Iggy Pop Lust For Life | 5.0 |
Rinoa An Age Among Them | 4.0 |
Cattle Decapitation To Serve Man | 2.0 |
Cattle Decapitation Humanure | 2.5 |
Cattle Decapitation Karma.Bloody.Karma | 2.5 |
Deafheaven Roads to Judah | 4.0 |
Deafheaven Sunbather | 5.0 |
Krallice Dimensional Bleedthrough | 3.5 |
Cattle Decapitation The Anthropocene Extinction | 4.0 |
People are going to hate this, that's an inevitability. Basically if you enjoyed Monolith, this won't disappoint. It gets a tad repetitive and formulaic, but overall it's a fun album that never lets up. (And if you've ever seen these guys live, you'll know that was the point) |
Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me | 4.0 |
Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus | 4.5 |
A Lot Like Birds No Place | 4.0 |
Dance Gavin Dance Happiness | 4.5 |
Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech | 3.5 |
Dance Gavin Dance Dance Gavin Dance | 4.5 |
Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain | 4.0 |
Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II | 3.5 |
Emarosa Versus (Reimagined) | 4.0 |
Emarosa Versus | 4.0 |
Fit for a King Descendants (Redux) | 3.0 |
Fit for a King Slave to Nothing | 3.5 |
Fit for a King Creation | Destruction | 3.5 |
Norma Jean Wrongdoers | 5.0 |
After the Burial Wolves Within | 3.5 |
After the Burial In Dreams | 4.0 |
After the Burial Forging a Future Self | 3.5 |
After the Burial Rareform | 4.0 |
After the Burial This Life Is All We Have | 3.5 |
After the Burial Rareform (Re-release) | 4.5 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Everblack | 4.0 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Ritual | 3.5 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Deflorate | 3.5 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Nocturnal | 5.0 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma | 4.0 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Unhallowed | 4.0 |
The Black Dahlia Murder Grind 'Em All | 3.5 |
CKY Volume 1 | 4.0 |
World Under Blood Tactical | 2.5 |
Iona Grove Breathe | 4.5 |
Ampere Like Shadows | 4.5 |
United Nations United Nations | 3.5 |
United Nations The Next Four Years | 4.0 |
Combining the bare-bones of both grind, emo and black metal genres then violently mixing them into a chaotic yet beautiful collection of 11 over-the-top tracks, United Nations does exactly what Geoff Rickly wanted since the start of the band back in 2005; stand out. This is definitely Best-of-2014 material. |
United Nations Never Mind the Bombings, Here's Your Six Figures | 4.5 |
Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing | 4.0 |
Hans Zimmer The Lion King | 4.0 |
Hans Zimmer The Rock | 4.0 |
Hans Zimmer Crimson Tide | 4.5 |
Hans Zimmer The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 2.0 |
Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin | 4.5 |
Darkest Hour Deliver Us | 4.5 |
Darkest Hour The Human Romance | 4.0 |
Darkest Hour Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation | 5.0 |
Patrick Stump Soul Punk | 2.5 |
Panic! at the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out | 3.5 |
Fall Out Boy Folie a Deux | 2.0 |
Fall Out Boy Save Rock and Roll | 2.5 |
Fall Out Boy Infinity on High | 3.0 |
Fall Out Boy From Under the Cork Tree | 4.0 |
Within the Ruins Phenomena | 3.5 |
Within the Ruins Elite | 3.0 |
Oh, Sleeper The Titan | 4.0 |
Oh, Sleeper Children of Fire | 4.0 |
Attila Rage | 2.5 |
Attila Outlawed | 2.0 |
Attila Guilty Pleasure | 1.0 |
Attila About That Life | 1.0 |
The Kindred Life in Lucidity | 3.0 |
The Kindred Ms. Mary Mallon | 3.5 |
Nothing More Nothing More | 2.5 |
Chronographs Nausea | 4.0 |
Red (USA) End of Silence | 3.0 |
Red (USA) Innocence and Instinct | 4.0 |
Whitechapel A New Era of Corruption | 2.5 |
Whitechapel Our Endless War | 2.5 |
Whitechapel Whitechapel | 3.5 |
Whitechapel This Is Exile | 3.0 |
Thy Art Is Murder Holy War | 4.0 |
Refused Freedom | 4.0 |
Fallujah Nomadic | 4.0 |
Fallujah The Harvest Wombs | 3.0 |
Fallujah The Flesh Prevails | 4.5 |
While all instrumentation and vocals might have been recorded on a potato, Fallujah pull off a diverse and atmospheric album just in time to save us all from the many repetitious death metal foul-ups of today. If anything should be proven in the wake of this album, it's that the structure they've build can and will be refined. |
