Average Rating: 3.19 Rating Variance: 0.65 Objectivity Score: 88% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAtlas (FIN) UkkoThe best that music is going to get for a while, perfect from first to last note. Longer review pending, go listen to this.Black Tongue NadirHonestly the best album Black Tongue has released, uniting Downtempo and Blackened Deathcore in one superbly produced package and evolving their sound without betraying their roots.Fit for a King Dark SkiesPossibly the greatest metalcore release ever, and certainly in the past ten years. Uncompromisingly heavy it still manages to be melodic and exeptionally emotional.Shadow Of Intent Reclaimer4.5 superbAngelMaker AngelMakerArchitects Holy HellBlack Sheep Wall I'm Going to Kill MyselfThis album is the sound of being lost in a sea of despair. Great stuff, whether or not the band likes it.Extra Life Made FleshKardashev Liminal RiteWho in their right mind would allow a band to create such an irreconcilably emotional banger of an album? Im crying over my breakfast.Methwitch IndwellHonestly, cannot recommend this more simply for throwing me for a loop. Thought I had heard what I needed to hear halfway through and wondered how they could switch it up when spirals chorus hit. This is an album made to be listened to in one sitting with both ears on it, and I love it.Shadow Of Intent MelancholyThe Acacia Strain Failure Will FollowThe Chariot One WingThe Gloom in The Corner Flesh & BonesA truly amazing EP showing off a band ready to rise to the S-tier with whatever they release next. Unique metalcore covered in strange influences.Warning Watching from a Distance4.0 excellent1914 The Blind Leading the BlindGenuinely harrowing perspectivisation of World War 1 that maintains phenomenal atmosphere, but without becoming a slog, composed of great riffs and genuinely astonishing matter of fact lyricism.Ahab The Boats of the Glen CarrigAnaal Nathrakh EndarkenmentBell Witch Mirror ReaperCapstan Restless Heart, Keep RunningA Post-Hardcore record that freshens up in every compositional department except the lyrical by combining the timbres of the underlying post-hardcore melancholy with elements from genres such as pop, flamenco, jazz and most prevalently Metalcore. An expertly written record that stays fresh throughout, and shows off a technical edge not often seen in modern post-hardcore outside of the Swancore scene.Fit for an Autopsy The Great Collapsefromjoy fromjoyGreat American Ghost Torture WorldGreyhaven Empty BlackHolding Absence The Greatest Mistake of My LifeI indeed was an angsty teen lacking in maturity when I rated this a 2.5I Am Abomination Passion Of The Heist IIUnique and yet undeniably metal. Also an incredibly bold move to have the last track be as extreme as it was, Ben Duerr kills his feature.Kardashev The AlmanacKardashev The Baring of ShadowsOne of the few pieces of music that has made me cry, tochpassing is haunting.Knocked Loose A Tear in the Fabric of LifeNomvdic EuphoriaAn incredibly interesting genrebending experience, at its core it feels much more like a progressive melodeath album than any form of metalcore, although that is also quite present, with influences coming in from techdeath, blackgaze, post-hardcore and djent to create an interesting sonic experience.Orbit Culture Nija"hurr durr why the Hetfieldesque singing?" - VirginsSlipknot SlipknotStreet Soldier Turn DangerousIts been a long while since I´ve heard a more unapologetically fun non-parody album/ep. These boys are bound for becoming the gold standard of the north english hardcore scene (in the vein of Gassed Up and Pintglass) if they keep it up. The tempo changes, slam riffs and agressively "so bad they´re good" lyrics, combined with new gutturals and inhales (as well as a fantastic feature from Don Campaneli of Waking the Cadaver of all people?) make an ep that is incredibly fun and does not outstay its welcome.Suicide Silence The CleansingThe Callous Daoboys Celebrity TherapistTraitors Night TerrorsSuitably evolving traitors sound while providing a much needed shift in feel from just angry to tormented. Some of the best lyrical work by Tyler even today and good use of ambience, this thing doesnt outstay its welcome and slaps from start to finish on the first, second and fifteenth listen.Will Wood The Normal AlbumThis absolute bop has no reason to be making me feel as emotional as it is3.5 great40 Watt Sun Wider than the SkyAfterbirth In But Not OfALAZKA PhoenixNostalgic emotional metalcore embracing a poppier side of things, the clean vocals stand out with some incredibly catchy hooks, and while the composition doesnt necessarily offer anything brand spanking new, the instrumentals are still creative and catchy. The growls form a solid backbone, but Im missing a bit of variety.AngelMaker DissentientAsking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreamBound In Fear The Hand of ViolenceHeavy as fuck, I cant get over how hard this slaps. Hate Circuit had me in shock. Bit same-y sometimes, but I dont think this is an album youre meant to go through in one sitting.Bound In Fear EternalI have a feeling I just witnessed the birthing point for a new direction in deathcore. This is perhaps the heaviest