| 12 Stones 12 Stones | 2.5 |
| 2nd Suicide Last Of Kin | 2.5 |
| 2nd Suicide An Epitaph For The Proud | 4.0 |
| 2nd Suicide Epitaph For The Proud 2008 | 3.5 |
| First of all, no; this isn't the same "An Epitaph For The Proud" which revealed a hungry young band called 2nd Suicide to the world back in 2006. Or rather, it is half of it. Coming about as the result of a contest win, "Epitaph 2008" features re-recordings of arguably the group's two best songs (although one does miss "Oblivion") and cleverly strays from material from the uninspired "Last of Kin". The benefit of a better production really helps "Epitaph For The Proud"'s qualities shine through, bringing out the song's rock'n'roll attitude in full. Conversely, however, "Garden of Stone" loses a little of its original personality with the re-recording, sounding a tad more generic than the original take., However, and despite the lack of any original material, this is still a recommended download for fans of the group and of melodeath in general. The fact that it's free only makes it that much better. Download it free at the group's website at http://www.2ndsuicide.com/#music |
| 3rd Secret 3rd Secret | 2.0 |
| Abandoned Forcefed | 4.5 |
| AC/DC Live at Donington | 5.0 |
| AC/DC Ballbreaker | 3.5 |
| AC/DC Fly On The Wall | 3.0 |
| AC/DC Highway To Hell | 4.5 |
| AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 3.5 |
| AC/DC Powerage | 3.0 |
| AC/DC Black Ice | 3.5 |
| AC/DC High Voltage | 5.0 |
| AC/DC Back In Black | 3.0 |
| Typical case of an overrated album. The four famously classic tracks are undoubtedly very good, but there isn't much to listen to beyond them. The remaining tracks veer between passable and uninspired, and may not pass muster with a more demanding rock'n'roll fan. If you're looking to get into AC/DC, forget this one and get "Highway To Hell" instead; THAT'S the real classic. |
| AC/DC Let There Be Rock | 3.0 |
| AC/DC Power Up | 3.0 |
| Accept Accept | 2.0 |
| Ace Frehley Trouble Walkin' | 3.0 |
| Ace Frehley Anomaly | 3.0 |
| Ace Frehley Ace Frehley | 2.5 |
| Ace Frehley 12 Picks | 3.0 |
| Ace Frehley Frehley's Comet | 3.5 |
| Ace Frehley Loaded Deck | 4.0 |
| Ace Frehley Greatest Hits Live | 2.5 |
| Airbourne Ready To Rock | 3.0 |
| Airbourne No Guts. No Glory. (Special Edition) | 3.0 |
| Airbourne Runnin' Wild | 3.5 |
| Alerion Fledgling | 2.0 |
| Alice Cooper Hey Stoopid | 4.5 |
| Alice Cooper The Last Temptation | 4.0 |
| Alice Cooper Trash | 4.0 |
| Alice Cooper Constrictor | 3.5 |
| Alice Cooper Toronto Rock'N'Roll Revival 1969, Vol.IV | 2.5 |
| All That Remains The Fall of Ideals | 4.0 |
| And Then There Were None Who Speaks For Planet Earth? | 3.5 |
| Anthrax Spreading the Disease | 4.5 |
| Aqua Aquarium | 2.5 |
| Austrian Death Machine Total Brutal | 4.0 |
| Backyard Superheroes Falling With Style | 4.0 |
| Backyard Superheroes Let's Get Dangerous | 4.5 |
| Bad Religion 30 Years Live | 3.0 |
| Barfighter Barfighter 3 | 4.0 |
| Barfighter Barfighter 4 | 3.5 |
| Barfighter Barfighter | 4.5 |
| Barfighter Barfighter 2 | 4.0 |
| Bearded Executive The Enterprise Scale | 3.5 |
| Bearded Executive Vestiges | 4.0 |
| Bearded Executive Concerns of the Agency | 4.0 |
| Bearded Executive Procedure Applies | 2.0 |
| Beyond Pink Beyond Pink | 3.0 |
| Big Ball Hotter than Hell | 1.5 |
| Big House Big House | 3.0 |
| Billy Talent Watoosh! | 3.0 |
| Billy Talent Dead Silence | 4.0 |
| Billy Talent Crisis Of Faith | 3.5 |
| Black Math Horseman Wyllt | 4.0 |
| Black Math Horseman Black Math Horseman | 3.5 |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality | 4.0 |
