| 4.5 superb |
| Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment |
| Agalloch Pale Folklore |
| Anberlin Never Take Friendship Personal |
| As Everything Unfolds Ultraviolet |
| Asking Alexandria The Black |
| August Burns Red Constellations |
| Avatar Hail the Apocalypse |
| Avatar Feathers and Flesh |
| Avenged Sevenfold The Stage |
| Avenged Sevenfold City Of Evil |
| Avenged Sevenfold Waking The Fallen |
| Be'lakor Stone's Reach |
| Black Mountain Transmitter Black Goat Of The Woods |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality |
| Breaking Benjamin Saturate |
| Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow |
| Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Ascension |
| Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade |
| Electric Callboy TEKKNO |
| Eminem The Eminem Show |
| Europe Europe |
| Faith No More Angel Dust |
| Framing Hanley A Promise to Burn |
| Future Palace Distortion |
| Halestorm The Strange Case Of... |
| Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast |
| Karnivool Sound Awake |
| Katatonia Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State |
| It feels like a continuation of Sky Void of Stars, albeit more proggy and way less hooky. The guitar work remains compelling despite Anders' departure, so I think they can safely go on. There's a couple more surprises here, like Wind of No Change's relative structural tightness despite the record's general tendency to drag, that sweet transition from Temporal to Departure Trails, and (finally!) a new song in Swedish (Efter Solen), which feels like a worthy successor to Vakaren. A solid record overall. |
| Katatonia The Fall of Hearts |
| Katatonia Last Fair Deal Gone Down |
| Katatonia Discouraged Ones |
| Lacuna Coil Delirium |
| Limp Bizkit Significant Other |
| Linkin Park A Thousand Suns |
| Litvintroll Czornaja Panna |
| Meshuggah Nothing |
| Metallica Ride The Lightning |
| Metallica Master Of Puppets |
| Morthar 10 Commandments |
| My Chemical Romance Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade |
| Narbo Dacal Elysium Now |
| Nemophila 五臓 -GOZO- |
Very groovy, not as immediate as their other albums but definitely more experimental. The
production is much better than on Apple of My Eye, I'm glad that Hazuki is more present in the
mix and that there's more clarity to it in general. |
| Nemophila Apple of My Eye |
| EDIT: This one's a big grower. The mix still feels cluttered with synths and Hazuki isn't as audible as I'd like her to be, but the songwriting is as varied and catchy as ever, and the band does a great job at mixing their hard rock, hardcore, nu-metal and traditional Japanese influences. Error Detection and Anatadare (the transcription of the 9th track's title, as far as I'm aware) are top-tier Nemo cuts. |
| P.O.D. Fundamental Elements of Southtown |
| Picture Me Broken Wide Awake |
| Poets of the Fall Ghostlight |
| Rodeo X |
| Saosin Translating the Name |
| Shadow Of Intent Melancholy |
| Stand Atlantic Sidewinder |
| Stand Atlantic Was Here |
| Stand Atlantic Pink Elephant |
| Static Dress Rouge Carpet Disaster |
| Static-X Shadow Zone |
| The Birthday Massacre Pathways |
| The Last Dinner Party From The Pyre |
| Three Days Grace Life Starts Now |
| Three Days Grace Outsider |
| Trivium In the Court of the Dragon |
| Trivium Shogun |
| Turbo Blizny |
| Wij Przestwór |
| Yours Truly Toxic |