collection of songs I have ever heard. Im expecting to hear copy bands and Im expecting to enjoy them.Breakdown of Sanity PerceptionBring Me the Horizon Count Your BlessingsA solid deathcore album, with a unique identity, while i am happy that BMTH changed more toward metalcore later, this album will always hold a special place in my heart.Bring Me the Horizon There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It...This is in my opinion Bring Me The Horizons best album. Lyrically and instrumentwise, BMTH manage to craft multiple distinct but intertwined soundscapes across songs like Don?t Go, It Never Ends and Alligator Blood. This is an album i can bang any day, anytime.Carcosa AnthologyCinematic Deathcore? Im all for it. The combination of orchestra and deathcore is no longer exactly reinventing the wheel, but the restrained use of it on anthology to really accent the breakdowns (especially on a plague and descensus) is just perfect utilisation. The features on the reduxed songs all feel and sit really well, especially Absent:Post almost feels written with its features in mind, in spite of the song being more than a year old at this point.Extra Life Secular WorksFit for an Autopsy The Sea of Tragic BeastsFrowning Death RequiemAbsolutely emotional effort, I dont usually like doom, especially not of the funeral type, but this is just so atmospheric, I cant help but love it.Full of Hell and Nothing When No Birds SangGreat American Ghost Hatred Stems from the SeedHolding Absence Holding AbsenceHot Mulligan You'll Be FineHumanity's Last Breath VäldeThe middle of the album is truly astounding, and I would be inclined to a 4.5-5 if all the songs were of the quality in the middle, unfortunately, the weird disjunction on Earthless and the sheer lethargy of Vittring, combined with the utterly boring first 3 songs really pull the album back. Dehumanized is fucking amazing though, and if HLB further explores this Epic Doom and Symphonic Black Metal infused Thall I expect to be able to deliver a 5. Undeniably the most unique album out of a group generally associated with "deathcore" in the past few years, save perhaps for Indwell from Methwitch.I AM Eternal SteelIce Nine Kills Every Trick in the BookIce Nine Kills The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to HorrorwoodMan if it werent for the absolutely awful singles (except funeral derangements) this would have been a five. Ice Nine Kills has managed to forge a truly amazing album, pulling not only influence from the soundtracks of the movies this time, but crafting a dozen songs that are all incredibly unique in terms of musical inspiration and sound, while not coming off as unhinged. Hats off to the boys, they one-upped themselves again.Infant Island BeneathWhat a bop, the whistle screams on the Garden and the ebb and flow between big epic Cascadian Black Metal sections and quiet arpeggiated chord progressions on Stare Spells are big highlights, although the whole album has this epic emotional feel to it.LANDMVRKS HollowIncredibly creative album, mixing all sides of "Core" music from the past two decades in one well-produced and performed package. The vocalist specifically stands out for being good at, well, everything, but undeniably the rest of the band is also extremely technically proficient. I didnt get tired at a single point during this record.Make Them Suffer NeverbloomMake Them Suffer How to Survive a FuneralMalevolence The Other SideScumfuck (FL) ScumfuckNice combination of slam and orchestral elements, without becoming overbearing on the latter.Slipknot .5: The Gray ChapterSwallow the Sun MoonflowersTallah MatriphagyThe Acacia Strain It Comes in WavesThe Acacia Strain Step Into The LightThe Chariot Long LiveThe Gloom in The Corner Ultima PluviaTraitors TraitorsUnto Others Don't Waste Your TimeThere's nothing flashy here at all, the singer is singing in an accessible middle range with an average voice, the riffs aren't particularly techy and the solos aren't face melters, but fuck if I can't get these songs out of my head. Don't ask why this is great, because I don't know, it just is.We Butter The Bread With Butter Wieder GeilOne of the most metal electronicore albums ever. A fun mix of Brutal Deathcore, Crabcore and early Djent with electronics as a well used but not distracting spice, taking influence from everything from Trap to Dubstep. All of this with the classic German flair that simply cant be unheard once you listen to any german -core ever made. An extremely fun albeit short album that does what it sets out to do, get asses moving and heads banging.Wildways AnnaI dont think I have ever been more confused enjoying something than this. For some reason Russian Pop-core is a genre I enjoy.Woods of Desolation Torn Beyond Reason3.0 good1914 Where Fear and Weapons MeetThe production and technicality takes a step up, but at the cost of the atmosphere that made The Blind Leading The Blind so great, and the lyricism starts to feel more ham-fisted than literal. Great moments are still to be had, like the horns on Corps D'autos-Canons-Mittrailleuse (a.c.m), but they are fewer and further between. Still a decent listen, but a far cry from the experience of the previous.Ahab