| 4.0 excellent |
| Apocalyptica Reflections Revised |
| Arch Enemy Stigmata |
| Arch Enemy Black Earth |
| Arch Enemy Burning Bridges |
| Arcturus The Sham Mirrors |
| Arsis A Celebration of Guilt |
| At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul |
| Black Sabbath Mob Rules |
| Bruce Dickinson The Chemical Wedding |
| Carcass Heartwork |
| Cryptopsy Blasphemy Made Flesh |
| Dark Tranquillity Damage Done |
| Dark Tranquillity Fiction |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock |
| Deep Purple Burn |
| Deep Purple Stormbringer |
| Deicide The Stench of Redemption |
| Dio The Last in Line |
| Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought |
| Dream Theater Images and Words |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory |
| Dream Theater Live at Budokan |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos |
| Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings |
| Dream Theater Live Scenes From New York |
| Dying Fetus Destroy the Opposition |
| Dying Fetus War of Attrition |
| Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk |
| Evergrey Recreation Day |
| Frightmare Bringing Back The Bloodshed |
| Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space |
| Gamma Ray Land of the Free |
| Hate Eternal Conquering the Throne |
| John 5 The Devil Knows My Name |
| John Petrucci Suspended Animation |
| Judas Priest Painkiller |
| Kamelot The Black Halo |
| Live Throwing Copper |
| Live Secret Samadhi |
| Lykathea Aflame Elvenefris |
| Manticora 8 Deadly Sins |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace |
| Mercenary 11 Dreams |
| Mercenary The Hours That Remain |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All |
| Metallica Metallica |
| Michael Buble Call Me Irresponsible |
| Napalm Death Time Waits for No Slave |
| Nasum Shift |
| Nevermore Dead Heart in a Dead World |
| The bulk of the rating goes to one song. I think you know which one I'm talking about. Yes, it's The River Dragon Has Come. The song is monstrous. The solo is majestic. The rest album is good, no doubt about that. I particularly enjoy the first 3 songs a lot. |
| Nile In Their Darkened Shrines |
| Nile Annihilation of the Wicked |
| Order of Ennead Order of Ennead |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia |
| Porcupine Tree Deadwing |
| Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
| Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll |
| Rammstein Mutter |
| Rammstein Reise, Reise |
| Slayer Reign in Blood |
| Slayer Hell Awaits |
| Slayer South of Heaven |
| Slayer Still Reigning (Video) |
| Steve Vai Passion and Warfare |
| Suffocation Pierced from Within |
| Suffocation Suffocation |
| After the disappointing Souls to Deny, I thought, this is it. Yet another band trying to launch a comeback of sorts that is doomed to failure. Thankfully, this album proves me dead wrong. When I first heard it in my friend's metal shop, the first thought that came to mind was, "Heh, the production sounds kinda crappy and Frank Mullen odd." But I relented after reading reviews praising it. Boy, was I happy. And in pain, too. The first song, Abomination Reborn, made me headbang so hard I nearly banged my head on the wall. Then came Redemption (which is arguably their best song since the godly Funeral Inception) and the absolutely wicked Bind Torture Kill. Each song has its own sound and feel. Frank Mullen sounds just as menacing but it is Mike Smith that steals the show. The drums may be too upfront at times but it shows how much he's improved. Thunderous fills and the double bass make my body quiver. An excellent album from a band I thought I would never hear again. |
| Suffocation Effigy of the Forgotten |
| Susperia Unlimited |
| Testament The Gathering |
| Testament Low |
| Testament First Strike Still Deadly |
| The Crown Possessed 13 |
| Torchbearer Warnaments |
| Vader The Art Of War |
| Vader Impressions In Blood |
| Vesania God the Lux |
| Wintersun Wintersun |
| Zyklon Disintegrate |
| 3.5 great |
| Aborted Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture |
| Anthrax Stomp 442 |
| Anthrax Volume 8: The Threat Is Real |
| Apocalyptica Apocalyptica |
| Apocalyptica Reflections |
| Apocalyptica Worlds Collide |
| Arsis United in Regret |
| At the Gates Terminal Spirit Disease |
| Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side |
| Bloodbath Unblessing the Purity |
| Bruce Dickinson Tyranny of Souls |
| Cradle of Filth Vempire or Dark Faerytales in Phalluste |
| Cryptopsy None So Vile |
| Cryptopsy And Then You'll Beg |
| Cryptopsy Whisper Supremacy |
| Cryptopsy Once Was Not |
| Daughtry Daughtry |
| Dimmu Borgir Death Cult Armageddon |
| Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| Dream Theater Falling into Infinity |
| Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse |
| Evergrey In Search Of Truth |
| Exmortus In Hatred's Flame |
| Fear Factory Obsolete |
| Gamma Ray Majestic |
| Iced Earth Horror Show |
| Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| In Flames Colony |
| In Flames Clayman |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death |
| Joe Satriani Is There Love In Space? |
| Joe Satriani The Extremist |
| Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance |
