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Reviews 7
Approval 86%
Soundoffs 372
Album Ratings 546
Objectivity 92%
Last Active 12-25-22 5:26 am
Joined 09-26-14
Review Comments 30
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 | Gamma Ray Sigh No More
It gets close to losing me at many points, but Ralf Scheepers vocals are so perfectly up my alley that it somehow holds my attention. | 3.0
12.15.25 |  | Nine Inch Nails Tron: Ares OST
Really pretty score, type of music I'd put on on a cold drizzly winter night at work. Lots of interesting ear-wormy electronic motifs throughout. Nice to hear Trent's voice on a new NIN track (or four) even if it just makes me want a full proper vocal album to have him do more interesting things. Maybe a step below what I was hoping for, but it's fine. | 3.0
12.15.25 |  | Gamma Ray Power Plant
| 3.5
12.15.25 |  | Helloween Giants & Monsters
I think I really like Helloween now... after their Pumpkins United reunion I've been really digging both of these releases! This lacks the better mixing of the 2021 album, but the songwriting is much sharper and concise. Kiske's vocals are too loud on track 2, it's like he's lunging at you. This is Tokyo was a really bad first impression, though I've grown to like parts of it. | 3.5
09.02.25 |  | Peter Murphy Deep
| 4.0
06.30.25 |  | Avantasia Here Be Dragons
Stronger as a whole than "A Paranormal Evening.." but still a step down post-Moonglow. Some really fun tracks, some rehashes (Tobi's songwriting still works on my ears regardless. Good to me!), and a clunker here or there. Hopefully next time Tobi has some *really* fresh ideas. Come on, man. | 3.5
03.01.25 |  | Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell III
Missing Steinman behind the producer's chair to really make some of the drawn out moments work better, but it's overall really enjoyable even with a Desmond Child as producer, heck almost especially, the orchestra sounds fantastic here. Even the tracks that Desmond provides here (Blind Like a Bat, Alive) are both superb. Album's biggest problem is its lack of Steinman's touch. His writing is here, but it feels like an attempt to be than just being, if that makes sense. rI still like it. Not as good as Part 2 though. Fitting the final Bat out of Hell album came at the death of Rock's mainstream relevance, when Part 1 arguably was there during | 3.5
02.13.25 |
 | thelamestallion Thank you! I re-listened their discography recently and I'm pretty sure BB is their best work. It just overweighs Hot Fuss in terms of energy and songwriting, not mentioning the others. Although HF has greater songs like JWaFoM, SLYMI and Mr. Brightside, the album as a whole just loses the momentum halfway in, the rest of the songs just doesn't live up to the first half. Sadly it's never appreciated, because people tend to judge an album by its hit tracks. And throw away the rest.
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