Average Rating: 3.92 Rating Variance: 0.53 Objectivity Score: 61% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicDir En Grey KisouDir En Grey MacabreOpeth Blackwater ParkWe Lost the Sea Departure SongsX Japan Blue BloodThis is one of the best rock albums ever made, and dare I say the most influential rock album in Japanese music history. That's saying something, since the extent of the Japanese music market is up there with American and British music. If there was a list of masterpieces, I would rate this album at the same level as Beethoven's Symphonies, that's how classic I think it is.4.5 superbDir En Grey VulgarDir En Grey GauzeDir En Grey UroborosDir En Grey ArcheKamelot The Black HaloKorn Follow the LeaderMuse Origin of SymmetryPortishead DummyRadiohead OK ComputerRage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineThe Dillinger Escape Plan DissociationThe Mars Volta The Bedlam in GoliathTool LateralusTool ÆnimaX Japan Art of Life4.0 excellentDeath Cab for Cutie PlansDir En Grey The Marrow of a Bone (Limited Edition)Dir En Grey Dum Spiro SperoMuse AbsolutionMuse Black Holes & RevelationsNine Inch Nails Year ZeroNobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy VIII: Original SoundtrackOpeth WatershedIn short, a typical Opeth creation, which is to say it won't disappoint but at the same time is not the breakthrough classic that Blackwater Park was. But doesn't any band only get one or two of these moments their entire career? Watershed largely follows the Award-Winning Formula(TM) that they've used since Still Life days. They do, however, utilise ever-increasingly complex instrumental passages as well as bringing in gems like Coil, which is atypical of their style. Akerfeldt has also improved his vocal techniques over the years, especially his clean singing. A major highlight is the middle section of The Lotus Eater, an all-out orgy of prog-metal goodness. Coil and bonus track Den St?iga Resan are definitely something new, still distinctly Opeth but with a certain added sweetness in their (relatively) minimalistic acoustic arrangements. The biggest letdown has to be the track "Porcelain Heart", which was bafflingly selected as their lead single. The loud heavy metal parts were never exciting enough and the quiet acoustic passages often feel forced. Most annoyingly, the main riff sounds to me like a weak ripoff of the Ghost Reveries track The Grand Conjuration. Most of the rest of the album are standard Opeth, enjoyable as they always are but nothing new or surprising.Radiohead The BendsRadiohead In RainbowsRage Against the Machine The Battle of Los AngelesThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksThe Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisTool 10,000 Days3.5 greatDeath Cab for Cutie TransatlanticismDir En Grey six UglyDir En Grey The Insulated WorldEnter Shikari Take to the SkiesKorn KornNine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IVVery inventive instrumental album. Trent's been working very hard and released a lot of material lately, but they're always high quality.Nine Inch Nails The SlipNine Inch Nails Hesitation MarksNirvana NevermindPortishead PortisheadRadiohead Amnesiac3.0 goodKorn Life Is PeachyRadiohead Kid ARadiohead Hail to the ThiefRage Against the Machine Evil Empire2.5 averageDeath Cab for Cutie Narrow StairsRadiohead Pablo HoneyThe Mars Volta Octahedron1.5 very poorKorn Issues
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