Average Rating: 3.43 Rating Variance: 0.62 Objectivity Score: 79% (Well Balanced)
Sorted by Rating | Sort by Name5 classicAtaraxie Slow Transcending AgonyBlack Sabbath ParanoidCircle Takes The Square As The Roots UndoCorrupted El Mundo FrioCorrupted Se hace por los suenos asesinosGospel The Moon is A Dead WorldWhereas As the Roots Undo is a masterpiece in the sense that it is just saturated in raw emotion, The Moon is a Dead World takes pride in the fact that it is literally perfect in every conception of the word. The intricate and progressive intrumentation is unsurpassed in this genre, and the album's tenacity and cohesiveness make this an incredible musical experience.Incantation Onward to GolgothaKayo Dot Choirs of the EyeMy Bloody Valentine LovelessOff Minor The Heat Death of the UniverseOpeth My Arms, Your HearsePink Floyd AnimalsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 "Pathétique" in B minor OpRichard Youngs Sapphiesapphie is richard youngs telling you that will be alone for the rest of your lifeSonic Youth EVOLTaksim Trio Taksim TrioThe Microphones The Glow pt.2Trespassers William Different StarsWarning Watching From a DistanceWorship Last CD Before DoomsdayWorship DooomArguably one of the best doom albums ever released, Worship's Dooom has been in cultivation since the untimely suicide of one half of the duo, 'Fukked Up Mad Max' Varnier. The Doommonger (Daniel Pharos) continued on with what they together had begun, and has constructed an album that is the epitome of sorrow, of anguish, and of death.4.5 superbAFI Black Sails in the SunsetAldebaran Dwellers In TwilightAntonio Vivaldi The Four SeasonsArcade Fire FuneralWell, what can I say about Arcade Fire's album Funeral in as short a sentence as possible, whilst exceeding the 100 character minimum required to post a Sound-Off? Simply this: easy on the ears, and close to the heart.Arghoslent Hornets of the PogromAssuck Misery IndexAssuck Anticapital/BlindspotAutopsy Mental FuneralBathory Blood Fire DeathBedhead WhatFunLifeWassounds like the time i pretended to be dead and everyone was all sad and stuff so then i jumped up and was like GOTCHYABlind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-EarthUndoubtedly the greatest power metal album ever released. You don't even need to listen to any other power metal albums, because they sound exactly the same as this except not as good.Buried at Sea MigrationCandlemass NightfallCat Power Myra LeeCeremony RuinedChopin- Vladimir Ashkenazy Chopin Romantic Piano 2City Of Caterpillar City Of CaterpillarCodeine The White BirchCorrupted Paso InferiorCorrupted La Victima Es Tu MismoCorrupted El Dios QuejaCryptopsy None So VileThis is THE defining death metal album. Every aspect of it is insanely good, and with no doubts in my mind would I recommend this to my own grandmother.Curtis Mayfield Superfly [Soundtrack]Dead Congregation Graves of the ArchangelsDead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting VegetablesDeath HumanDeath SymbolicDeltron 3030 Deltron 3030Disciples of Mockery Prelude to ApocalypseDystopia Human = GarbageEarth Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal MethodElectrocution Inside the UnrealEluvium When I Live by the Garden and the SeaEluvium An Accidental Memory in the Case of DeathEminem The Marshall Mathers LPErik Satie Trios GymnopediesFair To Midland Fables From a MayflyForest Like a Blaze Above the AshesGarden of Shadows Oracle MoonGodspeed You! Black Emperor F# A# ∞Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero KanadaGorguts The Erosion of SanityGrand Belial's Key Judeobeast AssassinationGraves at Sea/Asunder SplitGrouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a HillGZA Liquid SwordsHave A Nice Life DeathconsciousnessHot Cross CryonicsIgnivomous Path of AttritionImmolation Close To A World BelowIn Pieces Lions Write HistoryIncantation Diabolical ConquestIncantation Mortal Throne of NazareneInfest No Man's SlaveInfest DiscographyInsect Warfare At War With Grindcore EPIntestine Baalism Banquet In The DarknessIntestine Baalism Ultimate InstinctIron Maiden The Number of the BeastKayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper TongueKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingLudwig van Beethoven Piano Sonatas 13 & 14 (Moonlight), Opus maudlin of the Well Leaving Your Body MapMegadeth Rust In PeaceMesa Verde The Old RoadMetallica Master of PuppetsModest Mussorgsky Pictures at an ExhibitionMount Eerie Wind's PoemMournful Congregation The Monad of CreationMourning Beloveth The Sullen SulcusMurder by Death Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?My Education Bad VibrationsNeil Young Rust Never SleepsNeurosis Given to the RisingNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNOFX The DeclineOff Minor Some BloodOff Minor InnominateOm PilgrimageAttaining the unitive knowledge of the godhead is far more rewarding than you may believe.Opeth MorningriseOpeth Still LifeOrganized Konfusion Stress: The Extinction AgendaOrphaned Land Mabool (The Story of the Three Sons...)As much as some other Sound-Offs will have you believe, Islamic is NOT a language.Orphans of Cush White NoizeOstanek/Loss/Orthodox/Mournful Cong. Four BurialsPaco de Lucia Entre Dos AguasPanopticon PanopticonPanopticon CollapseParlamentarisk Sodomi Har Du Sagt A Far Du Si NalPatti Smith HorsesConsidered the 'godmother' of punk rock, Patti Smith's 1975 release of Horses was a defining point in the punk rock explosion of the 70s. No where near as abrasive as the punk acts that would follow it due to its heavy grounding in rock music, Smith's talent at writing catchy and enjoyable songs is unparalleled. Her vicious undertones give the album another sense of appeal, and it's easy to see how this album influenced an entire generation.Peste Noire La Sanie des siecles - Panegyrique de laPig Heart Transplant Hope You Enjoy HeavenPink Floyd Wish You Were HerePrimordial To The Nameless DeadPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos 1-3; Concert FantasyRise Against The Sufferer and the WitnessSed Non Satiata Le Ciel De Notre EnfanceSergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos 1 - 4Sigh Hangman's HymnSkepticism AlloySlowdive SouvlakiSmashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessSol Let There Be A MassacreSolitude Aeturnus Into the Depths of SorrowSonic Youth Daydream NationSonic Youth Daydream Nation (Deluxe Edition)Sonic Youth SisterStargazer The Scream That Tore the SkySuffocation Pierced From WithinSummoning Minas MorgulSwans Soundtracks For The BlindSystem of a Down System of a DownTerrorizer World DownfallThe Cranberries No Need to ArgueThe Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?The Cure DisintegrationThe Microphones The Glow Pt. 2 (Re-release)The Pogues Rum, Sodomy, and the LashThe Red Paintings Walls [EP]The Red Paintings Your Tears Are Warning SignsThe Smiths The Queen Is DeadThe Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and NicoThrice The Artist In The AmbulanceTim Hecker Harmony in UltravioletTool AenimaTool LateralusTrespassers William HavingUlcerate Everything is FireUlver BergtattUnited Bible Studies The Shore That Fears the SeaVordr IWeekend Nachos UnforgivableWu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)Yansimalar YansimalarYndi Halda Enjoy Eternal BlissYndi Halda Enjoy Eternal Bliss EP4 excellentA Wilhelm Scream Career SuicideAbsurd/Grand Belial's Key/Sigrblot WeltenfeindAdramelech PsychostasiaAdrift MonolitoAdrift/Another Kind of Death/Moho/Moksha WaterlooAFI All Hallow's EPAFI The Art of DrowningAgalloch Pale FolkloreListening to Pale Folklore is like pouring a bucket of icy cold water over your head, but not getting wet.Agalloch Of Stone, Wind, and PillorAgathocles Theatric Symbolisation Of LifeAkitsa La Grande InfamieAlaskan Night Bears Love Songs for Haley and 36,000 ft.Alaskan Night Bears A Recurring