| 5.0 classic |
| At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul |
| At the Gates The Flames Of The End |
| Captain Beyond Captain Beyond |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 4 Way Street |
| Cynic Focus |
| Deep Purple Machine Head |
| Deep Purple Made In Japan |
| Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk |
| Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space |
| Giant Squid The Ichthyologist |
| This is exactly what we were all hoping for after Metridium Fields. Giant Squid has refined their songwriting and lyrical approach to create a seamless and epic piece of music -- integrating new instruments and new band members perfectly.rTracks like "Dean Man Slough" and "Blue Linckia" roll on over churning riffs and an atmosphere tailor-made for the lyrical concepts of swampy revenge and ocean turmoil. "Throwing a Donner Party at Sea" (a reworking of a song from Monster in the Creek) is a brilliantly executed rocker whose title is a maritime take on the Donner Party story.rThe Ichthyologist is a solid concept piece that shows a band living up to its terrific creative potential... and I can't wait to hear what they come up with next. |
| Gojira The Flesh Alive |
| Seems a bit redundant to release this a month after the live DVD that's part of L'enfant rSauvage...but it's going to be amazing, especially in Blu-Ray. couldn't pick a better band rto see/hear in super high quality. |
| Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World |
| Helloween Walls of Jericho |
| Immolation Close to a World Below |
| Intronaut Valley of Smoke |
| Isis Oceanic |
| Isis Panopticon |
| Isis Live 6 (11/16/2007) |
| So Did We, In Fiction, and Holy Tears are even better here than the studio cuts. Having Maria Christopher on Weight also makes a huge difference. This and Live V are must-owns for fans of Isis and post-metal. |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme |
| Judas Priest Painkiller |
| Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith |
| Judas Priest Stained Class |
| Kalmah They Will Return |
| Light Bearer Lapsus |
| Magma Live/Hhaï (Köhntark) |
| Magma Mekanïk Destruktiw Kommandoh |
The scope of this album is mind-boggling. Magma invented their own genre to tell Christian
Vander's apocalyptic story, including their own language based around the music. Blasquiz's
voice is ridiculous in range and tone, and the rhythm section (Jannick Top and Vander)
creates the funkiest, most thunderous foundation I've ever heard. If you have any interest
in experimental music, jazz, progressive rock, or outer space, get this right now. |
| Mastodon Leviathan |
| Mastodon Blood Mountain |
| Nightwish End Of An Era |
| Opeth In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall |
| Live albums (and DVD's) just don't get any better than this. Frontman Akerfeldt is spot-on and the rest of the band do their thing perfectly in performing their classic album Blackwater Park, and on one of the world's greatest stages. A must-have for any fan who can tolerate seriously good music. |
| Rainbow Rising |
| Sigur Ros Heima (DVD) |
| The Ocean Fluxion (Remaster) |
| The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed |
| Ulcerate The Destroyers of All |
| Weakling Dead as Dreams |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters |
| 4.5 superb |
| Agalloch The Mantle |
| Agalloch Ashes Against The Grain |
| Alexander Newton Love and Legends |
| At the Gates Purgatory Unleashed: Live At Wacken |
| Classic set list, great performance, enormous crowd, flawless production. ATG were in vintage form at Wacken in front of an ocean of fans and this captures it perfectly. Wanna go to an incredible show without leaving your home? Get this and play it twice for good measure. |
| Baroness Blue Record |
| Bathory Blood Fire Death |
| Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell |
| Cave In White Silence |
| Cloudkicker Beacons |
| Cynic Traced in Air |
| Death Symbolic |
| Deathspell Omega Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum |
| Deathspell Omega Paracletus |
| Deep Purple Fireball |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock |
| Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| Dragonland Starfall |
| Dragonland Under the Grey Banner |
| Edguy Theater of Salvation |
| Electric Wizard Dopethrone |
| Fleetwood Mac Rumours |
