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| Under The Ratings Bridge
Not albums that are criminally unknown, but albums that have a bad reputationrating/etc. that I actually quite enjoyed. They're all deserving of at least a 3.5. | | 1 |  | All Shall Perish
Awaken The Dreamers
Even though most people will say otherwise, this album slays. The more melodic guitar work brought a new dimension to the band, and the vocals sounded more human and expressive than on any of their other albums. Sorely underrated; on par with The Price of Existence. Can't wait for their new album to drop, by the way. Hoping some of the guitar wankery and melodic direction remains. | | 2 |  | Eyedea & Abilities
By The Throat
Sure, it's not traditional hip-hop, but that doesn't mean it isn't awesome. The cross-genre influences in the instrumentation bring a new dimension to the E&A sound, Eyedea's lyrics (as always) were simply stunning, and the emotional impact of the title track is amazing. I would've loved to have seen where they went after this. R.I.P. Eyedea | | 3 |  | Iron Maiden
A Matter of Life and Death
Said it before, I'll say it again. This is one of Maiden's strongest albums ever. The songwriting is some of the best they've ever done (Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg), the atmosphere is stellar, and the music is flawless. | | 4 |  | Deftones
Deftones
Just because it's not White Pony doesn't mean it's not awesome. Criminally underrated. Hexagram, Minerva, Bloody Cape and Lucky You all stand in Deftones' best songs ever, and there isn't a single track anywhere near as weak as Pink Cellphone. | | 5 |  | Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
This got a heap of flak for not sounding like their old releases. Hate to break it to you, but not even Parkway themselves sound like their old releases, and they never did. Joe Barresi brings out the raw, rough and heavy side of Parkway on this release-their true live sound, something sorely lacking with Adam D's homogenized triggered clean production on their previous two albums. The songwriting is nowhere near as bad as anyone says. And the bass is actually audible! | | 6 |  | Born of Osiris
A Higher Place
It's not as good as The Discovery, but I fail to see what's so bad about it. A Descent, Exist and Now Arise are hella catchy. A nice, fun album, and a worthy follow-up to The New Reign. | | 7 |  | Disturbed
Indestructible
What's with the hate!? It's easily their strongest album. Once again, atmosphere is awesome, Donegan's guitar work was yet to go downhill, Draiman wasn't irritatingly childish any more. Haunted and Divide are two of Disturbed's best songs ever. | | 8 |  | Opeth
Morningrise
Nah, this album just needs more love. More beautiful than people give it credit for, and in all honesty I still prefer it to Blackwater Park. | | 9 |  | Isis
In The Absence of Truth
Even the band seem to dislike this album. But nevertheless, it's still a great ride. It's goddamn hard to rank Isis' discography, but no way this album deserves the amount of hate it gets. Especially with its excellent flow, Aaron Harris' newfound drum god-status, and the suitable experimentation with cleans. | |
Butkuiss
05.07.11 | Dig these albums, bro. | savagecabbage
05.07.11 | yeah dude, Hexagram is one of my favorite Deftones songs. | xenocide.
05.07.11 | I couldn't agree more with 4 & 9. | foreverendeared
05.07.11 | fuck yeah s/t is my favorite d-tones album
okay i'll never call them d-tones again, I promise | tiesthatbind
05.07.11 | Agree with 3 and 7 | North0House2
05.07.11 | Man, 9 has a 4.5 review and an overall of 3.9. I wouldn't say it's underrated/hated. I love Isis, every one of their releases. I agree that 9 is beautiful. Certainly not as good as Wavering Radiant, but definitely not weak at all. | Butkuiss
05.07.11 | Not exactly hated in these parts so much, but most people I meet will say that Absence is easily Isis' weakest and most boring album, which I just don't get. Even here, there's a bit of that. But yeah, definitely the least underrated out of all of these. | xenocide.
05.07.11 | 4 & 9 don't deserve to be rated lower than "As the Roots Undo" by CTTS. Same as "Wavering Radiant" and Tool's "10.000 Days". (Don't get me wrong, "AtRU" is excellent). | Butkuiss
05.07.11 | Goddamn, I forgot 10000 Days. Knew there was something else I should've included.
And Wavering Radiant is goddamn amazing. I love it. | bailar14
05.07.11 | obvs needs enrique discog | Butkuiss
05.07.11 | Iglesias!? D: | bailar14
05.07.11 | im here senor
dont fret | Butkuiss
05.07.11 | The fretting has commenced, but only cause I'm shredding on my bass. | Gnocchi
05.07.11 | agree with 1, 3,6,7,8, kinda 9. Good List. | JamieTwort
05.07.11 | I love 3 and 8 |
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