Average Rating: 3.58 Rating Variance: 1.11 Objectivity Score: 78% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAgalloch Pale FolkloreFucking classy & classic. Best Songs: She Painted Fire Across the Skyline, As Embers Dress the Sky, and The Melancholy Spirit.Alice in Chains DirtBest Songs: Dam that River, Hate to Feel, and Them Bones. Every Single one is a classic m/!Alice in Chains Jar of FliesAll Time Favorite Album: Best Songs: Rotten Apple, Nutshell, and Don't Follow. Must own Every single one m/!Black Sabbath ParanoidAll time classic...must own. Best Songs: Planet Caravan, Paranoid, and Electric Funeral.Converge Axe to FallBest Songs: Axe to Fall, Dark Horse, and Wretched World. Every single one is classic though m/!Converge Jane Doefucking classic:best songs: Homewrecker, The Broken Vow, and Jane Doe. every one is classic! Corrosion of Conformity DeliveranceBest songs: Seven Days, Deliverance, and Shake Like You. Every songs is a fucking classic though m/!!Danzig Danzig II: LucifugeBest Songs: Snakes of Christ, On Her Black Wings, Devil's Plaything. Every single one is classic though m/!Death The Sound of PerseveranceBest Songs:Spirit Crusher, Story to Tell, and Voice of the Soul. But they all fucking rip!!Deftones Diamond EyesBest Songs: Royal, You've Seen the Butcher, and Prince.Gojira L'Enfant SauvageAlbum of the year 2012. Best songs:The Axe, The Mouth of Kala, and the Gift of Guilt. Every song is a classic though m/Immolation Close to a World BelowThe most brutal album ever! Best tracks: Father You're Not a Father, Put My Hand in the Fire, and Close to a World Below.Kvelertak KvelertakFucking amazing album, It's definitely a 5. Best Songs:Blodtorst, Sultans of Satan, and Utrydd Dei SvakeMegadeth Rust in PeaceBest Songs: Tornado of Souls, Holy Wars....The Punishment Due, and Rust in Peace..Polaris. Every Fucking One is a classic though m/Nine Inch Nails The Downward SpiralBest Songs: Heresy, Ruiner, A Warm Place. But They are all classics m/!Soundgarden SuperunknownBest Songs: Let me Drown, Mailman, and Fourth of July. But they are all Classics m/!Tool 10,000 DaysBest songs: 10,000 Days(1&2), Jambi, and Right in Two.Tool AenimaBest songs:H., 46 & 2, and Jimmy. But they are all Classics m/!4.5 superbAC/DC Back In BlackThis is the album that got me into music and in the long run metal. I owe this album so much m/! Best tracks: Hells Bells, Back in Black, Shoot to Thrill, Let me put my Love into You,You Shook Me All Night Long, Have a Drink on Me, Givin the Dog a Bone, and Rock n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. So many classics.Alice in Chains Alice in ChainsAlice in Chains Black Gives Way to BlueAlice in Chains FaceliftAlice in Chains SapAmon Amarth Surtur RisingAvenged Sevenfold NightmareBad Company Bad CompanyBetween the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep DialoguesBetween the Buried and Me ColorsA truly amazing album, the last three tracks are all masterpieces of music. WHIIIIIITTTTE WAAAAALLLLLS!Black Sabbath Master of RealityThis is a fucking master piece and true classic of the genre. On Master of Reality Black Sabbath basically make the best stoner/doom album of all time. Every album released in those genres has been to just try and reproduce the awesomeness of this release. Admittedly I don't find it to be the ultimate Black Sabbath album and find Paranoid to be just a little bit better and more iconic. Master of Reality is still a master piece though and is worth the price of admission just for dem fucking riffs..thanks Mr.Iommi m/! Best songs:Sweet Leaf, Lord of This World, and Into the Void.Black Sabbath Black SabbathIt truly is amazing to listen to the album that helped start it all. While most of this album isn't metal per say but a style of blues rock, you can definitely tell that the foundations of one of the most influential and impressive genres in all of music was being laid down in songs like Black Sabbath and N.I.B. And these two songs are still some of the best in all of metal some 40 years later. Fucking impressive m/! The bluesier portions of this are no slouch either and the final track warning is a total jam and a masterpiece. Best Tracks: Black Sabbath, N.I.B., and Warning.Brand New DaisyCannibal Corpse TortureChevelle Sci-Fi CrimesConverge All We Love We Leave BehindHoooly Shiit, On All We Love We Leave Behind Converge proves once again that they are one of the best bands in all of Metal by upping the fury and chaos a solid two rungs. Throughout the whole album the main theme Converge is trying to convey is loss and the sadness and then absolute anger that comes with it. This is done insanely well as track by murky desolate track rushes by at break neck speed while at the same time carrying enough wait to knock some teeth out. While not as iconic as Jane Doe or the just as off the wall Axe to Fall All We Love We Leave Behind still stands as a testament to the raw chaos incarnate that is Converge. Best Songs:Coral Blue,Trespasses, and the Title Track. Death Scream Bloody GoreDude I can't fucking help it, this is def a 4.5, it is similar to alot of