| 4.5 superb |
| A Forest of Stars Beware the Sword You Cannot See |
| Nowadays it's difficult to release an album this long and yet so engaging. Their style is a big win: avantgarde black metal with a british steampunk vibe. Something you don't hear from your "average" avantgarde BM band, even if I guess they are big Arcturus fans. The bonus cd songs are of the same quality of the regular album, if not better. Plastic Patriarch Lynch Squad is amazing! |
| Anthrax Persistence of Time |
| Anvil Metal on Metal |
| Arch/Matheos Winter Ethereal |
| Had to raise by 0.5. This album is fucking brilliant. Can't stop listening to it. Wrath of the universe is just incredible. |
| Arstidir Arstidir |
| Arstidir Svefns og vöku skil |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality |
| Black Sabbath The Eternal Idol |
| Casualties of Cool Casualties of Cool |
| Chelsea Wolfe Hiss Spun |
| Children Hard Times Hangin at the End of the World |
| An unmistakably old style thrash metal album, but with a vintage twist. For some reason they sound odd, like they are coming from a parallel universe where thrash metal was already a thing in 1978. With catchy melodies and fabulous guitar work, this album is a truly hidden diamond. |
| Code Mut |
| Mut is a bold change of direction in more melodic territories for Code. If you don't mind trying something far from their usual formula, you will be rewarded with a convincing, gripping, black and desperate album. Perhaps my 2015 album of the year. |
| Converge Bloodmoon: I |
| Crimson Glory Crimson Glory |
| D-A-D No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims |
| This was among my first hard rock/metal albums and I still enjoy it today. They took a lot from ac/dc, but despite that they were able to sound personal. It's very easy to spot them in an ocean of copycat bands. On this album in particular they were nodding to a certain western movie vibe, which was really fitting with the overall atmosphere. Super fun album. |
| Dodheimsgard Supervillain Outcast |
| Dream Theater A Change of Seasons |
| Elder (USA-MA) Lore |
| Elder (USA-MA) Reflections of a Floating World |
| Faith No More Angel Dust |
| Fates Warning Inside Out |
| Fates Warning Theories of Flight |
| Fear Factory Obsolete |
| Frost* Day and Age |
| Havoc Unit h.IV+ (Hoarse Industrial Viremia) |
| Ihsahn Das Seelenbrechen |
| Interpol Antics |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden |
| Journey Departure |
| Journey In the Beginning |
| Judas Priest British Steel |
| Judas Priest Painkiller |
| Judas Priest Sin After Sin |
| Judas Priest Unleashed in the East |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Nonagon Infinity |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' Nest |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard K.G. |
KG is like a display of all the music styles the band has produced over the years, plus
something new (Intrasport), which is perhaps a hint of the things to come. The microtonal
stuff is giving once again a touch of freshness, even though they could have been more
adventurous and integrate it more deeply. However, the result is extremely catchy and fun,
despite not being the easiest of the records, so kudos to the boys for another awesome
achievement. |
| King's X Gretchen Goes to Nebraska |
| King's X King's X |
| King's X Best Of King's X |
| Kvelertak Kvelertak |
| Kvelertak Meir |
| Kvelertak Splid |
| A return to the form of the first two albums. Highly enjoyable and with even more variety to satisfy everyone's tastes. It will be one of my album of the year contenders. |
| Manes Vilosophe |
| Manes How the World Came To An End |
| maudlin of the Well Part the Second |
| Meshuggah Chaosphere |
| Moonspell 1755 |
| Mother's Cake Creation's Finest |
| Nevermore Dreaming Neon Black |
| Nevermore Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| Oranssi Pazuzu Värähtelijä |
| Another excellent work from this finnish band. Style is somewhat always the same, and perhaps this may be their drawback in the long run, but the result on this one is brilliant, at least on par (if not slightly better) with their previous albums. |
| Pain of Salvation Remedy Lane |
| Pain of Salvation One Hour by the Concrete Lake |
| Pain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part 1 |
| Power Trip Nightmare Logic |
| Primordial To the Nameless Dead |
| Queensryche Empire |
| Rush Moving Pictures |
| Rush Counterparts |
| Savatage Streets: A Rock Opera |
| Savatage Hall of the Mountain King |
| Savatage Gutter Ballet |
| Savatage Edge of Thorns |
| Savatage Sirens |
| Septicflesh Communion |
| Sigur Ros Takk... |
| Solstafir Köld |
| Stagnant Waters Stagnant Waters |
| The Black Crowes Before the Frost...Until the Freeze |
| The Contortionist Language |
| The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds |
| The Tea Party Splendor Solis |
| Toby Driver They Are the Shield |
| Turbonegro Apocalypse Dudes |
| Ulver Perdition City |
| Ulver Blood Inside |
| Ulver Shadows of the Sun |
| Ulver Messe I.X-VI.X |
| Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar |
| Valborg Zentrum |
| Virus (NO) Carheart |
| Virus (NO) The Black Flux |
| Voivod The Wake |
| Yes Relayer |
| Yes Classic Yes |
| YOB Clearing The Path To Ascend |
| 4.0 excellent |
| A Forest of Stars Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes |
| Alter Bridge Blackbird |
| Anathema We're Here Because We're Here |
| Anathema Falling Deeper |
| Anathema Weather Systems |
| Anathema Universal |
| Anvil Past And Present – Live In Concert |
| Badlands Badlands |
| Baroness Yellow and Green |
| Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
| Callisto Secret Youth |
| Code Resplendent Grotesque |
| Code Flyblown Prince |
| To me Mut was a bold move in a direction which really suited the band well, but alas wasn't too appreciated. Flyblown prince is a move back to their avantgarde/prog/black metal formula found on Augur nox, and it's indeed a very good effort: immediate, nocturnal and sharp. |
| Crimson Glory Strange and Beautiful |
| D-A-D Riskin' It All |
Not as consistent as no fuel left for the
pilgrims, but still delivers a ton of fun.
