Average Rating: 3.63 Rating Variance: 0.64 Objectivity Score: 73% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAJJ Live At Trunk Space 08/25/05Boris Heavy RocksBrand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside MeBrand New Science FictionCryptopsy None So VileCursive The Ugly OrganDavid Bowie LowDavid Bowie BlackstarDeftones Around the FurDevin Townsend EmpathI said it was gonna be the greatest god damn album ever and would ya listen to that, it is the greatest god damn album ever. Frank Turner Love, Ire & SongGodspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero KanadaGreen Day American IdiotHopesfall ArbiterHopesfall really just came out of a decade plus long hiatus and quietly dropped AOTY on us like it's nothing. Arbiter sees Hopesfall firing on all cylinders, melding Magnetic North sized massive hooks with The Satellite Years-esque spacey atmosphere and heaviness. The nods to their past albums are supplemented by meaningful growth in every sense of the word, the guitars ebb, flow, swell, and skyrocket into the stratosphere while Jay Forrest gives his most commanding vocal performance to date. The closest contemporary I can think of is Gates- Bloom & Breathe, an incredible album in its own right that Arbiter takes the formula of to dizzying new heights. Welcome the fuck back. Modest Mouse The Moon & AntarcticaMy Chemical Romance The Black ParadeThe Armed Only LoveThe Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThe Mars Volta Frances the MuteTouche Amore Stage FourTrophy Scars Hospital Music for the Aesthetics of LanguageTrophy Scars Holy VacantsTurnover Peripheral VisionUnderoath Define the Great Line4.5 superb'68 Two Parts ViperBoris FloodBoris Performing "Flood"Boris DearBoris Live At Third Man RecordsBrand New Deja EntenduCanadian Softball Awkward and DepressedWay better than this has any right to be. I thought Beating a Dead Horse may have been a fluke, and despite it's successes, it was already an old joke about genres well past their prime. Awkward & Depressed shows that Jarrod Alonge can keep current with the trends in today's scene and lampoons the genres offered here with a startling amount of talent. Shots are fired at every genre from over-enunciated emo pop akin to Modern Baseball and The Front Bottoms to pseudo-intellectual spoken word drivel a la Being As An Ocean, with a few stops to mock incomprehensible math-rock noodling and the all too common switch that punk bands make into "Fisher Price's My First Shoegaze Album" territory. The main difference being that these songs are all super solidly written from a compositional standpoint, usually better than the source material it is aping, and are filled to the brim with witty lyrics. The jokes aren't limited to music, as Alonge pokes at the mentality of hipsters, the blatant racism masquerading as southern pride those in the south love to tout, and throws in a bevy of nostalgic throwbacks to myspace and post-hardcore bands of yesteryear in another fantastic medley towards the back end of the album. Joke albums are typically stupid to me and I tend to write them off as unnecessary. This is the rare exception where I can guarantee that you'll get some enjoyment out of this if you're even remotely familiar with its source material.Cursive Burst and BloomDavid Bowie The Man Who Sold the WorldDavid Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From MarsDavid Bowie "Heroes"Deafheaven SunbatherDeftones White PonyDeftones Diamond EyesDo Make Say Think Stubborn Persistent IllusionsEnter Shikari Take to the SkiesEnter Shikari Common DreadsEvery Time I Die Ex LivesEvery Time I Die From Parts UnknownFrank Turner The First Three YearsFrank Turner Take to the RoadFrank Turner England Keep My BonesFrank Turner Last Minutes and Lost EveningsFrank Turner Be More KindFrank Zappa ApostropheFrank Zappa Bongo FuryFull of Hell Trumpeting EcstasyThis album is the most vile piece of unadulterated misanthropic shit Ive ever had the displeasure of hatefucking my ear brains into submission. And I fucking love it. The Cosmic Vein may be the nastiest thing the band has ever written.Glassjaw Material