Theme of Walls Closing InAlaskan Night Bears I Lived In Texas Once...All the Empires of the World Last RitesAmadou and Mariam Welcome to MaliAmerican Football American FootballAmorphis Silent WatersAnberlin New SurrenderAncestortooth Elephant BoneyardArab Strap PhilophobiaArghoslent Incorrigible BigotryArghoslent/Martial Barrage Send Forth The Best Ye BreedAsunder A Clarion CallASVA What You Don't Know Is FrontierASVA Futurist's Against the OceanAt the Drive-In This Station is Non-OperationalAt the Drive-In Relationship of CommandAtheist Unquestionable PresenceAussitot Mort 6 SongsAutopsy Fiend for BloodAutopsy Severed SurvivalAutumn Leaves Embraced by the AbsoluteAzure Ray Azure RayBaphomet The Dead Shall InheritBattle of Mice A Day of NightsBattle Of Wolf 359 The Death Of AffectBeat Happening JamboreeBeirut Gulag OrkestarBelenos SpicilegeBelenos Chants De BatailleBelenos Errances OniriquesBlack Boned Angel VerdunBlack Cobra BestialBlack Forest/Black Sea Black Forest/Black SeaBlack Sabbath Heaven and HellBlack Sabbath Master of RealityBlacklisted Peace On Earth, War On StageBlacklisted Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than GodBlaspherian Allegiance to the Will of DamnationBlut Aus Nord Ultima ThuleeBob Dylan Blood on the TracksBolt Thrower ...For VictoryBolt Thrower The IVth CrusadeBon Iver For Emma, Forever AgoBoris PinkBoris Akuma no utaBotch We Are The RomansBrand New Deja EntenduBrand New The Devil And God Are Raging Inside MeBrand New DaisyBuilt To Spill Ultimate Alternative WaversBurzum Det Som Engang VarCandlemass Epicus Doomicus MetallicusCastevet Summer FencesCat Power Moon PixCathedral Forest of EquilibriumCeltic Frost Morbid Tales/Emperor's ReturnChurch of Misery Master of BrutalityChurch of Misery Houses of the UnholyClosure ClosureComets on Fire Blue CathedralConsummatum Est Funeral ProcessionConverge Petitioning The Empty SkyConverge Axe To FallCorpse Molestation Descension of a Darker DeityCorrupted NadieCorrupted An Island InsaneCorrupted VasanaCorrupted Dios InjustoCosmic Atrophy Codex IncuboCranes Wings of JoyCruciamentum Convocation of Crawling ChaosCynic FocusDaitro Laisser Vivre Les SquelettesDaitro YDalek Abandoned LanguageDark Tranquillity The GalleryDarkthrone A Blaze In the Northern SkyDe La Soul 3 Feet High And RisingDead Congregation Purifying Consecrated GroundDead Kennedys Give Me Convenience or Give Me DeathDead Kennedys FrankenchristDead Kennedys Plastic Surgery DisastersDeath Individual Thought PatternsDeath The Sound of PerseveranceDeath Cab For Cutie Transatlanticismi'm sad because i need you so much closer and you're not really that close at the moment, like, you're not incredibly far away from me, like in china or anything, but you could be a lot closer because i want you right here because you're even more beautiful than ben gibbard's faggy voice which sounds so good, so come on, do what he says, come ooooonnn.DeathCrawl The End Is Not Near EnoughDecapitated Winds of CreationDecomposed Hope Finally Died...Deerhunter MicrocastleDeerhunter Weird Era Cont.Deerhunter Rainwater Cassette Exchange EPDeerhunter "turn it up, faggot"Demigod Slumber of Sullen EyesDemilich NespitheDepravity Silence of the CenturiesDesidia DesidiaDevics Push The HeartDeVotchKa How It EndsDiocletian Doom CultDiocletian DecimatorDiscordance Axis The Inalienable DreamlessdiSEMBOWELMENT Transcendence Into The PeripheralDismember The God That Never WasDissection The SomberlainDo Make Say Think You, You're a History in RustDoomshine Thy Kingdoom Comedot(.) dot(.)Downfall of Gaia DemoDrive Like Jehu Yank CrimeDropdead 1st LPDropdead 2nd LPDrudkh Blood In Our WellsDrudkh MicrocosmosEarth Earth 2Earth The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's SkullEarth HibernaculumEdge Of Sanity When All Is SaidEdge Of Sanity CrimsonEibon EibonEnvy All the Footprints You've Ever Left...Envy A Dead Sinking StoryEric's Trip Love TaraEsoteric The Maniacal ValeExcomm SuperionExtortion DegenerateFair To Midland Inter.Funda.StifleFalkenbach Ok Nefna Tysvar TyFall of Efrafa OwslaFeist The ReminderFistula Burdened By Your ExistenceFleshpress FleshpressForgotten Tomb Songs to LeaveFrederic Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11Fuck Buttons Street HorrrsingFunebrarum The Sleep of Morbid DreamsFuneral TragediesFuneral Diner The UnderdarkFuneral Diner Funeral Diner... Is DeadGhostlimb GhostlimbGiant Squid Metridium FieldsGorgoroth AntichristGorod Leading VisionGrand Belial's Key KosheratGrief Come to GriefGrief ...And Man Will Become The HuntedHarvey Milk Life... The Best Game in TownHarvey Milk Courtesy and Good Will Toward MenHellsongs Hymns In The Key Of 666His Hero is Gone Monuments to ThievesHot Cross Fair Trades And Farewells EPIgnivomous Death TransmutationImmolation Here In AfterImmolation Dawn of PossessionImmolation Failures For GodsIn First Person Lost Between Hands Held TightIn Flames Lunar StrainIn Mourning Shrouded DivineInborn Suffering Wordless HopeIncantation Primordial DominationIncantation Blasphemous CremationIncantation Entrantment of EvilInfest SlaveInfester To the Depths... In DegradationInsect Warfare World ExterminationI just got my face kicked in, it was okay 5/5Interpol Turn on the Bright LightsIntestine Baalism The EnergumenusIntestine Baalism An Anatomy of the BeastIron Lung Sexless //No SexIron Maiden PowerslaveJapandroids Post-NothingJoshua Fit For Battle To Bring Our Own EndJudas Priest Sad Wings of DestinyJulie Doiron DésormaisKayo Dot Blue Lambency DownwardKidcrash JokesKolya KolyaKreng L'Autopsie Phenomenale De DieuKronos Colossal Titan StrifeKrypts Open the CryptLair of the Minotaur The Ultimate DestroyerLaura Radio Swan is DownLeviathan Tentacles of WhorrorLightning Swords of Death/Valdur SplitLisa Mitchell Welcome to the AfternoonLiz Durrett The MezzanineLo-Ruhamah The Glory of GodLotte Kestner China MountainLunatic Soul Lunatic SoulM83 Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost GhostsMalevolent Creation RetributionMalveillance Que La Mort Vous EmporteMartial Barrage Call of the SerapeumMartriden Martriden EPMaster's Hammer Ritualmaudlin of the Well BathMayhem De Mysteriis Dom SathanasMegiddo The Devil and the WhoreMeniscus Absence of IMetallica Ride the LightningMetallica ...And Justice for AllMew FrengersMind Eraser Conscious UnconsciousMind Eraser CaveMineral The Power Of FailingMitochondrion ArchaeaeonModern Life Is War WitnessMonstrosity Imperial DoomMorbid Angel Altars of MadnessMorpheus Descends Chronicles of the Shadowed OnesMortifera Vastiia Tenebrd MortiferaMoss Cthonic RitesMoss Tombs of the Blind DruggedMoss Sub TemplumCrushes posers.Moss Icon LyburnumMount Eerie Lost WisdomMount Eerie Black Wooden Ceiling OpeningMount Eerie No FlashlightMount Eerie DawnMournful Congregation The June FrostMourning Beloveth A Disease for the AgesMoving Hearts Live in DublinMum Finally We Are No OneMuse AbsolutionMy Dying Bride Turn Loose the SwansNachtfalke Doomed To DieNasum Helveteit's like this album is heavy and fast and there are songs on it and it's pretty good but i dunno man, europeans man, you dont know where their fingers ahve beenNecrovore Divus de MortuusNeil Young Live RustNeila Danza de NieblasNeurosis Through Silver in BloodNirvana NevermindNirvana In UteroNirvana MTV Unplugged in New YorkNoisy Sins of the Insect Discography cdrNunslaughter GoatYOU FUCKING SLUUUT SATANIC SLUUUUT DN DUNNN DUNN DNN NDUNN EAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGHHHHH DNDNDNDNDNDND YOU WANNA FUCK ME BITCH I WANNA FUCK YOU TOo SATANIC SLUUUT DNDNNDNDN DNDNND DNN DUNNNNNNNNNOctober Falls The Womb of Primordial NatureOff Minor Problematic CourtshipOhana Dead BeatOm Conference of the BirdsOm God Is Goodalbum is pretty chill n shit u kno u gotta play that shit when it's all over that mothercuker and shit it's dope as man you gotaa blieve it man got like flutes and drums n bass cant