lol faggots still negging this

i would love machine head if they got a different vocalist

Album Rating: 4.0

What negs?

they got deleted

Album Rating: 4.0

mods and their higher powers?

Album Rating: 3.0

If you're calling out both Taylor and rasp for the language they use, this is an ironic statement seeing as you're probably 16 yourself.

Album Rating: 2.5

You don't need to get so butthurt about it. Who really cares anyway. I get you didn't like the review along with others, and I respect that, so whateve. Life goes on.

So does that name have anything to do with the release of GoW3?

Album Rating: 3.0

I understand that taylor. I just find it hard to understand how i'm not entitled to voice an opinion to back up a negative vote without being goaded by other users here (and not just random people, but respected community members) and in fact it seems my vote itself removed because my opinion didn't match general consensus. I was actually surprised by the people who made those comments because i've read and respected their work and opinion elsewhere on the site(Wizard in particular)....plus if review approval can be doctored this way it's not worth a great deal.



As i've mentioned it's not the rating, of what i've heard of the album, it sounds a bit tired and a 3 seems totally fair. I just think if i read a review worded this way in a print magazine i'd be wondering why it was there. I've not read any of your other reviews. If it matters i'll do so later on and comment/rate

Album Rating: 4.5

This review is terrible. Awful structure.

holy shit this started off with a breakdown

but it's not a terrible breakdown so it's ok

yeah something about this review bothers me. it doesn't really seem to go anywhere or say much. you pretty much just say "this but is bad but the rest is good. the end.". I won't neg but yeah

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

MH has long been my fave metal band. I got the Metal Hammer fanpack edition of Unto The Locust yesterday.



After 3 full listens I've got to say that this is the first time in 17 years that I've been truly disappointed in a new Machine Head album. Sadly, I just don't connect with this one.



I loved The Burning Red on release and saw Supercharger as its natural progression. With Through the Ashes of Empires (and Phil Demmels introduction on guitar) there were a few 'new' old school thrash & classic metal flashes & then that was built upon with 'The Blackening'

Now with this album its like a virtually different band, no longer cutting edge metal but rather sounding a lot like an 80's thrash band. The first track is great, then its mostly downhill from there on the remaining six songs. There are some inspired parts (Locust, This is the end) of songs but few great songs.

I am negging this. Just in case someone still insists this review is getting "ghost-negged".

Album Rating: 2.0

For some people, 3 is basically 1.5... which was what i was gonna give, but incidentally the first 3 minutes of Locust pretty much made up for the extra 0.5 :-)

Album Rating: 4.0

did Irving use the word banjaxed? That sounds pretty awesome, never heard it before.

lol @ the child choir on Who We Are

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't like MH but this is a excellent album. Faggots don't deserve listen to it.

(I wrote something like this before and I believe it was deleted. I am one of the negs.)

This review is just an awful attempt to pretend to be pretentious. Even for a really short synopsis, it was still too long on
words and short on substance. Next time just write a quick sentence: "[this album sounds a lot like their old stuff. it
lacks originality and therefore deserves a 3.]" Thanks.

Album Rating: 2.5

It was INTENDED as an ironic statement, hence the language used. There's no use of subtle sarcasm in this review...it's just not very good writing. If it doesn't add to the piece there's no value in wrestling with your vocabulary to "improve" your review...it only serves to highlight either a lack of confidence in your own language or a difficulty adequately expressing what you really mean.



However, and it's surprised me to find out like this, Sputnik isn't a place where people are allowed differing opinion without being insulted and marginalised. In my opinion i don't think it's a very good review yet two people other than the reviewer decide to mock me, and my opinion on the review removed as it isn't deemed to fit in with the group consensus. It makes the review rating system worthless if someone who's not trolling, and doesn't think that there's a problem with the rating, but the writing, isn't allowed an opinion.



I realise Sputnik is a closed knit community at times, but deciding how people are allowed to vote, and whether they're allowed opinions or not seems a bit much.



Nice backpedalling. And about differing opinions, ask anyone how wildly different I feel about most metal and yet, I don't get heck because I back myself up well. The problem here is that you just came in screaming accusations about people you don't correspond with much. Obviously you're going to get nagged on. This will happen on any site.

This review is just an awful attempt to pretend to be pretentious.

Even for a really
short synopsis, it was still too long on
words and short on substance.

Next time just write a quick sentence: "[this album sounds a lot like their old stuff. it
lacks originality and therefore deserves a 3.]" Thanks.