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 | Silverstein Short Songs 3.5
2012-02-07 by
short, but enjoyable... |
 | Nu-Nation Wake Up 1.5
2012-02-06 by Magnus Altkula
The Russian version of Soulfly. Make of that what you will.. |
 | f(x) Pinocchio 4
2012-02-05 by
a wild Korean girl group appears!.. |
 | Noothgrush Erode the Person 4
2012-02-03 by Angel
Bringin da cr00sh... |
 | Ringo Starr Ringo 2012 2.5
2012-02-01 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Some albums exist just because they can... |
 | Aakon Keetreh Dans La Foret 4
2012-02-01 by Captain McCluskey
This song is from the album Music By Which to Climb Into A Hot Bath, Slit Your Wrists and Watch the Water Turn Crimson As You Drift Into Death... |
 | Observer Drift Corridors 3
2012-01-29 by
Recorded over a period of 8 months in his own bedroom, Colin Ward under his moniker Observer Drift explores the subtleties of shoegaze and dream pop, with mixed results - while it can be argued that his replication of no.. |
 | Dope American Apathy 1.5
2012-01-28 by Magnus Altkula
It is 2012 and I still jam to Dope every now and then. Bite me. No Regrets ruled when it came out in 2009 and their older stuff has aged surprisingly well compared to many other nu metal acts. Regardless, American Apathy.. |
 | Maggoty Corpse Baptisma 3.5
2012-01-24 by Captain McCluskey
Those sneaky bastards from the east return once more to deliver a vicious surprise attack that will leave you reeling. No, this isnt Pearl Harbor part two... |
 | Big Deal Lights Out 3.5
2012-01-24 by Statrick Pickles
Theyre also two really attractive people... |
 | Foxy Shazam The Church of Rock and Roll 4
2012-01-24 by Eli K.
The Church of Rock and Roll is yet another shockingly enjoyable record from a band whose evolution has been as perplexing as it is brilliant... |
 | Powder! Go Away we don't know when it has begun... 3
2012-01-22 by
ordinary post-rock.. |
 | Red Nightfall Red Nightfall 3.5
2012-01-20 by
sad bastards... |
 | The Saddest Landscape After The Lights 3.5
2012-01-20 by Eli K.
Yet another solid album that sees The Saddest Landscape making great music that never really goes above and beyond... |
 | Loincloth Iron Balls of Steel 3.5
2012-01-19 by Eli K.
Loincloth disappeared well before even making a name for themselves, making Iron Balls of Steel not only a great return, but a great debut as well... |
 | The Devil's Blood The Thousandfold Epicentre 3.5
2012-01-18 by Voivod
In their second album, The Devil’s Blood further expand on both their “simple” and “diverse” aspect of their occult rock approach, with controversial results... |
 | Snow Patrol Fallen Empires 2.5
2012-01-17 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
On their first recording since the million-selling 2009 collection Up To Now, Snow Patrol sound leaden, unsure of their next move, and too stiff to change the style that they’ve used since the very beginning... |
 | Anthony Green Beautiful Things 3.5
2012-01-15 by Statrick Pickles
Anthony Green is THE beholder... |
 | FACT burundanga 4
2012-01-15 by
theyre back and thats a fact... |
 | The Devil's Blood The Time Of No Time Evermore 4
2012-01-13 by Voivod
Christ or cocaine, The Devil’s Blood is a stronger fix than both... |
 | Nails/Skin Like Iron Split 3.5
2012-01-13 by Dante Alighieri
Skin Like Iron/Nails - Split
Fellow hardcore acts Skin Like Iron and hardcore/grind act Nails have come together to release a one-time pressing of a split 7” that the two are self-releasing. Starting things .. |
 | Kryptic Minds Can't Sleep 4.5
2012-01-09 by
the perfect follow up to One of Us, and quite an engaging dubstep album... |
 | Söldnergeist Spur 2 4
2012-01-08 by Captain McCluskey
Dark music for dark people... |
 | Kayo Dot Gamma Knife 3.5
2012-01-05 by Eli K.
