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Alien Six

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Last Active 06-18-14 7:42 pm
Joined 11-06-04

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Average Rating: 3.67
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5.0 classic
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine
Sylosis Conclusion of an Age
While She Sleeps This Is the Six
Whitechapel The Valley

4.0 excellent
AFI Black Sails in the Sunset
AFI All Hallow's E.P.
After the Burial Evergreen
I honestly think this is the best album ATB has written. It's them at their most refined. If you like ATB, this is about as pure an ATB experience as you can hope to get.
Believer Gabriel
Bleed from Within Era
This is one hell of a rager. Definitely their finest work.
Bleed from Within Fracture
Dream Theater Train of Thought
Fit for an Autopsy The Sea of Tragic Beasts
Gojira Magma
Incubus (USA-CA) The Morning View Sessions
Jinjer Duél
Johnny Booth Firsthand Accounts
Ever wondered what At the Drive-In would sound like if they were way heavier? here you go!
Lamb of God Wrath
Mastodon Crack the Skye
Metallica ...And Justice For All
Metallica S&M
Nightwish Once
NOFX The Decline
Powerglove Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man
Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine Renegades
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium
Rx Bandits The Resignation
Slayer Seasons In The Abyss
Slayer Reign In Blood
Slayer Christ Illusion
Sublime Sublime
System of a Down System of a Down
System of a Down Steal This Album!
System of a Down Toxicity
System of a Down Hypnotize
The Agonist Days Before The World Wept
They get downright Meshuggah on the title track. Overall this is some of the best work they've ever released.
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath
The Sword Gods Of The Earth
Tool Ænima
Whitechapel Hymns in Dissonance

3.5 great
AFI The Art of Drowning
AFI Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
AFI Very Proud of Ya
At the Drive-In Vaya
Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater Score
Incubus (USA-CA) When Incubus Attacks, Vol. 2
Incubus (USA-CA) When Incubus Attacks, Vol. 1
Incubus (USA-CA) Light Grenades
Jinjer Cloud Factory
Jinjer King of Everything
Metallica Ride The Lightning
Nine Inch Nails With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails Year Zero
Listening to the stream for the second time now and I'm very impressed. The concept itself is interesting and the whole album has a cohesive sound. Very very noisy, yet melodic, great pounding bass and pulsating rhythms. Like the someone below said, this is sex music, it's both dirty and beautiful. Inaccessible and accessible at the same time. I like how most of the songs end with long musical interludes which expand on the melodies Trent sings. And his singing, wow, I say this the best his voice has ever sounded, and it doesn't overshadow the music either. It's hard to choose a highlight with an album as solid as this. This album is TIGHT yet expansive, you hear something new with repeat listens. This is Trent at the very top of his game. I can't wait to purchase this album and see what other goodies the album sleeve contains.
Nine Inch Nails The Slip
NOFX The War on Errorism
Power Trip Nightmare Logic
Psycroptic As The Kingdom Drowns
This is a non-stop barrage of riffs I love every second of it. The occasional female backing vocals make certain sections feel epic.
Psycroptic The Watcher of All
Psycroptic Divine Council
Solid album. It doesn't hit the consistent highs of As The Kingdom Drowns, but it does feel like a continuation of it. "Enslavement" is probably one of the best, and most unique sounding songs they've ever produced.
Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf
Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits
Rodrigo y Gabriela Rodrigo y Gabriela
Sumo Cyco NEON VOID
These guys continue to be a really fun band. Lots of headbangers on this album.
System of a Down Mezmerize
The Mars Volta Amputechture
The Sword Age Of Winters
Tool Undertow
Whitechapel Kin

3.0 good
All That Remains AntiFragile
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
Audioslave Audioslave
Audioslave Out of Exile
Avenged Sevenfold Waking The Fallen
Incubus (USA-CA) Fungus Amongus
Incubus (USA-CA) Live at Lollapalooza 2003
Lamb of God Sacrament
Municipal Waste Hazardous Mutation
NOFX Pump Up the Valuum
Phinehas The Fire Itself
So It Begins So It Begins
Sylosis A Sign of Things to Come
I've been a huge fan of Sylosis since the first album, so I eagerly await all their new releases. I need to listen to this new album a few more times to really let it sink in, but right now I'd rate it a 3.0. Their weakest work imo, but still good. Any long-time fan should get some enjoyment out of this. Traditional Sylosis is still in here, but they're really trying to balance it with a slightly more stripped down songwriting approach. You're still getting some ridiculous shred solos, great melodies, and finger-twisting riffs. It's just that many of the songs have less twists and turns than Sylosis normally writes. I think the songs 'Pariahs' and 'Judas' are the most traditional sounding. There's definitely much more emphasis on hooky/anthemic vocals and choruses. Which, to be fair, Sylosis has done to varying degrees before. Think of songs like 'Leech' or 'Mercy' from their Dormant Heart album, "I Sever" from Cycle of Suffering. Hell, the ninth track off this new album, 'Thorns' reminds me of the final track from Edge of the Earth. But rather than sprinkling this element in two or three songs throughout the album, you've got nearly an entire album where these moments are injected in the songs. This definitely feels like a crossroads for them. Hopefully the future brings a better fusion of their old approach with this new one. All that said, if this is them trying to add broader appeal to their songs, I would say it's better than what the average metal band puts out. It's just not as unique as what Sylosis has done on their 5 previous albums.
Sylosis The Path
I think this is solid. It veers more into the denser, darker songwriting of something like EotE. Very aggressive with on the nose lyrics, but it fits the tone.
The Agonist Five
I'm surprised to see so much negativity towards this album. It's certainly their weakest album, but it is far from bad. Any fan of theirs should find enough to enjoy. It could have benefited from cutting 3 or 4 tracks that honestly sound like B-sides.rI see a lot of complaints about Vicky's vocals. She's definitely playing things a bit looser and rougher with her harsh vocals, but I think that's deliberate. It doesn't always work, but I don't think she ever actually fails. Her cleans are spectacular, though. On the last album I felt like she was trying to do her best impression of Alissa (and nailing it), which I can understand given the fact that she was plucked from obscurity and was suddenly fronting a band (something she had never done before). I think this is her being more of herself, which might need a little more work or time to get used to.rSome of the biggest problems with the album are technical. I don't know what they were going for, but the mix doesn't sound as clear as their previous two albums. If anything this sounds closer to the mix on their first album.rI may write a full review of the album seeing as I seem to have a different opinion of it than most people rating here.
The Agonist Orphans
The Birthday Massacre Superstition
With this release they coalesced all the variations in their sound throughout the years into one album. It is the culmination of everything they've ever done and really focused on the synths over the actual instruments. But in another sense it reminds me a lot of Violet. It's definitely more "retro" sounding than their recent releases.rThe only noticeable downside is that it is missing any real heavy hitting tracks, which are generally my favorites. This album still drips with atmosphere, though.rI think it'll be a grower. I'll probably rate it higher once I hear the songs performed live.
Tool Opiate
Xenosis Devour and Birth

2.5 average
Ankla Steep Trails
Audioslave Revelations
Avenged Sevenfold Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
Avenged Sevenfold City Of Evil
Deadsoul Tribe A Murder of Crows
Deadsoul Tribe The January Tree
Green Day American Idiot
Newbreed Child of the Sun
NOFX 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough
Sublime 40 Oz. to Freedom
Tweaker 2 a.m. Wakeup Call

2.0 poor
AFI Decemberunderground
The Mars Volta Scab Dates
Trivium Ascendancy

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