Somewhat more cheerful than the previous
effort. |
| Death Dealer Warmaster |
| Dodheimsgard 666 International |
| Dream Theater Falling into Infinity |
| Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite |
| Elder (USA-MA) The Gold and Silver Sessions |
| Elder (USA-MA) Omens |
| Not as brilliant as their last two LPs, but still a heck of an album. It takes the path started with Gold and Silver, strips down a bit on the jam concept and delivers a more focused outcome. |
| Elder (USA-MA) Innate Passage |
| Elio e le Storie Tese Eat the phikis |
| Ephel Duath Pain Necessary to Know |
| Evergrey Escape of the Phoenix |
| Fallujah The Flesh Prevails |
| Fates Warning No Exit |
| Fates Warning The Spectre Within |
| Fates Warning Perfect Symmetry |
| Fates Warning Disconnected |
| Fates Warning Long Day Good Night |
| Flotsam and Jetsam The Cold |
| Frontierer Oxidized |
| Ghost (SWE) Meliora |
| Their best effort, in my opinion. Entertaining, catchy and highly melodic. Well done! |
| Hail Spirit Noir Mayhem In Blue |
| Hail Spirit Noir Eden In Reverse |
| Ihsahn Eremita |
| Ihsahn Arktis. |
| Inter Arma Paradise Gallows |
| Inter Arma Sulphur English |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World |
| Jacob's Dream Jacob's Dream |
| Jim Matheos First Impressions |
| Journey Escape |
| Journey Evolution |
| Journey Frontiers |
| Journey Time³ |
| Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith |
| Judas Priest Killing Machine |
| Kayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue |
| Kayo Dot Hubardo |
| King Buffalo Regenerator |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Polygondwanaland |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Gumboot Soup |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Fishing For Fishies |
| King's X Out of the Silent Planet |
| King's X Ear Candy |
| King's X XV |
| King's X Three Sides of One |
| This one deserves more love and attention. Super production, and catchy songs as usual. |
| Kvelertak Nattesferd |
| Lunatic Soul Walking on a Flashlight Beam |
| Manes Slow Motion Death Sequence |
| Mastodon Cold Dark Place |
| Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! |
| Meshuggah obZen |
| Messa Close |
| Mokoma Elävien Kirjoihin |
| Monster Magnet Last Patrol |
| Monster Magnet Μindfucker |
| Mother's Cake Off The Beaten Track (Live at Propolis 2014) |
| Motorhead Bastards |
| Mustasch Thank You For The Demon |
| Highly enjoyable and amusing. Blatant lyrics, powerful hard rock/ heavy metal with a modern twist. |
| Nuclear Assault Game Over |
| Opeth In Cauda Venenum |
| Oranssi Pazuzu Kosmonument |
| Oranssi Pazuzu Valonielu |
| Oranssi Pazuzu Mestarin Kynsi |
| Pain of Salvation Be |
| Pain of Salvation 12:5 |
| Pain of Salvation Falling Home |
| Pain of Salvation In the Passing Light of Day |
| Power Trip Manifest Decimation |
| Queensryche Queensryche |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Rammstein Sehnsucht |
| Rammstein Liebe Ist Für Alle Da |
| Rivers of Nihil Where Owls Know My Name |
| Rush Permanent Waves |
| Rush Signals |
| Rush Grace Under Pressure |
| Rush Power Windows |
| Rush All the World's a Stage |
| Sarah McLachlan Touch |
| Savatage Handful of Rain |
| Savatage The Dungeons are Calling |
| Saver They Came with Sunlight |
| Scorpions Animal Magnetism |
| Septicflesh The Great Mass |
| Septicflesh Titan |
| Septicflesh Codex Omega |
| Sigur Ros Med Sud i Eyrum vid Spilum Endalaust |
| Skiantos Kinotto |
| Slayer God Hates Us All |
| Solstafir Masterpiece of Bitterness |
| Solstafir Svartir Sandar |
| Solstafir Otta |
| Stereophonics Just Enough Education to Perform |
| The Black Crowes Warpaint |
| The Contortionist Clairvoyant |
| The Exploited Beat the Bastards |
| The Gathering Disclosure |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute |
| The Tea Party Tangents: The Tea Party Collection |
| The Tea Party Triptych |
| The Tea Party Transmission |
| The Tea Party Alhambra |
| The Tea Party The Tea Party |
| Tool 10,000 Days |
| Tori Amos Under the Pink |
| Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel |
| Tori Amos Boys for Pele |
| Turbonegro Sexual Harassment |
| Ulver Nattens Madrigal |
| Ulver Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler |
| Ulver Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell |
| Ulver Wars of the Roses |
| Ulver The Norwegian National Opera |
| Ulver Childhood's End |
| Ulver Flowers of Evil |
| Virus (NO) The Agent That Shapes The Desert |
| Virus (NO) Memento Collider |
| Voivod Synchro Anarchy |
| Yakuza Samsara |
| Yes Yesterdays |
| YOB Our Raw Heart |
| Zeus! Opera |
| Zodiac A Bit of Devil |
