| 2012 |
| Capture Til Death | 1.0 |
| Infant Annihilator The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution | 4.0 |
| Circle of Contempt Entwine the Threads | 3.5 |
| Unraveller Kinship Synthesis | 3.0 |
| Mestis Basal Ganglia | 4.0 |
| I Am Abomination Let The Future Tell The Truth | 3.5 |
| Kuolemanlaakso Uljas uusi maailma | 4.0 |
| A very solid slab of melodic death/doom metal, similar to Swallow the Sun, except I feel Kuolemanlaakso is a bit heavier. The vocalist actually is from StS, and I recommend this great album to every fan of this style of music. Best song is probably "Etsin". |
| Woe, Is Me Genesi[s] | 1.0 |
| As I (and many others) expected, this is easily one of the worst albums of the year. There ris absolutely nothing interesting in this incredibly boring release, it just chugs, chugs rand chugs. And CHUGS. STOP IT. Occassionally you might also hear some 3p1c synth and rtotally not overused glitchy effects, and let's not forget about the bland "choruses"! I rwon't lie, the vocalists are quite skilled, and that's the only thing which might lead rpeople into believing that Woe, Is Me has any talent. They even got Matty Mullings, one of rmy favorite vocalists to feature in this album and the song he's in is some kind of a pop-rpunky "epic anthem" closer. And it fucking blows! I won't even delve into the lyrics, if ryou're reading this you've probably seen the "I've Told You Once" lyric video and that is renough.rEdit: Seems like the song Matty's in is actually "The Walking Dead". Whatever, they're all rshit. The fact that I didn't notice shows how much I care |
| Crown the Empire The Fallout | 3.0 |
| Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up | 1.0 |
| Issues Black Diamonds | 2.5 |
| Deftones Koi No Yokan | 4.5 |
| Tardive Dyskinesia Static Apathy in Fast Forward | 3.5 |
| Hacktivist Hacktivist | 4.0 |
| Graveyard (SWE) Lights Out | 4.0 |
| War from a Harlots Mouth Voyeur | 4.0 |
| The Seeking Yours Forever | 3.5 |
| Parkway Drive Atlas | 3.5 |
| Dweller The Reality Vector | 3.5 |
| Intervals In Time | 4.5 |
| Intervals' debut EP "The Space Between" was incredible. Everything felt just perfect rto me, I loved every song to death and I wouldn't hesitate to call it my favorite rinstrumental album of all time. This EP is a bit different. They have gotten more djenty rand this EP has a lot more Periphery influence than before. Also, the songs and the riffs rin general just are not as good as on "The Space Between". But who cares!! It's still a rpure pleasure to listen to. Especially the solos are really amazing this time around, and rAnup Sastry's drumwork is insanely good as expected. "Momento" is really great, best song ron the album. |
| Being as an Ocean Dear G-d | 3.5 |
| BATS The Sleep of Reason | 4.0 |
| Thy Art Is Murder Hate | 4.0 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! | 4.0 |
| In Fear and Faith In Fear and Faith | 4.5 |
| Anberlin Vital | 4.0 |
| Wintersun Time I | 3.5 |
| I mean it's epic and grandiose and all that shit but that epic feeling should be carried out by killer melodies and amazing songwriting and not through layers and layers and layers of synth, even though I also enjoy that sound. It's a fun listen but it's short and it isn't that memorable to be honest, plus the drum sound is terrible which is not good because Kai Hahto is awesome. Honestly, I like their self titled a lot better, and even though this is also a very good record, I can't help but feel a bit disappointed. |