hold back the powwwwahhhOpeth Blackwater ParkPathogen BloodlinePatti Smith EasterPelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon...Peste Noire Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francorPestilence Consuming ImpulsePhalanx [AUS] PsychosisPhilip Glass GlassworksPig Destroyer Phantom LimbPiglet lava landPink Floyd Atom Heart MotherPink Floyd The WallPink Floyd PulsePixies Surfer RosaPixies DoolittlePixies Best of Pixies: Wave of MutilationPixies Trompe Le MondePortal OutréPortal SwarthPortrait DiscographyPossessed Seven ChurchesPrevalent Resistance Eternal ReturnPrimordial The Gathering WildernessProsanctus Inferi Sacreligious Desecration In ExcelsisPseudogod/Blaze of Perdition In Void and Serpent the Spirit Is OnePsycroptic The Scepter of the AncientsPulling Teeth Paranoid Delusions/Paradise IllusionsQuo Vadis Day Into NightRadiohead The BendsRadiohead OK ComputerRammstein Live aus BerlinRefused The Shape Of Punk To ComeRichard Youngs Autumn ResponseRites of Spring End on EndRotting Christ Thy Mighty ContractRun With The Hunted Destroy All CalendarsSaetia A RetrospectiveSara Lov Seasoned Eyes Were BeamingSarah Blasko What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will HaveSatyricon Dark Medieval TimesSavage Garden AffirmationSay Hi Numbers & MumblesScreaming Trees Sweet OblivionSepultura AriseSepultura Under A Pale Grey SkyShape Of Despair Angels of DistressShe Said Destroy This City Speaks in TonguesSigh Imaginary SonicscapeSilverchair FrogstompSince (Time) EntropiateSix Organs Of Admittance CompathiaSkepticism FarmakonSkepticism StormcrowfleetSkepticism Aes(EP)Skepticism EthereSkullflower Form DestroyerSlayer Reign in BloodSlayer Seasons in the AbyssSlayer Decade of AggressionSleep DopesmokerSlowdive MorningriseSlowdive SlowdiveSlugathor Echoes from BeneathSmashing Pumpkins Siamese DreamSmashing Pumpkins Rotten ApplesSmashing Pumpkins Zero EPSolemn ExiledSonic Youth Sonic NurseSonic Youth Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr IdolsSonic Youth Confusion is SexSonic Youth A Thousand LeavesStabat Mater Stabat MaterStars Of The Lid And Their Refinement Of The DeclineSubtle texturing prevails; where a slight dip in profundity may leave a little to be desired, And Their Refinement of the Decline is a remarkably gentle and soothing composition, one which turns the record into the infinitely deep cushion your mind will come to rely on.Stench of Decay Where Death and Decay ReignSteve Von Till A Grave is a Grim HorseSuffocation Effigy of the ForgottenSuma Let the Churches BurnSummoning Oath BoundSummoning Dol GuldurSwallow the Ocean Swallow the OceanSweek The Unbelievable Cinematic CrashSystem of a Down ToxicityThe Antlers HospiceThe Beatles Let it BeThe Beatles RevolverThe Beatles Abbey RoadThe Carrier No Love Can Save MeNo Love Can Save Me may be only three songs, but each of them is literally brimming with energy, leaving the EP as a ten minute journey through the very best that emotional hardcore can offer. Each song feels almost perfect; the production is crisp and clean, the instrumentation?s clarity not being diminished in moments of chaos. Vocalist Anthony is one of the better performers you will hear from the genre; his screams are typical of the hardcore sound but fit almost perfectly with the direction of the music, be it disarray or melody that the band is aiming for. It?s a remarkably short listen, but its force is not lessened in any way by its length. A great precursor to the band?s follow up full length.The Carrier One Year LaterThe Chasm Deathcult For Eternity; The TriumphThe Chasm Farseeing the Paranormal AbysmThe Cranberries Bury the HatchetThe Cranberries Stars: The Best of the Cranberries, 1992The Cranberries UncertainThe Decemberists PicaresqueThe Gaslight Anthem The '59 SoundThe Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThe Microphones It Was Hot We Stayed In The WaterThe Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The BondsThe Red Paintings Cinema Love [EP]The Red Paintings Destroy The RobotsThe Red Paintings Reality [EP]The Roots Rising DownThe Slow Death The Slow DeathThe Tallest Man on Earth Shallow GraveThe Van Pelt Sultans of SentimentThe Vasco Era Milesthorr's hammer DommedagsnattThou Shalt Suffer Into the Woods of BelialThrice The Illusion of SafetyTiny Vipers Life on EarthTo Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie The PatronTori Amos Little EarthquakesTotalt J�vla M�rker Totalt J�vla M�rkerTragedy VengeanceTrespassers William Noble HouseUnconsecrated Unconsecrated Cemetery / Dark AwakeningUnited Nations United NationsVengeful The Omnipresent CurseWalknut Graveforests And Their ShadowsWeakling Dead as DreamsWeekend Nachos Torture EPWeekend Nachos Punish and DestroyWeezer The Blue AlbumWeezer PinkertonWilliam Fitzsimmons Until When We Are Ghostsyacøpsæ Einstweilige VernichtungYear of No Light NordYppah You Are Beautiful At All TimesZelienople His/Hers3.5 great...Who Calls So Loud ...Who Calls So LoudA Silver Mount Zion He Has Left Us Alone...Aethenor Faking Gold and MurderAFI Sing the SorrowAFI The AFI RetrospectiveAFI The Days of the Phoenix EPAFI Black Sails EPAfterlives A Ticking Clock I Couldn't StopAgalloch The MantleAkitsa Sang NordiqueAkitsa GoétieAll in the Golden Afternoon All in the Golden AfternoonAll the Empires of the World ...Will Be Laid To WasteAlpinist Minus.MenschAmanda Woodward La Décadence de la DécandenceAmebix The Power RemainsAmesoeurs AmesoeursAmiina KurrAnata The Conductor's DepartureAnathema SerenadesAnberlin CitiesAndrew Bird Armchair Apocryphaandtheywillriot! Kick Up The Leaves, This Is AutumnAntigua y Barbuda Try FutureArcade Fire Neon BibleArghoslent Galloping Through the Battle RuinsArghoslent Arsenal of Glory (demo)Arkhon Infaustus OrthodoxynArsis A Diamond for DiseaseAsgaut VillageAsobi Seksu CitrusAsphyx Death... The Brutal WayAt the Drive-In El Gran OrgoAt the Drive-In In / Casino / OutAt the Gates Slaughter of the SoulAt the Gates The Red in the Sky is OursAt the Gates Terminal Spirit DiseaseAtaraxie The Other PathAussitot Mort MontuengaAutumn Leaves As Night Conquers DayAxis Powers Marching Towards DestructionBad Religion GeneratorBad Religion Against The Grain (re-issue)Bad Religion Against the GrainBane Give BloodBasilisk VintyrhellBat For Lashes Two SunsBauhaus In the Flat FieldBelenos Chemins de SouffranceBeliever GabrielBirds Of Tokyo UniversesBlack Pyramid Black PyramidBlack Sabbath Black SabbathBlacklisted The Beat Goes OnBlind Guardian Imaginations from the Other SideBloodbath Breeding Death EPBloodbath Nightmares Made FleshBlut Aus Nord Thematic Emanation of Archetypal MultiplicityBon Iver Blood BankIt's unfortunate that 'Woods' had to ruin what is otherwise a beautiful EP; the first three tracks of Blood Bank are delicate and fragile, and invoke an unwavering sense of emotion, but it is the final track which, to my great distress, just sounds a little gay.Bone Awl Magnetism of WarBoris FeedbackerBraid Frame and CanvasBrand New The Holiday EPBright Eyes Lifted or the Story is in the Soil...Buried Inside Spoils Of FailureBurzum FilosofemBurzum Hvis Lyset Tar OssCarnophage Deformed Future // Genetic NightmareCarpe Noctem Carpe NoctemCatfight On A Hotdog Men Of The Cloth EPCatfight On A Hotdog Turned Into A Pillar Of SaltCatfight On A Hotdog I Started The Recession EPChaos Divine RatioCircle Takes The Square Circle Takes the SquareCoheed and Cambria Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV...Coliseum GoddamageCombatwoundedveteran This is Not an Erect, All-Red Neon BodyConverge Jane DoeCorrupted AncianoCursed III: Architects of Troubled SleepCursed IICurtis Mayfield RootsDaemonarch HermeticumDangers AngerDavid Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust...Deadbird Twilight RitualDeath Live in L.A.: Death & RawDeath Cab For Cutie Narrow StairsDeath in June