other death metal albums out there, but here is the thing, this is the original master piece right here, and while it is definitley not Deaths best album it fucking deserves a 4.5. Plus every song is awesome and seriously fuckin catchy: Infernal Death, Zombie Ritual, Denial of Life, Regurgitated Guts, Sacrificial, Baptized in blood, and Evil Dead.Death HumanDeftones Koi No YokanWhile not quite as varied or interesting as the Deftones previously released master piece Diamond Eyes, Yokan shows Chino and the gang mellowing out their sound a little bit and exploring a wide array of dreamy landscapes. In a way Yokan takes the Meshuggah like riffing found on diamond eyes and combines it with the beautiful soundscapes found on Saturday Night Wrist. Best songs are: Entombed, Leathers, and Rosemary.DevilDriver The Last Kind WordsDown NOLAEnslaved RIITIIROn their new album RIITIIR, Enslaved stick to the same one two punch of prog and black metal that they've used on their past albums, but they keep things different and engaging with interesting song structures and some of the most epic atmospheres I've ever heard. Enslaved have definitely melded beautiful cleans and atmospheres with vicious black metal highs and riffs to create one of the best albums of 2012. Best songs are Death in the Eyes of Dawn, Roots of the Mountain, and Forsaken. Fear Factory ObsoleteGojira The Way of All FleshIncubus Morning ViewIron Maiden PowerslaveIron Maiden The Final FrontierIsis PanopticonDefinitely a thought provoking listen. This album honestly took about a year of me listening to it on and off for it to click. The secret to this album is the atmospheres and the slight changes in the background, take Altered courses for example which on the surface is a simple drum beat with uninteresting guitar work, but if you delve beneath that you find an ever shifting atmosphere of beauty. Definitely one of the best tracks on an amazing album.Jerry Cantrell Boggy Depotummmmmm.......I misclicked excellent instead of superb which this album deffinently is: cut you in, Jesus hands, Keep the light on, Cold Peice, and hurt a long time are all amazing songsKorn Follow The LeaderKorn Kornso yeah this is a 4.5, and more likely a 3.5 to 4, but as I said before, this is tribute to my younger self. Kvelertak MeirOn their sophomore effort, the party vikings from Norway stay mostly true to their original blackend hardcore sound but at the same time branch out from it quite drastically. There is more black metal influence, more punk and classic rock melodies, and even some progressive song writing going on through out this album. The latter portion of this album contains some of the most epic songs I've heard all year in Nekrokosmos and Tordenbrak. It's still not as good as the self titled but in the end Meir definitely holds its own. All in all Meir explores fresh and new territory for Kvelertak but at the same time, it does not tread to far from the sound they had on their debut. Best songs, Bruane Brenn, Kvelertak, and Tordenbrak.Kyuss WretchWell, I guess I'm in the minority on this one. On Wretch Kyuss make just straight up balls to the fuckin wall Rock n' Roll. In my opinion, the riffs are memorable, the songs are memorable, and John Garcia sounds awesome. I mean you have simple punk influenced songs like Love Has Passed Me By, Katzenjammer, and Isolation that keep the album moving on a fun fast pace but then you also have songs that run you over with their epic fucking riffs, The Law I am looking at you. Seriously this album is wayy underrated. Best songs: Son of a Bitch, Deadly Kiss, and The Law.Live Throwing CopperMachine Head The BlackeningMachine Head Unto the LocustMad Season AboveMegadeth Countdown to ExtinctionMeshuggah KolossThe masters are back and destroying all of the meek djent bands in their wake....Meshuggah does it best, fuck the rest! Best songs: Behind the Sun, Demigure, Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion.Monster Magnet PowertripNe Obliviscaris Portal of I2012 was definitely a great year for Progressive Metal in General and Portal of I is no exception. Its like an actually good modern Opeth except combined with crazier world music influences. No doubt this album contains some of the best use of flutes, Violins, and clean singing I've ever had the pleasure of hearing on a metal album. Best songs: And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope, Of the Leper Butterflies, and As the Icicles fall.Necrophagist EpitaphListening to Epitaph is the equivalent of being caught in the middle of a storm of knives where every moment your wondering where the next dagger will strike. And the fucked up thing is that you enjoy it. To elaborate further Necrophagist creates a furious blend of raw technicality and dissonant melodies. These melodies help make the album more varied and interesting and stops it from becoming one long glorious wankfest making this one of the masterpieces of modern technical Death Metal. Best songs: Stillborn One, Diminished to Be, and Seven.Nile Annihilation of the WickedThis is a truly epic, brutal mind bending affair. Its