ControlHoly shit... Material Control finally surfaces and it's unlike pretty much anything else released this year... or ever, except maybe their own back catalogue, but even that is unjustly pigeonholing it. Weird, groovy, heavy, and impeccably mixed and mastered, Glassjaw deliver their long awaited third full length, taking the form of the unholy fusion of their entire body of work. This album meshes the seductive groove of Coloring Book, the vitriolic heaviness of Our Color Green and EYEWTKAS, and it's all punctuated with a healthy dash of the proggy, out-there songwriting that made Worship and Tribute a stone cold classic. Material Control stands as a completely worthy addition to the Glassjaw canon, and serves as a shining example of how to come back from a long studio silence with a massive bang.Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ [Vinyl]Green Day International SuperhitsGreen Day DookieHath Of Rot And RuinHot damn. This is what the fuck metal needed after last year's out there additions from Rolo Tomassi and The Armed. This is a more traditional vein of DM fused with modern flourishes that comes together in a super smooth, wholly engaging package. The vocals are monstrous, the riffs are varied and absolutely crush, and the whole thing has an air of metal being pushed into new directions. Lorde MelodramaAn absolutely stellar pop excursion that has taken its rightful place as the summer album of 2017. Lorde explores new and familiar territory in equal measure, blazing a trail through the hallmarks of contemporary pop while carving out a few niches her own in the process with subtle experiments and deviations from the sterile and sleek sound she presented on "Pure Heroine." Dynamic and lovingly crafted, Melodrama sees Lorde come into her own as a songwriter and raises the bar to ridiculous heights in the process. Pop has had its share of winning moments in the last few years from Carly Rae Jepsen turning out to be an amazing songwriter, bands like Arcade Fire and Paramore making their last steps in their evolutions towards being all out pop bands, and now, Melodrama.Modest Mouse Building Nothing Out of SomethingMy Chemical Romance Three Cheers for Sweet RevengeMy Chemical Romance Life on the Murder SceneMy Chemical Romance May Death Never Stop YouNorma Jean RedeemerNothing Guilty of EverythingNothing Tired of TomorrowRadiohead OK ComputerRolo Tomassi Time Will Die And Love Will Bury ItSaosin Translating the NameScale the Summit Carving Desert CanyonsScale the Summit The CollectiveSenses Fail Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses FailSeven Sisters Of Sleep Ezekiel's HagsThis album sees SSoS settle into their peak of creativity with an absolutely monolithic slab of disgustingly heavy sludge. Death metal influences enable the band pick up the tempo at times to contrast the swamp-wading sludge that makes up the meat of the album, and it makes for an enthralling listen. If being hit over the head with riffs and some of the nastiest vocals in the genre sounds appealing, that is.. More essential bludgeoning sludgeoenings and worship of the highest and most almighty, the riff.Silverstein This Is How the Wind ShiftsSilverstein This is How the Wind Shifts: AddendumSleep The SciencesI'm super stoked to have studio cuts of Antacticans and Sonic Titan, and Giza Butler may be the best thing they've ever written. The Botanist has some weird post metal and even vaguely shoegazey vibes to it and I love it as a closer. Opener is fucking awesome, I read someone say its the sound of the Sleep engine roaring back to life after almost two decades. Perfect descriptor and perfect intro to the absolute banger that is Marijuanaut's Theme and really, the album as a whole.Sorxe Matter & VoidMatter & Void is an incredibly refreshing outing that merges heavy, psychedelic, doomy riffs with gorgeous climaxes and crescendos with finesse. This is the fusion of stoner, doom, and post rock that I never knew I wanted, and the band nails the sound, creating something that stands out among the saturated post metal genre. Easily a contender for those AOTY lists, don't let Sorxe fly