But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter?Deerhunter CryptogramsDeicide The Stench of RedemptionDenial Catacombs of the GrotesqueDesultory Into EternityDevin Townsend Project KiDismember Like an Ever Flowing StreamDolores O'Riordan Are You Listening?Dolores O'Riordan No Baggagewhen i heard skeleton i rated this a 5 and wrote a sound-off saying thsi was the greeatest album ever but then the next morning i actually listened to it and then d soundoff and rerated it 3.5 so big deal wanna fight about itDOOM MM ... FoodDoomsword DoomswordDrive Like Jehu Yank Crime [Reissue]Ehnahre The Man Closing UpAn experimental death/doom album that exudes a dark and torturous atmosphere, Ehnahres The Man Closing Up is a fine example of how the often stale genre can prove to be exciting. The heavier parts of the record are simply fantastic, and the way they meld in and out of claustrophobic ambience is very well executed. Nevertheless, one sometimes feels that the experimental side of the album has gotten out of hand playing silence for several minutes in the aim of creating atmosphere just doesnt bode well for an albums longevity.Electric Six FireEmbrace Of Thorns Atonement RitualEmperor Anthems to the Welkin at DuskEmperor In the Nightside EclipseEmpire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) Year Of the Rabbit 7"Envy Insomniac DozeErykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. 1 (4th World War)Etro Anime See the SoundFair To Midland The Carbon Copy Silver LiningFen Ancient Sorrow (EP)Finch Say Hello To SunshineFire Team Charlie Untitled 7"Forgotten Tomb Springtime DepressionFrou Frou DetailsFunebrarum Beneath the Columns of Abandoned GodsGenghis Tron Board Up The HouseGhostlimb Bearing & DistanceGlassjaw Worship and TributeGod Macabre The WinterlongGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas ToGoreaphobia Mortal RepulsionGorod Process of a New DeclineGrails Doomsdayer's HolidayGraves at Sea Documents of GriefGride Tanec BlaznuGrief DismalGrizzly Bear VeckatimestGrouper Way Their CreptHallowed Butchery Funeral Rites for the LivingHigh on Fire Death Is This CommunionHis Hero is Gone Fool's GoldHole Live Through ThisHooded Menace Fulfill the CurseHot Cross Risk RevivalHot Cross A New Set of Lungs [EP]HUM Downward Is HeavenwardHyponic The Noise of TimeI Hate Myself 10 SongsIdaho Hearts of PalmIn Flames WhoracleIncantation Decimate ChristendomIncantation Upon the Throne of ApocalypseInsomnium In the Halls of AwaitingIsole ForevermoreJ Dilla Jay Stay PaidJem Finally WokenJem Down to EarthJerome's Dream Seeing Means More Than SafetyJesu SilverJimmy Eat World FuturesJob for a Cowboy Job For A Cowboy Demo EPKaamos KaamosKamelot KarmaKatatonia Dance of December SoulsKatatonia Viva EmptinessKidcrash SnacksKings of Leon Only By The NightKylesa Static TensionsLa Quiete La Fine Non È La FineLaconist Adveniat InfernusLaura Marling Alas, I Cannot SwimLewd Acts Black Eye BluesLisa Mitchell Said One to the OtherLisa Mitchell WonderAlthough claims of the 'next big thing' may be somewhat exaggerated, there's no doubt that Lisa Mitchell's debut full length comprises of everything that is good about her chirpy and lovable brand of pop folk. The subtlety of the pop aesthetic has just the right amount of weight to make it a worthy listen as a complete record, and the progression from her excellent Welcome to the Afternoon EP is fantastic.Little Birdy HollywoodLoma Prieta Last CityLoma Prieta Dark MountainLonging For Dawn A Treacherous AscensionLoss Life Without Hope... Death Without ReasonLove Like... Electrocution Love Like... ElectrocutionLykathea Aflame ElvenefrisMartyrdod Sektmaudlin of the Well Part the SecondMazzy Star So Tonight That I Might SeeMetallica S&MmewithoutYou Brother, SisterMihai Edrisch L’un san l’autreMihai Edrisch Un Jour Sans LendemainMineral EndSerenadingMinor Threat Complete DiscographyMinsk With Echoes in the Movement of StoneMirrorthrone Carriers of DustMono Hymn To The Immortal WindMoonblood Blut und KriegMoonspell Under SatanaeMorbosidad Cojete a Dios por el CuloMoss Icon It DisappearsMournful Gust The Frankness EveAlthough conforming with typical death/doom expectations, Ukraine's Mournful Gust are at the forefront of the genre. Their first album since their debut in 2000, The Frankness Eve is a limitless supply of great death/doom. Thick and throaty gutturals, fantastic singing, and a constant hint at Eastern European music throughout the various melodies contained in the album, this is one of the better death/doom albums you'll hear. If you enjoy Inborn Suffering, Mourning Beloveth, DOOM:VS, Morgion or Hanging Garden, this is an album not to be missed.Mourning Beloveth DustMouth of the Architect The Ties That BindMurder by Death Red Of Tooth And ClawMuse Black Holes and RevelationsMy Bloody Valentine You Made Me RealiseMy Dying Bride A Line of Deathless KingsNecrophagist EpitaphThe technical work on this album is incredible. I found this album a lot more accessible than the first Necrophagist album, mainly due to the fact it had proper instruments, rather than drum and bass samples (don't quote me on that, but I do know there were samples). It just sounded as if the whole thing was written on Guitar Pro or something. That is why I like this album a lot more, I find it much more accessible. On the whole, a very good album. But I do agree with a comment for the review, the technical work may be amazing but in terms of song-writing Necrophagist still have a way to go.Neil Young Harvest MoonNettlethrone Dissonant ProgressionNettlethrone are a Turkish death metal band, and Dissonant Progression is their debut album. Borrowing heavily from newer acts such as The Black Dahlia Murder and combining this with the style of melodic death introduced by European bands like At the Gates, Nettlethrone manage to shape their own sound and identity. A mixture of melody and brutality sums up Dissonant Progression, and while the band conforms to most modern death metal trends, they do not fall into the mire that is deathcore. Tracks such as 'Preaching The Crisis Discipline' are exhilarating and really give the album a fine edge. Although very short, this was perhaps a wise decision on behalf of the band; dragging out an already very common style would not have bode well for the overall effect of the album. Acoustic interludes also crop up amongst the tracks, however it was unfortunate that neither the acoustic nor the normal tracks had any influence of traditional Turkish music; a Middle-Eastern flavour to some of these tracks would have been fantastic. Nonetheless, a solid and enjoyable melodic death album.Nirvana Greatest HitsNoctis For Future's Past EPOm Variations on a ThemeOpeth OrchidOpeth DamnationOrchid Chaos Is MeOwen At Home WithP.O.S. Never BetterPale Young Gentlemen Black Forest (tra la la)Panopticon SplitParadise Lost Faith Divides Us - Death Unites UsPatti Smith Radio Ethiopiapg.lost It's Not Me, It's You!Pink Floyd MeddlePixies Come On Pilgrim [EP]Poison The Well The Tropic RotProcess of Guilt RenounceProcess of Guilt ErosionPyramido SandQueens Of The Stone Age Songs For The DeafRadiohead Hail To The ThiefRadiohead Kid ARadiohead Pablo HoneyRadiohead AmnesiacRaein Il n'y Pas de OrchestreRammstein MutterRaven Dark Berustet av KriegsdronnetRaventhrone Malice in WonderlandsRed Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits And VideosReflections of Internal Rain Last FloodRepulsion HorrifiedRise Against Siren Song Of The Counter CultureRise Against The Unraveling (Re-Issue)Rise Against The UnravelingRotten Sound CyclesRussian Circles EnterRussian Red I Love Your GlassesSavage Garden Savage GardenSay Anything ...Is A Real Boy (re-release)Say Anything ...Is A Real BoySay Anything In Defense of the GenreSeviss ...Et Pleure Le BâtardShining VI - KlagopsalmerSholi SholiSibylle Baier Colour GreenSigur Ros TakkSilverchair The Best Of: Vol. 1Sinking Ships