| Gamma Ray Majestic |
| Gamma Ray No World Order |
| Gamma Ray Land of the Free |
| Gamma Ray Skeletons in the Closet |
| Gamma Ray Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome |
| A great representation of Gamma Ray's exciting live show, though the DVD is worth getting over the CD version. The musicianship is top-notch as always, and Kai Hansen does a great job of playing to the crowd. It doesn't have quite the power of Skeletons in the Closet, but you won't go wrong picking this up whether you're a fan already or not. |
| Giant Squid Cenotes |
| In the grand scheme of things, 4.5 is more appropriate. But with regards to my taste, I absolutely love this, so it gets a 5. |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F#A# (Infinity) |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas... |
| Beautifully orchestrated, and the opening song is about as emotive as music gets, though it does drag around end of the first disc. Godspeed have a formula that works, despite the fact that it is sounding more and more like a formula. |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! |
| Gojira From Mars To Sirius |
| Gojira L'Enfant Sauvage |
| Like when Mastodon pulled back the throttle on Crack the Skye, Gojira spend a lot of time impressing with mid-paced creative forays, but not really thrilling you. If that comparison proves accurate, however, it will be a big time grower. |
| Halestorm Live in Philly 2010 |
Halestorm's real appeal, as solid as their debut album was, is in their energetic live show.
Drummer Arejay, in particuar, is fun to watch and excellent througout the show. This is a
band to bank on. |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I |
| In The Woods... Omnio |
| Intronaut Prehistoricisms |
| Intronaut Habitual Levitations |
| Isis In the Absence of Truth |
| Isis Live 5 |
| It's Oceanic with more oomph. Isis speed things up a bit and there aren't any female vox, so it's a bit different. Of course, that just means you have to hear it because it's brilliant in a slightly different way than the original. Oh, and that damn WHACK WHACK snare drum is fixed...yeah I'm looking at you, Matt Bayles. |
| Isis Clearing the Eye (DVD) |
| Judas Priest Unleashed in the East |
| Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny |
| Judas Priest Rising In The East - DVD |
| Kalmah Seventh Swamphony |
| Killswitch Engage Set This: World Ablaze [DVD] |
| Kylesa Static Tensions |
| Mastodon Remission |
| Mastodon The Workhorse Chronicles [DVD] |
| Meshuggah I |
| Meshuggah Alive |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning |
| My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours |
| Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I |
| Nightwish Once |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries |
| Opeth Blackwater Park |
| Rainbow Long Live Rock & Roll |
| Revocation Existence Is Futile |
| Revocation Teratogenesis |
| Seal Seal |
| Septic Flesh The Great Mass |
| Slayer South of Heaven |
| Sleep Dopesmoker |
| Sylosis Conclusion Of An Age |
| The Great Old Ones Al Azif |
| The Ocean Precambrian |
| The Ocean Pelagial (Instrumental) |
| The Ocean Pelagial |
| An emphatic return to form for The Ocean, who ditch the philosophical posturing and return rto what they're best at - creating massive soundscapes in a great conceptual framework. |
| Ulcerate Everything Is Fire |
| Ulver Bergtatt |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Black Cascade |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Live at Roadburn 2008 |
| 4.0 excellent |
| At the Gates Terminal Spirit Disease |
| Atheist Jupiter |
| Battlecross Pursuit of Honor |
| Behemoth Demigod |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues |
| Billy Joel River Of Dreams |
| Born of Osiris The Discovery |
| Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| Carcass Heartwork |
| Cinderella Long Cold Winter |
| Converge Jane Doe |
| Cormorant Dwellings |
| Cult of Luna Salvation |
| Cynic Carbon-Based Anatomy |
| Death The Sound of Perseverance |
| Deathspell Omega Drought |
| Deep Purple Perfect Strangers |
| Deep Purple Burn |
| Defeater Travels |
| Dethklok Dethalbum II |
| Diamond Head Lightning To The Nations |
| DragonForce Sonic Firestorm |
| Dragonland Astronomy |
| Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse |
| Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini |
| Fleetwood Mac Tusk |
| Gamma Ray Power Plant |
| Ghost Brigade Until Fear No Longer Defines Us |
| Giant Squid Metridium Fields |
| Giant Squid Monster in the Creek |
| Working on a review for this now. Should be done soon. Not typical Giant Squid but still a cool album, the first two tracks are terrific. |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada |
| Gojira The Way of All Flesh |
| Graviton Massless |
| Writing a review for this now. In a time where almost nothing is "unique", Sacha and company have created an extremely well-crafted piece of music that is both alien and accessible, a combination that is sure to open many new fans to the world of progressive metal. |
| Halestorm The Strange Case Of... |
| Helloween Gambling With the Devil |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy |
| Helloween The Dark Ride |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II |
| High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis |
| Iced Earth Burnt Offerings |
| Immolation Majesty and Decay |
| In Flames The Jester Race |
| Intronaut Void |
| Isis Wavering Radiant |
| John Coltrane Stellar Regions |
| Judas Priest Angel of Retribution |
| Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance |
| Judas Priest Priest...Live! |
| Kalmah Swamplord |
| Kalmah 12 Gauge |
| Kalmah For The Revolution |
| KEN mode Entrench |
| Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies |
| Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache |
| Lamb of God Killadelphia |
| Light Bearer Beyond the Infinite: The Assembly of God |
| Light Bearer Live in Sedel |
| Light Bearer Silver Tongue |
| "almost nothing happens throughout the whole album, it's just one predictable build to ranother predictable build"rThat's like analyzing the sentence structure of Moby-Dick and concluding that it's just a rbunch of descriptions that build to more descriptions with way too many commas in between. rLight Bearer are a medium for a story and ideology, and without that framework it is indeed rjust a bunch of build ups and riffs like any other post-metal album. An opinion is just rthat, but I think this album demands a more holistic view than most. |
| Magma Köhntarkösz |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye |
| The intricacy of this album took me a while to wrap my head around, but if you buy into the ideas behind the album, you'll be rewarded with a masterpiece of songwriting that marries the brutal power of Mastodon's earlier efforts with a touch of imagination and beauty. |
| Mastodon Live at the Aragon |
| Thank goodness they mixed the vocals way down. Mastodon plays everything like -- or better than -- the album, sometimes a bit faster...basically it rocks. The unorthodox song choices from Blood Mountain (Circle of Cysquatch) and Leviathan (Aqua Dementia) at first seem odd, but in concert sound terrific. They also get big points for deciding before the show that everything that happened on stage would be on the record: no overdubs, no re-takes. This is their show, warts and all...and it is awesome. |
| Matisyahu Live At Stubb's |
| Metallica Master of Puppets |
| Morbid Angel Covenant |
| Mother of Mercy IV: Symptoms of Existence |
| Mother of Mercy III |
GET MAD AND GET EVEN YOU SUCKERS
MoM is pissed off so you don't have to be. What. |
| National Sunday Law Festival of the Horned God |
| National Sunday Law La Storia Di Cannibali |
| Opeth Damnation |
| Paula Cole This Fire |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
| Revocation Chaos of Forms |
| Seal Seal II |
| Septic Flesh Communion |
| stellastarr* Harmonies for the Haunted |
| Sting The Soul Cages |
| Svart Crown Witnessing The Fall |
| Drumming is beast, riffs are usually great. Vox aren't special but do the trick. Sets a great mood. Working on a review for this. |
| t.A.T.u. 200 km/H In The Wrong Lane |
| The Dresden Dolls Yes, Virginia... |
| The Ocean Anthropocentric |
| This is the sound The Ocean was trying for when they shook things up after Precambrian - much wider dynamic range, bigger climaxes, more poignant spacial areas, and for the first time, this band really grooves during sections. A big step forward. |
| Venom Welcome to Hell |
| Within Temptation The Unforgiving |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Diadem of 12 Stars |
| Wormrot Dirge |