For the first time in years, Kayo Dot feels musically relevant... |
 | Punchline So Nice To Meet You 3
2012-01-04 by Statrick Pickles
Hey Farva, whats the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?.. |
 | Lycus Demo MMXI 3.5
2012-01-04 by Angel
Coming soon to a funeral near you!.. |
 | Loma Prieta I.V. 4.5
2012-01-04 by Eli K.
An immense and powerful record that Loma Prieta has had brewing for years... |
 | Whores. Ruiner 4
2012-01-03 by Statrick Pickles
Well its sort of like Reptar if he wasnt a fictional green dinosaur from a kids show..... |
 | Arctique Circles Golden Gloom 3.5
2012-01-03 by Captain McCluskey
Another day passes by... |
 | The Human Abstract Digital Veil 3.5
2012-01-02 by
neo-classical metalcore may seem like a ridiculous premise, but the result is an enjoyable, interesting album when its flaws are ignored... |
 | Ra From One 4.5
2011-12-31 by
a near perfect example of hard rock/nu metal... |
 | Smosh Sexy Album 2.5
2011-12-30 by
what the firetruck?.. |
 | Opeth Heritage 4
2011-12-29 by Angel
Mikael Akerfeldt and company pay tribute to their musical heritage... |
 | Tankard Zombie Attack 4.5
2011-12-27 by Captain McCluskey
Heavy metal has Manowar, thrash has Tankard... |
 | Your Hand In Mine Your Hand In Mine 3.5
2011-12-26 by Voivod
A mind journey to neverland... |
 | Episodes Freak Out 3
2011-12-25 by Statrick Pickles
Somebody buy these kids some god damn studio time.. |
 | Giraffage Comfort 3.5
2011-12-24 by
falling asleep to the sound of the beach... |
 | Skrillex Bangarang 2
2011-12-23 by
In Bangarang, Sonny proves Skrillex to be a joke, and one that is no longer funny... |
 | Build Us Airplanes At the End of the Day 3.5
2011-12-23 by Statrick Pickles
San Francisco's Bay Area seems like a seriously awesome place to live. Its scenery and general aesthetic as a metropolitan area - from the Golden Gate Bridge to the long-legged girls of UC Berkeley; from Richardson.. |
 | 1000MODS Super Van Vacation 3.5
2011-12-22 by
complaints aside, Id still jump in the van (as long as FREE CANDY isnt painted or duct taped on the side of it)... |
 | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 4
2011-12-21 by Eli K.
A perfect companion piece to David Finchers dark and moody film; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a cold, bleak, and otherworldy beast of a soundtrack that is a challenging and absorbing piece of music overall... |
 | Throne of Ahaz At The Mountains of Northern Storm 3.5
2011-12-19 by Captain McCluskey
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!.. |
 | Voivod The Outer Limits 4.5
2011-12-17 by Voivod
A spectacular end (?) to an era... |
 | Maedhros Undome 4
2011-12-16 by
I go my own way; but your way may go along with mine for a while... |
 | Bastard Controled in the Frame 4
2011-12-15 by Captain McCluskey
Controled In The Flame with one l... |
 | Tenement The Blind Wink 4
2011-12-14 by
never ready to grow up... |
 | Knife Party 100% No Modern Talking 3
2011-12-14 by
wompin fun... |
 | Nemesea The Quiet Resistance 3
2011-12-13 by
leave your expectations at the door, and you’ll find a fairly enjoyable, albeit ordinary gothic metal album... |
 | Midori Aratame mashite, Hajime mashite, Midori desu. 4
2011-12-13 by Eli K.
As painful as it is for this reviewer to begin describing a band as beyond description, I can think of few better ways to actually talk about Japanese punk/jazz band Midori, and namely, their fourth record Arat.. |
 | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Tape Club 2.5
2011-12-13 by Statrick Pickles
About as satisfying and conclusive as an unfinis.. |
 | Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason Solaris 3.5
2011-12-08 by Eli K.