The Coral TombsArchitects RuinA band finding its identity one step at a time. This is still undoubtedly the same group that recorded Nightmare, but parts of this are certainly Architectsian, even the melodic part of the opening track hints at the greatness that is to come. They are still finding their voice, but this is a stronger album than Nightmare regardless.Architects Hollow CrownArchitects The Classic Symptoms of a Broken SpiritThe Architects - Starset - Breaking Benjamin pipeline seems very real, but we're getting to a point where it actually contains some good songs. There are a couple fun ones, still som meh ones, but none that are really completely awful.Bodysnatcher This Heavy VoidVery fun, but definitely not made to listen to in one sitting, neither is it particularly experimental, but it does its job, which is to slap. Multiple songs going on my playlist. Will agree that it could easily have been ten minutes shorter, as the songs start to blend into one another by the back end of the album.Bring Me the Horizon Suicide SeasonCallejon ZombieactionhauptquartierA fun metalcore release from Germany reminiscent of a slightly more ballad-heavy As I Lay dying with a penchant for writing fun melodies and an amazing yet undeniably human vocalist.Fit for an Autopsy The Process of Human ExterminationNot what i was expecting of their earlier work, surprisingly progressive and covered in blackened death and mathy influences. Their sound remains recognisable throughout and the vocals, while not nearly as varied as they are nowadays, are still top-notch. This album is a gem 5 years ahead of its time, being made when suicide silence and whitechapel were the gold standard of deathcore, and does something unique and dark compared to those two.Five Finger Death Punch The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1Five Finger Death Punch F8Ghost Bath Self LoatherA surprisingly bright gaze into the DSBM scene that doesn't overuse blast beats and contains much decently interesting songwriting.Ice Nine Kills The Silver ScreamKatahdin No Longer Room For UsKnocked Loose Pop CultureKnocked Loose Laugh TracksKrosis A Memoir of Free WillThis is by no means a bad album, but I just cannot look past the wasted potential. It doesnt lack clean parts, but could easily have had more, and we know they are capable of doing it, Solem Vatem proves that. Along with this the record is ten minutes too long for its own good, and each track could easily lose a minute of its runtime.Kublai Khan TX NomadLorna Shore ...And I Return to NothingnessMental Cruelty PurgatoriumMew No More StoriesMotionless in White Graveyard ShiftMotionless in White DisguisePlaygrounded The Death of DeathPolar NovaRings of Saturn Ultu UllaShadow Of Intent ElegyOn Elegy, Shadow of Intent go bigger. The production has taken a step up that I didnt realize it could, the solos go harder and Ben's lows go lower. But I dont feel like they've gone better, with this album being the first Shadow of Intent album ever to include filler songs. Many of the songs still slap, Of Fury has its sick almost Danny Elfman like lead that shouldnt work but somehow does and Elegy has its soaring chorus. But Where Millions Have Come to Die, Life in Exile, Blood In The Sands of Time and Reconquest are all entirely forgettable songs that completely kill the momentum of the album even though they are placed where they should be building to its climax. An inoffensive, but dissapointing development.Slipknot IowaSlipknot All Hope Is GoneSlipknot We Are Not Your KindStarset TransmissionsStarset VesselsSuicide Silence No Time to BleedOriginally did a 4.5 just to make up for some of the low ratings, but realised there are albums Ive rated lower which I enjoy more.Termina DysphoriaThe Acacia Strain ...And Life Is Very LongSo cool to hear the beginning formation of the downtempo blueprint with dissonant slams and cool grooves from amongst the As Blood Runs Black-esque melodeathcore riffs and mathcore inspired interjections.The Acacia Strain Death Is the Only MortalThe Acacia Strain Coma WitchTraitors RepentHate it all you want, im sure theres good reason, but it fucking slaps regardless, cant wait for the next thing they put out.Wage War Deadweight2.5 averageArchitects NightmaresSurprisingly good despite being the first release of a band that has since replaced many members, including vocalist. Definitely not amazing, and certainly gets lost in the sea of mid 2000s mathcore bands, although standout emotional moments like Minesweeper and A Portrait For the Deceased certainly give it an identity. Not my favourite work of theirs, but undoubtedly good for a band still finding their voice.Architects For Those That Wish to ExistBodysnatcher Bleed-AbideAll heavy, no substance. Some fun is obviously to be had here and there, but these guys have no business releasing anything longer than 15 minutes.Bring Me the Horizon SempiternalBring Me the Horizon That's the SpiritDead/Awake MelancholiaHad a few good songs, largely didn't care about it.Five Finger Death Punch The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2Five Finger Death Punch Got Your SixLove Is Noise Euphoria, Where Were You?There are definitely cool moments on the