| Converge All We Love We Leave Behind | 4.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence | 4.0 |
| Texas in July Texas in July | 3.5 |
| Their best album yet! I had lost hope in this band after their godawful and sleep inducing previous album One Reality (Magnolia was awesome though) but this self-titled record manages to be a really entertaining listen. Riffs are quick and techy just as I like them and the breakdowns are really fun at best. Adam Gray's drumming is also way better this time around. The biggest problem, of course, is still that many of the songs sound a bit alike each other and they reuse the tricks in their bag a bit too often, but it's not that bad because the album ends soon enough and there also are glimpses of creativity found here and there, including an above-average instrumental. Vocals are still pretty much the same, a bit monotone but they didn't get on my nerves. If you like metalcore, I doubt you'll be disappointed with this album. |
| Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Ascension | 4.0 |
| The Acacia Strain Death Is the Only Mortal | 3.0 |
| August Burns Red Sleddin' Hill | 4.5 |
| Water's Edge An Abstract Collapse | 4.0 |
| The Paramedic Smoke & Mirrors | 2.0 |
This is some fairly stupid stuff. I enjoy some of the instrumental work, but the synth is
extremely uninspired. I feel like some of the vocal melodies would be pretty good without
autotune tacked on them. I still wonder how people aren't tired of making albums full of
breakdowns yet, like is it impossible for these bands to write songs without chugging it up
every chance possible? This is much better than the new Abandon All Ships though so I guess
a 2 will do. I really like listening to crappy music like this more than "just average"
music for some reason, makes me feel better for my lackluster instrumental ability. If
you're also like me, check out this album for some laughs.
FUCK YOUR JUDGMENT!! chug chug chug chug chug chug |
| This or the Apocalypse Dead Years | 3.5 |
| In Dying Arms Boundaries | 3.0 |
| Rita Ora ORA | 1.0 |
| Witchcraft Legend | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project Epicloud | 4.5 |
| Dysphoria To the Perfect Form of Modern Species | 4.0 |
| Cryptopsy Cryptopsy | 4.0 |
| In Hearts Wake Divination | 3.5 |
| The Chariot One Wing | 4.5 |
| Skrillex Make It Bun Dem After Hours | 1.0 |
| Wide Eyes Volume | 4.0 |
| AngelMaker Decay | 3.0 |
| Don Broco Priorities | 3.5 |
| While She Sleeps This Is the Six | 4.5 |
| Gaza No Absolutes in Human Suffering | 4.0 |
| A Million Dead Birds Laughing Xen | 3.0 |
| Dark Time Sunshine ANX | 4.5 |
| Barrier Dark Days | 3.5 |
| Bury Tomorrow The Union of Crowns | 5.0 |
| The Contortionist Intrinsic | 3.5 |
| Woe, Is Me Number[s] (Deluxe) | 1.0 |
| House Of Heroes Cold Hard Want | 4.5 |
| Aesop Rock Skelethon | 4.0 |
| The Word Alive Life Cycles | 2.5 |
On itself, this album is not bad, and makes up for an okay listen. But compared to Deceiver,
which was catchy as hell, had some awesome guitarwork and was very energetic all around, it
seems like the band has lost their touch. Nothing sticks to your head from this album,
unlike Deceiver, where every song had something which separated it from others. Every song
in Life Cycles feels like the same song all over again. Where is the fun? This is a very
disappointing album from a band I have always loved to listen to. |
| Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal | 4.0 |
| Abandon All Ships Infamous | 1.0 |
Bro my god!! I mean the first album was a guilty pleasure but this? I feel physical pain