We have no need for other worlds. We need mirrors. We dont know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we cant accept it for what it is... |
 | Impetuous Ritual Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence 4
2011-12-05 by
Notification of Impetuous Ritual’s debut release on Profound Lore was almost immediately prior to its actual release, so in a way Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence was literally sprung on us un-expe.. |
 | Portal Swarth 4
2011-12-05 by
Portals much touted return is no less sweet than one would expect. Outre’s suffocating atmosphere has been replicated, perhaps even bettered, and Swarth swarms and churns under the watchful eye of the Cu.. |
 | Wodensthrone Loss 2.5
2011-12-05 by
One can almost be forgiven in thinking Wodensthrone’s style of pagan black metal is highly inventive and original. Almost. The band’s promotional material claims that Loss is an escape from the ‘modern compl.. |
 | Nujabes Spiritual State 4.5
2011-12-05 by Dante Alighieri
The body may be gone, but the soul is eternal.. |
 | Radiohead Kid A 2.5
2011-12-03 by
everything in its wrong place... |
 | Chevelle Hats Off to the Bull 3
2011-12-03 by Eli K.
Hats Off to the Bull succeeds in most respects, but is indicative of a band that is slowly losing faith in themselves, and the music they create... |
 | Theocracy As The World Bleeds 4.5
2011-12-02 by
high octane progressive power metal... |
 | Eldritch Gaia's Legacy 3
2011-12-01 by Voivod
A half-heart attempt in recapturing the past... |
 | Korn The Path of Totality 2.5
2011-12-01 by
against all odds, Kornstep prevails - sort of... |
 | Ignivomous Death Transmutation 4
2011-11-29 by
With their 2007 release Paths of Attrition, Ignivomous established themselves as one of Australias premier death metal acts. Despite the shamelessly derivative nature of the genre, the band allows no pretext rega.. |
 | Anchorsong The Lost and Found EP 2.5
2011-11-28 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Trailing a rising sun... |
 | Carissa's Wierd Tucson 3.5
2011-11-27 by Captain McCluskey
7 minutes in heaven.. |
 | Disma The Vault of Membros (Demo) 3.5
2011-11-27 by
Members of [l]Incantation[/l]? [l]Assück[/l]? [l]Funebrarum[/l]? Craig f[size=2]u[/size]cking Pillard? Disma is a ‘supergroup’ in every sense of the word – a simple look at its credentials will send any death meta.. |
 | Corrupted Paso Inferior 4.5
2011-11-27 by
With only a few splits and EPs behind them, Corrupted’s debut LP was nothing short of a masterstroke – despite the fact that the Japanese sludge doom outfit would come to better themselves with future LPs, Paso In.. |
 | Dischordia Creator, Destroyer 3
2011-11-26 by
with great moshing comes great responsibility... |
 | Aethyrvorous Demo 4
2011-11-24 by
In the vein of fellow countrymen [l]Portal[/l], [l]Ignivomous[/l] and the recently risen [l]Impetuous Ritual[/l], Aethyvorous play a devastating and obscure form of death metal, displaying yet another facet of Australia.. |
 | Snowblood Snowblood 3.5
2011-11-23 by
the right ingredients... |
 | Ea Ea II 3
2011-11-23 by
Russia’s Ea are buried beneath a dark and cosmic veil, one which separates the band from reality through their mysterious and inexplicable music. Now don’t get me wrong, this is all quite exciting - but what are Ea r.. |
 | Accept Death Accept Death 4
2011-11-23 by
ACCEPT IT... |
 | Mahria S/T Cassette 4
2011-11-23 by Eli K.