under your radar for 2017.Suffocation Pierced from WithinThrice VheissuThursday Kill the House LightsTom Waits Rain DogsTom Waits Blue ValentineTrophy Scars Darkness, Oh HellTrophy Scars Never Born, Never Dead4.0 excellentAltar of Plagues Teethed Glory and InjuryAmenra Mass VIAngelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks: Music from the Limited Event SeriesAs Cities Burn Come Now SleepAt the Drive-In Relationship of CommandBathory Blood Fire DeathBoris Boris At Last -Feedbacker-Boris PinkBoris Akuma no UtaBoris Amplifier WorshipBoris DronevilBoris AbsolutegoBoris NoiseBrand New Fight Off Your Demons (The Demos)Brand New DaisyBrand New Leaked Demos 2006Brand New 3 Demos, ReworkedBurzum Hvis Lyset Tar OssBurzum Det Som Engang VarCity of Caterpillar Driving Spain Up A WallCloakroom Time WellCursive DomesticaDavid Bowie Aladdin SaneDavid Bowie Young AmericansDavid Bowie Station to StationDavid Bowie HeathenDavid Bowie Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)Deafheaven Roads to JudahElectric Wizard Wizard Bloody WizardI dunno what y'all are smoking, but it's obviously not good enough because this is the best Wiz album in years. As a band that perfected the creeping, crawling, doomy sludge on not one, but two albums in the past, instead of trying to retread the same ground as they did on Time to Die, WBW sees the band looking back in time to vintage rock n roll and metal as a primary influence. The grooves are numerous and bludgeoning, and the whole affair is a sadistic love letter to an era of metal long gone where drugs, beer, tits, the occult, and the weird reign supreme. rThe cover art is fucking sick, too.Enter Shikari The MindsweepEvery Time I Die The Big DirtyEvery Time I Die Low TeensFrank Turner The Second Three YearsFrank Turner Tape Deck HeartFrank Turner The Third Three YearsFrank Turner Positive Songs For Negative People (Acoustic)Full of Hell Live At Roadburn 2016Full of Hell and Merzbow Full of Hell and MerzbowGlassjaw Our Color Green (The Singles)Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to HeavenGodspeed You! Black Emperor John Peel SessionsGodspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!He Is Legend I Am HollywoodImmolation Close to a World BelowKing Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard PolygondwanalandKing Gizz and the Lizz Wizz write their most cohesive album of the year so far, and distribute it in possibly the coolest manner ever. Also, getting bent out of shape because someone troll rates an album is pretty lulzy.letlive. Fake HistoryLeviathan Scar SightedMarilyn Manson Holy WoodMarilyn Manson Lest We ForgetMarilyn Manson Eat Me, Drink MeMaylene and the Sons of Disaster Maylene and the Sons of DisasterMaylene and the Sons of Disaster IIMingle Harde Mongol HordeModest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think AboutModest Mouse ナイト・オン・ザ・サン (Night on the Sun)My Chemical Romance I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your LoveMy Chemical Romance The Black Parade Is Dead! My Chemical Romance Conventional WeaponsNails Abandon All LifeNorma Jean WrongdoersNorma Jean Polar SimilarNothing Downward Years to ComeOathbreaker RheiaParamore After LaughterRadiohead Kid ARadiohead In RainbowsSaosin SaosinSaosin Along the ShadowScale the Summit The MigrationScary Kids Scaring Kids The City Sleeps In FlamesSectioned AnnihilatedIf you go see this band and do spin kicks I really hope that you get the shit kicked out of you. Tbh mentioning this unholy offspring of botch and dillinger with full of hell esque noise freakouts in the same sentence as that drivel is disrespectful. Album's stupid heavy and way above poser shit like Nails (I love Nails) and Harm's Way (Fuck Harm's Way)Senses Fail Let It Enfold YouSenses Fail Let It Enfold You (Deluxe Edition)Senses Fail Pull the Thorns from Your HeartSeven Sisters Of Sleep Opium MoralsThis is right on par with Ezekial's Hags, which (barely) edges this out. There's more than plenty of that dirty, creeping, crawling, Nola sludge that bands like Thou and Eyehategod have made their bread and butter over the years. The death metal and d-beat influences