insanely technical but at the same time its not just obsessive wankery, Look at songs like User Maat Re or the title track and tell me there isn't a little bit of song craft that goes into it, not to mention this album contains some of the heaviest grooviest riffs in death metal right along side the technical solos. Best songs: Cast Down the Heretic, User Maat Re, and Annihilation of the Wicked. Nine Inch Nails With TeethNine Inch Nails Pretty Hate MachineOasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory?Opeth My Arms, Your HearseOpeth didn't really click for me until I listened to this album which is an amazing journey to say the least. On My Arms, Your Hearse Opeth narrow down the very much long winded progressive death metal sound they had on Morningrise simultaneously trimming the fat and adding a heavy dose of extra brutal. This makes the album as a whole much darker and the acoustic and cleanly sung portions of this album all around more powerful and epic (see When). The concept behind this album is really well done too and adds an extra dimension to your listening experience. Thanks to My Arms I will definitely pursue listening to the rest of the bands discography. Best Songs: When, The Amen Corner, and Karma. Parkway Drive Deep BlueParkway Drive AtlasGod Damn it Parkway Drive! Stop being so fucking good and making me seem like a false kvlt elite trve metalhead. I mean seriously how do these guys do it? They continue to evolve the narrow niche that is modern day metalcore and not only manage to be good but manage to write memorable unique songs I will be listening to years from now. They even make breakdowns thant are some of the freshest sounding I've heard well since the last Parkway album. Atlas doesn't serve as a testament to metalcore or any particular genre in anyway, it just serves as a testament to the amazingly creative band of Aussies that is Parkway drive. Best Songs: Wild Eyes, The River, Atlas.Queens of the Stone Age Rated RRotting Christ Triarchy of The Lost LoversOn their what should be considered classic album, Rotting Christ choose the high road of Black Metal and bring good production and catchy riffs to the forefront of their sound. Best songs: Archon, Snowing Still, and Diastric Alchemy. Rush Moving PicturesMother Fucking Rush! On Moving Pictures this iconic band demonstrates how to be technically efficient, write memorable songs, and strike deep emotional chords in just a short span of 40 minutes. Songs like YYZ and Tom Sawyer show progressive rock technicality perfected while Limelight, Witch Hunt, and Vital Signs show how Rush can really strike you on a personal level. And Limelight has to be one of the best songs ever written. In my opinion The Camera Eye drags a little bit, but other than that this album is a masterpiece. Best Songs: Limelight, Tom Sawyer, and Witch Hunt. Rwake Voices of OmensThis album contains quite literally the heaviest riffs you'll ever have the pleasure of getting crushed by. Just listen to crooked rivers and tell me that you didn't lose at least half of your teeth when that mammoth fucking riff comes in. Best Tracks:Crooked Rivers, Leviticus, and Inverted Overtures.Shadows Fall The War WithinSlayer Seasons in the AbyssFUUUCCCKIIINNNGG SSLLLAAAAYEEEERRR!! Seasons in the Abyss is truly not only one the most iconic thrash albums of all time but of all metal in general. And truly separates itself from Slayers previous albums by being an over all more varied release yet it still is as fast and ripping as Slayers other classics Hell Awaits and Reign in Blood. With songs like War ensemble, Hallowed Point, and Spirit in Black Seasons keeps a relatively fast pace but slower and groovier songs like Title track, Dead Skin Mask, and Skeletons of Society give the album an extra dimension and a more interesting listen. A True masterpiece of the genre and an iconic album. Best songs: War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, and Seasons in the Abyss.Stone Temple Pilots PurpleSuffocation Pierced from Within On their third album Suffocation once again helped to pioneer the now thriving technical death metal and Slam Death Metal Sub-genres. So its easy to say that Pierced From Within is a classic not only in the Death Metal genre itself but in Metal as a whole and should definitely be required listening to any respectable metal head. The music itself is dark, brooding, and really fucking heavy. The murky production on this release helps to spotlight occasional huge mammoth sized riffs that every now and then appear out of the wave of nonstop technicality just look at the song Suspended in Tribulation. And as far as guitar solos go, Terrance Hobs creates some of the best and even most melodic guitar solos you'll ever hear on this album. If there is one criticism the album is kind of front loaded and the best songs make their appearance all at the beginning. Other than that though this is a masterpiece. Best songs: Thrones of Blood, Depths of Depravity, and Suspended in Tribulation. The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating InfinityOn their