| 4.5 superb |
| Adjy June Songs Vol. 1 |
| Architects Lost Forever // Lost Together |
| Architects All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us |
| Boundaries Death Is Little More |
| Celldweller End of an Empire |
| Charli XCX Brat |
| Chat Pile Cool World |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness |
| Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow |
| Coheed and Cambria Vaxis III: The Father of Make Believe |
| About as close to perfect as a Coheed album can be nowadays. Immediate AOTY contender |
| Counterparts You're Not You Anymore |
| Counterparts Nothing Left to Love |
| Counterparts Heaven Let Them Die |
| If you think you're as angry at the world as humanly possible, then you're wrong. Counterparts are angrier |
| Deftones Ohms |
| Dreamcatcher (KR) Dystopia : The Tree of Language |
| Dreamcatcher is a very unique K-Pop group, especially considering how flooded the K-Pop genre can be at times. This first album, with leading track Scream, is a great example of how well a rock-themed idol group can succeed musically. Check it out. It's worth it. |
| Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia |
| END (USA-NJ) Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face |
| ERRA ERRA |
| Fit for an Autopsy The Nothing That Is |
| Foreign Hands What's Left Unsaid |
| Green Day Nimrod |
| Green Day Insomniac |
| HimeHina Divine Flowers |
| Ice Nine Kills The Silver Scream |
Some songs rely a bit too much on clean vocals for my taste, but the songs that go hard truly go hard, and there are no
truly bad songs here. The opening 3 tracks are insanely good, and somehow Merry Axe-Mas makes Silent Night, Deadly
Night sound awesome, to pick a few highlights.
But above all else, The Silver Scream succeeds in being what is most likely the most fun metalcore album released in the
past decade. Ice Nine Kills know how to write good hooks and how to lean on a gimmick just the right amount. The result is
an undeniably catchy metalcore album that serves as the perfect jumping-on point for anyone looking to get into INK. |
| Johnny Booth Moments Elsewhere |
| Joy Division Unknown Pleasures |
| Knocked Loose A Tear in the Fabric of Life |
| Lady Gaga The Fame |
| Lady Gaga Mayhem |
| Linkin Park A Thousand Suns |
| Mechina Bellum Interruptum |
| Midas Fall Cold Waves Divide Us |
| Monuments (UK) In Stasis |
| OK Goodnight The Fox and the Bird |
I already know just a couple tracks in that I'm gonna love this.
Also, this is where Casey Lee Williams really shines. I love RWBY's soundtrack, but it's so
refreshing to hear her sing without sounding like she's scraping the edge of her comfortable range |
| Palm Reader Braille |
| Palm Reader Sleepless |
| Poppy Negative Spaces |
| Rolo Tomassi Grievances |
| Rolo Tomassi Where Myth Becomes Memory |
| Rush Moving Pictures |
| Rush 2112 |
| Rush Counterparts |
| Rush Grace Under Pressure |
| Rush Power Windows |
| Silent Planet The Night God Slept |
| Silent Planet Iridescent |
| Spiritbox Spiritbox |
| Spiritbox Singles Collection |
| Spiritbox The Fear of Fear |
| Spiritbox Tsunami Sea |
| State Faults Children of the Moon |
| Talk Talk Laughing Stock |
| Tallah The Generation of Danger |
| The Cure Songs of a Lost World |
| The Ocean Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic |
| The Ocean Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic |
| The Warning MAYDAY |
| One hell of a powerful EP from the Mexican trio proving that the next generation of rock is alive and well. Special credit to how easily Dani and Pau trade vocals as the three sisters each make themselves heard with driving beats and rhythms that will undoubtedly get stuck in your head for days on end |
| 4.0 excellent |
| 808 State 90 |
| Agalloch Pale Folklore |
| Ave Mujica Alea jacta est |
| BABYMETAL Metal Galaxy |
| Bad Omens Finding God Before God Finds Me |
| Bad Omens The Death of Peace of Mind |
| Better Lovers God Made Me an Animal |
| Better Lovers Highly Irresponsible |
| Quite different from God Made Me an Animal, less of a barn-burner, but still with plenty of energy and fantastic moments all around |