for knowing this is actually a signed band, especially after seeing some recent "live
videos". |
| Wolves at the Gate Captors | 4.0 |
| Nile At The Gate of Sethu | 3.5 |
| Memphis May Fire Challenger | 4.0 |
| Signal The Firing Squad Abnegate | 2.5 |
| Icarus the Owl Love Always, Leviathan | 4.0 |
| Dying Fetus Reign Supreme | 4.5 |
| Chelsea Grin Evolve | 2.5 |
| The Ghost Inside Get What You Give | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project By A Thread: Live in London 2011 | 5.0 |
| Justin Bieber Believe | 1.5 |
| Rush Clockwork Angels | 4.0 |
| Numbers Numbers | 3.5 |
| Abnormality Contaminating the Hive Mind | 4.0 |
| Art By Numbers Reticence: The Musical | 4.5 |
| Grand Magus The Hunt | 4.0 |
| Make Them Suffer Neverbloom | 3.0 |
| Make Them Suffer's debut album is definitely a good one. Too bad all of the 10 tracks use the same tricks again and again. There's a lot of blast beats, epic piano and breakdowns. It sounds great but it gets very tiring to listen to for a full album. EP was better, and shorter so it was not as boring, and I hope MTS tries to make their music more interesting in the future instead of filling the album with constant symphonic brutality. |
| Jess And The Ancient Ones Jess And The Ancient Ones | 4.5 |
| Visceral Throne Omnipotent Asperity | 4.0 |
| Resist the Thought Sovereignty | 3.5 |
| Calmed By The Tides Of Rain Phaeton | 3.5 |
| Lapko ΓΟΛΕ | 4.5 |
| With their newest album Lapko trade some of their melancholicism to a more rockish and energetic sound, and it works really well for them. Lapko's formula in the album is simple - great riffs, soaring, catchy choruses and a very organic feeling. But in the end, all that matters is songwriting, and Lapko has definitely mastered that, offering songs like "Dragons" and "River Venom", which stick with you from the first listen and make you hunger for more. Not many weak moments are heard in this modern rock masterpiece, so do yourself a favor and take a listen. |
| Oddland The Treachery of Senses | 5.0 |
This album has 10 brilliant songs with each of them having their own memorable compositions
and all those "wow" moments. After half a year of frequent listening, it's still just as
awesome. AOTY 5/5 |
| Bermuda The Wandering | 3.5 |
| Fatal FE Speed Of Light | 4.0 |
| Skyharbor Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos | 4.5 |
| Mandroid Echostar Mandroid Echostar | 4.0 |
| His Statue Falls Mistaken For Trophies | 2.0 |
| Emmure Slave To The Game | 3.5 |
| Gatling Beforemath | 4.0 |
| High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis | 4.0 |
| Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | 1.0 |
| Mr. Oizo Stade 3 | 3.0 |
| Make Me Famous It's Now or Never | 2.5 |
| Meshuggah Koloss | 4.0 |
| Hour of Penance Sedition | 3.5 |
| Black Breath Sentenced To Life | 4.5 |
| Wretched (USA-NC) Son of Perdition | 3.5 |
It's a good metal album for sure but after the incredible Beyond the Gate I hoped for
something much more "WOW"-inducing. The old vocalist fit the band a bit better. They seem to
have upped the heaviness but reduced the catchiness, which isn't what I hoped. I am
disappointed, hopefully it will grow on me. The instrumentals are good, yet a bit short this
time around, and "Repeat" is a badass song. |
| Electric Callboy Bury Me in Fucking Vegas | 2.5 |
| De Lirium's Order Veniversum | 4.5 |
| Impending Doom Baptized in Filth | 3.5 |
| Gorod A Perfect Absolution | 4.5 |
| Lord Mantis Pervertor | 4.0 |
| Every Time I Die Ex Lives | 3.5 |