The Contortionist Language | 4.0 |
The Contortionist Intrinsic | 2.5 |
The Contortionist Exoplanet | 5.0 |
Born of Osiris Tomorrow We Die Alive | 2.5 |
Born of Osiris The Discovery | 4.0 |
Love and Death Between Here And Lost | 4.5 |
Brian Head Welch Save Me From Myself | 3.0 |
Korn Korn III: Remember Who You Are | 2.5 |
Korn The Paradigm Shift | 1.5 |
Korn The Path of Totality | 3.0 |
Korn See You on the Other Side | 2.5 |
Korn Follow the Leader | 3.0 |
Disturbed Believe | 2.5 |
Disturbed The Sickness | 2.5 |
Miles Davis Kind of Blue | 5.0 |
John Coltrane Blue Train | 5.0 |
Jimmy Eat World Bleed American | 4.5 |
Lifehouse No Name Face | 3.0 |
Daughtry Daughtry | 2.5 |
Theory of a Deadman Scars and Souvenirs | 2.0 |
Nickelback No Fixed Address | 1.5 |
Nickelback Dark Horse | 1.0 |
Nickelback All the Right Reasons | 1.0 |
Nickelback Silver Side Up | 1.5 |
Scott Stapp The Great Divide | 1.0 |
Alter Bridge Fortress | 4.0 |
Alter Bridge AB III | 3.5 |
Alter Bridge Blackbird | 4.0 |
Alter Bridge One Day Remains | 3.0 |
Creed Full Circle | 1.0 |
Creed Human Clay | 1.5 |
Creed Weathered | 2.0 |
The Word Alive Deceiver | 2.0 |
The Word Alive Life Cycles | 3.0 |
We Came As Romans Understanding What We've Grown to Be | 2.5 |
We Came As Romans To Plant a Seed | 2.5 |
Miss May I Rise of the Lion | 1.0 |
Miss May I At Heart | 2.5 |
Miss May I Monument | 3.0 |
Miss May I Apologies Are for the Weak | 3.0 |
Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream | 2.0 |
Asking Alexandria Reckless and Relentless | 2.0 |
Asking Alexandria From Death to Destiny | 3.0 |
I See Stars New Demons | 2.0 |
I See Stars Digital Renegade | 2.0 |
I See Stars The End of the World Party | 2.5 |
I See Stars 3D | 3.0 |
Attack Attack! This Means War | 3.0 |
Attack Attack! Attack Attack! | 1.5 |
Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly | 1.0 |
Woe, Is Me Genesi[s] | 1.0 |
Woe, Is Me Number[s] | 1.5 |
Hearts and Hands Hearts and Hands | 1.0 |
Rain City Drive Through Art We Are All Equals | 1.5 |
Issues Issues | 2.5 |
Motionless In White Reincarnate | 1.5 |
Motionless In White Infamous | 2.0 |
Motionless In White Creatures | 3.5 |
Burzum Daudi Baldrs | 1.0 |
Burzum Filosofem | 4.0 |
Glassjaw Coloring Book | 4.0 |
Deftones Diamond Eyes | 5.0 |
Lorna Shore Psalms | 3.5 |
Pierce the Veil Collide with the Sky | 4.0 |
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 4.5 |
Mastodon Crack the Skye | 5.0 |
Birds in Row You, Me, and the Violence | 3.5 |
Converge You Fail Me | 4.0 |
Converge No Heroes | 4.0 |
Converge All We Love We Leave Behind | 5.0 |
Converge Jane Doe | 5.0 |
Converge Axe to Fall | 5.0 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine | 4.0 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works | 4.0 |
Iwrestledabearonce Iwrestledabearonce | 2.5 |
Iwrestledabearonce It's All Dubstep | 1.0 |
Iwrestledabearonce Late for Nothing | 2.0 |
Iwrestledabearonce Ruining It for Everybody | 2.5 |
Iwrestledabearonce It's All Happening | 2.5 |
Iwrestledabearonce Hail Mary | 2.5 |
Writing a full review would be a waste of time for an album like this. A better title; HAIL FILLER. It shows promise with some new members and tight instrumentals, but left me skipping through almost every track. The vocals are so lazy and unbearable that their first EP looks like a godsend. |
The Word Alive Real. | 2.5 |
The Devil Wears Prada 8:18 | 2.5 |
The Devil Wears Prada Dead Throne | 2.5 |
The Devil Wears Prada With Roots Above and Branches Below | 3.5 |
The Devil Wears Prada Zombie | 4.5 |
The Ongoing Concept Handmade | 4.5 |
Volumes No Sleep | 2.5 |
As a fan beginning from their first EP release, this was a let down that I had not expected from a band that obviously had the right idea in mind. While the lyrics and inclusion of more believable clean vocals feels on-par with Via, the overall production became the ax for this album. Listening to the pre-production of "Vahle" and the same song on this LP is somewhat cringing to my poor, little djenty heart... (fuck me, I know.) |
Volumes Via | 4.0 |