EP, but they are unfortunately mired by some unfortunate songwriting choices, a lot of the songs feel like they drag for too long in their attempt to capture that shoegaze-y Loathe vibe, failing to really capitalise on the heavy moments. Nothing unfortunately goes back to it's not-that-great riff after it's emotional climax, destroying the songs momentum, Euphoria (Where Were You) has some awkward melody and chord choices for it's chorus. But overall there is a product and potential here.Make Them Suffer Old SoulsMake Them Suffer Worlds ApartOrphan PorcelainParkway Drive Deep BlueSlipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal VersesStarset HorizonsStray from the Path Only Death Is RealSuicide Silence The Black CrownMight very well have been the album that got me into deathcore, but there are only a few songs off this I truly enjoy anymore. The rest feels very average.The Acacia Strain The Dead WalkThe Acacia Strain 3750The Acacia Strain GravebloomThe Acacia Strain Slow DecayValis Ablaze RenderWhite Ward OriginsWill Wood “In case I make It,”The lyrics are amazing throughout and Will's vocals shine, but the album definitely deserved some cutting down, without the eclectic composition and soundscapes of previous forays, the album quickly starts to melt into itself, becoming one long acoustic guitar sludge with a few breaks here and there.2.0 poorArchitects The Here and NowA lackluster vocal performance from a vocalist that hadnt mustered his full potential yet, generic but alright writing and a lazy mix without punch combine to make an album i just cant get into.Bring Me the Horizon AmoCreed Human ClayI like the few Creed songs I’ve heard, unfortunately the albums just don’t hold up, and not for a lack of trying from Stapp, I like the vocals, but the songs in and of themselves are mostly boring, save for the few single highlights: What If, With Arms Wide Open and Higher.Fit for a King The PathStraight up dissapointing, it would be a 2.5-3 if this wasnt the band that had released Dark Skies, arguably one of the best metalcore albums ever, and certainly top 5 in the decade. This album is just pure meh, nothing felt like it had impact and every song managed to feel like it was twice as long as it was, and not in a good way.Five Finger Death Punch And Justice for NoneKing 810 AK CONCERTO NO. 47, 11TH MOVEMENT IN G MAJORIf this was an EP consisting of the few good songs in the back half of the album, it might have gotten a 2.5 or a 3LANDMVRKS FantasyA surprisingly dissapointing followup to 2016?s Hollow. The magic of the debut is completely lost on this one as it cuts down on what made Hollow interesting. Where Hollow couldnt be pinned down and kept surprising you with some new influence or moment wherever it could, Fantasy is undeniably a safe post-hardcore record, sticking to the bread and butter of its genre without venturing too far off course, even the vocalist doesnt really get to show off, sticking almost exclusively to his Oli Sykes/Sam Carter type yells and some clean singing. Perhaps the most dissapointing part of this record was the drumming, losing all the flair and bravado it had on Hollow and sticking to the genre far too closely. This album isnt terrible, but as a sophomore release to follow up Hollow, Fantasy is forgettable at best.Motionless in White Scoring the End of the WorldGodawful lyrics, and while thats par for the course, its particularly bad on this one. Every song has some potential or some kind of cool part, but completely fucking evaporates it with some silly bullshit or just plain bad writing halfway through. This is a terrible album, worst of all is the ass mix.Scumfuck (FL) Ruthless AgressionI never thought it would be possible to be boring with Dickie Allen on vocals, but they manage to do so. Paranoid is the only whole song here, and also happens to be the only good song, everything else is boring at best, mostly consisting of one-slam-riff songs. Big oof on this one, shouldn't have foregone the cello, the only saving grace is the short run-time.Starset DivisionsImagine Dragons called, they want whichever modern heavy-rock band this is to stop using their tracks.Suicide Silence You Can't Stop MeThe Acacia Strain ContinentAn Album like this being widely considered as one of the classics of the genre is probably exactly why metal elitists think Deathcore is all the same boring bullshit.The Acacia Strain Wormwood1.5 very poorAsking Alexandria Like a House on FireSick of It All Blood,Sweat, & No TearsWage War PressureThis album is agressively ordinary, turning any of the edge or agression present on the two previous releases into a radio friendly shadow of itself. Few songs on this piqued my interest, with the rest feeling, at best, bland and at worst like attempts to follow in the footsteps of Asking Alexandria. I loved Deadweight, but this... this is truly an unfortunate development.1.0 awfulBring Me the Horizon Music to Listen to...Suicide Silence Suicide SilenceThe Dali Thundering Concept All Mighty Men - Drifting Through a Prosthetic EraNevermind, just heard the last track again, this is truly an awful album. It'll piss off fans of prog, rap and -core.
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