| 4.0 excellent |
| 3 (USA) The End is Begun |
| Adele 30 |
| Easily the best full record she's ever released. Arrangements and songwriting take center stage and give her voice the platform she's always needed, and finally gotten. |
| Aghora Formless |
| Alexandre Desplat The Golden Compass OST |
| Anthrax Return of the Killer A's |
| Avantasia The Scarecrow |
| Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen |
| Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll |
| Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper |
| Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet? |
| Cult of Luna The Raging River |
| I just bulldozed my apartment complex it's so heavy. |
| Edguy Mandrake |
| Evergrey Monday Morning Apocalypse |
| Genghis Tron Dream Weapon |
| Head Control System Murder Nature |
| IDLES Ultra Mono |
| Y'all are tripping, this is IDLES finest moment. |
| Ihsahn The Adversary |
| Ihsahn Ihsahn |
| Easily his best since Arktis, and avoids a lot of the pitfalls that plague orchestral metal. Did not leave a lasting impression upon an immediate listen like Artkis or After (his magnum opus), but time will tell if this one is a keeper or an interesting experiment. |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Morning View |
| Into Eternity The Scattering of Ashes |
| Iron Maiden Piece of Mind |
| Judas Priest Angel of Retribution |
| Meshuggah I |
| Meshuggah Contradictions Collapse |
| Nevermore Enemies Of Reality |
| Nightwish Over The Hills And Far Away |
| Nightwish Century Child |
| Nile In Their Darkened Shrines |
| The kings of Egyptian brutal death metal's third release, Nile hit the high point of their career with this one. Heavily downtuned guitars, Egyptian riffs and double bass galore, the group crafts wave after wave of sonic mayhem to throw at you, rarely relenting and always keeping the listener in check. Granted, there are some acoustic moments on the album, but the vast majority is dedicated to being as heavy as humanly possible. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. In Nile's hands, the heaviness adds another dimension to the music, unlike those who use heaviness to mask their poor songwriting ability. Including, among other things, an 11 minute death metal epic, one of the first of its kind, Nile showcases their writing prowess and craft a song that won't bore you, even throughout its length. While you won't find much variety on this album aside from heavy as hell, Nile manages to make it enjoyable throughout the album's 13 tracks. A must have for any death metal fans. |
| Norma Jean All Hail |
| I just threw my entire living room set out the window it's so heavy. |
| Norma Jean Deathrattle Sing for Me |
I just stood up for myself and hit my dad back it's so heavy
EDIT: this one's definitely a grower and more obtuse than their last 3, which is not a bad
thing. |
| Opeth Damnation |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries |
| Pagan's Mind Celestial Entrance |
| Rancid ...And Out Come the Wolves |
| Russell Allen Atomic Soul |
| Sonata Arctica Reckoning Night |
| Strapping Young Lad Alien |
| System of a Down Toxicity |
| Tarot Crows Fly Black |
| Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance (Revisited) |
Guest vocal spots are pretty whack, Dustin sounds a lil tired as opposed to weary on some
tunes, and the new production works about 60ish% of the time. Could've been better.
At the end of the day though, who gives a shit. This is Thrice's best record bar none and I
am absolutely going to throw my back out in the Brooklyn pit for The Abolition of Man along
with every other 30-something who needs one last ride. |
| Tool Lateralus |
| Tool 10,000 Days |