make for some unexpected twists in what can sometimes be a predictable sound. At the end of the day its not the most original thing, but it more than makes up for it with a slew of bludgeoning sludgeoenings and extremely potent and properly reverant worship of the almighty riff throughout its runtime.Silverstein Discovering the WaterfrontSilverstein I Am Alive In Everything I TouchSkeletonwitch Devouring Radiant LightSkeletonwitch opens up and lets their brand of thrash breathe a little (a lot) with extended song structures and proggy directions that take their sound to new directions. A refreshing listen in a discography that was growing stagnant. So Hideous LaurestineSuffocation Blood OathTeam Sleep Team SleepThe Atlas Moth Coma NoirThe Contortionist ClairvoyantThe National Sleep Well BeastThursday Full CollapseTom Waits Closing TimeTom Waits Bone MachineTom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and BastardsTouche Amore ...To the Beat of a Dead HorseTouche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And MeTrophy Scars Goodnight AlchemyTrophy Scars Alphabet AlphabetsTrophy Scars Bad LuckTurnover Blue DreamTurnover Good NatureIt doesn't live up to the dizzying heights of Peripheral Vision, but then again that doesn't seem to be their goal here. The album breezes by much more nonchalantly and without a sense of urgency than that of any Turnover albums before. The dream pop influences have been brought to the forefront and the post rock and emo crescendos toned down, and while the notable lack of cathartic climaxes is certainly missed, after the perfection of PV I'm pretty glad they didn't try to top that sound. Instead what we have here is a natural progression into a much more easy-going Turnover than we've yet to see, and it's still pretty damn lovely.Underoath They're Only Chasing SafetyUnderoath 777 (DVD)Wolves in the Throne Room Diadem of 12 StarsWolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters3.5 greatAs Cities Burn Son, I Loved You at Your DarkestAs Cities Burn Hell or High WaterBalance and Composure SeparationBoris Vein (Hardcore Version)Boris New AlbumBoris Heavy Rocks (2011)Boris PräparatBrand New Your Favorite WeaponBrand New Your Favorite Weapon (Deluxe Edition)David Bowie Space OddityDavid Bowie Diamond DogsDavid Bowie Let's DanceDavid Bowie LodgerDavid Bowie The Next DayDeafheaven New BermudaDeftones AdrenalineEels The DeconstructionEminem KamikazeEnter Shikari The SparkEvery Time I Die Hot Damn!Every Time I Die New Junk AestheticEvery Time I Die SalemFrank Turner Sleep Is For The WeekFrank Turner Rock & RollFrank Turner Positive Songs for Negative PeopleFull of Hell Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My HomeFull of Hell Amber Mote In The Black VaultGlassjaw Worship and TributeGodspeed You! Black Emperor 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'Green Day NimrodGreen Day ShenanigansGreen Day Bullet In A BibleHe Is Legend Suck Out the PoisonJack White Boarding House ReachIt's really fucking weird and out there, even by Jack White's weird ass standards. There's a foray into old school hip hop filtered through the weirdness of early 90s indie artists. Despite my initial utter confusion, once the song clicked as some unholy crock pot of Beck, Zappa, and the Beastie Boys it became clear that as a listener, I just had to roll with the album as it went. Experiments in genres and sound are thrown at the wall haphazardly, and while not all of them work and it makes the album hard to follow as a whole, I think a sense of cohesion and context is something that the album will develop after some time to sink in. Plus it's got that unmistakable JW sound rooted in old rock and blues, and the album isn't above rocking out White Stripes style every now and again in between the madness. Self indulgent is the best phrase that comes to mind, but luckily with this guy it's bound to be an entertaining ride, even if some of the ideas are a bit of a (boarding house) reach. Justin Timberlake Man of the WoodsMarilyn Manson Antichrist SuperstarMarilyn Manson Mechanical AnimalsMarilyn Manson The Golden Age of GrotesqueMarilyn Manson