DisconnectingSkullflower BirthdeathSlayer South of HeavenSlidhr SlidhrSlidhr Demo 1Slowdive Holding Our BreathSmashing Pumpkins The Aeroplane Flies HighSmashing Pumpkins Pisces IscariotSmashing Pumpkins EarphoriaSmashing Pumpkins Siamese SinglesSmashing Pumpkins Judas OSoap and Skin Lovetune for VacuumSolstice LamentationsSombres Forets Royaume De GlaceSonic Youth DirtySonic Youth GooSonic Youth Goo (Deluxe Edition)Sonic Youth Bad Moon RisingSonic Youth Rather RippedSonic Youth The EternalSororicide The EntitySouls Of Nephilims The Vampiric Requiem EPSparklehorse Good Morning SpiderSpires Flowers and FireworksStratovarius The Chosen OnesSuffocate For Fuck Sake Blazing Fires and Helicopters on the FroSuffocation SuffocationSuffocation Blood OathSuicidal Tendencies Suicidal TendenciesSuidAkrA CaledoniaSum 41 Does This Look InfectedSum 41 ChuckSunny Day Real Estate DiarySwallow The Sun Ghost Of LossSwamp Thing In ShameTalk Talk Laughing StockTangorodrim Justus Ex Fide VivitThe Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Black Dahlia Murder UnhallowedThe Cranberries Wake Up and Smell the CoffeeThe Cranberries To the Faithful DepartedThe Cure Greatest HitsThe Distillers Coral FangThe Drowning This Bleak DescentThe End Of Six Thousand Years IsolationThe Fall Of Troy DoppelgangerA spindly, and at first seemingly disconnected album, Fall of Troy's Doppelganger is an intricate and superbly crafted album that takes pride in it's less than subtle changes of pace and tempo, which make for a chaotic and disorderly listen. But in a good way. The beauty of the album is that it still retains melody, accessibility, and sheer heaviness throughout its 11 songs, without submitting to order, or predictability.The Huguenots DiscographyThe Offspring AmericanaThe Offspring Greatest HitsThe Offspring SmashThe Red Paintings Feed the Wolf [EP]The Red Paintings Angel Flummox [EP]The Streets Original Pirate MaterialThe White Stripes Icky ThumpThis Will Destroy You Young MountainThou The Retaliation of the Immutable Force of NatureThursday Full CollapseTool OpiateTool 10,000 DaysTool UndertowTrespassers William The Natural Order of ThingsTribulation The HorrorTV on the Radio Dear ScienceUltra Dolphins MarUlver Nattens MadrigalUnderoath Act of DepressionUnderoath Define the Great LineUnwritten Law ElvaVerse AggressionVespers Descent Reality DysfunctionAlthough being a relatively small contingent, the local metal scene of Perth, Western Australia, has produced some rather appealing albums, Pathogen's Bloodline for example. Vespers Descent are of a similar camp to Pathogen and others, such as Malignant Monster, but differ in that they can be likened far more to more international and popular death metal bands. Their first album, 2005's Visions in Verse, was reasonably successful, and coupled with the band's tightly executed live act, created a name for the band amongst the city's small metal community. They return in 2008 with a simple, yet ferociously good EP, Reality Dysfunction. With a slathering of good riffing, all glazed with a delicate touch of melody, Reality Dysfunction is 4 songs that definitely worth hearing. The vocals on the EP are very good, at a moderate depth and constantly decipherable. The band show off their influences with a cover of At the Gates' 'Blinded by Fear', and to be honest do an as good as, if not better, job of it than At the Gates did in 1995. To finish off the EP, the band give us a warm and melancholic acoustic outro in 'Eclipse', which was a very nice touch. Definitely a band to keep your eye on.Void Of Silence Human AntithesisVoyager Element VWaylander Reawakening of Pride Once LostWeezer Green AlbumWilliam Fitzsimmons The Sparrow and the CrowWinter Into DarknessWir Sind Helden Die ReklamationWishes On A Plane This Faint Line EPWitchfinder General Death PenaltyWith Honor Heart Means EverythingWorship/Stabat Mater SplitWreck Of The Hesperus The Sunken ThresholdYaphet Kotto The Killer Was in the Government BlanketsYou and I DiscographyZero Hour The Towers of Avarice3 good...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead And You Will Know Us By the Trail of DeadAeternus ...And So The Night BecameAFI Shut Your Mouth + Open Your EyesAFI A Fire Inside EPAgalloch Tomorrow Will Never ComeAge Sixteen Open Up Finders, PleaseAgoraphobic Nosebleed Bestial MachineryAhab The Divinity Of OceansAidan Baker and Thisquietarmy A Picture of a PictureAlexisonfire AlexisonfireAmon Amarth Versus the worldAmon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder GodAmorphis Tales From the Thousand LakesAnimal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionWe've done scientific calculations to determine the objective worth of Merriweather Post Pavillion, and as much as it makes the weather merry and the pavillions posted, it's really only a 3/5.Apse SpiritAres Kingdom Return to DustArsis A Celebration of GuiltAshdautas Shadow Plays of Grief and PainAsobi Seksu HushAt the Gates With Fear I Kiss the Burning DarknessAura Noir The MercilessAvenged Sevenfold Waking the FallenAvulsed Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-Mutilation)Bad Religion No ControlBasilisk A Joyless March Through The Cold-LandsBeyond Dawn Pity LoveBlack Horizons A Dream's FuneralBlack Sabbath Sabbath Bloody SabbathBloodbath Resurrection Through CarnageBloodbath Unblessing the PurityBright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's MorningBroken Social Scene You Forgot It In PeopleBurst OrigoBush Sixteen StoneCap'n Jazz AnalphabetapolothologyCeremony Still Nothing Moves YouCoffins Buried DeathColdworld Melancholie²Cursive DomesticaCynic Traced In AirDark Tranquillity The Mind's IDark Tranquillity Damage DoneDarkest Hour The Mark Of The JudasDead Leaf Echo Pale FireDissection Storm of the Light's BaneDoomVS Aeternum ValeDrudkh EstrangementDusk [Hun] Pray for DeathElectric Six I Shall Exterminate Everything Around MeEluveitie SlaniaEminem The Eminem ShowEquilibrium Turis FratyrExcoriate On Pestilent Winds...Fair To Midland The Drawn and Quartered EPFall of Efrafa InléFatboy Slim You\'ve Come A Long Way, BabyFen The Malediction FieldsFimbultyr Gryende TidevarvFinal Days Society Noise Passes Silence RemainsFleshgod Apocalypse OraclesFuneral Moth The Moth Flying to the Funeral SkyGallhammer Ill InnocenceGanon As Above, So BelowGauge Means Nothing The Absent Trail of an Echo...Although incorporating some unusual and interesting arrangements, Gauge Means Nothing's EP is a rather mixed bag. The inclusion of a female vocalist who resembles something out of a J-pop song is amusing at first, but quickly deteriorates into something terribly annoying. Instances where her voice seems to 'work' are quite good, but these are very rare. Her high pitched whining during sections of 'My Glasses Reflect An Untrue View On My Eyes' are simply grating on the ears. An element of progression can be found within the music, and on the whole the album is musically very appealing. The longer tracks, 'Pilgrim' and '(Surely) Dyes Black' are sublime in showing off the band's ability at putting together a decent composition. A higher score would have been warranted had it not been for the hit or miss female vocals, and the very bad male cleans. If you can stand J-pop, this might be the emo album for you.Goatlord Reflections of the SolsticeGorgoroth Ad Majorem Sathanas GloriamGorgoroth PentagramGrand Belial's Key Mocking the PhilanthropistGrand Magus Iron WillHot Chip The WarningIced Earth Horror ShowIll Bill The Hour of ReprisalIn Every Breath DistrustIn Flames SubterraneanIn Flames ColonyIn Flames ClaymanIn Flames The Jester RaceInsomnium Since the Day It All Came DownIntronaut PrehistoricismsIron Thrones Visions of LightIsole Silent RuinsJoan of Arc Boo! HumanJoe Satriani The ExtremistJoy Division Unknown PleasuresKatatonia Brave Murder DayKatatonia For Funerals To Come EPKatatonia The