Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Loving Sowing's metal rates this year. I feel like we broke him...but in a good way.

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm afraid of disappointing you with my year end list now

Anything sub-4.5 might not even make the list. It's been such a good year / I'm so easy to please that any 4s on the list will be selective

But right now we're easily looking at this, Dvne, Between the Buried & Me, Esoctrilihum, and Deafheaven really without any questions even being asked - which is 5 more metal artists than would normally show up on my list. Also a chance of a few of them aforementioned 4s sprinkled in here and there, as well as any possible future strong releases during the month of November/ early December.

"feel like we broke him...but in a good way"
"this...Between the Buried & Me...and Deafheaven"
jfc surely even you aren't gonna prostitute the good name of metal to those standards

Album Rating: 3.5

Sowing enjoying Esoctrilihum was not on my sputnik bingo card

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

LMAO wat?

Album Rating: 2.5

The "double album marketing" is not enough to convince me that Mastodon are confident of themselves and their ability to write exciting music anymore.



I believe there is a great 5 song EP among these overblown discharge of mastodonisms.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

sound reasoning

Album Rating: 5.0

"jfc surely even you aren't gonna prostitute the good name of metal to those standards"

Change doesn't happen in one night, Johnny. Think of this like a Pretty Woman scenario.



"Sowing enjoying Esoctrilihum was not on my sputnik bingo card"

I don't think they even print those cards

you could just take leviathan and scram, let others enjoy whatever the band became

Album Rating: 4.5

yeh new esoctrilihum is secretly the aoty



if you disagree den alright fair enough c: agree to disagree c:







KUNT

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Not the point in deabte

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

damn wolfe with the unexpected anti-elitist take

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Had it All to Eyes of Serpents is my fave run here, and its amazing. Maybe toptier Don runs for me.

Album Rating: 4.5

''Sickle and Peace'' to ''Peace and Tranquility'' though... They even have matching song titles.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I know Had It All is pretty basic but its such a good tune.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

The "run" considers all tracks in between. But yeah I love them all. Just sharing my fave section here



"I know Had It All is pretty basic but its such a good tune." 2

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Gotcha D, yeah that's a great chunk out of the album, really glad they saved it for a strong ending. I wasn't sure how they would be able to keep the album fresh with 15 songs but they did it

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Those descending pinched harmonics at the start of the solo on Had it All gives me Gojira vibes and it turns a v good ballad into a badass of a song.

Album Rating: 4.0

Definitely their best since CtS, still loving Pain with an Anchor way too much.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Oooh myy deeeaaar