Average Rating: 3.04 Rating Variance: 0.90 Objectivity Score: 97% (Very Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAlice in Chains DirtAtheist Unquestionable PresenceJudas Priest Sad Wings of DestinyKatatonia Dance of December SoulsIf it is true that Jonas Renske damaged his vocals as a result of his growling technique, then that is a crying shame, because in that time frame he (and the band) crafted one of the best death-doom albums of all time.Psychotic Waltz BleedingPsychotic Waltz A Social Grace4.5 superbAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainAgalloch The MantleDeath SymbolicDeathspell Omega ParacletusDJ Shadow Endtroducing.....Edge of Sanity The Spectral SorrowsISIS PanopticonWhile I knew I liked this album on initial listens, it took several listen for this album to *really* click with me. When it finally did, boy did it click hard. This album is a masterclass in building atmosphere that retains its listener's attention during the whole run time.Judas Priest Stained ClassKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingMorbid Saint Spectrum of DeathOne hell of an underground gem, and my favorite death-thrash record of all time.Necrophobic The Nocturnal SilenceProbably my favorite album when it comes to the fusing of black metal and death metal.Neurosis Souls at ZeroThis album has my favorite opening song of all time, even with stiff competition coming from Alice in Chains.Poets of the Fall Carnival of RustPortishead DummyPsychotic Waltz The God-Shaped VoidQueensryche Operation: MindcrimeThe Gathering MandylionTool LateralusTool ÆnimaYann Tiersen Rue des CascadesThat I chanced upon this and "La Valse des monstres" simply by following the origins of musical samples is some stroke of luck. This is a wonderfully beautiful album to listen to.4.0 excellentAesop Rock The Impossible KidAesop Rock DaylightAgalloch Pale FolkloreAlice in Chains FaceliftAlice in Chains Jar of FliesAnzen Chitai 安全地帯III〜抱きしめたいBoy does this Japanese pop oldie slap hard. Really lovely melodies on this album.At the Gates The Red in the Sky Is OursAtheist Piece of TimeBlu and Exile Below the HeavensDan Swano MoontowerDark Moor The Gates of OblivionDark Moor The Hall of the Olden DreamsDeadsoul Tribe A Lullaby For The DevilDeadsoul Tribe A Murder of CrowsDeath HumanDeathspell Omega DroughtDissection The SomberlainEdge of Sanity Purgatory AfterglowEdge of Sanity Crimson IIGarden of Shadows Oracle MoonProbably the best melodic death metal album from this side of the Atlantic.I Between Two WorldsIntestine Baalism An Anatomy of the BeastJessie Ware What's Your Pleasure?Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d cityKiller Mike R.A.P. MusicLexie Liu The Happy StarEasily the most solid and fleshed out project from Lexie yet. Despite flirting with various different sounds on this album, this is the most complete as an artist she has sounded yet. While the album isn't without its low points (I am mainly talking about 3.14159 and Shanti here), the vast majority of the album is filled with good, if not great songs.Lost Horizon Awakening the WorldI used to listen the hell out of this and Lost Horizon's sophomore record. Happy to say that both have aged well in my book.Lost Horizon A Flame to the Ground BeneathMgla Exercises in FutilityNightingale The Breathing ShadowNightingale INightingale Nightfall OvertureNocturnal Rites ShadowlandPoets of the Fall Jealous GodsPoets of the Fall Twilight TheaterPrimordial To the Nameless DeadRun the Jewels Run the Jewels 3Running Wild Blazon StoneSepultura Beneath the RemainsThe Gathering SouvenirsTool 10,000 DaysTool UndertowYann Tiersen La Valse des monstres3.5 greatAb-Soul Control SystemAgalloch Faustian EchoesAgalloch Marrow of the SpiritAlice in Chains Black Gives Way to BlueAppalling Spawn Freedom, Hope And FuryArch Enemy StigmataBehemoth The SatanistBlind Guardian Somewhere Far BeyondBlu and Oh No A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer NightBolt Thrower Those Once LoyalBone Thugs-N-Harmony E 1999 EternalCafuné RunningThere are moments of songwriting brilliance on this relatively short album that has me *very* interested to see how they develop. And based on what I've heard in their latest single in "Perspective," it's looking pretty bright.Cormorant DwellingsDeadsoul Tribe The January TreeDeath The Sound of PerseveranceDeathspell Omega Si Monvmentvm Reqvires CircvmspiceDream Theater Images and WordsEdge of Sanity CrimsonEdge of Sanity Until Eternity EndsEl-P Cancer 4 CureGorguts The Erosion of SanityGorguts Considered Deadhide (JPN) Hide Your FaceImogen Heap Speak For YourselfIntestine