debut The Dillinger Escape Plan release something truly savage, off the wall, and way ahead of their time. While on recent albums Dillinger gets somewhat bogged down by trying to balance a contrasting more commercial side with their math core roots, calculating is all mother fuckin chaos for 35 glorious minutes. Every song while unique in its own way all work together to make one of the most cohesive albums I've ever heard. Really this album is ,ore of a statement then anything else, "Hi! We are crazy and if you ain't down...fuck off!" Best songs:43% Burnt, Under the Running Board, and 4th Grade Dropout.The Faceless Planetary DualityThe Offspring SmashThe Offspring Ixnay on the HombreType O Negative October RustOn their album October Rust, Type O create not only a dark an sludgy affair but something insanely beautiful and catchy that also pulls on your heart strings. Believe it or not this should be everyone's go to October album, with amazing songs like Love you to Death, Red Water, Burnt Flowers Fallen, and Wolf Moon this album perfectly encapsulates the feeling of fall and the dark beauty that comes with it.Vision of Disorder From Bliss To DevastationThis is a truly underrated album by an even more underrated band. Specifically on this album Vision of Disorder leave some of their hardcore roots behind in favor of a more grunge/nu metal rock sound. In the end though, this pays off like you wouldn't believe. This album truly is one 50 minute shot of adrenaline that will pump you up and get you energized with many doses of chest thumping anthems all in a nice 4 minute hard rock package. Make note though, these songs are also quite vicious and even possess a lot of metal influences especially in the vocal and riff departments. Best songs: Itchin to Bleed, From Bliss to Devastation, and Done In.4.0 excellent10 Years Feeding the WolvesA Perfect Circle Mer de NomsAbysmal Dawn Leveling the Plane of ExistenceAgalloch Faustian EchoesFaustian Echoes is more like an experiment for Agalloch than anything else an experiment in story telling. Here they seek to fully embody the tail of Faust's deal with Lucifer with their post tinged black metal sound. Because of Agalloch trying to capture the dark and unsettling nature of the story, Faustian Echoes is considerably darker and heavier than most of their out put, once again truly showing how varied Agalloch can be. While you can't really compare it to any of their full lengths, Faustian Echoes shows Agalloch taking a break from their usual sound to craft a successfull and thought provoking EP. Amon Amarth Twilight Of The Thunder GodWhen you look up the word epic in the dictionary, you find listed just underneath it this album, truly one of the few albums I would take into battle against the armies of darkness. Only issue is that this album just shows Amon Amarth being Amon Amarth and not really experimenting at all or trying to evolve their sound which leaves you with that feeling that you've heard these epic fucking amazing songs before. still an amazing album and really strong 4. Best songs: Twilight of the Thunder God, Varyags Of Miklagaard, and Live for the Kill.Anthrax Worship MusicAugust Burns Red LevelerBlind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-EarthOn Nightfall in Middle Earth Blind Guardian, shed some of the faster and thrashier elements found on their classic albums Imaginations from the Other side and Tales from the Twilight World. This is both a good and bad thing. It's good that in doing so Blind Guardian stayed fresh and relevant and practically created a whole new orchestral/classical/operatic version of power metal with the likes of songs like Nightfall and Mirror, Mirror which does draw influences from the mentioned genres. The bad is because they lost some of their more metal elements which was one of the big draws for me on their earlier albums which were epic power metal but still had a mean streak. Still a great album and a master concept album. Best songs: Into The Storm, Noldor, and Time Stands Still(At the Iron Hill) Bush Sixteen StoneCannibal Corpse The BleedingThe Bleeding is a classic cannibal corpse record and starts to show the technical side of this buffalo death metal 5 piece, making this the perfect preview album to showcase what was to come when they eventually added corpse grinder. While still being a classic Cannibal and Death Metal album, The Bleeding does suffer from lack of variety since all songs possess the same groovy, technical, and muddy sound, still a crushing twistedly fun listen. Best Songs: Fucked with a Knife, Stripped, Raped, and Strangled, and She was Asking for it. Cave In Until Your Heart StopsUntil Your Heart Stops is a true classic in the metalcore genre. Featuring some of the best breakdowns and off the wall riffs in the early days of the genre, it even has a fair bit of catchy melodies in songs like the masterpiece Juggernaut and Halo of Flies. This album proves that Cave In should be ranked among other classic bands (Converge/Botch/Dillinger Escape Plan) in the metalcore genre. If more bands followed the likes of Cave In