| 3.5 great |
| Animals As Leaders Parrhesia |
| This might actually be their best effort yet. It feels like they've trimmed out a lot of the fat from previous albums. It also feels like they leaned more into the metal side of things on this release which I appreciate. |
| Brother Von Doom Relentless |
| Randomly great album. The vocals aren't anything special but the riffs and solos on display here are fucking amazing at times. |
| Enterprise Earth Luciferous |
| Not a huge fan of this band but the last song on this album is an absolute banger. |
| Enterprise Earth Death: An Anthology |
| This was a lot better than I expected. Definitely their best release since Luciferous. |
| Entheos (USA) Dark Future |
| You can really hear the Animals As Leaders influence on this album. |
| Hemotoxin When Time Becomes Loss |
| This release has been growing on me. Definitely Death worship but done pretty well. |
| Lucis Absentia Gehenna Gate |
Might bump my rating as this album is growing on me but I gotta say, this band is a straight
up Sylosis clone lol. Some of these songs could have come straight off a Sylosis album. But
I was looking to scratch that itch anyways so I don't mind |
| Solution .45 Nightmares In The Waking State Pt. 1 |
| The Absence Coffinized |
| This is a really enjoyable album, almost every song has a segment with a really catchy riff or lead. A bit of a different sound from their previous albums but that's not necessarily a bad thing. This might be my second favorite album from these guys. |
| The Absence The Absence |
Took a few listens but this is growing on me. Definitely a good blend of their previous
work. One criticism I have with this release (and also their last album) is that the
production seems to be a lot worse than their first few albums for some reason. |
| Trivium The Sin and the Sentence |
| 2.5 average |
| Affiance Gaia |
| Esoctrilihum Döth-Derniàlh |
I gotta be honest, I was pretty hyped for this one but it was a bit of painful listen. Like the other review mentioned, the clean singing is definitely not this dude's strongest element and there is a lot of it to be found here.
I actually think if he slightly adjusted his delivery / cadence, and maybe toned down some of the effects on the cleans, they could be a lot better.
It's also just a more mellow release relative to his other stuff and the heavier side is where I think this project really shines most of the time. So overall this was a pretty big dud for me. |
| Gunship Unicorn |
| Won't lie this is pretty mid. First few songs were good but it was just downhill from there. Their first release still remains their best by far. |
| Iapetus The Body Cosmic |
Definitely NeO worship, but like others mention, it doesn't reach the same highs. In fact, I
don't think it even comes close despite sounding very similar in many respects.
Also, the voice samples scattered throughout are absolute trash and drop this by at least
half a point. |
| Lamb of God Omens |
| Yawn. If this was my first time hearing Lamb of God I could see myself giving this a 3 or even a 3.5 but this album is so by the numbers at this point. |
| Sylosis A Sign of Things to Come |
| Sylosis The Path |
| Honestly, this newer sound they've evolved towards over the last few albums is so boring. I can't quite put my finger on why it falls flat compared to their earlier material but something is just missing. |
| Whitechapel The Brotherhood of the Blade |
| I don't understand why this band does not play any material from A New Era of Corruption live. |