| Bilmuri American Motor Sports |
| Black Veil Brides Wretched and Divine |
| Might be an unpopular opinion on this site, but I actually dug this album. The story was paper thin (maybe I need a couple more listens? I've only listened once) and Done For You wasn't really my thing, but it was a solid rock record with some pretty good guitar work and catchy choruses. It was a fun album and that's just what I was hoping for |
| Black Veil Brides The Mourning |
| BVB's newest EP is the perfect shot of fun rock energy, a wonderful evolution of the path they took on Phantom Tomorrow. Can't wait to hear tracks like The Revival played live |
| Blue Stahli Quartz |
| I remember turning this on and hating it simply because it wasn't Obsidian. I was an idiot. I've relistened to this album many times over the course of several months, and I think I've come around to it. It's a fun, experimental heavy album that leans hard into the industrial, and there are some real gems on here that are worth checking out |
| Bring Me The Horizon POST HUMAN: NeX GEn |
| Caskets Lost Souls |
| Coheed and Cambria Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind |
| Coldrain Nonnegative |
| It always shocks me how effortlessly and consistently good Coldrain are. This album's easily one of their best, with tracks like Bloody Power Fame and 2020 racing along on high-octane guitars and god-tier vocals |
| Counterparts Tragedy Will Find Us |
| Cryoshell Cryoshell |
| Deco*27 Android Girl |
| Deco's 6th album is on par with his previous effort, Ghost, and even better in some respects, diving further into the anger that comes with strained relationships, while also allowing moments for more quiet reflection like on "We The Hostages". The only thing that keeps me from ranking this higher is that the tone of the closing track, "Ai Kotoba III", feels completely at odds with the tone of the rest of the album and sticks out like a sore thumb |
| Disillusion Back to Times of Splendor |
| Dreamcatcher (KR) Dystopia : Lose Myself |
| Envy of None Envy of None |
| Fall Out Boy So Much (For) Stardust |
| Fit for an Autopsy Oh What the Future Holds |
| Foo Fighters But Here We Are |
| Ghost (SWE) Prequelle |
| Goose House Phrase #10 - Milk |
| Makes me smile through and through. This is the music you listen to when you need the world to be just a bit brighter |
| Green Day Warning |
| Green Day Saviors |
| Interpersonal The Long Bright Dark |
| Kenshi Yonezu diorama |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of... |
| Vocals aren't my favorite, but the songs never overstay their welcome, and the instrumentals are heatrFuture Edit: Respun this enough times that the vocals have grown on me, and I've really started to further appreciate the songwriting. Bumping from a 3.5 to a 4 |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Phantom Island |
| I'm here for the blues-y orchestra jammy Gizz arc, all the singles have been super enjoyable |
| Knocked Loose You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To |
| Like Moths to Flames No Eternity in Gold |
| Like Moths to Flames Pure Like Porcelain |
| Like Moths to Flames The Cycles of Trying to Cope |
| Mechina Venator |
| My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys |
| Anyone with a pulse would agree that this album doesn't come close to the damn near perfect heights of Three Cheers and Black Parade, but it's an infectiously fun album in its own right. I absolutely love the more electronic punk-ish vibe present throughout, and it has arguably some of the catchiest choruses of MCR's career |
| Palm Reader Bad Weather |
| Palm Reader Beside The Ones We Love |
| Pinocchio-P ZERO-GO |
| Poppy I Disagree |
| Poppy Flux |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Red Velvet Cosmic |
| Rolo Tomassi Astraea |
| Roselia Wahl |
I have to dock points from this album considering 3 songs here were present on Anfang as well (maybe they just wanted to
rerecord them with Rinko's new VA), but the album still does an incredible job at being a gothic J-Rock record. Special