Great Cold DistanceKYPCK ChernoLene Marlin Twist the TruthTwist the Truth does well to fill its mellow rock mold, and Marlin truly has a spectacular voice, but as a collection of songs the albums slow pace definitely detracts from its appeal. Tracks like the moving Here We Are and Have I Ever Told You stand out from among the somewhat unmemorable other takes, and its purely on the strength of the few that the album manages to remain enjoyable. A little more excitement and vigour in her music would definitely be a positive step for Marlin as a songwriter.Leviathan Massive Conspiracy Against All LifeLinda Perhacs ParallelogramsLonging For Dawn One Lonely PathLove Lost But Not Forgotten Upon the Right, I Saw a New MiseryLunar Aurora AndachtLykke Li Youth NovelsMade Out of Babies The RuinerMael Mordha Gealtacht Mael MórdhaMarduk Plague AngelMegadeth Countdown to ExtinctionMelvins A Senile AnimalMetallica Death MagneticMew No More Storiesno where near as good as frengers i mean like COME ON HAVE YOU EVAN HERDmewithoutYou A to B: LifeMillencolin Home From HomeMisfits Collection IMistress of the Dead White Roses, White CoffinModest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankMohinder EverythingMordor OdesMorgion Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In EarthMourning Beloveth A Murderous CircusAlthough being Mourning Beloveth's weakest record, A Murderous Circus still retains that melodic touch that has become a signature for the band. However, the songs have been dragged out a fair bit when compared to their other albums, and does leave the impression that A Murderous Circus is needlessly bloated. Frank Brennan's clean vocals are quite varied, to the extent that it just feels like he's trying to be different. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it was good to see that he refined himself further for his vocal performance on A Disease for the Ages. Moore's gutturals, as per usual, are fantastic. A Murderous Circus represents perhaps a lag in Mourning Beloveth's stellar career, but this is not to say it is a bad album. Nevertheless, this should be the last one you pick up.Mouth of the Architect QuietlyMy Dying Bride For Lies I SireMythic Mourning in the Winter SolsticeNecrophagist Onset of PutrefactionNeutral Milk Hotel On Avery IslandNirvana BleachNirvana From the Muddy Banks of the WishkahNovembers Doom The Pale Haunt DepartureOwen (the ep)Pale Young Gentlemen Pale Young GentlemenPantera Vulgar Display Of PowerParadise Lost Shades of GodParkway Drive Killing With A SmilePathogen Tyranny of HatredPati Yang JaszczurkaPavement Slanted and EnchantedPink Floyd Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd Echoes (Greatest Hits)Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of DawnPorcupine Tree DeadwingPropagandhi Supporting CasteRadiohead In RainbowsRaein Nati da Altri PadriRammstein RosenrotRamones The AnthologyRed Hot Chili Peppers CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers By The WayRichard Youngs Beyond the Valley of UltrahitsRihanna Good Girl Gone BadRihanna A Girl Like MeRise Against Appeal To ReasonRoger Waters The Pros and Cons of Hitch HikingSaltillo GanglionSaosin SaosinShugo Tokumaru ExitSigur Ros Ágætis ByrjunSlayer Christ IllusionSmashing Pumpkins GishSmashing Pumpkins AdoreSmashing Pumpkins Lull EPSol I Am InfinitySol Fall Rain FallSong of Zarathustra A View From High TidesSonic Youth Kill Yr IdolsSuicidal Tendencies Join the ArmySuis La Lune Quiet, Pull the Strings!Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great HighwayThe Faceless AkeldamaThe Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsThe Microphones Mount EerieThe Mountain Goats Heretic PrideThe Offspring Conspiracy Of OneThe Promise Ring Nothing Feels GoodThe Shins Chutes Too NarrowThe Shins Oh, Inverted WorldThe Third Memory The Gathering of Distorted Souls in the Garden...The Vaselines The Way Of The Vaselines: A Complete HisThe White Stripes ElephantThrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I and II...Thrice VheissuTieflader Schneller Als Du DenkstTool Tool (Demo EP)Tool SalivalTori Amos American Doll PosseTriskele Triade NordiqueTurbonegro RetoxUlver KveldssangerUnderoath They're Only Chasing SafetyUnderoath Lost In The Sound Of SeparationVimanas Vimanas EPWolfmother WolfmotherWolves in the Throne Room Two HuntersWorship/Mournful Congregation SplitWyrd Kammen2.5 averageAdagio (Bra) The Birth of MiseryAerial The SentinelAFI Answer That And Stay FashionableAFI Very Proud Of YaAFI Crash LoveAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainWhile opener 'Limbs' is an incredibly solid track, Ashes Against the Grain falters in its necessity to hold the listener's attention. Second track 'Falling Snow' is the perfect example of this particular weakness; the track does not have the mysterious aura that normally comes with Agalloch's music, and is left as a rather contrived effort alongside the much better previous track. 'Fire Above, Ice Below' sits in between the aforementioned tracks in terms of quality, but its similarity to the 'She Painted Fire Across the Skyline' trilogy from Pale Folklore, especially in its clean sections, leaves one thinking whether Agalloch have more than the one trick up their sleeves. Nevertheless, this track and the following 'Not Unlike the Waves' are good songs without a critical comparison; it is in the album's attempt at replicating an epic three part song as done in Pale Folklore which ultimately brings the album down. The three parts are somewhat bland, and do not have the cohesiveness that one would expect from a talented and mature band such as Agalloch. The pinnacle of the album's failure is that it does not offer anything, other than the odd song or two, which would lead me to prefer it over any of Agalloch's other albums; a crucial failure, in my opinion, seeing as how little the band's sound has progressed over their discography.Alkonost The Path We've Never MadeAlkonost Stone Heart BloodAll Shall Perish The Price Of ExistenceAltar of Plagues White TombAmaseffer Slaves for lifeAmon Amarth With Oden On Our SideAmon Amarth Once Sent from the Golden HallAmpere All Our Tomorrows End TodayAnathema EternityAntestor DespairArchgoat Whore of BethlehemAtaraxie AnhedonieAvrigus The Secret KingdomBal-Sagoth The Chthonic ChroniclesBaroness Red AlbumBe'lakor The Frail TideBilocate Sudden Death SyndromeIt's hard not to feel that Bilocate are doing the right thing with their music; there is a certain amount of intricacy that hangs over them, largely due to the subtle Middle-Eastern influences that poke their way around the composition (a natural result, seeing as the band is from Jordan). However, Bilocate is not able to capitalise upon Sudden Death Syndrome's unique musical standpoint and this unfortunately leaves the album as a rather bland and tiresome piece of music to get through. Being death/doom, slower tempos are plentiful, but Bilocate do not extend any of their climaxes to the point where they leave any sort of impression, marking their sophomore effort as largely unmemorable. The album opens with a 17 minute track, and one can hear everything the band has to offer within these 17 minutes. Even so, sticking out for the full length of the song is no easy task; the band all too often wallows in synthy-ambience driven passages that just detract from its death/doom appeal. Had they been few and far between, perhaps some more excitement could be generated, but in general one's just left waiting for something (anything) stimulating to happen while listening to Sudden Death Syndrome.Black Sabbath Vol.4blink-182 The Mark, Tom, And Travis Showblink-182 blink-182Blood Red Throne Come DeathBloodbath The Fathomless MasteryBorknagar EmpiricismBreaking Benjamin PhobiaCadacross Corona BorealisCarcass HeartworkComatose Vigil NarcosisCryfemal Perpetua Funebre GloriaCurrent 93 All