Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper | 1.0 |
A proud anthem for every long-haired effeminate fuck up who wears makeup and talks like a black girl. |
Death The Sound of Perseverance | 3.0 |
Death's likeable brand of riff-heavy thrash metal is undercut by Chuck's determination to go progressive. |
Insomnium Above the Weeping World | 2.0 |
More meekly boring & smoothly flowing than outwardly offensive, but this still isn't something you'll catch me bumpin. |
ISIS Panopticon | 4.0 |
Instead of relying on trivial, cheap climaxes requisite with shrieking and monolithic bass, Isis's music is carefully sculpted and layered & the climaxes feel like some otherworldly shifting of tectonic plates. |
Neurosis The Eye of Every Storm | 3.5 |
The Eye of Every Storm showcases a more pensive, withdrawn Neurosis, & yet the throat-scraping passion and crushing brutality are still present - but now it's emotional rather than physical. |
Tool Lateralus | 4.5 |
A sublime blend of the best parts of radio-metal and post-metal. Overlooked by elitists because it's too mainstream. |
Wolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters | 2.5 |
No clarity & very little passion, and yet there is something redeemable in the vortex swirls & static-y shrieks. |
Wu-Tang Clan 8 Diagrams | 1.5 |
Instead of holding fast to their unique style & captivating wordplay, the Wu have caved to the corrupting influences of modern rap. Starter Chick makes me want to kill myself. |
Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 5.0 |
Probably the most perfect and obviously superior example of any particular genre. |