Edmonton based emo act Mahria has quite a lot of hurdles to overcome. With such a large number of hardcore outfits popping out of the woodwork these days-each more derivative than the last-it’s tough to stand out amon.. |
 | Vanessa Carlton Hear the Bells 3
2011-11-22 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Down the rabbit hole once more... |
 | Gunning Bedford Don't Wait Around for Me 3.5
2011-11-21 by Statrick Pickles
Grandma-approved pop-punk... |
 | Stryper To Hell With the Devil 4.5
2011-11-21 by Captain McCluskey
FAST RIFFS GON THRASH 777.. |
 | Encoffination Ritual Ascension Beyond Flesh 4
2011-11-21 by
To perhaps clarify my position towards this record, I’ll begin by stating that as soon as I found out that this death metal band playing in the early 90s style of doom influenced obscurity was releasing a full length o.. |
 | Graves at Sea/Asunder Split 4.5
2011-11-21 by
Both [l]Graves at Sea[/l] and [l]Asunder[/l] are reasonably well known names in the doom genre, but despite being a fan of both bands I would not claim either of them as any sort of ‘unstoppable force’ when it comes .. |
 | Riot Immortal Soul 4
2011-11-21 by Voivod
What’s it gonna take to make you RIOT?.. |
 | Daughtry Break the Spell 3
2011-11-21 by
After two boring albums, Daughtry finally raises his voice... |
 | Grave Ritual Euphoric Hymns From the Altar of Death 4
2011-11-21 by
If you’re sick of [l]Incantation[/l] and bands that sound like them, stop reading.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s concentrate on Grave Ritual. As you may have guessed, they’re nothing new. In fa.. |
 | Cold Body Radiation The Great White Emptiness 3
2011-11-21 by
I had partially listened to Cold Body Radiation’s debut some time before I received the promo and my first impressions were somewhat negative – this record neatly fits under the ‘post’-black metal banner (sometim.. |
 | Alva Noto Univrs 3.5
2011-11-20 by
boom, bang, bop... |
 | Loss Despond 4.5
2011-11-20 by
life without Loss... death without reason... |
 | Koji Kondo The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony 4
2011-11-19 by Eli K.
From the bottom of Lake Hylia, to the very top of Death Mountain, The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony is beautiful collection of songs from one of gamings most beloved franchises... |
 | Autumn Cold Comfort 2.5
2011-11-19 by
Autumn falls... |
 | Sean Milo Elgin 3.5
2011-11-17 by Statrick Pickles
And now Im watching us crumble..... |
 | 65daysofstatic Silent Running 3.5
2011-11-15 by Eli K.
65daysofstatic are at the top of their game on Silent Running, crafting a visceral and evocative post-rock record that stands as a brilliant moment in their storied career... |
 | Goldmund All Will Prosper 3.5
2011-11-15 by Dante Alighieri
...how sweet the sound... |
 | Apodiablosis Tardigrade 3.5
2011-11-14 by
words cannot describe the awesomeness of this album, but here comes a pile of words... |
 | Sigur Ros Inni 4
2011-11-14 by Eli K.
While it has its fair share of missteps, Inni still manages to be absolutely essential for anyone who has fallen for the beautiful and ethereal music of Sigur Ros... |
 | Crimfall The Writ of Sword 3.5
2011-11-14 by
a tale of frostbitten swords and plump, lusty women... |
 | Disturbed The Lost Children 3
2011-11-13 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Quick! Which Disturbed album is the song “Bound” from?.. |
 | Jeff Martin The Ground Cries Out 3
2011-11-13 by
the kind of album to rock in a rocking chair to (minus the rocking)... |
 | Aesthetic Perfection All Beauty Destroyed 2
2011-11-11 by
you wouldn’t expect your discharged human feces to sing to you... |
 | Black Sun Aeon Blacklight Deliverance 3.5
2011-11-08 by Magnus Altkula
Blacklight Deliverance sees Tuomas Saukkonen offer more of the same once more; thankfully the man has a penchant for composing well-flowing and melodic doom/death metal.. |
 | World's Strongest Man Every Woman Wishes To Wed 4
2011-11-07 by Captain McCluskey
Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little: More than machinery we need humanity; More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualitie.. |
 | Brian Eno Panic of Looking 3.5
2011-11-07 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
More drums; more bells... |
 | Full of Hell Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My Home 4
2011-11-07 by Dante Alighieri
Numb Your Mind.. |
 | Girl In A Coma Exits And All The Rest 3.5
2011-11-06 by Statrick Pickles
Is that you in there Joan?.. |
 | The Dreaming Puppet 3.5
2011-11-06 by
like raising your mug of beer to the sky and realizing that its half empty... |
 | Crysalys The Awakening Of Gaia 3.5
2011-11-06 by
why not?.. |
 | Cynic Carbon-Based Anatomy 4
2011-11-05 by Eli K.
