Average Rating: 3.88 Rating Variance: 0.51 Objectivity Score: 62% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAfter the Burial RareformAnimals As Leaders Animals as LeadersBetween the Buried and Me ColorsBlakfish ChampionsMos Def Black on Both SidesParkway Drive Killing With A SmileParkway Drive Deep BluePeriphery Periphery (Instrumental)Sholi SholiTechnically and melodically satisfying in every way possible. As a drummer, the drum work on the album is absolutely mindblowing but so so subdued at the same time. The music has a near-paralytic calming effect but is never close to being boring. A truly remarkable record. Tubelord Feed Me a Box of Words4.5 superbAdebisi Shank This is the AlbumAugust Burns Red ConstellationsAugust Burns Red MessengersBlakfish See You In Another CityBonobo Days To ComeBorn of Osiris The DiscoveryDefinitely a change up from the last album, the sound is a lot more mature and abstract, but comes together nicely. Chronic Future Lines in My FaceDark Time Sunshine ANXDenzel Curry Melt My Eyez See Your FutureERRA AugmentFallujah The Harvest WombsInstrumentally mind-blowing. Manages to be prog, melodic, tech and brutal all at the same time. Vocals aren't too shabby either. Good Tiger A Head Full of MoonlightHeaven Shall Burn Of Truth and SacrificeIce Nine Kills The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to HorrorwoodIce Nine Kills The Silver Screamletlive. Fake HistoryTons of energy, very punchy and catchy. Everything just works, one of my favorite albums of the year easily. letlive. Fake History (Re-Release)letlive. The Blackest BeautifulParkway Drive AtlasPeriphery Periphery II: This Time It's PersonalPeriphery Periphery III: Select DifficultyRed Hot Chili Peppers CalifornicationThe Contortionist ExoplanetThe Fall of Troy DoppelgangerThe Ghost Inside ReturnersTubelord Our First American FriendsVeil of Maya The Common Man's Collapse4.0 excellent&U&I Kill The Man That Shot That ManA new direction for the ex-members of Blakfish. Their sound is a bit different and perhaps a bit more directed, but it's growing on me very quickly. Terror Back is the best song on the album imo. A bit more tech than Blakfish, but still has great melodies and riffs. &U&I Light BearerFantastic. Took a number of listens to get used to it, but after the 4th listen through, I've been really digging it. It's definitely a new sound, far from Blakfish and even somewhat distant from Kill the Man that Shot that Man, but it's a good. Highly recommend. After the Burial In DreamsAmia Venera Landscape The Long ProcessionAna Kefr The Burial Tree (II)And So I Watch You From Afar And So I Watch You From AfarAnd So I Watch You From Afar GangsAnimals As Leaders ParrhesiaBADBADNOTGOOD BBNG2BATS Red In Tooth and ClawBetween the Buried and Me The Great MisdirectBetween the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep DialoguesBombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of FixBonobo Black SandsCHON Demo 2008Circle of Contempt Artifacts in MotionDark Time Sunshine VesselDeath Grips The Money StoreDefeater Empty Days & Sleepless NightsI feel sort of strange about the acoustic tracks and tend to skip over them. As for the rest...it's not that the album does any one thing particularly well, but it's the balance of it that comes together and forms a sledgehammer to the face. There's something about the album I can't really wrap my head around, but it's particularly powerful. Additionally, the drummer's snare work is brilliant. His percussion work manages to be relatively understated and works well with the songs, but for the drummer with a well tuned ear it's also technically satisfying. Evan Brewer AloneFlying Lotus CosmogrammaGorillaz Demon DaysKilling The Dream Lucky MeKvelertak KvelertakLa Dispute WildlifeLupe Fiasco SamuraiOcean Grove Flip Phone FantasyPainted in Exile RevitalizedParkway Drive HorizonsParkway Drive IrePeriphery PeripheryPeriphery ClearPeriphery Juggernaut: AlphaPeriphery Juggernaut: OmegaPeriphery Periphery V: Djent Is Not a GenrePM Today In Medias ResRed Hot Chili Peppers I'm With YouRed Hot Chili Peppers Stadium ArcadiumRun the Jewels Run the JewelsSkrillex Scary Monsters and Nice SpritesSoilwork The Living InfiniteTellison Contact! Contact!The Armed The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be...The Carrier Blind To What Is RightThe Contortionist