| 3.5 great |
| Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold |
| blink-182 Blink-182 |
| Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited |
| Chronic Future Lines in My Face |
| Clutch From Beale Street to Oblivion |
| Enter Shikari Take to the Skies |
| Every Time I Die The Big Dirty |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin |
| Metallica Master of Puppets |
| Monster Magnet Powertrip |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell |
| Priestess Hello Master |
| Schoolyard Heroes Abominations |
| Schoolyard Heroes take the horror punk genre to new hights, simultaneously transcending and redifining their grossly confining label. With operatic vocals, deliciously dissonant guitar riffs, and a rhythm section that so flawlessly holds the whole show together, "Abominations" is a diamond in the rough; a honed product of a band that gets far too little attention. Heroes' lyrical attack, although redundant at times, is unlike any other's, using images straight out of a 50s zombie flick as metaphors for love and life, and the dual vocals used far too sparsely add yet another dimension to the twisted carnival that is this album. If every band did for music what Schoolyard Heroes have managed to do with this album, the wolrd would be a much, much more interesting place. |
| Shinedown The Sound of Madness |
| While Shinedown's latest effort makes no attempt ot break new ground or innovate in any way, it still makes for a damn fine rock record with singer Brent Smith's endlessly amazing vocals. The recent line-up changes appear to have had little effect on the writing process resulting in a Shinedown album that sounds just what you'd expect a Shinedown album to sound like at this point. A good blend of the elements of their first and second efforts, "Sound of Madness" may be just a rock record, but you'd be hard pressed to find a band that does it better. |
| Silvertide Show and Tell |
| Soundtrack (Film) Across the Universe |
| System of a Down Mezmerize |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II |
| Weezer Raditude |