Not only a "catchy as fuck" LP but ultimately something that grips the emotional side of metal with open-minded lyrical passages and exceptional approach towards groovey stucture, Volumes hit the nail on the head with this first release. While I usually gripe about originality in most of my reviews, something about this album feels somewhat like a comfortable familiar instead of recycled lost ambition. Truly an album I'm glad to own in it's physical form. |
Within the Ruins Invade | 3.5 |
Within the Ruins Creature | 3.5 |
The Haarp Machine Disclosure | 2.0 |
Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors | 2.0 |
Imagine Dragons Night Visions | 2.5 |
Azealia Banks Broke With Expensive Taste | 3.0 |
Massive Attack Mezzanine | 4.5 |
FKA Twigs LP1 | 4.0 |
Drake Nothing Was the Same | 2.5 |
Drake Take Care | 3.0 |
Drake Thank Me Later | 2.0 |
Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being | 1.5 |
Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being II | 1.0 |
Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV | 2.0 |
Lil Wayne Tha Carter III | 3.0 |
T.I. Paper Trail | 2.5 |
Iggy Azalea The New Classic | 1.0 |
Die Antwoord Ten$ion | 1.0 |
Die Antwoord $O$ | 1.0 |
Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint | 2.0 |
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | 1.0 |
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday | 1.0 |
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 | 3.0 |
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds | 3.0 |
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience | 4.5 |
Justin Bieber Believe | 1.5 |
Justin Bieber My World 2.0 | 1.0 |
Selena Gomez Stars Dance | 1.5 |
Florence and the Machine Ceremonials | 3.5 |
Florence and the Machine Lungs | 3.5 |
Taylor Swift Fearless | 2.0 |
Taylor Swift Red | 1.5 |
Taylor Swift 1989 | 2.5 |
Demi Lovato Demi | 1.5 |
Miley Cyrus Bangerz | 2.0 |
Katy Perry Prism | 1.0 |
Rihanna Rated R | 1.5 |
Beyonce Beyonce | 3.5 |
Fort Minor The Rising Tied | 4.0 |
Linkin Park The Hunting Party | 3.0 |
Linkin Park A Thousand Suns | 2.5 |
Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight | 2.5 |
Linkin Park Meteora | 4.0 |
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 3.5 |
Senses Fail Still Searching | 3.0 |
Senses Fail Let It Enfold You | 2.5 |
Dr. Dre The Chronic | 4.5 |
Jay-Z The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse | 2.5 |
Jay-Z The Blueprint | 3.5 |
Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 | 2.5 |
Jay-Z Magna Carta... Holy Grail | 2.5 |
Kanye West Graduation | 3.5 |
Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak | 2.0 |
Kanye West Yeezus | 2.0 |
The Roots Things Fall Apart | 4.5 |
Casualties of Cool Casualties of Cool | 4.5 |
Devin Townsend Project Ki | 4.0 |
Devin Townsend Project Addicted | 4.0 |
Devin Townsend Project Epicloud | 3.5 |
Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech | 5.0 |
Strapping Young Lad City | 5.0 |
Fear Factory Digimortal | 2.0 |
Fear Factory Mechanize | 4.0 |
Fear Factory Obsolete | 5.0 |
Fear Factory Archetype | 4.0 |
A band that brings back so many amazing memories and an album that took them to the next level, Fear Factory's classic industral/alternative/prog metal trip left me with a new palate of musical influence. A departure of the story driven man vs. machine narratives and only rarely venturing into the squeaky-clean lands of their previous effort, FF takes the emotional tone to max. |
Architects Lost Forever // Lost Together | 3.0 |
Architects Daybreaker | 3.0 |
Bring Me The Horizon Count Your Blessings | 1.5 |
Bring Me The Horizon There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It... | 2.0 |
Bring Me The Horizon Suicide Season | 2.5 |
Structures Life Through a Window | 2.5 |
Structures All of the Above | 4.0 |
Structures Divided By | 3.0 |
Shai Hulud Reach Beyond the Sun | 4.5 |
Shai Hulud Misanthropy Pure | 4.0 |
Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered | 5.0 |
Bury Your Dead Mosh n' Roll | 1.5 |
Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead | 3.0 |
Bury Your Dead Cover Your Tracks | 3.5 |
Bury Your Dead It's Nothing Personal | 2.0 |
Parkway Drive Horizons | 3.5 |
Parkway Drive Killing with a Smile | 3.5 |
Parkway Drive Deep Blue | 2.5 |
Parkway Drive Atlas | 4.0 |
