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Dementia
April 20th 2011


26 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This album is so...



































Yeah I know









I don't always finish my sentences...











But when I do,

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 20th 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

What it said ^^

YetAnotherBrick
April 20th 2011


6693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's pretty well-written, just nothing that a bunch of people haven't said before.

XfingTheSullen
April 20th 2011


5576 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Decent if unorthodox review. Oh, and not a 5.

Ire
April 20th 2011


41944 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Album Rating: 4.5



Decent if unorthodox review. Oh, and not a 5.



yeah because a 4.5 is sooooo far away

TheSpirit
Emeritus
April 20th 2011


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think ghost reveries is still my favorite. This is fine too.






This.

WashboardSuds
April 21st 2011


5101 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think ghost reveries is still my favorite. This is fine too.




I think GR is underrated, really great album

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 21st 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Btw, pos suds.

WashboardSuds
April 21st 2011


5101 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

thanks Ipod

most fucking polarizing review I've ever written I think

still needs work though

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 21st 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Don't we all though. you seem to have a handle on things better than i do.

WashboardSuds
April 21st 2011


5101 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

again thanks lol

as you've probably read I'm fucking around with things a bit here, I'm going to try to rewrite this in just a bit after I finish an essay for something else

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 21st 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah that makes sense, i try to change my style slightly with each review, nothing major so i don't completely screw myself over.

For example i only added the pros/cons section after an extensive conversation with Irving. He's a bit handy that bloke.

WashboardSuds
April 21st 2011


5101 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah but thing is my reviews weren't trying to push boundaries as much, my style needs a total facelift

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 21st 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

my style needs a total facelift





there could have been a much more metal way of stating that lol.



I'm a bit paranoid about changing things too much, i don't like the negs see?

WashboardSuds
April 21st 2011


5101 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

lol I'll take negs if the review deserves them, it's always helpful



but yeah, roll the dice a bit to stretch your boundaries a bit if you have to



you don't have to post everything that comes out of your head but it always helps to have someone read over it

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 21st 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Well you have followed my last few, i have actually cut down when talking about 'ínstrumentation' if i wanted to i could stretch that out to a point where i would probably get banned, thats where my review would turn into musical anaylsis. Describing the Texture, Dynamics, Tempo, etc, etc.

ConsiderPhlebas
April 21st 2011


6157 Comments


Not a terrible review, by any stretch, but it needs work.

You also have songs... Other tracks


Things like this really amplify the feeling of repetition, which stands out in such a short piece. A little work on structure can do wonders - jot down ideas before you start writing and move them around until they gel.

aggressive death metal progressions


What are these?

What’s here is like a tormented wood nymph, graceful through both the delicacy of its surroundings and the blackness of its essence.


Print the review, then take some scissors and cut this sentence out. Burn it, and never do anything like it again. But also, if you're going to start waxing lyrical, consider the flow of the language you use, because bits like this...


clean-sung... the album’s eerie, atmospheric aura


are ugly and awkward. Alliteration can be a great tool for any writer, but in cases like this it looks lazy, like everyday speech.

WashboardSuds
April 21st 2011


5101 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

thanks Phlebas, I really appreciate the critique.



and good timing, I'm just about to revise this

ConsiderPhlebas
April 21st 2011


6157 Comments


No worries

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
April 21st 2011


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Phlebas to the rescue lol.



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