metalcore would be a much superior genre. Best songs Juggernaut, The End of our Rope is a Noose, and Halo of Flies.Chevelle Hats Off to the BullClutch Blast TyrantCollective Soul DosageCollective Soul AfterwordsCynic Carbon-Based AnatomyCynic Traced in AirDanzig DanzigDio Dream EvilEnfold Darkness Our Cursed RaptureThis album is in the same vein as the faceless' planetary duality with great technical death metal that includes more black metal influences than PD which helps seperate it from the group. Also great dynamics here especially in our cursed rapture which is definitely the best on this great album.Every Time I Die Ex LivesFallujah NomadicHonestly this is just a phenomenal accomplishment for these guys and really a statement from Fallujah about where they see their sound heading on their next full length album. Believe me when I say its an overall exciting and quite original statement as well. The addition of even more ambient atmospheres and even the completely ambient track Silent point to Fallujah being the possible new front runners of technical death metal and Atmospheric death metal that they seem to be currently pioneering along with Ulcerate. This is still an EP and wasn't really long enough to warrant a 4.5 but believe me when I say that this is a really strong 4 and anyone who is a fan of progressive death metal as well as glorious atmospheres needs to give this a spin. Check out Venom Upon the Blade m/!Foo Fighters Wasting LightHail the Villain Population: DecliningHanging Garden At Every DoorOn their third album At Every Door, Hanging Garden create a massive majestic album full of slow crawling heavy as fuck riffs and some of the most well done gutturals I've heard this year. Another reason At every Door is such a success is the dynamics not just between songs but in the songs themselves, for a great example just look at the monster track that is The Cure. The album does drag in the middle but a solid later half more than makes up for it. This is definitely the first amazing album I've heard in 2013. Best tracks: The Cure, Ten Thousand Cranes, and Wormwood.Heaven Shall Burn Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)On Iconoclast part 1, Heaven Shall Burn truly create a phenomenal metalcore album. And really on this album Heaven Shall Burn come off as more of a melodic death metal band that knows how to effectively incorporate a breakdown without stopping the momentum of a song than a run of the mill metalcore outfit. They also incorporate a lot of dynamics throughout the songs. Just look at A Dying Ember and its almost ambient bridge that builds into an absolutely stunning an epic climax. It's still an hour long metalcore album though and kind of drags towards the end. Still if you want a catchy, adrenaline pumping, even epic metalcore album, Iconoclast is here for you. Best songs: Endzeit, A Dying Ember, and Atonement.High on Fire De Vermis MysteriisThis release right here is an insanley strong 4, in fact the quality is like a 4.5, I just don't listen to it as much as my other 4.5s. This is definitley high on fire at their loudest and most pissed off. Just jam to Bloody Nuckles or Romulas and Remus. That being said amazing tracks like Samsara and King of Days add a nice extra dimension to all the fast pased stoner riffs.Incubus S.C.I.E.N.C.E.Intronaut PrehistoricismsIntronaut Valley of SmokeKatatonia Dead End KingsAnother really really strong 4 this year, so close to a 4.5 due to amazingly slick production and some beautiful atmospheres. There just wasn't a song on here that really blew me away or just jumped out of the mold. Don't get me wrong there are amazing songs that form an amazingly dark yet beautiful album. Best songs are the one you are looking for is not here, racing heart, and ambitions.Misery Index Heirs To ThieveryMonster Magnet MastermindBest songs: Dig that Hole, Time Machine, and Gods and Punks.Monster Magnet SuperjudgeAn awesome stoner album with the energy of a hardcore band and riffs heavier than elephants. Best songs: Superjudge, Twin Earth, Face Down, and Black Balloon.Morbid Angel Altars of MadnessMorbid Angel CovenantMudvayne MudvayneNirvana In UteroParkway Drive The DVDwatched this on youtube and I have to say, it really made me respect these guys and what they do even if their music isn't the most original stuff out there.Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineRed Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex MagikRevocation Existence Is FutileWhat a great guitar album m/. Seriously this is like riffs, riffs, and more riffs. Accross Forests and Fjords, Re-animaniacs, and Deathonomics are all about the guitars winding and ultimitley captivating passages. On other songs though Revocation truly show themselves to not only be talented instrumentlists but also amazing song writers such as Leviathan Awaits, Anthem of the Betrayed, Existence is Futile, and a Tragedy of Modern Ages. Hopefully in upcoming albums we will see more of this amazing guitar prowess combined with equally amazing song writing ability.Revocation TeratogenesisTeratogenesis is Revocation really narrowing down there sound to really focus on the death metal portions of it. Songs like the Title track and spurn the outstretched hand could have been taken straight from deaths human. This actual lack of variety is tolerable though due to the eps 20 minute length which is why it works so fucking well. Definitely a must for any revocation fan or tech death/thrash fan. Best Tracks The Grip Tightens, Spur the Outstretched hand, Tetrogenesis.Rob Zombie Hellbilly Deluxe 2Soundgarden BadmotorfingerSummoning Lost TalesLost Tales while not designed to be anything else than a chance to listen to two unfinished summoning tracks turns out to work really quite well and the quality of these two guitar- less vocal less pieces of music almost serve as ambient music instead of anything close to black metal. They are great pieces of ambient music at that and serve as a great contrast to the rest of summoning's discography. For example, the build up in Arcenstone is something any fan of black metal or ambient should be able to appreciate. I definitely recommend laying back to the soothing melodies and atmosphere of Arcenstone. The Black Dahlia Murder NocturnalThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksThe Dillinger Escape Plan Miss MachineThe Faceless AkeldamaThe Faceless AutotheismI wouldn't call this a disappointment, just a failure to realize a sounds full potnetial. This is no Planetary Duality basicly. Accelerated evolution, in solitude and the autotheistic movements are all really well done though. The Red Chord ClientsThe Sword Warp RidersThe Sword ApocryphonOn Apocryphon the sword stick with their riff oriented sound that they had on warp riders and instead of applying it to make a concept album choose to create a song oriented album. These songs are some of The Swords best though with even a little bit of experimentation seen in songs like Apocryphon and the stoner jam Cloak of Feathers. All around the sword make their most consistent and badass album to date. Best songs are Dying Earth, Eyes of the Stormwitch, and Apocryphon.Toxic Holocaust Conjure and CommandVan Halen Van HalenWormrot DirgeWormrot AbuseI originally thought that it wasn't possible for a grind album to be unique or interesting. That was until I heard Abuse, this release takes the best of grind the murky riffage, unintelligible vocals and adds multiple influnces from Death metal to hardcore to make the ultimate grind album as far as I'm concerned.3.5 greatA Life Once Lost Ecstatic TranceEcsatic Trance shows A Life Once Lost trying to tackle Meshuggah with mostly positive results. Best songs are Something Awful, Empty Form, and The Blues.AC/DC Black IceAdele 21AFI Shut Your Mouth and Open Your EyesAFI's Shut your mouth and open your eyes is a fun album, simple as that. It doesn't possess any songs that really break out of the mold they were using at the time this was released but there are some really strong songs here such as Third Season, A Single Second, Let it Be Broke, and Triple Zero. Sadly it does suffer through some filler issues through its latter half. Still a solid fun album.Avenged Sevenfold City of EvilBaroness Yellow and GreenBlack Tusk Set The DialBolt Thrower Honour - Valour - PrideOn Honour - Valour - Pride, Bolt Thrower make a deliciously groovy and crushing affair that basicly pummels you from the first track to the final track Pride. The only issue is that most of these tracks start to blend into one another and sound similar as the album progresses. Hell even some of the riffs sound the exact same here. Overall though this is still a pleasing listen. Just jam Inside the Wire and tell me that that doesn't get you moshing.Chevelle This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)Children of Bodom Something WildOn their debut Something Wild Children of Bodom are quite a different wild beast than what they turned into on their later releases. Here Bodom almost sounds like a black Metal band in places especially in how they utilized the key boards which on this album is more used to add atmosphere than anything else. Lexi's vocals almost have a raw Black Metal sound to them as well. To add to this Children of Bodom also experimented a little with their neoclassical influences on some songs like In the Shadows and The Nail, in the end all of these influences aren't packaged as neatly as they are on Bodom's later releases so it is a tad messy sounding to say the least. Otherwise it is a rippingly fast album and a tease of the greatness to come. Best songs: Red Light in My Eyes part 1, Lake Bodom, and Touch like the Angel of Death.Crossfade We All BleedDarkest Hour The Human RomanceDream Theater Images and WordsDying Fetus Reign SupremeFeist/Mastodon FeistodonThe cover of Feist's song by Mastodon is seriously fantastic and like a 4 to 4.5, but I just can't get into the feist song at all. Probably just because its not my style of music but it just sounds nothing like it and to laid back so that brings it down a tad.Goatwhore Carving Out The Eyes Of GodTo put it bluntly Carving Out the Eyes of God is a one sided attack of pure