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| 5.0 classic | Exodus287 | August 31st 11 |
This is an absolute classic album and one that definitely stands tall in my top 10 albums of all time. Some might dismiss this as pure thrash metal after the first two tracks but as you progress through you notice all different experimental songs that just catch fire. What I'm trying to say is that this is one amazing album with great vocals, great thrash and acoustic guitar playing. It saddens me that nobody has reviewed this. Just try the song Discontinued and you will know why this is one of metals greatest gifts.
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 2.0 poor | I was living in constant fear of someone neg bombing all my reviews cause I know how many detest me | May 17th 20 |
Frolic Through the Park was a definite step down from The Ultra-Violence overall, but at least it retained its energy and even surpassed its creativity. This on the other hand is utterly trite, mediocre, lifeless. A somehow even more boring take on the late 80s Anthrax sound. Discontinued is a really cool cut, with its funky bass giving it sort of an "alternative metal" feel, but everything else is throwaway, especially the painful ballads.
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| 4.0 excellent | OverkillFanBoy1980 | September 9th 18 |
this album is pure unbridled thrash metal magic. And a mysteriously simple title "Act III."rAnd Will Caroll is a GOAT in thrash
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| 4.5 superb | Samano89 | May 12th 17 |
Pivotal album by a horribly underrated original Bay Area Thrash Metal band. "The Ultra-Violence" was DA excercising their truly original and pioneering brand of thrash that proved they were every bit as technical, fast, aggressive and great songwriters as their peers Metallica and Exodus. "Frolic" was them trying out new things and reaching in all directions to see how well they could incorporate their love of funk, rock and other styles into their brand of metal. Finally "Act 3" was where they successfully combined what they learned from the previous album with their mastery of catchy riffs and high speed thrash roots mixed with acoustic guitars and more melody. This is an album that shows a band maturing having learned from their experiences. It's just too bad their career was tragically cut short soon after leaving fans wondering just what might and could have been. Classic album.
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| 3.5 great | westerndragon | January 28th 16 |
Metallica's black album has a contender! Thrash that is less abrasive or aggressive than most, but it makes up for that with catchiness, intelligent songwriting, and good production.
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| 4.0 excellent | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | January 6th 15 |
Death Angel continues their experimental direction with Act III, their only major label album (With fantastic production to match!), and the last of their albums featuring the original lineup. They do a lot of different things here, from acoustic ballads Veil of Deception and A Room With A View, to top-notch funk metal numbers Discontinued and Stagnant, to more straightforward metal stuff. They don't really thrash very often, which is a little disappointing, but the mighty Seemingly Endless Time, The Organization, and Stop provide some traces of their earlier stuff. To think their sound had come so far in just three years! This would be 4.5 or maybe even 5 worthy if they didn't tragically run out of steam towards the end. After Stagnant comes three tracks that are clearly inferior to the preceding material. Ex-TC has a catchy chorus, but is still probably the worst song here. There isn't much to say about it; it just kinda sucks. Disturbing the Peace takes a bit to get going but is actually pretty good, even if it can't match the first seven songs. Falling Asleep seems like it'll suck as hard as Ex-TC, but a minute and a half in they suddenly come launching through with lots of momentum and great riffs. Chorus is good too! But then they go into this absolutely abysmal section where vocalist Mark Osegueda is chanting "Rock-a-bye baby..." and it doesn't work at all. After that, the song's fine, but the mediocre parts drug down what could've been a decent ending to a pretty good album. Even though it loses steam, Death Angel's third act is still some great stuff.
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| 5.0 classic | Gaius | August 30th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Mitch | April 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | November 3rd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Apathya | September 3rd 20 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | July 20th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | May 12th 20 |
| 3.0 good | GamamJ | February 6th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Ziopsis | December 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck07 | December 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jfish226 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | dcube | October 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | October 2nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | jmal00 | September 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gk1979 | August 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | June 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | April 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | MarcoLG | January 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jurtz | January 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Domenic | December 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nagrarok | September 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flave | February 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inconnu | September 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Robbit | August 2nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | xerox | July 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | flea182 | February 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodstar | December 23rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | reafer | December 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | 709baj | November 25th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | ice47 | November 13th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | zero00 | November 6th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GxTxK | October 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | 0ozzy0 | October 21st 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Xinlo | July 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | July 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faustus | June 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | scxr91 | May 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 12th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Yori14 | December 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samppa | October 28th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | wildar | October 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Archaic | October 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | "Tab" | April 28th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Titan | October 22nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Panuchy | October 16th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | July 27th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | zdebo3 | March 30th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | jseijo | September 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smial | September 6th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Fra | May 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | kual21 | April 6th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | heck | February 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | zenin | October 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dev518 | August 4th 12 |
| 3.5 great | seifer | July 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jumaos | December 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | DrThodt | December 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Svensen | November 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Donny | October 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | stotty | September 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Zool | August 24th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Tib | August 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | JesusV4 | February 20th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Bazzoe | December 23rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | fairplay | November 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Aether | November 15th 10 |
| 2.5 average | rc1288 | October 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Voivod STAFF | October 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | thehig | September 20th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | gambs | September 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | sibtayn | September 3rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yusuf | June 3rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | March 17th 10 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | January 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | bboy333 | September 23rd 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Awake88 | September 2nd 09 |
| 3.5 great | met65 | October 12th 08 |
| 3.5 great | s7mon | July 2nd 08 |
| 4.5 superb | mrpwase | November 6th 07 |
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