the Pretty Little HorsesDark Tranquillity HavenDark Tranquillity CharacterDaysend SeveranceDead Man In Reno Dead Man In RenoDeath Cab For Cutie PlansDeath in June Rose Clouds of HolocaustDeicide LegionDen Saakaldte All Hail PessimismDepressed Mode ...For Death...Der Sturmer BloodswornDirty Projectors Bitte OrcaDisillusion Back To Times Of SplendorDoomVS Dead Words SpeakDraconian Arcane Rain FellDream Theater Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a MemoryEluveitie Evocation I: The Arcane DominionEmpyrium A WintersunsetEnslaved RuunEntombed Serpent SaintsEquilibrium SagasEreb Altor By HonourEsoteric Subconscious Dissolution into the ContinEvoken Antithesis of LightFluisterwoud Langs Galg En RadForest Stream Tears of Mortal SolitudeFrailty Lost Lifeless LightsFuneral From These WoundsFuneral As The Light Does The ShadowGiant Squid The IchthyologistGrand Alchemist Intervening Coma CelebrationIn Flames Soundtrack to Your EscapeInhumate The Fifth SeasonInner Missing All the LifelessInsomnium Above the Weeping WorldIt's too bad they made the same album three times -- it was amazing the first, just good the second, but boring the third. Here's hoping they like, write some new riffs for the fourth, or it's going to suck harder than a gay guy in Greece.Isis Wavering RadiantIsis has done to post metal what Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky have been doing to post rock; in other words, Wavering Radiant is the final stagnation of the genre, where old ideas are re-used without any progression or advancement. The majority of Wavering Radiant is a tedious exercise in texturing, where the listener is left wallowing in various soundscapes listening vainly for something interesting to happen. Several moments definitely were attention-grabbing, but for the most part the record is a snooze.Isolation IsolationIsole Bliss of SolitudeJob for a Cowboy Doom EPJob for a Cowboy GenesisJourney Greatest HitsKasabian KasabianKataklysm PrevailKnights Of The Abyss JuggernautKnights Of The Abyss Shadesmappy says they're cool guys so even though they make boring music they MUST be goodLove Lost But Not Forgotten Love Lost but Not ForgottenMar De Grises The Tatterdemalion ExpressMarduk Fuck Me JesusMastodon LeviathanMerzbow 1930Metallica LoadMetallica ReloadMetsatoll HiiekodaMirrorthrone GangreneMiseration Your Demons Their AngelsMourning Dawn Mourning DawnMutyumu IlyaMy Disco ParadiseNegura Bunget OMThis is one of the few black metal albums that the usually bullshit "atmosphere" actually plays a pivotal role. Like, there's an actual atmosphere to this album, it's not the stupid "cold" and "distant" shit most fans pretend is on their horribly produced bm albums. SUFFOCATING SYNTH SNIGGERINGLY SELLS RECORDSNightly Gale ImprintNirvana IncesticideNokturnal Mortum To the Gates of Blasphemous FireNovembers Doom The Novella ReservoirOctober Tide Grey DawnOf Darkness DeathPantera Far Beyond DrivenPantheist Journey Through Lands UnknownPhalanx [AUS] The Perpetual Myth Pharoahe Monch DesirePhlebotomized Immense, Intense, SuspenseProfetus Coronation of the Black SunProtest the Hero KeziaRammstein Reise, ReiseReverend Bizarre In The Rectory Of The Bizarre ReverendSaturnus Veronika Decides To DieSektarism L'OffrandeSenses Fail Let It Enfold YouSerj Tankian Elect the DeadShadows Fall The War WithinSigh Scorn DefeatSkyfire SpectralSlayer God Hates Us AllSmashing Pumpkins Machina: The Machines of GodSmashing Pumpkins ZeitgeistSmashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist (Re-Release)Sonic Youth Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No StarStratovarius VisionsSun Kil Moon AprilSykdom MjollnirThe Absence Riders of the PlagueThe Black Dahlia Murder MiasmaThe Clash London CallingThe Distillers Sing, Sing Death HouseThe Dodos VisiterThe Flashbulb Soundtrack to a Vacant LifeArtificial, lifeless, synthetic, and painfully dull.The Funeral Orchestra Slow Shalt be the Whole of the LawThe Hives Veni Vidi ViciousThe Hives Tyrannosaurus HivesThe Mars Volta The Bedlam In GoliathThe Offspring SplinterThe Offspring Rise and Fall, Rage and GraceThe Prophecy Into the LightThe Vasco Era Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The SeasideAfter the brilliant Miles EP, I was expecting a lot from this hyped up Melbournian trio. I was very disappointed. No longer was Sid as insanely good as he was on the EP, his performance seems less spontaneous and perhaps a little conservative in hopes of being more appealing. Gone was the forceful aggression I had previously associated with The Vasco Era; all that this album has is a mixture of soft moments with fuzzy, dirty, dull guitar tunes. To be honest, there weren't any memorable moments whatsoever on the CD. Here's hoping they'll pull their act together for any future releases.This Will Destroy You This Will Destroy YouThrough the Eyes of the Dead BloodlustTool Anotomica: The String Quartet Tribute to ToolUntil Death Overtakes Me Symphony III: MonolithWeezer The Red AlbumWijlen Wij Wijlen WijWodensthrone LossOverrated sputnik black/folk metal album #264, rivaling Wolves in the Throne Room in terms of blandness, Mourning Dawn in forced atmosphere and Wyrd in mediocrity. Black Moss is the only track that stands out with respect to compositional endeavor, while the rest of the album melts away into dull riffs and monotonous vocals.Wolves in the Throne Room Black CascadeIt's unfortunate that with such a strong premise behind them, Wolves in the Throne still managed to make what is essentially a dull and uninteresting record with The Black Cascade. The promise that they showed on their debut Diadem of 12 Stars began to dissipate immediately with their next record, and their recently released EP Malevolent Grain, along with the album in question, were the final steps in their descent into mediocrity. The Black Cascade is far more of a straight black metal album than the bands previous efforts, and even where their initial atmospherics werent all that great, their absence is sorely noted; the four tracks on the record are nothing but bland tremolo riffing going through various progressions, both tedious and emotionless. There is nothing that really distinguishes any of the songs, and they go past at an extraordinarily slow pace. Ultimately, its the sort of album that you just cant wait to finish and forget.Wormphlegm Tomb of the Ancient King2 poorAcid Witch Witchtanic HellucinationsArcturus The Sham MirrorsArsis We Are The NightmareAs I Lay Dying Frail Words CollapseAtreyu Suicide Notes And Butterfly KissesAtreyu The CurseAustere Withering Illusions and DesolationAvenged Sevenfold City of EvilBaroness Blue RecordBehemoth DemigodBehemoth The ApostasyBetween The Buried And Me ColorsBlackfield Blackfieldblink-182 Enema Of The StateBrand New Your Favourite WeaponBurzum Dauði BaldrsButterfly Temple Vremya Mary (Time of Mara)Cannibal Corpse KillCeremonial Oath CarpetConverge No HeroesDark Funeral Attero Totus SanctusDeicide Scars Of The CrucifixDeicide Till Death Do Us PartDesire Locus Horrendus - The Night Cries Of A Sullen SoulDesire CrowcifixDethklok The DethAlbumDiabolical Masquerade Death's DesignDissection ReinkaosDream Theater OctavariumDream Theater Systematic ChaosEmpyrium WeilandEnsiferum IronFear Factory TransgressionFrom First to Last Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body CouGreen Day American IdiotImmortal Damned In BlackIn Flames Reroute to RemainIn Flames Come ClarityJeff Buckley GraceEveryone makes a big fuss over Jeff Buckley. He is probably one of the most overrated musicians in history. So many people make the excuse 'oh, if he hadn't died, who knows what great music he could have made!'