The Pale EmperorModest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad NewsModest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded WestModest Mouse Interstate 8Modest Mouse Strangers to OurselvesMuse Black Holes & RevelationsNails Unsilent DeathNails You Will Never Be One of UsNothing пошлостьRadiohead The BendsRadiohead Pablo HoneyRadiohead A Moon Shaped PoolSaosin Come CloseSaosin The GreyScale the Summit MonumentScary Kids Scaring Kids Scary Kids Scaring KidsSenses Fail From the Depths of DreamsSenses Fail Still SearchingSenses Fail Still Searching (Deluxe Edition)Senses Fail RenacerSilverstein A Shipwreck in the SandSilverstein Decade: Live at the El MocamboSilverstein TransitionsSilverstein RescueSo Hideous Laurestine OrchestralSuicide Silence The CleansingThe Mars Volta Scab DatesThe Mars Volta The Bedlam in GoliathThe Mars Volta NoctourniquetThe Used In Love and DeathThrice The Illusion of SafetyThrice The Artist in the AmbulanceThrice BeggarsThrice To Be Everywhere Is to Be NowhereThursday War All the TimeThursday Five Stories FallingThursday A City By the Light DividedThursday No DevolucionTom Waits Bad As MeTrophy Scars Sand in the SeaTurnover Humblest PleasuresUnderoath The Changing of TimesUnderoath Lost in the Sound of SeparationUnderoath Ø (Disambiguation)Underoath Erase MeCan't hate the album for what it's not. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed the album didn't continue down the DTGL/LITSOS/Disambiguation path, but given Spencer's activity in Sleepwave during their time off, it really isn't too surprising when you think about it. That and this album is pretty obviously not a cash grab, anyone who thinks otherwise clearly hasn't seen the turnout for them touring on 12 year old albums for the last two years. rThat all being said, as far as this vein of "metalcore goes radio rock" a la Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice & Men, etc, Erase Me blows these previous bands' efforts out of the water. As much as I loathed Rapture and Wake Me upon first listen, I woke up in the coming days with the choruses gnawing at the back of my mind and over time the album has grown into a master-class in how to soften rough edges, throw in a massive chorus, and push more accessible themes to the forefront while still retaining interesting song structure and lyrical integrity. rSure, I wish Spencer would've let loose with some lows here and there, and leaving Loneliness off the tracklisting of the actual album is a travesty, but all in all I'm happy to have a new underOATH album in 2018, and I have no doubt they will still put on one of the most intense live shows I'll see this year. r3.0 goodBoris SmileBoris Attention PleaseBoris Urban DanceBoris WarpathBoris AsiaCloakroom Further OutCursive Happy HollowCursive The Difference Between Houses and HomesCursive Such Blinding Stars for Starving EyesCursive The Storms of Early SummerCursive Mama, I'm SwollenCursive I Am GeminiDavid Bowie EarthlingDavid Bowie RealityDavid Bowie HoursDavid Bowie OutsideDeafheaven DemoDeftones DeftonesDeftones Saturday Night WristDeftones Koi No YokanDeftones GoreEvery Time I Die Gutter PhenomenonFrank Turner Campfire PunkrockFrank Turner Poetry of the DeedFrank Turner Losing DaysFrank Turner Polaroid PictureFrank Turner Ten for TenFrank Turner MittensFull of Hell The Inevitable Fear of ExistenceFull of Hell Rudiments of MutilationFull of Hell SplitGodspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O.Godspeed You! Black Emperor Luciferian TowersGreen Day WarningGreen Day InsomniacHe Is Legend Heavy Fruitletlive. The Blackest BeautifulMarilyn Manson Born VillainMaylene and the Sons of Disaster IIIModest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankModest Mouse Baron von Bullshit Rides AgainModest Mouse No One's First, and You're NextMuse The ResistanceNorma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the ChildNorma Jean MeridionalOathbreaker MaelstromOathbreaker Eros|AnterosRadiohead AmnesiacRadiohead Hail to the ThiefSaosin Saosin EPSilverstein When Broken Is Easily FixedSilverstein 18 Candles: The Early YearsSilverstein Short SongsSo