brutality and not much else. But this style is perfect for goatwhore, who's true goal is to make a face crushing record about carving off God's Face. And in that they succeed. Best songs are Carving Out the Eyes of God, Shadow of a Rising Knife, and To Mourn and Forever Wander Through Forgotten Doorways.Halestorm HalestormHowl HowlIced Earth DystopiaGreat stuff and a good come back! Maybe if I was a fan during their crappier couple of releases I would appreciate this more. Still great album. Reccomended tracks:Dystopia, Anthem, Dark City. and Age of Innocence.Incubus Light GrenadesKorn Life Is PeachyLycosa LycosaMetallica Kill 'Em AllMotley Crue Dr. FeelgoodMushroomhead Beautiful Stories For Ugly ChildrenNirvana NevermindObduracy Sunday's AutopsyOmnium Gatherum New World ShadowsOpeth HeritageHeritage sadly sees Opeth more than anything taking a slight misstep in their overall great career. On Heritage the main goal is to emulate and pay tribute to the multitude of progressive rock bands from the 70's like Camel or Gentle Giant while dropping their death metal influences entirely (I'm not gonna lie I missed them). And Opeth do indeed pay a pretty good tribute to these bands but while doing so they construct a somewhat disjointed and seemingly sporadic album. In the latter portions dynamic songs pop up that really do nothing besides being maybe providing one singular riff throughout the song and over all seem underdeveloped and not executed to their full potential. That's not saying that their aren't good songs on the album though and overall it's still an interesting if somewhat disjointed/boring listen, hopefully next album they can really tighten things up a little bit. Best songs: I feel the Dark, Slither, and Folklore.Pathogen Miscreants of Bloodlusting AberrationsThis album is basically an old school Florida Death Metal tribute album. Many of these songs will conjure up memories of altars/covenant Morbid Angel or Scream Bloody Gore era Death. This is seen in the vocals and relatively thin production. Of course these influences aren't a bad thing it just keeps this album from being all that original. The last track Uranium Messiah is this sound perfected though. So all in all if you're looking for an old school throw back album for your 90s DM this is your album. Best Jamz: Uranium Messiah and Leviathan.Pelican Ataraxia/TaraxisShadows Fall Fire From the SkySkid Row Skid RowSlash SlashSocial Distortion Social DistortionStone Temple Pilots Stone Temple PilotsSystem of a Down System of a DownThe Police SynchronicityUlcerate The Destroyers of AllWolfmother Cosmic Egg3.0 goodAlabama Thunderpussy River City RevivalBad Religion The Dissent of ManBlessed by a Broken Heart Feel The PowerBring Me The Horizon SempiternalI guess props for these guys doing something different with incorporating some post rock atmospheres into there brand of genericore. So its easy to say these guys have definitely gotten better, but that's not saying much honestly and practically all of these songs are nothing memorable. And hey guess what! These guys now do meshuggah riffs too, more originality. Chimaira ResurrectionDefeater Empty Days and Sleepless NightsDemisery Hive of MutationDisturbed IndestructibleDrowning Pool Drowning PoolEvanescence FallenExhumed All Guts, No GloryFoo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceGodsmack The OracleImpaled Nazarene Tol Cormpt Norz Norz NorzGood for an interesting listen every now and then, but ultimately the bad production generic riffs and black metal cliches are to much to warrant multiple listens.Incubus If Not Now, When?Job for a Cowboy GloomKorn Korn III: Remember Who You AreLazarus A.D. Black Rivers FlowMotley Crue Girls, Girls, GirlsMutiny Within SynchronicityThe main focus of Mutiny within's new album synchronicity is obviously their singers classically trained vocals, which while they are good it's kind of the only selling point of this album. Other than his vocals there is nothing else really tangible or memorable about this album, no extraordinary riffs or guitar melodies. Because of this, the album gets boring real fast. Still, Machines is a good song which deviates a little bit and Mutiny Within doesn't do anything actually wrong.Necrowretch Putrid Death SorceryOn their debut album with the some what cliched title Putrid Death Sorcery, Necrowretch show some promise in the Swedish Death metal riff writing department. On the whole though the album gets bogged down by poor production and a lack of memorable songs and material overall. These guys might be someone to watch for in the future though. Papa Roach InfestPeriphery PeripheryRotten Sound Species At WarOn Species at War, Rotten Sound do nothing specifically wrong, they really don't try to do ranything relatively unique either. To say the least this EP grinds hard for 6 minutes and rthen its done leaving you with nothing really memorable besides a generic grind sound. This rEP is still an adrenaline rush, even if you can't differentiate songs.Sevendust Cold Day MemorySlipknot All Hope Is GoneThem Crooked Vultures Them Crooked VulturesThree