mention for me goes to R, Brave Jewel, and Promise (約束 if you want the Japanese title) |
| Rush Vapor Trails |
| Rush Signals |
| Rush Hold Your Fire |
| Rush Roll The Bones |
| Rush Presto |
| Rush Snakes & Arrows |
| Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet |
| Set It Off Cinematics |
| Shadow Academy Shadow Academy |
| Silent Planet Come Wind, Come Weather |
| Silent Planet When the End Began |
| Silent Planet Superbloom |
| As goofy as the name may sound, this album is a masterclass in atmosphere and aggression. Silent Planet put their foot on the accelerator, and don't let up for 39 face melting minutes of pure awesome |
| Skyhill Run With the Hunted |
| Sleep Token Take Me Back to Eden |
| Soundtrack (Video Game) Metal: Hellsinger |
| Spiritbox Eternal Blue |
| Spiritbox Rotoscope |
| Stray From The Path Clockworked |
| More modern core bands need to embrace this manic hardcore style. Groovy, furious, and oh so much fun |
| Sum 41 Heaven :x: Hell |
| Tally Hall Good & Evil |
| I'll need to listen to this album more times over because I want to write a full review. I feel like it's just as good as MMMM, but more tight in its songwriting and overall sound |
| The Anix Hologram |
| The Callous Daoboys God Smiles Upon the Callous Daoboys |
| The Gloom in The Corner Homecoming |
| The Ocean Pelagial |
| The Warning Queen of the Murder Scene |
| Far tighter and more focused than XXI Century Blood, The Warning's sophomore effort weaves a hard-rocking tale of love and obsession, cementing their staying power in the landscape of rock |
| The Warning Error |
| Utsu-P UNIQUE |
| 3.5 great |
| Bad Omens Bad Omens |
| Blood Incantation Absolute Elsewhere |
| Blue Stahli Copper |
| Copper is by far the most interesting Blue Stahli album released so far, IMHO. The album took something of a risk being guitarless, but it worked in its favor, as the songs here flourish with ambient electronics and gritty moments on songs like "Death Will Have to Run". Not Stahli's best work so far, but undeniably an enjoyable listen from beginning to end |
| Caskets Ghost Like You |
| Celldweller Blind Lead the Blind |
| Great single, but I'm starting to think Klay will never release Satellites at this rate |
| Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow |
| Currents The Death We Seek |
| ERRA Cure |
| This album is definitely different from the self-titled. Far groovier, with a heavier emphasis on atmosphere. The band rreally leaned into the NIN influence on this one. I dig it, though it didn't blow me away like the S/T did |
| Green Day 21st Century Breakdown |
| Green Day Revolution Radio |
| I Prevail TRAUMA |
| Inconsistent sound-wise for sure, and there are a lot of songs that don't stick with me past the occasional listen every now and then, but they're not atrocious, and some of them are actually permanent fixtures on my playlists (Bow Down and DOA) or my go-to songs if I need to let out all my anger and rage |
| Invent Animate Heavener |
| Like Moths to Flames Dark Divine |
| Linkin Park From Zero |
| A lot of this album is marred by obvious growing pains from the reformed Linkin Park. Some songs are stellar (All four singles and IGYEIH), but a lot of them are just iffy. It's a shame, means the band'll have a serious uphill climb for album 9 |
| Makari Wave Machine |
| Mechina The World We Saved |
Pretty fun riffs and vocal runs, takes you on a journey, but it's another Mel-only track, and story-wise, it's an interlude that
doesn't add much to the plot in any way. A letdown after the incredible sign of life that was Blessings Upon, but still a
decent track |
| MORTAL REMINDER MORTAL REMINDER |
| Palm Reader Palm Reader |
| Rush Test For Echo |
| Set It Off Duality |
| Set It Off Elsewhere |
It ain't Set It Off's best, but it's inoffensive and fun pop rock! Projector and Why Do I are how
they should be doing pop, instead of, like, everything past track 3-ish on Upside Down. That being
said, their newer singles blow this album out of the water. |
| Termina Soul Elegy |
| Utsu-P HAPPYPILLS |
| Wind Walkers What If I Break? |