August Burns Red Sleddin' Hill | 4.5 |
As I Lay Dying Frail Words Collapse | 3.5 |
As I Lay Dying Awakened | 3.0 |
As I Lay Dying The Powerless Rise | 3.0 |
As I Lay Dying An Ocean Between Us | 4.0 |
As I Lay Dying Shadows Are Security | 4.0 |
Times of Grace The Hymn of a Broken Man | 4.0 |
Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache | 4.5 |
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies | 4.5 |
Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage (2009) | 3.0 |
Killswitch Engage Disarm the Descent | 2.5 |
While pushing forward with a old/new vocalist and a more mello-thrash based sound first heard in Adam and Jessie's side project, Killswitch Engage pulls off an emotional but ultimately forgettable release. Most will see, like myself, their lead singles are the only saving grace for these once captivating artists. |
All That Remains The Order of Things | 1.0 |
All That Remains A War You Cannot Win | 1.5 |
All That Remains For We Are Many | 2.5 |
All That Remains Overcome | 3.5 |
All That Remains The Fall of Ideals | 4.5 |
Revocation Existence Is Futile | 2.5 |
Revocation Teratogenesis | 4.0 |
Revocation Deathless | 4.0 |
DragonForce Ultra Beatdown | 2.0 |
DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 2.5 |
Million Dead A Song to Ruin | 4.0 |
Frank Turner Tape Deck Heart | 4.5 |
Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come | 5.0 |
Green Day American Idiot | 4.5 |
Green Day Dookie | 5.0 |
Mudvayne The New Game | 3.5 |
Mudvayne The End of All Things to Come | 3.0 |
Mudvayne L.D. 50 | 5.0 |
Flyleaf Flyleaf | 3.5 |
Evanescence The Open Door | 3.0 |
Evanescence Fallen | 2.5 |
Skillet Comatose | 2.5 |
Skillet Awake | 1.5 |
Skillet Collide | 4.0 |
Mouse On The Keys An Anxious Object | 4.0 |
Kendrick Lamar Section.80 | 4.0 |
Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city | 4.5 |
McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy | 5.0 |
OutKast ATLiens | 4.5 |
Nas Illmatic | 5.0 |
Mos Def The Ecstatic | 3.0 |
Mos Def Black on Both Sides | 5.0 |
N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton | 5.0 |
Flying Lotus You're Dead! | 5.0 |
Make Them Suffer Neverbloom | 3.5 |
Jarrod Alonge Beating a Dead Horse | 4.0 |
Daughters Hell Songs | 2.5 |
Daughters Daughters | 4.5 |
Bring Me The Horizon Sempiternal | 4.0 |
The Ongoing Concept Saloon | 4.0 |
System of a Down Toxicity | 4.5 |
Glass Cloud Perfect War Forever | 2.0 |
Glass Cloud The Royal Thousand | 3.5 |
Make Them Suffer Old Souls | 2.5 |
I didn't find a single song that could hold my attention. Best deathcore release ever? No, I'm pretty sure The Contortionist still holds that title. |
Cattle Decapitation The Harvest Floor | 3.5 |
Haste the Day Attack of the Wolf King | 3.5 |
Haste the Day When Everything Falls | 3.0 |
Haste the Day Burning Bridges | 4.0 |
Haste the Day Coward | 4.5 |
August Burns Red Rescue & Restore | 4.5 |
August Burns Red Leveler | 3.5 |
August Burns Red Messengers | 4.0 |
ERRA Moments of Clarity | 2.5 |
ERRA Augment | 4.0 |
Not only completely dashing from "The Second LP Curse" but also making small creative changes in their already strong formula, Erra returns with a highlight in modern melodic metalcore greatness. It truly amazes me with each listen how much weight and varied song-structure each song carries. I look forward to future releases. |
ERRA Impulse | 4.5 |
An exceptional debut from a very creative band. From technical melodies and soothing background ambiance, many bands of the same caliber never see the light of day. It only goes to show that hard work has it's reward. |
Silent Planet The Night God Slept | 4.0 |
Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation | 4.5 |
Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal | 2.5 |
Using an unbelievability toppling amount of copy-and-pasted material from their first outstanding album, Periphery proves that what had made them special to many in the first place was nothing more than a one night stand. .... that was a very awkward metaphor. |
Monuments (UK) Gnosis | 3.5 |
Monuments (UK) The Amanuensis | 4.0 |
Misery Signals Mirrors | 4.0 |
Misery Signals Of Malice and the Magnum Heart | 4.5 |
Misery Signals Absent Light | 4.0 |
Misery Signals Controller | 5.0 |