. It's a shame he did die, but all we should judge him on is what he has made, not what he could have made. I found Grace to be an incredibly boring album, and it agitates me to see so people crooning over it's supposed greatness. Hallelujah is probably the only decent song on the album (and not even his), the rest of the songs are just mediocre. I'll admit, Buckley has a decent voice, but he's just one of many. His voice, and his musical talents, aren't extraordinary in any shape or form, and I highly disagree with any notions of it being a 'classic' album. It's an average effort from an average musician.Kasabian EmpireKrallice KralliceLamb of God SacramentLinkin Park MeteoraLos Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are DoomedMastodon Blood MountainMastodon Crack the SkyeMetallica Some Kind of Monster EPMetallica St. AngerMoonsorrow TulimyrskyMoonsorrow VerisäkeetMotorhead Ace of SpadesMourning Dawn For the FallenNahvalr NahvalrNight Must Fall Night Must Fall / Funeral of MankindNile IthyphallicNortt GudsforladtNovembers Doom Into Night's Requiem InfernalObscura CosmogenesisBlatant Necrophagist and Cynic worship with a little added melody and a supposed level of progression leaves Cosmogenesis as not only a mess of an album, but puts Obscura in a very unstable position, one in which they try their very best to imitate all their influences and come off as nothing but a poor clone of numerous bands. The fact that they aren't anywhere near as technical as the bands they try to replicate throws them onto thin ice, and the thieving bastards shouldn't think that they can get away with stealing Cynic's robotic vocals without anybody noticing. On top of that, the gutturals are nothing short of irritating. Funnily enough, the single track worth listening to is the instrumental, Orbital Elements, if only for its sufficiency in imitation and its lack of vocals.Oceans of Sadness The Arrogance Of IgnoranceParkway Drive HorizonsPathogen NightfallPaysage d'Hiver WinterkaeltePorcupine Tree Fear Of A Blank PlanetProtest the Hero FortressPuscifer V Is For VaginaReverend Bizarre III: So Long SuckersSanctus Infernum Sanctus InfernumScars on Broadway Scars On BroadwaySenses Fail Still SearchingSilverstein When Broken is Easily FixedSmashing Pumpkins Machina II - Friends and Enemies of Modern MusicSwallow The Sun Plague Of ButterfliesSystem of a Down MezmerizeSystem of a Down HypnotizeThe Black Dahlia Murder NocturnalThe Elysian Fields Suffering G.O.D. AlmightyThe Faceless Planetary DualityAlthough maintaining a smidgen of integrity with Akeldema, The Faceless have basically thrown away any notion of being appealing or original with Planetary Duality. It would be unwise to label them as completely untalented because they are very apt at playing their instruments, but this doesn't make up for their obvious lack of talent in writing a good song. Not a single memorable track can be found amongst the countless weedle-dee-dees, chugga chugs and chugga-pause-chuggaweedle-pause-weedleweedlechugs. To add to its own woes, the drumming is ridiculous, and not in the good sense. One can derive something of an impression from the analogy of drilling multiple holes into your own skull. And the robot vocals? Pretty sure Cynic did that far better, 15 years ago. Average songwriting, average vocals, average everything, and the technicality doesn't make up for it.The Gates Of Slumber ConquerorThe Hives Barely LegalThe Morningside The Wind, The Trees And The Shadows...The White Stripes Get Behind Me SatanThorns of the Carrion The Gardens Of Dead WinterTokio Hotel ScreamTorche MeanderthalTyranny Tides of AwakeningUnderoath The Changing Of TimesUrfaust Verräterischer, Nichtswürdiger GeistWeezer MaladroitWintersun WintersunWolves in the Throne Room Malevolent Grain1.5 very poorA Perfect Circle eMOTIVeAFI DecemberundergroundAlestorm Leviathan [EP]Alestorm fucking suck. I'm at a loss to explain why so many people fail to realise this, oh wait it must be because I'm more intelligent than them.Alestorm Captain Morgan's RevengeArsis United in RegretAtreyu A Death-Grip On YesterdayAtreyu VisionsAtreyu Fractures In the Facade of Your PorcelaiBatalion d'Amour NiyaBring Me The Horizon Count Your BlessingsBritney Spears ...Baby One More TimeCeltic Frost Vanity/NemesisCenotaph Pseudo Verminal CadaveriumCruachan PaganDefeated Sanity Psalms of the MoribundDragonForce Sonic FirestormDragonForce Inhuman RampageForgotten Silence The Nameless Forever...The Last RemembranceI Killed The Prom Queen Music for the Recently DeceasedI'll give IKTPQ a little boost up by saying this is an incredible improvement over their previous album, mainly due to the departure of Crafter, but this by no means is an excuse for the mediocre crap Music for the Recently Diseased is. From the usual boring riffs, boring breakdowns, to the uninspired 'melody', the album reeks copycat. The final straw for me was the complete rip-off of At the Gates' Blinded by Fear on the intro riff of the song Sleepless Nights and City Lights. Butcher does well as a vocalist, his range is quite impressive, but his talent is brought down by the rest of the bland and characterless dribble.Mors Principium Est The UnbornWatered down, fuzzy, and absolutely generic, Mors Principium Est's The Unborn epitomises all that is wrong with modern melodic death.My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet RevengeQueens Of The Stone Age Era VulgarisSilent Stream Of Godless Elegy ThemesUnder the guise of melancholic and doom-inspired, Silent Stream of Godless Elegy's Themes creates the illusion that it will be something dark, sincere and very involving. Themes, unfortunately, is none of these things. Comprised of poor vocals, cringe-worthy melodies, and terrible musical choices, the album is a typical example of the general mediocrity that surrounds the whole folk metal genre, as well as all of its offshoots (folk/doom, folk/black). An album to avoid.Story of the Year Page AvenueTaking Back Sunday Tell All Your FriendsTaking Back Sunday Where You Want To BeWyrd Kalivägi1 awfulAtreyu Best of AtreyuDoomThrone Skeleton Veiled in FleshHawthorne Heights The Silence In Black And WhiteI Killed The Prom Queen When Goodbye Means ForeverSorry for going against the review that was already up, but I had to say something. A very generic album from a very generic band is the best way to sum up When Goodbye Means Forever by I Killed the Prom Queen. I own the more recent Music for the Recently Deceased, and I admit that I did listen to it a few times. It has a little attraction in it, mainly due to the diversity of the vocalist. That brings us back the When Goodbye Means Forever. Is there any variation whatsoever in the vocals? It's either the same sounding growls, or quite uninviting clean vocals. The vocals really put me off this album. Secondly, the songs. When I first got my hands on a copy of the cd, I listened to it about twice before putting it down and not listening to it again. It seems that listening to this album is like listening to one song that goes for just over 40 minutes. Straight to the point, every song sounds like the one before. Every breakdown sounds repeated, even the lyrics are repeated over and over again, and this makes it one very tedious album to listen to. The one highlight of the album, which I keep in my top rated section on the off chance I feel like listening to it, is Pointed to My Heart. The song overall is quite poor, but that one melodic tune that it contains stopped me from giving this album a 1. I do not recommend this album. If you do have the urge for some Australian hardcore, Parkway Drive (although being similar stuff) is much better. The vocalist for the last IKTPQ album is much better than the one on When Goodbye Means Forever, which makes this album obselete.Inquisition Into The Infernal Regions Of The AncientKorn CollectedLurker Of Chalice Lurker Of ChalicePassenger of Shit Shit Is Harder Than PenisSpinal Tap Shark Sandwichshut the fuck up AlligatorWraith of the Ropes Ada
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