Hideous Last Poem/First LightSuffocation Despise the SunSuffocation Pinnacle of BedlamSuicide Silence No Time to BleedThe Mars Volta AmputechtureThe Mars Volta OctahedronThe Used The UsedThe Used Lies for the LiarsThrice Major/MinorThursday WaitingThursday Common ExistenceTitle Fight HyperviewTouche Amore Is Survived ByTrophy Scars Darts to the SeaTurnover MagnoliaUnderoath Cries of the PastUnderoath Survive KaleidoscopeUnderoath Live At Koko2.5 averageCloudkicker WoumDavid Bowie Never Let Me DownFull of Hell and Merzbow Sister FawnGhost Bath MoonloverGreen Day Revolution RadioHe Is Legend It Hates Youletlive. If I'm the Devil...Maylene and the Sons of Disaster IVNorma Jean O' God, the AftermathRadiohead The King of LimbsScale the Summit In a World of FearThis is.. Definitely scale the summit but it just comes off so... Soulless. I have a hard enough time listening to these guys after the shit Letchford pulled, but it would be so much easier if it didnt look like the rest of the band that quit were the ones keeping his songwriting in check. The guest spots are scattershot and make for an uneven listen, and the added layer of keyboards doesn?t add nearly as much as it should. I think this band has definitely run their course. And their first three albums are among my favorite instrumental releases ever. Such a shame that the magic seems to be gone. This doesn’t get any better with repeat listens, the best thing here is Neon Tombs and the best part of the song is it’s name.Senses Fail Life Is Not a Waiting RoomSenses Fail The FireSenses Fail In Your AbsenceSilverstein Arrivals and DeparturesSuicide Silence The Black CrownSuicide Silence You Can't Stop MeTurnover Turnover2.0 poorAmerican Nightmare American Nightmaretoothless and flaccid. just listen to background music twice instead.Enter Shikari A Flash Flood of ColourGreen Day ¡UNO!Green Day Uno... Dos... Tré!Hail the Sun Secret WarsHarm's Way (USA-IL) PosthumanI can see the windmill kicks and snapbacks, I can smell the misplaced rage. Lets open this fuckin pit up.La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom... (10th Anniversary)10 years on and the album's still a landmark in the whiny post hardcore genre, but holy fuck are we not going to address how awful this remaster is? It sounds like something I'd have submitted in audio 101 to illustrate that I understand the difference between highs, mids, and lows... everything is so stark, contrasting, and compartmentalized... and not in a way that lends itself to the atmosphere of the album at all. The guitars are distant and the vocals sit right in the front and on top of the muddy mess that is the rest of the band. What a disappointment. Marilyn Manson The High End of LowMy Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysNorma Jean The Anti MotherSaosin In Search Of Solid GroundThe Used The Ocean Of The SkyToothgrinder Phantom AmourHoly shit this is a letdown after Nocturnal Masquerade was so good and fresh. I don't know what made them think that bringing clean singing and rapping to the forefront was a good idea, but can we go back to the bludgeoning riffs and hardcore freak-outs now?Veil of Maya False IdolThis would've ripped back when I was in high school. Anyone giving this above a 2 needs to stop lying to themselves about this band being any good since [id]Wage War Deadweight1.5 very poorGhost Bath StarmournerAside from all the negative press, I never really had an opinion on Ghost Bath... They were just sort of "there." But good lord, this album is an overlong haphazard mess. There are actually moments on this that made me laugh out loud, the shoehorned in happy leads never work how they should, and the production is bafflingly bad. Way to make a name for yourselves for all the wrong reasons, Ghost Bath. Album truly is bad/10, but they get a .5 boost for the admittedly sweet album art. Green Day 21st Century BreakdownGreen Day iTRE!My Chemical Romance The Black Parade/Living with GhostsThe Used Imaginary EnemyVolumes Different Animals1.0 awfulGreen Day iDOS!Green Day Oh LoveSuicide Silence Suicide Silence
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