| Black Sheep (USA-CA) Trouble In The Streets | 2.0 |
| Black Sheep (USA-CA) Sacrifice | 2.5 |
| Black Therapy Echoes of Dying Memories | 3.0 |
| blink-182 Take Off Your Pants And Jacket | 4.0 |
| Bon Jovi Bon Jovi | 4.0 |
| Boss Hog Whiteout | 3.5 |
| Bowling for Soup Goes To The Movies | 3.5 |
| Bret Michaels A Letter From Death Row | 1.5 |
| Bret Michaels Country Demos | 3.0 |
| Bret Michaels Songs Of Life | 2.0 |
| Bret Michaels Freedom Of Sound | 2.5 |
| Bret Michaels Rock My World | 1.5 |
| Bret Michaels Custom Built | 1.0 |
| Bullfrog Bheer Bullfrog Bheer | 2.0 |
| Calpurnia Scout | 3.5 |
| Chelsea Chelsea | 3.0 |
| Chosen Resolution | 3.0 |
| Chumbawamba WYSIWYG | 4.5 |
| Cockpit Mission To Rock | 4.0 |
| Corpus Christi The Darker Shades Of White | 3.5 |
| Corpus Christi A Feast for Crows | 3.0 |
| Corrigan '94 and Before | 4.0 |
| Cream Strange Brew — The Very Best Of Cream | 4.0 |
| Damn Yankees Damn Yankees | 4.0 |
| Danger Danger Danger Danger | 3.0 |
| Death Leprosy | 4.5 |
| Dee Dee Ramone Hop Around | 1.0 |
| Def Leppard Diamond Star Halos | 3.0 |
| Def Leppard Hysteria | 4.0 |
| Design the Skyline Nevaeh | 3.0 |
| Destruction All Hell Breaks Loose | 3.5 |
| Donots Better days not included | 2.0 |
| Duff McKagan Believe In Me | 4.0 |
| Emerged Letting Go of Certainties | 4.0 |
| Enforcer Into The Night | 3.5 |
| Enforcer Diamonds | 4.0 |
| Enforcer Death By Fire | 4.5 |
| Europe The Final Countdown | 3.5 |
| Eyes Adrift Eyes Adrift | 4.0 |
| EZ Livin' After The Fire | 4.0 |
| Firehouse Firehouse | 4.0 |
| Firenote Firenote | 2.5 |
| FM Static Critically Ashamed | 1.5 |
| Frank Stallone Frank Stallone | 3.0 |
| Frehley's Comet Live +1 | 3.0 |
| Frehley's Comet Second Sighting | 2.5 |
| Fu Manchu California Crossing | 3.5 |
| Full Devil Jacket Full Devil Jacket | 2.0 |
| Gene Simmons Gene Simmons | 1.5 |
| Gene Simmons Asshole | 1.0 |
| Ginger Ten (Two) | 3.0 |
| God Forbid Gone Forever | 4.0 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven | 2.5 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ | 4.5 |
| Gogmagog I Will Be There | 1.5 |
| Green Day Nimrod | 1.5 |
| Green Day Dookie | 5.0 |
| Green Day Kerplunk | 3.5 |
| Green Day 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours | 3.0 |
| Green Day Warning | 3.5 |
| Green Day 21st Century Breakdown | 4.0 |
| Green Day Insomniac | 4.0 |
| Green Day American Idiot | 3.5 |
| Green Day iDOS! | 1.5 |
| LOL @ how many 1 ratings this already has. Doomed from the start. Fuck you Sputnik - these guys made Dookie and American Idiot, they deserve not to be pre-judged. But no - they're not post-rock or indie, so they suck, right? God, sometimes I hate this website. |
| Green Day ¡UNO! | 3.5 |
| Green Day Saviors | 3.5 |
| Grim Force Circulation to Conclusion | 3.5 |
| Halford Resurrection | 4.0 |
| Hanson Middle of Nowhere | 3.5 |
| Hawkwind In the Beginning | 3.0 |
| Heaven and Hell The Devil You Know | 3.5 |
| Helloween Pink Bubbles Go Ape | 3.5 |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 4.5 |
| Idlewild Hope Is Important | 3.5 |
| Impellitteri Answer To The Master | 4.5 |
| Intruder Psycho Savant | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden Virtual XI | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark | 2.5 |
| Jay-Z and Linkin Park Collision Course | 3.5 |
| Jin The Rest Is History | 3.5 |
| Joey Ramone Don't Worry About Me | 3.0 |
| Johnny Gioeli One Voice | 4.0 |
| Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. | 4.5 |
| Jonas Brothers It's About Time | 2.5 |