From the deepest parts of the Amazon, to all corners of the universe, Cynics Carbon-Based Anatomy is a beautiful and challenging journey that sees the band expand their sound further than ever before... |
 | Justin Bieber Under the Mistletoe 1
2011-11-04 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Somebody stuff coal in this kid’s stockings... |
 | Dead by April Incomparable 2
2011-11-03 by
Dead By April are once again doing what they do best: nothing... |
 | Nils Frahm Felt 3.5
2011-11-03 by Angel
Nils Frahm continues to redefine what it means to be a pianist in the 21st century... |
 | YUREI Working Class Demon 4
2011-11-03 by Voivod
A working class demon’s horror film score written in waters... |
 | David Lynch Crazy Clown Time 3
2011-11-02 by Eli K.
Despite its bizarre nature, Crazy Clown Time never really manages to find its own identity, managing to merely stand as a passable, if not underwhelming pop record... |
 | Say Anything Baseball 2
2011-11-01 by Eli K.
As a blueprint for greatness it succeeds, but as a respectable release it simply cant get off the ground. This is Say Anythings Baseball, and the band would rather you not know of its existence... |
 | The Decemberists Long Live the King 3
2011-11-01 by Wain Ord
bonus tales from a band impervious to (full-length) imperfection.. |
 | Profane Omen Destroy! 4
2011-11-01 by Magnus Altkula
These Finnish wasteheads are back at it with another slab of thrashy groove goodness that ultimately still doesn’t capitalize on their full potential.. |
 | Pianos Become the Teeth The Lack Long After 4.5
2011-11-01 by Eli K.
A profound and engaging musical experience that displays why Pianos Become the Teeth are so damn good at what they do... |
 | These Branches The Payoff 3.5
2011-10-31 by Statrick Pickles
Bomb that damn music industry already.. |
 | The Reign Of Kindo Rhythm, Chord & Melody 3.5
2011-10-31 by Wain Ord
the best half-an-album you may ever hear.. |
 | Fell Voices Untitled 4.5
2011-10-31 by Angel
What it sounds like when black metal actually is “transcendental”... |
 | Archgoat Heavenly Vulva (Christ's Last Rites) 3.5
2011-10-31 by Captain McCluskey
Archgoat drop most of their black metal elements in favor of a more concise, occult influenced death metal assault... |
 | BADBADNOTGOOD BBNG 4
2011-10-31 by Dante Alighieri
However you do it, stay creative... |
 | Giant Squid Cenotes 4
2011-10-30 by Eli K.
Like its namesake, Cenotes is a deep, mysterious entity, displaying a band at the height of their creative abilities... |
 | Knight Area Nine Paths 3.5
2011-10-30 by
prog for the thinking man... |
 | New Orleans Swim Team To be Something, to be Anything 4
2011-10-30 by Statrick Pickles
Welcome (back) to Struggleville.. |
 | Antoine Dufour Convergences 4
2011-10-30 by Wain Ord
at long last, Canada’s flurry of fingerstyle talent fosters both talent and lasting power.. |
 | The Head And The Heart The Head And The Heart 3.5
2011-10-29 by Wain Ord
Subpop’s latest gets friendly with the greatest trait and pitfall of every cutesy indie band: heavier on heart than head.. |
 | Collide Counting to Zero 4
2011-10-28 by
Collide have finally released an album that matches their abilities... |
 | Olafur Arnalds Living Room Songs 4.5
2011-10-28 by Eli K.
In his introversion, Olafur Arnalds explores the farthest reaches of his beautiful and ever expanding sound... |
 | Counterparts The Current Will Carry Us 2.5
2011-10-27 by Eli K.