Baalism Ultimate InstinctIntestine Baalism Banquet in the DarknessJudas Priest PainkillerJudas Priest Sin After SinLexie Liu Meta EgoWhile I do very much enjoy the sound of the album, it's rather lacking in diversity. No tracks on the album I mind listening to in isolation, but as a whole LP, there are far too many slower tempo tracks for my liking. That said, I still believe Metropolis to be one of, if not the best song in her entire catalogue (The Happy Star included).Luna Sea MotherA damn good J-rock album, and probably the one that has aged the best since my early days of burning through J-rock and visual kei albums.Lupe Fiasco Food & LiquorMgla With Hearts Toward NoneNe Obliviscaris CitadelNe Obliviscaris Portal of INightingale The Closing ChroniclesNightingale Alive AgainNightingale RetributionNocturnal Rites Grand IllusionPan.Thy.Monium Khaooohs And Kon-Fus-IonPoets of the Fall Temple of ThoughtPoets of the Fall Signs of LifePoppy EAT (NXT Soundtrack)Putting aside the strangeness of this being a soundtrack for WWE NXT, I'm glad I decided to check out more of Poppy's stuff despite being lukewarm on "I Disagree," as this EP is a substantially better release in my eyes. It could simply be me preferring a heavier sound, but it feels to me that Poppy did a far better job melding her pop sensibilities with various sounds of metal than in "I Disagree."Psychotic Waltz MosquitoPsychotic Waltz Into the EverflowPuscifer C is for...Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2Run the Jewels Run the JewelsSoundgarden BadmotorfingerThe Gathering How to Measure a Planet?The Gathering Nighttime BirdsW.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol3.0 goodAkini Jing and Chace 永无止境的告别Atheist ElementsBone Thugs-N-Harmony The Art of WarCormorant MetazoaDaft Punk DiscoveryDeathspell Omega The Furnaces of PalingenesiaDream Theater AwakeEdge of Sanity UnorthodoxEl-P I'll Sleep When You're DeadEverglow -77.82X-78.29Fishbone Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear...Way too inconsistent to be rated higher, but the highlights of the album (Black Flower, End the Reign, Servitude, No Fear, and Swim) are genuinely awesome.Gorguts ObscuraGreydon Square The Compton EffectHenry Derek Elis The Devil Is My FriendKatatonia Brave Murder DayKrayzie Bone Thug On Da LineLexie Liu Gone GoldQuite the change in musical direction, but I don't necessarily mind, especially if it means more songs like ALGTR and SHADOW. Unfortunately, the albums peaks very early with those two tracks, and never really gets close to that height again (the closest being the track "L").Lingua Ignota SINNER GET READYLocksmith The Green BoxLupe Fiasco The CoolLykathea Aflame ElvenefrisNaglfar VittraNightingale White DarknessNonexist Deus DeceptorOddisee People Hear What They SeeOpeth DamnationOpeth My Arms, Your HearsePan.Thy.Monium KhaooohsPan.Thy.Monium Dawn of DreamsPersuader Evolution PurgatoryPoets of the Fall UltravioletPoets of the Fall Revolution RoulettePoets of the Fall GhostlightPuscifer Conditions of My ParolePuscifer Money ShotRunning Wild Port RoyalSadistik Salo Sessions IISoundgarden SuperunknownStar One Victims of the Modern AgeSteel Heavy Metal MachineThe Agonist PrisonersWoodz EQUALX Japan Blue BloodHasn't aged so well on me over the years, but this is still a pretty good album, especially the songs WEEK END and BLUE BLOOD.Yelawolf Trunk Muzik 32.5 average50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'A Perfect Circle Mer de NomsA Perfect Circle Eat the ElephantAlcest Écailles De LuneArch Enemy Doomsday MachineAt the Gates Slaughter of the SoulAtheist JupiterCormorant Earth DiverDeafheaven SunbatherDeathspell Omega The Long DefeatDir En Grey GauzeDragonForce Valley of the DamnedDream Theater Systematic ChaosDream Theater OctavariumDream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a MemoryEdge of Sanity Nothing But Death RemainsEdge of Sanity InfernalEdge of Sanity CrypticEluveitie SlaniaIn Flames The Jester RaceKrayzie Bone Thug Mentality 1999Lexie Liu 2030Lil Wayne Tha Carter IIILiturgy H.A.Q.Q.Maggie Rogers Heard It in a Past LifeA thoroughly OK album. Hardly offensive to my ears, but much too subdued for me, to the point where my attentiveness to the music bears little effect on my enjoyment of the album.Marilyn Manson Antichrist SuperstarMissy Elliott Supa Dupa FlyNightingale InvisibleNirvana In UteroNirvana NevermindOpeth Still LifeOpeth Blackwater ParkOpeth WatershedPoppy I DisagreeUnlike Rina Sawayama's debut album, I don't think the hardrock and metal elements of this album blend well with the pop elements. The otherwise good pop elements