Job For A Cowboy Doom | 1.5 |
Job For A Cowboy Sun Eater | 4.0 |
Thy Art Is Murder Hate | 4.0 |
Carnifex Die Without Hope | 2.0 |
Chelsea Grin Ashes To Ashes | 1.0 |
Not even kidding, I spent about 20-30ish minutes on a review of this album and scrapped because it's not even worth my time. Short and simple: 0/10 this is muddled and incoherent garbage. I worn you, this will damage your ears. |
Suicide Silence You Can't Stop Me | 1.5 |
Whitechapel The Somatic Defilement | 1.5 |
Veil of Maya Eclipse | 4.0 |
Veil of Maya Matriarch | 3.0 |
Thirty Seconds to Mars This Is War | 3.0 |
Thirty Seconds to Mars Love Lust Faith + Dreams | 2.0 |
Thirty Seconds to Mars A Beautiful Lie | 3.5 |
Thirty Seconds to Mars 30 Seconds To Mars | 3.0 |
Three Days Grace Human | 2.0 |
Killer Be Killed Killer Be Killed | 3.0 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis | 4.5 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer | 4.0 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead Scene | 5.0 |
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 | 4.5 |
I Set My Friends On Fire You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter | 2.5 |
Now And On Earth Blacked Out | 3.5 |
Being a little on the lengthy side and nothing really wholly original, I did leave a little exhausted. Nonetheless, a very impressive and fun debut coming from the ashes of an extremely tasteless core band. This features some extremely catchy hooks and has some really cool ideas. Time will tell what will come out of this project. |
Oceans Ate Alaska Lost Isles | 3.5 |
I think this album (or even the band as a whole) deserves more credit than its been getting. This is not your average -core. It has flaws, but not nearly as many as others. This has way more depth and intrigue that any other release I've heard in the first half of 2015. |
An Autumn Try Not To Destroy Everything You Love | 3.5 |
An Autumn The Long Goodbye | 4.5 |
Is it just me or are there some very awesome hardcore punk influences on a couple of these tracks? It gives me goosebumps man. |
Lantlos .neon | 5.0 |
Lantlos Melting Sun | 4.0 |
Protest the Hero Kezia | 4.0 |
Protest the Hero Volition | 4.5 |
Changing the formula to a more grounded rock/metal album was risky, but ultimately passes all expectations fans have come to expect from these progressive powerhouses. Here's to another round boys! |
Protest the Hero Scurrilous | 5.0 |
Protest the Hero Fortress | 5.0 |
Underoath Ø (Disambiguation) | 4.0 |
Underoath Define the Great Line | 5.0 |
Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety | 2.5 |
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza | 4.5 |
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza II: The Electric Boogaloo | 4.5 |
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza IIII: The Alpha - The Omega | 4.0 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' | 3.0 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ | 5.0 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven | 5.0 |
Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell | 4.0 |
Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses | 5.0 |
FACT KTHEAT | 3.5 |
The album itself is a focus on speed and aggression in the music, rather than the melodies that were typical on previous material. Some will like it, other will not. I personally found it really refreshing to hear an act from Japan, especially FACT, take this on. |
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly | 5.0 |
Without a doubt, Kendrick Lemar has created something quite remarkable that will change the way many look at rap in the end. True expression, passion and all-out chaotic beauty. The hype has never been more real. |
Dance Gavin Dance Instant Gratification | 4.0 |
This comes out the same day as GTA 5 on PC. Now all I need is weed to be legalized in MO and I can declare this an official holiday. But really, on a serious note, this album is gonna be great. This is Tillian's album 100%, no Jonny. Plus, have you heard those sexy bass lines?! Awwww yeah, that's my fetish. |
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo Tree of Tongues | 3.0 |
Rosetta A Determinism of Morality | 4.5 |
Devil Sold His Soul Belong/Betray | 4.0 |