In their utter refusal to progress, Counterparts head down the long and winding road to irrelevance... |
 | M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 4.5
2011-10-25 by Alex Robertson
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is M83’s two-disc, seventy-five minute declaration: the age of irony is over!
Well, maybe things aren’t as simple as that, but HU,WD still feels like a Big Statement of int.. |
 | Girls' Generation The Boys 4.5
2011-10-24 by
“Girls’ Generation” was great, but “The Boys” is fantastic... |
 | This Time Next Year Drop Out Of Life 3.5
2011-10-22 by
simple, enjoyable pop-punk... |
 | Mind.In.A.Box Crossroads 5
2011-10-21 by
Crossroads is easily one of the greatest futurepop albums of all time... |
 | Blotted Science The Animation of Entomology 4.5
2011-10-16 by Voivod
Blotted Science balance near-perfectly between “random” and “organized” musical instrument shredding... |
 | Dead by April Dead by April 2.5
2011-10-15 by
worthy of indifference and nothing more... |
 | Angelspit Hello My Name Is 4.5
2011-10-13 by
“For what we are about to do, may the Lord make us truly spiteful...”.. |
 | Dangers Anger 4.5
2011-10-11 by Statrick Pickles
And nothing changes, if we dont change ourselves... |
 | Pain Of Salvation Road Salt Two 4
2011-10-11 by Voivod
Pain of Salvation complete their vintage rock interpretation of the Ying Yang complex... |
 | Myrath Tales of the Sands 4
2011-10-10 by
to prog, or not to prog... |
 | Tim Hecker Dropped Pianos 4
2011-10-10 by Eli K.
A bundle of mere sketches that stand tall next to every other ambient release this year... |
 | t.A.T.u. 200 km/H In The Wrong Lane 5
2011-10-10 by
Any way you slice it, 200 Km/h in the Wrong Lane is a classic pop album... |
 | Kite Party Baseball Season 4
2011-10-09 by Statrick Pickles
Kite Party - theyre definitely not Katy Perry... |
 | Soundtrack Batman: Arkham City - The Album 3.5
2011-10-09 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Bruce Wayne makes a mixtape... |
 | Girl's Day Everyday 4.5
2011-10-08 by
meet South Korea’s next pop sensation/s... |
 | History Of Monsters Brodeo 3.5
2011-10-06 by Captain McCluskey
Paul Bunyan approved beard metal... |
 | Paraklang Liquid Jungle 4
2011-10-05 by
an album fourteen years in the making..... |
 | The Dear Hunter Green EP 4
2011-10-03 by Wain Ord
I never know just when and where to stop.. |
 | Zola Jesus Conatus 4
2011-10-02 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
An exercise in the act of cathartic release... |
 | Voivod Angel Rat 3.5
2011-10-01 by Voivod
Voivod unlock the dead end of their perfected self... |
 | The Dear Hunter Violet EP 4.5
2011-10-01 by Wain Ord
put centre stage: regret, remorse, regard.. |
 | So Hideous, My Love To Clasp a Fallen Wish With Broken Fingers 3.5
2011-09-29 by Captain McCluskey
ROMEO ROMEO WHERE ART THOU ROMEO.. |
 | Russian Red Fuerteventura 3.5
2011-09-29 by
a stronger breeze... |
 | Shook Ones Facetious Folly Feat 4
2011-09-28 by Dante Alighieri
How about a vacation trip to Washington state this year, sound like fun? Well, heres a platter of fun-like sounds to help make your holiday begin on a happy note!.. |
 | IAMDYNAMITE Supermegafantastic 2.5
2011-09-27 by Statrick Pickles
Supermegaunderwhelming.. |
 | Dum Dum Girls Only in Dreams 3.5
2011-09-27 by Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Kristen Gundred goes marching on... |
 | Switchfoot Vice Verses 2
2011-09-27 by Wain Ord
Switchfoot, minus everything good about Switchfoot.. |
