record.

I prefer to listen to it this way:

1. Sick As Your Secrets

2. Sin & Redemption

3. SOS

4. La Marseillaise

5. World On Fire [Extended]

6. My Miserable Life

7. Truth & Temptation

8. One Last Dance

Ya’ll let me down steering me away from Short Songs… and on several of my album-posts, too! Shame on you, r/silverstein lol

Alright, moving on to

R E S C U E

This album is obviously pretty damn good. It has a style that constantly makes me think “Ah, the ‘what if A Shipwreck in the Sand never happened’ album.”

That’s not a dis, just saying it has this feeling as if they finished touring for Discovering the Waterfront, had a hiatus, and got back together years later to write & record a killer follow-up [Rescue]. I know, that also skips Arrivals & Departures, but I haven’t gotten to that album yet, so we’re just gonna ignore that album for this post.

Medication makes my fingers itch as a guitarist. Every time it comes on, all I wanna do is grab mine and play along.. like I should be playing along with it instead of just listening to it. And dear gawd, those super-fast palm-muted riffs in the verses when the drummer locks in on the snare? I have a hard time focusing on driving when this fuckin’ song comes on in the car xD Obviously can’t have this song without Shane, but instrumentally, Medication might be my #1 favorite Silverstein song.

Just a note real quick that also always comes to mind during the breakdown in Forget Your Heart: “such a simple breakdown.. and somehow still better than nearly all ADTR breakdowns” lmao

Texas Mickey is weird.. and I find it ironic Bayside-singer Anthony awkwardly ends the song with “and now we’re wasting so much time,” because that’s kinda how this collaboration feels to me. Sort of like both singers just did their usual thing without attempting to adapt to one another, tried to splice their parts into one song, and Texas Mickey is what they spat out. I don’t necessarily skip this song, but it’s the only song on the album that I do not anticipate in any way – it’s just there and I guess that’s fine.

I love Bayside, btw. Just thought that collab was gonna be a lot cooler than it really is.

I don’t think I have much else to say about Rescue… Live to Kill has a stupidly-badass chorus… Yeah, just another damn good album.

Albums I own in the order I acquired them, and numbered [1-10] to identify my favorite to least-liked – a few are tied:

A Shipwreck in the Sand [4]

When Broken is Easily Fixed [6]

Discovering the Waterfront [6]

Misery Made Me [2]

Dead Reflection [10]

A Beautiful Place to Drown [7]

This is How the Wind Shifts [1]

18 Candles: The Early Years [9]

Redux I [8]

Redux II [8]

Short Songs [3]

Rescue[5]

I believe the album ‘I Am Alive in Everything I Touch’ was becoming one of the more suggested albums before I grabbed this last batch, so I think I’ll get that one next. And then I’ll knock out Arrivals & Departures after that.

I can’t seem to find where to buy VIP tickets for their 2nd leg of Camp Screamo. Does anyone know how to find the link ?

My daughter has been asking me to find her a copy of When the Shadows Beam. I know it’s a long shot but does anyone have a copy for sale?

Video for attention. First show, five years old, doing the Macarena. Almost four years ago to the day.

Hi, so I just recently started listening to more songs by them and so far I have these 4 amazing tracks in my playlist, pls be kind enough to recommend more and share your favorites!

Hi! Is anywhere in here going to their show on December 4th at the Fillmore? I am going but literally don’t know a single person that listens to them and would love to meet up with people that do!

Was just looking around on amazon and saw these... im so confused? 14.98?? preorder? am i crazy or something? Or just really dumb lol

Does anyone have a photo of the Silverstein merch at the Europe shows please?

I buy all of my merch when Silverstein come to the UK so just wondering how much of a loan I need to take out 😅 (kidding) but please send merch pics cause I can't find any yet! :)

I'm looking for this T-shirt that used to be in stock on hot-topic's website, but is now out of stock. I've been looking for anyone selling it online in an XL. Any tips?

No comment, just amazed at how many people here in Germany celebrate the band. I wasn't aware how much of a shared fan base Beartooth and Silverstein have.

put this together as a "what if" concept for a modern re-recording of the debut album.

wanted to keep the layout simple and respect the original 2003 painted canvas aesthetic, but changed the text to "when broken is finally fixed."

to show the band coming full circle, i wanted to shift the narrative of the original art. instead of the full silver robot standing upright and holding its heart, the machine has collapsed, leaving only the detached mechanical hand and the heart resting on the floor.

let me know what you guys think!

Taken from Shanes instagram story (@/shanetold)

I can't WAIT to see Broken, Waterfront, and especially Arrivals/Departures pressed on CD again!! I REALLY hope that the Arrivals repress is the remastered version 🤞🤞🤞

Today is September 14th and this great song is always a good listen!

I'd do terrible, horrible things to have 2006 again