Album Rating: 5.0

"Unfortunately, Jumalten Aika is not the redeemer of a release that many have surely hoped for."



You're speaking for the many here are you? Most of this review is well written but you do this a few times where you state things that are just wrong and it makes it very hard to take the rest of the review seriously.

Well that's sort of what you do in a review

Album Rating: 5.0

State things that are wrong?



The problem with that statement in particular is that exact opposite is true. The vast majority of Moonsorrow fans love this, and find it to be a huge improvement over the previous album. So I mean that stamenet is just...incorrect.



It's the best example, but it's not the only time he goes way too far into what other people think of this, or even what Moonsorrow were thinking when they wrote this. Just way too much inference.

Album Rating: 4.5

nothing wrong with that statement, he's saying people thought it would redeem them as a band after their last album and it didn't come to be for him. that's it, there's no speaking for the masses going on. nothing wrong with that.

Album Rating: 5.0

"That MANY have surely hoped for"



-_-



Maybe it's just worded poorly then?

"The problem with that statement in particular is that exact opposite is true. The vast majority of Moonsorrow fans love this, and find it to be a huge improvement over the previous album. So I mean that stamenet is just...incorrect. "

Are many fans disappointed by this though? Probably. He doesn't state "a majority of fans", many is a vague term that could easily apply here.

Also, when you're writing a review you do get certain leeway to state subjective opinion as objective fact otherwise you'd spend the whole review saying "in my opinion" and "I feel/think" which takes away a lot from the flow.

Album Rating: 4.5

you're just misreading it man



"many" hoped for the redeeming album



saying "it wasn't that" just means he didn't think so



thats it

Album Rating: 5.0

Okay, I can see that. I'm reading through the review again. I feel like maybe he's doing that a lot where it looks like an assumption about what other people do or should think of this, or what Moonsorrow was in fact intending to accomplish, but it's just his interpretation of those things.



Again, it just doesn't really read that way to me, it reads more like "Moonsorrow tried to do X and they kind of failed". And all I'm thinking is, that's not at all what they were doing.

Album Rating: 5.0

So after reading it a few times, the guy is basically like "Moonsorrow did X and that disappoints me", but the problem is I completely disagree with his interpretation of X, and what's worse is he doesn't clearly explain what they SHOULD have done for him not to be disappointed, which is important to distinguish and clarify his perspective.



So it just comes off like someone who lost interest in the band a long time ago (he gave Verisakeet a 3 -_-) bitching that they didn't win him back with Jumalten.



Crysis argued this better then I ever could really. This is just my two cents. He throws around way too many assumptions about what the band was doing or not doing, or where they were supposedly drawing influence from, and forgot to review the actual album, on its own merits.

Album Rating: 3.5

Completely agree with you portal. A key part of any review is to explain why you hold the opinion that you are expressing, and this review doesn't really delve into that key part. The commentary is fairly superficial

Album Rating: 5.0

Thank you.



Hey I'm no expert at getting my points (opinions) across well, but the guy is obviously a good writer and this review is huge, and that makes it even more curious as to how there isn't much in the way of substance or persuasiveness.

Album Rating: 3.5

Well the guys says he wrote it quickly for his media course, he could have been focusing on his language use and structuring or whatever the course is tested on (stuff he clearly does very well) rather than persuasive writing or articulating an argument. Who knows.

Album Rating: 3.5

Friendly heads up;



"perhaps"



Use this *maybe* once per review. More than that and people will start to lose credibility in what you are writing. It subconsciously tells the reader you are uncertain about something.

Album Rating: 4.0

More than subconsciously, considering 'perhaps' literally means you're unsure of something. Nothing wrong with using it.

Album Rating: 3.5

You don't need some rule about not using it more than once; if your unsure about a point, or its open for debate theres no reason not to say maybe. Saying maybe doesn't remove the legitimacy of your argument. Sure if 'maybe' is every other word in your review then you may have a problem, but otherwise its fine

Album Rating: 5.0

Where did the previously featured review go to? Was it deleted?

Album Rating: 4.5

I was wondering why we are commenting in this thread. Just wanted to say one word: epic.

Album Rating: 4.5

Bump. Because this is fucking gigantic. Theatric. Emotional. Holy moly...

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, still amazing.

2.5 what the fuck man lol