ApparitionThe Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisThe Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the KillerThe Fall of Troy Phantom on the HorizonThe Ghost Inside Get What You GiveTides of Man DreamhouseTubelord TezcatlipōcaYou Slut! Critical Meat3.5 greatAdebisi Shank This is the Second AlbumTook a while to get used to the new album over the old one, I feel like it lost a lot of its shred-factor, which I still miss...but the album has a lot to offer after a few listens. I love the punchy bass line in the intro for Century City. And So I Watch You From Afar The LettersBlessed by a Broken Heart Feel The PowerBorn of Osiris A Higher PlaceBorn of Osiris The New ReignBring Me The Horizon SempiternalCalories Basic NatureA mixed bag, quite a bit of song variation but the high points are oh so good. Daft Punk Tron: LegacyERRA ImpulseExcide Bastard HymnsFall In Archaea GatheringsFeed Her to the Sharks Savage SeasGideon CostsStylistically very similar to The Ghost Inside, but definitely would be easy to differentiate the two. I could go without the clean vocals, they don't really add much here and sound out of place. Songs aren't identical sounding so it does get acceptable replay value. In Flames ForegoneLANDMVRKS The Darkest Place I've Ever BeenMaybeshewill Not For Want Of TryingMaybeshewill I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was GoneMos Def The Ecstaticsuch...fat...beats, absolutely love them on this record. The vocals are a bit all over the place which works sometimes, but definitely aren't up to black on both sides caliber. MyChildren MyBride MyChildren MyBrideOcean Grove Up in the Air ForeverBunch of haters…most tracks are catchy as hell and just an all around fun album. It obviously doesn?t benefit from the automatic +1.5 rating point inflation given to any random abstract atmospheric noise trash metal album that comes on the Sputnik docket.Radiohead The King of LimbsSirens and Sailors Still BreathingLots of energy, very punchy and solid all around...good drum work especially, but brings nothing new to the table. Still enjoyable though. T.R.A.M. Lingua FrancaTouche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And MeTTNG AnimalsVeil of Maya EclipseWe Butter The Bread With Butter Das AlbumWould you like someone assigned to butter your muffin3.0 goodAnimals As Leaders WeightlessIt's difficult to not like this album a lot, as they are one of my favorite musical groups but this album pales in comparison to the self titled. It's a frustrating "progression" as there are little slivers of awesomeness to be found on the album, but they're usually drowned by drawn out and mundane verses. A lot more electronic stuff to be found on the album, and while it adds on certain tracks (like Odessa), often times it gets stretched out for too long and gets annoying. For example on the opener track, from 1:50 to 2:45, what is otherwise an awesome track gets a huge chunk of boring, uninspired garbage thrown in the middle of it. rIt feels like they had some moments of inspiration and strung them together with useless filler. A mostly boring and disappointing culmination in what was one of my most anticipated releases of the year. rGiraffes? Giraffes! More Skin With Milk-MouthGorillaz Plastic BeachThe Crimson Armada ConvictionTides of Man Young and CourageousVeil of Maya [id]2.5 averageAs Blood Runs Black InstinctYawn...is it 2005? Seriously, after such a hiatus I was expecting something momentous. It could be worse, it's an okay album for what it's worth...but at the end of the day it's not worth much. Enjoyed a few riffs (King of Thieves, before the 3 minute mark) but other than a few bright moments it was uninspiring. Riff riff breakdown riff stacked vox riff breakdown riff...seriously? Avenged Sevenfold NightmareExplosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take CareBoring. Very, very boring. Put this on in the background and never caught my attention even once. Polyphia Remember That You Will DieThe Fall of Troy Manipulator2.0 poorBury Your Dead Mosh n' Roll1.5 very poorParkway Drive Darker Still1.0 awfulDesign the Skyline NevaehThe Fall of Troy In the Unlikely EventTotal disappointment and garbage...it sounds like they did their multitracking without having audio from the other instrument tracks and vocal track. I'll stick with Doppleganger.
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