| Slice the Cake The Man With No Face | 4.0 |
| Ascariasis Ocean of Colour | 4.5 |
| T.R.A.M. Lingua Franca | 4.5 |
| Veil of Maya Eclipse | 4.0 |
| Abominable Putridity The Anomalies of Artificial Origin | 4.0 |
| Terrorizer Hordes of Zombies | 2.0 |
| Napalm Death Utilitarian | 4.5 |
| The Omega Experiment The Omega Experiment | 3.0 |
| Stam1na Nocebo | 4.0 |
| Sithu Aye Isles | 4.5 |
| Zelliack Noir Tone | 4.0 |
| Palisades I'm Not Dying Today | 4.0 |
| Palisades deliver a quality debut EP here. The band sounds like Memphis May Fire in every aspect, but as a massive MMF fan I don't really care. With great vocals and good songwriting, this is a very enjoyable release from a band with much potential to be awesome in the future. |
| Swallow the Sun Emerald Forest and the Blackbird | 4.5 |
| My Ticket Home To Create a Cure | 4.0 |
| Bleeding Through The Great Fire | 3.5 |
| Dyscarnate And So It Came To Pass | 4.5 |
| Attack Attack! This Means War | 3.0 |
| Enter Shikari A Flash Flood of Colour | 3.5 |
| Tharsis They Ominous Silence | 4.5 |
| Xibalba Hasta La Muerte | 3.5 |
| 2011 |
| Capture Capture the Crown | 1.5 |
| Intervals The Space Between | 5.0 |
| Etienne Sin Behold The Renaissance | 1.0 |
| Ever Forthright Ever Forthright | 4.5 |
| Black Veil Brides Rebels | 2.0 |
| ERRA Impulse | 4.0 |
| Crown the Empire Limitless | 3.0 |
| Vildhjarta Måsstaden | 4.0 |
| Eat a Helicopter Descend Into Darkness | 3.5 |
| Nerve End Axis | 4.0 |
| Vektor Outer Isolation | 5.0 |
| Fallujah The Harvest Wombs | 4.5 |
| Iron Savior The Landing | 3.0 |
| Cloudkicker Let Yourself Be Huge | 4.0 |
| Northlane Discoveries | 4.5 |
| A very good album in a genre mostly known of dullness. Dispossession is fucking awesome. Absolutely great for a debut album, recommended. |
| Cynic Carbon-Based Anatomy | 4.0 |
| Animals As Leaders Weightless | 3.5 |
| Justin Bieber Under the Mistletoe | 1.0 |
| Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu | 1.5 |
| Vore Gravehammer | 3.5 |
| Carnifex Until I Feel Nothing | 3.5 |
| Structures Divided By | 3.0 |
| Evile Five Serpent's Teeth | 4.5 |
| Immolation Providence | 4.5 |
| A Lot Like Birds Conversation Piece | 4.5 |
| Reckless Love Animal Attraction | 2.0 |
| Blotted Science The Animation of Entomology | 4.5 |
| Transit Listen and Forgive | 4.5 |
| Friend For A Foe Source of Isolation | 3.5 |
| Profane Omen Destroy! | 3.5 |
| Warbringer Worlds Torn Asunder | 4.0 |
| Oh, Sleeper Children of Fire | 4.5 |
| Volumes Via | 2.5 |
| Man Overboard Man Overboard | 3.5 |
| Mastodon The Hunter | 4.5 |
| Betraying the Martyrs Breathe In Life | 4.0 |
| Wormrot Noise | 4.5 |
| The Atlas Moth An Ache for the Distance | 4.0 |
| We Came As Romans Understanding What We've Grown to Be | 2.0 |
| The Devil Wears Prada Dead Throne | 3.5 |
| Substructure Monolith | 4.5 |
| Blood Red Throne Brutalitarian Regime | 3.5 |
| One Morning Left The Bree-Teenz | 4.0 |
| Ghost Brigade Until Fear No Longer Defines Us | 4.0 |
| Design the Skyline Nevaeh | 3.0 |
| Aliases Safer Than Reality | 3.5 |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse Agony | 3.0 |
| Vale of Pnath The Prodigal Empire | 3.5 |
| Unkind Harhakuvat | 4.0 |
| Death Toll 80k Harsh Realities | 5.0 |
| Iwrestledabearonce Ruining It for Everybody | 3.0 |
| All Shall Perish This Is Where It Ends | 4.0 |
| Serianna Inheritors | 3.5 |
| Falling in Reverse The Drug in Me Is You | 2.0 |
| I Am Abomination The Passion Of The Heist | 3.5 |
| Nekrogoblikon Stench | 3.5 |
| Annotations Of An Autopsy Dark Days | 1.5 |