| Judas Priest Living After Midnight | 4.0 |
| Judas Priest British Steel | 4.5 |
| Judas Priest Turbo | 2.0 |
| Julliet Julliet | 4.0 |
| Kill The Thrill 203 Barriers | 3.5 |
| Killswitch Engage Atonement II B-Sides for Charity | 4.0 |
| Kirk Hammett Portals | 4.0 |
| KISS Sonic Boom | 3.5 |
| KISS KISS | 4.0 |
| KISS Hotter Than Hell | 3.0 |
| KISS Dressed to Kill | 4.5 |
| KISS Alive! | 3.0 |
| KISS Destroyer | 4.5 |
| KISS Rock and Roll Over | 3.5 |
| KISS Love Gun | 3.5 |
| KISS Alive II | 4.0 |
| KISS Double Platinum | 3.0 |
| KISS Dynasty | 2.0 |
| KISS Unmasked | 4.0 |
| KISS Music from "The Elder" | 1.0 |
| KISS Killers | 2.0 |
| KISS The Very Best of Kiss | 4.0 |
| KISS Creatures of the Night | 3.5 |
| KISS Lick It Up | 1.5 |
| KISS Animalize | 1.0 |
| KISS Asylum | 3.5 |
| KISS Crazy Nights | 1.5 |
| KISS Smashes, Thrashes And Hits | 3.5 |
| KISS KISS Unplugged | 3.5 |
| KISS Hot in the Shade | 2.5 |
| KISS Revenge | 4.0 |
| KISS Alive III | 3.0 |
| KISS You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! | 3.0 |
| KISS The Millennium Collection - Volume 2 | 3.5 |
| KISS Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions | 1.0 |
| KISS Psycho Circus | 3.5 |
| KISS The Box Set | 2.0 |
| KISS Kiss Symphony: Alive IV | 4.0 |
| KISS Jigoku-Retsuden | 2.0 |
| KISS Monster | 2.5 |
| Korn Life Is Peachy | 4.0 |
| Lauren Harris Calm Before the Storm | 3.5 |
| Lillian García Quiero Vivir | 2.0 |
| Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 2.5 |
| Limp Bizkit Still Sucks | 3.0 |
| Linkin Park Reanimation | 1.0 |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 3.5 |
| Linkin Park Meteora | 3.5 |
| Lips Lips | 1.5 |
| Manowar Fighting the World | 4.0 |
| Marishi Ten Dawning | 2.5 |
| Mastodon 9 Song Demo | 2.5 |
| MC5 Kick Out the Jams | 5.0 |
| MC5 Back In The USA | 4.5 |
| MC5 High Time | 2.0 |
| Megadeth The World Needs a Hero | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Countdown to Extinction | 4.0 |
| MetaL BrotherS Thunders - Demo | 1.0 |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning | 5.0 |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All | 3.5 |
| Metallica St. Anger | 1.0 |
| Metallica Master of Puppets | 4.5 |
| Metallica Death Magnetic | 3.5 |
| Metallica 72 Seasons | 3.0 |
| Milli Vanilli All Or Nothing | 1.0 |
| Monks Black Monk Time | 4.5 |
| Mortiis Perfectly Defect | 1.5 |
| Motley Crue New Tattoo | 4.0 |
| Murderdolls Beyond The Valley of the Murderdolls | 4.0 |
| MxPx Before Everything & After | 4.0 |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade | 4.0 |
| New American Shame New American Shame | 3.5 |
| New York Dolls Too Much Too Soon | 5.0 |
| Nick Carter Now Or Never | 3.5 |
| Nirvana Nevermind | 5.0 |
| Quite simply, one of the most classic albums of all time. Nearly all, if not all, of the songs are classics, and members of the relevant generation(s) can still pull off their riffs and lyrics by heart upon the mere mention of their names. If you fancy yourself a music lover and you don't have this, then, my friend, stop fancying. Mandatory for all men, women, children and monkeys. |
| Nirvana Incesticide | 4.5 |
| Nirvana In Utero | 2.5 |
| No One No One | 2.5 |
Even back in the nu-metal heyday, No One were always ?just another? band of the genre. They weren't even third tier, and that shows on this album. What we have here is basically the work of a (competent) fourth-tier nu-metal band. The sound is derivative, albeit at times engaging, the anger is processed, and even the titles are fairly typical.