Days Grace Three Days Grace2.5 averageAdrenaline Mob OmertaThis album is the definition of uninspired. Really boring and just not inventive at all. Being with Avenged Sevenfold must have really fucked Mike Portnoy's musical integrity up. There are some relatively decent guitar solos though and the cover of Coming undone with Lizzy Hale was decent. Bullet For My Valentine FeverBury Your Dead Mosh N' RollChelsea Grin EvolveYou can tell this band is at least trying to experiment a little on this new one with clean singing' operatic vocals, and born of osiris esque guitar harmonies. It still couldn't be saved from some of the shittiest screamed vocals around and for the most part generic chug a chug riffs.Earth Crisis Neutralize the ThreatFive Finger Death Punch War Is the AnswerPrimate Draw Back a StumpThis is the most generic and mediocre album this super group could possibly release. To put it bluntly this album does not equal up to the sum of its parts. This is a fairly boring and fairly disappointing listen.Puddle Of Mudd Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love and HateThe Acacia Strain Death is the Only Mortal"Oh man, they're trying to sound like Meshuggah naow. They're evolving so much as a band!"The Smashing Pumpkins ZeitgeistUpon a Burning Body Red. White. Green.2.0 poorAttack Attack! This Means WarBring Me The Horizon There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen ItBullet For My Valentine Temper TemperBullet continue down the path of mediocrity and cheesiness that they started with Fever and take it to the next level of shittiness. Good for them I didn't think it was possible to get more cringe inducing than Fever but with songs like Temper Temper, Dirty Little Secret, and Leech they succeed. The album does have some moments where I actually found myself headbanging though. For instance the second installment to Tears don't fall(How original Bullet, Unforgiven much?) and the opening track Breaking Point is Ok.Circle Takes The Square As the Roots UndoDisturbed Asylumdredg Chuckles & Mr. SqueezyEmmure Speaker of the DeadFor Today PrevailerThis is the definition of generic ass metalcore. To say this band overuses bass drops and breakdowns would be one of the bigger understatements you could make.Also lyrically these guys have got some major Jesus crush going on. Admittedly besides the most generic chuggs and screams for Jesus you'll hear this year their are some August Burns Red esque guitar melodies that sneak in every now and then which add a some dynamic. Guns N' Roses Chinese DemocracyIwrestledabearonce Ruining it for EverybodyMiss May I At HeartMorbid Angel Illud Divinum InsanusJesus Fucking Christ.....these are some of the worst songs ever...I mean come the fuck on, Too Extreme, Existo Vulbore, Destructos vs. earth, Radikult...what the fuck?! And they are all like 6 or 7 minutes of utter shit. Luckily for this album Blades for Baal is acctually good, and 10 more dead and Nevermore are solid as well other wise I'd try and .5 this shitfest.Ozzy Osbourne ScreamThe Acacia Strain WormwoodTheory Of A Deadman Scars and Souvenirs1.5 very poorAdema Topple the GiantsBlack Veil Brides Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild OnesSo I start off my listening experience of 2013 with seemingly the most generic and played out album ever in Black veil bride's (shitty fuckin name) wretched and divine. Every song is a blatant rip off of Avenged Sevenfold with a Children of Bodom inspired riff thrown in for good measure. And on some songs it even sounds like the vocalist is trying his best to channel Nickelback. At the end of the album you will literally have no recollection of this shit, which is one positive way to look at it I guess.Emmure The Respect IssueHollywood Undead Notes From the UndergroundThis band is a fucking abomination with their shitty rapping and scene image, one of the main problems with the music industry today. As for the music itself, the influences and idea on this album are thrown together so sloppily and in such sophomoric manner you'd have to be fucking 12 to not feel embarrassed by it. Owl City All Things Bright And BeautifulThe Wanted BattlegroundWeezer Raditude1.0 awfulAnnotations Of An Autopsy Dark DaysAttack Attack! Someday Came SuddenlyAttack Attack! Attack Attack!Blood on the Dance Floor EvolutionDesign the Skyline NevaehEmmure FelonyFalling in Reverse The Drug In Me Is YouJordan Blake and Etienne Sin The Legend, The LeaderJustin Bieber My World 2.0Justin Bieber My WorldJustin Bieber BelieveKevin Federline Playing with FireLil Wayne RebirthWith all of this drama about Lil waynes health coming up recently I thought that I'd add in my two cents about his musical legacy. If he died, it would be terrible for the music community because then he would become some kind of fucking hero for his many shit brained fans. Better to let him and his shitty excuse for music age and hopefully with time people will actually realize how untalented this so called musician is. Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu
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