end up being marred by these harsher influences as a result.Puscifer "V" Is For VaginaRiff Raff Neon IconRina Sawayama SawayamaI really wanted to like this album, especially considering that I think Rina does a good job blending the hardrock/metal elements with 2000s era pop music. It's just unfortunate that those elements tend to be from my least favorite subgenres of hardrock/metal.Slipknot Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.The Agonist Lullabies for the Dormant MindThe White Stripes ElephantThyrfing Hels ViteTool Fear InoculumX Japan DahliaX Japan JealousyX Japan Vanishing VisionX Japan Art of LifeHonestly if they got rid of that fucking piano solo this would be in the 3.0-3.5 territory.2.0 poorAll Shall Perish The Price of ExistenceArch Enemy Rise of the TyrantBehemoth DemigodBone Thugs-N-Harmony Uni-5: The World's EnemyBullet for My Valentine The PoisonDimmu Borgir Death Cult ArmageddonDragonForce Inhuman RampageDragonForce Ultra BeatdownEvanescence FallenFinntroll NattfoddGodsmack GodsmackIced Earth The Glorious BurdenIn Flames A Sense of PurposeJack Harlow Come Home The Kids Miss YouI don't know if I hate it as much as others, but this album is definitely guilty of the sin of being boring and bland as hell.James LaBrie Elements Of PersuasionJob For A Cowboy GenesisLinkin Park Hybrid TheoryLinkin Park MeteoraLiturgy AesthethicaLiturgy The Ark WorkMalice Mizer Bara no SeidouOpeth HeritageOpeth MorningrisePoets of the Fall ClearviewMan does the production on this record really drag it down. Alot of songs on here just sound so unnecessarily congested.Semisonic Feeling Strangely FineSepultura RootsSlipknot SlipknotThe Agonist Once Only ImaginedTrivium AscendancyVaVa 211.5 very poorAltar of Plagues Teethed Glory and InjuryI wish I liked this, but I found listening to this to be tiring and testing.Asking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreamChance the Rapper The Big DayI appreciate the positivity, but this is sickeningly happy music.Creed Human ClayDir En Grey Withering to DeathFive Finger Death Punch And Justice for NoneY'know, this honestly could have made it to a "2" rating, because despite its awful lyrics, wife-beater atmosphere, and milquetoast expression of heaviness, the sonic aspect of this album is mostly just boring. However, the failure to omit the travesty of song in "Sham Pain" drags the entire album down half a point. Gabbie Hanna Trauma QueenShockingly, not the worst thing ever. The lyrical content is abysmal, ignorant of its self indulgence, but the music is fairly generic as opposed to being outright terrible (with the massive exception of Warning Shots which is a mistake of a song). The biggest drag to me, however, are the strained vocals. They get old quick yet they feature on damn near every song on the album.Godsmack AwakeIwrestledabearonce It's All HappeningLil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being IIMachine Gun Kelly Mainstream SelloutMetallica St. AngerMoi dix Mois Dix InfernalNocturnal Rites The 8th SinPantera Vulgar Display of PowerQueensryche Operation: Mindcrime IISystem of a Down ToxicityTones and I Welcome to the MadhouseBeing boring and uninspired is one thing, but man this album has absolutely nothing interesting going on. It somehow manages to sound generic as all hell, while also being absolutely barren in terms of musical chops. At least it's not a pain inducing listening experience, so guess it has that going for it?Unexpect In a Flesh AquariumMy goodness was this annoying to listen too. I get that they're unique and quirky, but that doesn't make it good. Also contains elements of one of my least favorite types of music ever: circus music.Willow Smith Ardipithecus1.0 awfulCorey Feldman Angelic 2 The CoreDir En Grey VulgarFalling in Reverse Fashionably LateMorbid curiosity defeated me the day I subjected my ears to this most unfortunate of musical creations.Iwrestledabearonce Ruining It for EverybodyKid Cudi Speedin' Bullet 2 HeavenLil Wayne RebirthWhy did this need to exist? To enter yet another stinker to rap-rock? As if that subgenre needed more?Pantera WalkSystem of a Down System of a DownSystem of a Down will always be a band that I point to as being a straight up empathetic blindspot with regards to my musical tastes. I am aware that they are influential, and I don't care to argue or get upset at people that say that they love this band, but I cannot for the life of me understand the appeal of this band, especially when they are responsible for penning one of the worst songs I have ever heard in Sugar.
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