To do this band justice, their album starts off pretty strong. Down on Me, Chemical and It's Real are all strong nu-metal tracks, and I actually get a kick out of listening to them. But the problem here is the same that affects most hip-hop albums - there are just too many tracks, which contributes greatly to a reduction of the listener's interest. Plus, the closer we get to the end, the less interesting the tracks become, and none of them are ever a patch on the first five.
Another interesting factor in the band's sound is that every other song sounds the same. All the odd-number songs sound like Slipknot/Downthesun and all the even-numbered ones sound like System of A Down/Korn/Dope.
All in all, then, this is the definition of an average album. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, just derivative and a tad boring. If you're curious, try downloading Down on Me, Chemical and My Release, and just consign the rest of the album to eternal oblivion. |
| Nostradameus The Prophet of Evil | 4.0 |
| Oasis Definitely Maybe | 4.5 |
| Only Rivals Life Is Perfect | 3.0 |
| Operation Ivy Energy | 4.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Down to Earth | 4.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Patient Number 9 | 3.5 |
| Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill | 4.0 |
| Pantera Far Beyond Driven | 2.5 |
| Pantera Vulgar Display of Power | 4.0 |
| Pantera Metal Magic | 1.0 |
If you never thought you'd see a song called "Ride My Rocket" on a Pantera album, boy, do we have an album for you!
"Metal Magic" sees the Texas quartet, then led by terrible singer Terry Glaze, embark in a piss-poor brand of hard'n'heavy with shameless glam overtones. There's even an attemptive ballad with keyboards! The songs veer between the unremarkable and the god-awful, often directly ripping off KISS, an admitted influence for the Darrell brothers. Heck, "Ride My Rocket" itself rips its title off an Ace Frehley song and its music off "Detroit Rock City"! The sad part is, it doesn't get much better from there, causing this album to be almost completely worthless. The only nearly acceptable song is the title track, whose riff hints at what would come years later.
Unfortunately, there would still be two more albums of this tripe before Pantera came to their senses, switched Glaze for Phil Anselmo, and set about redefining thrash metal. Avoid. |
| Papa Roach Infest | 2.5 |
| Paradise Lost Paradise Lost | 3.5 |
| Paris Hilton Paris | 2.0 |
| Paul Stanley Paul Stanley | 4.0 |
| Paul Stanley Live to Win | 2.5 |
| Pennywise From The Ashes | 4.0 |
| Peter Criss Let Me Rock You | 1.5 |
| Peter Criss Peter Criss | 4.0 |
| Peter Criss Out Of Control | 1.0 |
| Peter Criss Cat #1 | 3.0 |
| Peter Criss One For All | 1.0 |
| Phantom X Storm Riders | 4.0 |
| Pixies Doolittle 20th Anniversary Live Sampler | 4.0 |
| Pixies Doggerel | 3.0 |
| Poison Crack A Smile...And More! | 2.5 |
| Poison Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 4.0 |
| Poison Look What The Cat Dragged In | 3.5 |
| Poison Flesh & Blood | 3.0 |
| Poison Swallow This Live | 3.0 |
| Poison Native Tongue | 2.0 |
| Poison Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 | 4.5 |
| Poison Power To The People | 3.0 |
| Poison Hollyweird | 3.0 |
| Poison Best of Ballads & Blues | 2.5 |
| Poison The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock | 4.0 |
| Poison Poison'd! | 2.5 |
| Poison Seven Days Live | 3.0 |
| Poison Live, Raw & Uncut | 4.5 |
| Pretty Boy Floyd Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz | 3.5 |
| Rammstein Mutter | 4.0 |