| Machine Head The More Things Change... |
| Metallica Garage Inc. |
| Metallica S&M |
| Morbid Angel Covenant |
| Naglfar Pariah |
| Negura Bunget OM |
| Norah Jones Come Away with Me |
| Norah Jones Not Too Late |
| Odious Mortem Cryptic Implosion |
| Overkill Horrorscope |
| Pantera Vulgar Display of Power |
| Pig Destroyer Phantom Limb |
| Rammstein Sehnsucht |
| Rammstein Herzeleid |
| Satyricon Nemesis Divina |
| Slayer War at the Warfield (Video) |
| Slayer Divine Intervention |
| Much like Testament's Low, this album is criminally underrated. Sure, the production on this should've been better because what we have here, is some top quality thrash. Plus, the muddy sound tarnishes what is, to me, Paul Bostaph's best Slayer performance. The dude's a machine! Check out the intro to Killing Fields. Tell me that's sloppy and I'll hit you with a pink shovel. One of my favourites is Fictional Reality. It has awesome riff and one of the coolest Slayer solo section. And, of coure, Dittohead, which is one of the fastest Slayer songs you'll ever hear. It's an all-out thrasher. The title track also deserves attention for its rather creepy lyrics and overall sound. Slayer have a gift for creating some of the best opening songs but their closing songs are no exception. Mind Control isn't Raining Blood, that's for sure, but what it lacks in epic grandeur, it makes it up with speed. Blistering fast and Bostaph really making an impact here. It's sad that people tend to overlook this but for those who don't, they'll have a fun time. |
| Suffocation Human Waste |
| The Haunted The Haunted |
| The Haunted One Kill Wonder |
| Vader De Profundis |
| Vader Revelations |
| Zyklon World ov Worms |
| 2.5 average |
| Anthrax Persistence of Time |
| I wanted to like this album very much after reading numerous reviews praising its goodness. I feel cheated. First off, some of the songs are too long which leads to boredom since Anthrax aren't that good at protracting (boring) ideas. Secondly, the riffs are mediocre. Some of it are okay while the rest is easily forgettable. But it is the vocals that make me cringe as though I had sucked a huge lemon. Joey Belladonna sucks, period. Devoid of any real passion or emotion, I proclaim him as the second worst thrash metal vocalist after Dave Mustaine. Can you say, "Darn, I wish they hired a better singer"? |
| Arch Enemy Doomsday Machine |
| Arch Enemy Wages of Sin |
| Arcturus Sideshow Symphonies |
| Behemoth Demigod |
| Some have compared them to Nile. There are definitely moments where you go, I think I’ve heard that before. Behemoth is a band with so much potential but in their valiant efforts to be very “death metal,” they neglect to create memorable songs. But to be fair, the blame squarely rests on mainman, Nergal. His vocal delivery is both pompous and funnily enough, not that brutal. The clarity of the production makes it sound as though there are three Nergals. Which suffice it to say, is just plain annoying. Just imagine this, a Nergal to your left, a Nergal to your right and a Nergal right in front of you. Not nice at all. And the solos? Let’s just say that the band needs someone who can unleash them with more force because they’re forgettable. Towards Babylon, Xul and Slaves Shall Serve are brutal songs that will pummel your head in and then you’re hankering for some Nile. The most disappointing song has to be The Reign Ov Shemsu-Hor. It starts off with tribal beats while the main riff is quite good. At slightly over 8 minutes you’d think that this is going to epic. It doesn’t. Not even near. It’s overwrought, bloated and mismatched. Not even the liberal usage of the kvlt word Ov can help this album. What a shame. |
| Cannibal Corpse The Wretched Spawn |
| Cradle of Filth Damnation and a Day |
| Cradle of Filth Bitter Suites to Succubi |
| DragonForce Valley of the Damned |
| DragonForce Sonic Firestorm |
| DragonForce Inhuman Rampage |
| Dream Theater Octavarium |
| Emperor IX Equilibrium |
| Exodus Tempo of the Damned |
| Fear Factory Archetype |
| Fear Factory Soul of a New Machine |
| Hate Eternal I, Monarch |
| Hypocrisy Virus |
| Iced Earth The Glorious Burden |
| Immolation Harnessing Ruin |
| Kataklysm Shadows and Dust |
| Kataklysm Serenity in Fire |
| Kreator Violent Revolution |
| Malevolent Creation Warkult |
| Mayhem Chimera |
| Meshuggah Destroy Erase Improve |
| Meshuggah Chaosphere |
| Metallica Reload |
| Metallica Load |
| Monstrosity Spiritual Apocalypse |
| Naglfar Sheol |
| Heavily influenced by Dissection, the Naglfar boys have come up with a not-quite-there yet album. Sure, it has the prerequisite melodies and spite-filled vocals together with the "I hate you and your dog and here's my dagger I'm going to slice you in the name of Satan" lyrics. The album is incoherent and meandering and the far too clean production ruins what could've been an awesome album. |
| Naglfar Harvest |
| Nasum Helvete |
| Nile Black Seeds of Vengeance |
| Norah Jones Feels Like Home |
| Old Man's Child Vermin |
| Origin Echoes of Decimation |
| Overkill Killbox 13 |
| Overkill Under the Influence |
| Overkill Wrecking Everything |
| Sepultura Roots |
| Sepultura Against |
| Slayer God Hates Us All |
| Soilwork Natural Born Chaos |
| Suffocation Souls to Deny |
| Testament Demonic |