| Feastem World Delirium | 3.5 |
| Spawn From Deceit At Least We Did Care | 4.0 |
| Medeia Abandon All | 4.5 |
| Suicide Silence The Black Crown | 3.5 |
| Cannabis Corpse Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise | 4.5 |
Super creative and fun death metal with some very good ideas in almost every song. Kicks the
shit out of almost any other death metal band these days! |
| Beheading of a King Quasar: Preserving Legacy | 4.0 |
| Exhumed All Guts, No Glory | 3.5 |
| Devin Townsend Project Ghost | 3.5 |
| The Black Dahlia Murder Ritual | 4.0 |
| August Burns Red Leveler | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction | 4.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Blue | 3.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Green | 4.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Yellow | 4.5 |
| Of Mice and Men The Flood | 5.0 |
| I don't care about other people's opinions, I love this album to death. It's generic metalcore, but who cares? It's generic metalcore done so well that the other bands don't have anything to put against this. Well, except Memphis May Fire. The riffs are so simple but oh so good and both vocalists show awesome ability in building catchy choruses and fun breakdowns. There just is something special in The Flood. |
| Black Veil Brides Set the World on Fire | 1.5 |
| The Air I Breathe Great Faith In Fools | 4.5 |
| Amorphis The Beginning of Times | 4.0 |
| Touche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me | 3.5 |
| Morbid Angel Illud Divinum Insanus | 1.5 |
| Djevel Dodssanger | 3.0 |
| Autopsy Macabre Eternal | 4.5 |
| Shining (SWE) VII: Fodd Forlorare | 4.0 |
| Putridity Degenerating Anthropophagical Euphoria | 3.0 |
| It's brutal, it's fucking fast, but that's pretty much all there is to it. Insane drumming is the best thing here! Not much to be seen in the songwriting department. |
| NAMI Fragile Alignments | 4.5 |
| Nader Sadek In the Flesh | 4.0 |
| Beastwars Beastwars | 3.5 |
| Year of the Goat Lucem Ferre | 4.0 |
| Really good occult rock. If you like that genre you should absolutely check this out. |
| Ana Kefr The Burial Tree (II) | 4.5 |
| Memphis May Fire The Hollow | 5.0 |
| Lions!Tigers!Bears! Shallow Waters, Endless Depth | 4.0 |
| Quite a good album, felt a bit boring at first but now it feels fresh and energetic. If you like post-hardcore, this is a very good listen. The album sounds good and powerful and the screams are great. |
| Texas in July One Reality | 2.0 |
| Amaranthe Amaranthe | 2.5 |
| Foo Fighters Wasting Light | 5.0 |
| Last Chance to Reason Level 2 | 4.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues | 3.5 |
| Archspire All Shall Align | 5.0 |
| Asking Alexandria Reckless and Relentless | 2.5 |
| Breakdown of Sanity Mirrors | 2.5 |
| Amon Amarth Surtur Rising | 4.5 |
| Havok Time Is Up | 4.5 |
| Wormrot Dirge | 4.0 |
| Born of Osiris The Discovery | 4.5 |
| Protest the Hero Scurrilous | 4.0 |
| TesseracT One | 4.0 |
| Benighted Asylum Cave | 4.5 |
| Rotten Sound Cursed | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Relentless Reckless Forever | 2.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II | 4.0 |
| Rainbowdragoneyes The Primordial Booze | 5.0 |
| Scale the Summit The Collective | 4.5 |
| Omnium Gatherum New World Shadows | 4.5 |
| Emmure Speaker Of The Dead | 4.0 |
| Macabre Grim Scary Tales | 2.5 |
| Asking Alexandria Stepped Up and Scratched | 1.0 |
| myGRAIN myGRAIN | 4.0 |
| Apparitions The Human Collapse | 3.5 |
| These Hearts Forever Ended Yesterday | 1.5 |