| Ramones End of the Century | 4.0 |
| Ramones Leave Home | 4.5 |
| Ramones Subterranean Jungle | 2.0 |
| Ramones Road to Ruin | 2.5 |
| Ramones Mondo Bizarro | 3.5 |
| Ramones Animal Boy | 4.0 |
| Ramones Rocket to Russia | 4.5 |
| Ramones Ramones | 4.5 |
| RDGLDGRN Red Gold Green | 4.0 |
| Revenge [FRA] Unbankable | 3.0 |
| Revenge [FRA] Fest Of Revenge | 3.0 |
| Rikki Rockett Glitter 4 Your Soul | 3.0 |
| Rings of Saturn Embryonic Anomaly | 3.5 |
| Rust Shoot Them Higher | 2.5 |
| Saint Asonia Saint Asonia | 2.5 |
| Saint Asonia Flawed Design | 3.0 |
| Saint Asonia Introvert | 2.5 |
| Samantha 7 Samantha 7 | 1.5 |
| Scandal The Warrior | 2.5 |
| Scarlet Grey Fancy Blood | 3.5 |
| Scorpions Love At First Sting | 4.5 |
| Sepultura Chaos A.D. | 5.0 |
| Sepultura Beneath the Remains | 4.5 |
| Severed Fifth Denied By Reign | 3.5 |
| Severed Fifth Nightmares By Design | 1.5 |
| Shonen Knife Osaka Ramones | 4.0 |
| Sid Vicious Sid Sings | 1.0 |
| Simple Plan No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls | 3.5 |
| Slayer Reign in Blood | 3.5 |
| Sleep Parade Mr. Identify | 2.5 |
| Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses | 2.5 |
| Slipknot All Hope Is Gone | 4.0 |
| Slipknot Antennas to Hell | 4.0 |
| Slipknot The End, So Far | 3.0 |
| Sound City Players Sound City: Real To Reel | 2.0 |
| Soundtrack (Film) Alvin and The Chipmunks | 2.0 |
| Stepa Stepa | 3.0 |
| Steve Gaines One In The Sun | 4.0 |
| Steven Seagal Songs From the Crystal Cave | 1.0 |
| Stiff Little Fingers Nobody's Hero | 3.5 |
| Stiff Little Fingers Now Then... | 3.5 |
| Stratus (UK) Throwing Shapes | 3.0 |
| Symfonia In Paradisum | 3.0 |
| System of a Down Hypnotize | 4.0 |
| Tabula Rasa (USA - PA) People | 4.0 |
| Tantric Tantric | 1.0 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coming Out Of Their Shells | 1.0 |
| The All-American Rejects The All-American Rejects | 4.0 |
| The Blocked Smashed Hits | 4.0 |
| The Cult Electric | 5.0 |
| The Darkness One Way Ticket To Hell And Back | 2.0 |
| The Darkness Permission to Land | 4.0 |
| The Darkness Hot Cakes | 4.0 |
| The Doors The Doors | 4.5 |
| The Last Vegas Whatever Gets You Off | 4.0 |
| The Linda Lindas Growing Up | 4.0 |
| The Offspring Americana | 4.0 |
| The Toy Dolls Cheerio And Toodlepip: The Complete Singles | 4.0 |
| The Toy Dolls The Album After the Last One | 3.5 |
| The Toy Dolls Anniversary Anthems | 4.0 |
| The Who Live at Leeds | 4.5 |
| Three Days Grace One-X | 4.0 |
| Three Days Grace Life Starts Now | 2.0 |
| Three Days Grace Three Days Grace | 3.0 |
| Three Days Grace Transit of Venus | 2.5 |
| Three Days Grace Explosions | 2.5 |
| Tigertailz Wazbones | 3.5 |
| Tigertailz Thrill Pistol | 1.5 |
| Tinariwen The Radio Tisdas Sessions | 4.0 |
| Tinariwen Amassakoul | 4.5 |
| Tinariwen Aman Iman: The Water Of Life | 2.0 |
| Tinariwen Imidiwan; Companions | 3.0 |
| Toxic Taste Toxification | 2.5 |
| Trust Company The Lonely Position of Neutral | 3.0 |
| Van Halen Van Halen | 4.0 |
| Vanilla Ice To the Extreme | 1.0 |
| Various Artists Dracula 2000 OST | 2.5 |
| Various Artists (Punk) Germs Of Perfection: A Tribute To Bad Religion | 3.5 |
| Various Artists (Rock) KISS My Ass: Classic KISS Regrooved | 3.5 |
| Village People We Want You: Very Best Of The Village People | 1.0 |
| Warlock Triumph and Agony | 4.5 |
| Werefox I Am Memory | 3.5 |
| Westlife World Of Our Own | 0.5 |
| Whitefoxx Whitefoxx | 1.0 |
| Whitesnake Starkers in Tokyo | 4.0 |
| Wicked Lester The Complete Wicked Lester Sessions | 2.0 |
| Yesterday's Children Yesterday's Children | 3.0 |
| Your Own Destroyer Demo | 1.0 |
| Zendaya Zendaya | 2.5 |
