Average Rating: 3.68 Rating Variance: 0.39 Objectivity Score: 67% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAd Nauseam Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum EstArtificial Brain Labyrinth ConstellationAtheist Unquestionable PresenceAugury Fragmentary EvidenceCryptopsy None So VileDeath SymbolicDeath HumanDemilich NespitheGorguts ObscuraGorguts From Wisdom to HateKatatonia The Great Cold DistanceMahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting FlameNecrophagist EpitaphOpeth Blackwater ParkSteely Dan AjaUlcerate Everything Is Fire4.5 superbAd Nauseam Imperative Imperceptible ImpulseAd Nauseam Live at RoadburnAllan Holdsworth All Night WrongArtificial Brain Infrared HorizonArtificial Brain Artificial BrainBlood Incantation StarspawnBrand X Unorthodox BehaviourCasualties of Cool Casualties of CoolDead and Dripping Nefarious ScintillationsDeath The Sound of PerseveranceDeath Individual Thought PatternsDeathspell Omega The Furnaces of PalingenesiaDefeated Sanity The Sanguinary ImpetusDefeated Sanity Chronicles of LunacyDonald Fagen The NightflyDrift Lab MoonlightGigan The Order of the False EyeGigan Anomalous Abstractigate InfinitessimusGojira The Way of All FleshGorguts The Erosion of SanityGorguts Colored SandsGorguts Pleiades' DustIhsahn AfterImperial Triumphant Vile LuxuryImperial Triumphant AlphavilleImperial Triumphant An Evening with Imperial TriumphantImperial Triumphant GoldstarIntronaut Valley Of SmokeKatatonia Night Is the New DayKexelur Epigrama De Un Pasado PerdidoKostnateni ÚpalLeprous BilateralMahavishnu Orchestra Birds of FireMartyr Feeding the AbscessMaruja Pain to PowerNile Those Whom The Gods DetestAbsolutely crushing record. Technical as hell. Only thing keeping this from perfection is a slightly better production. However, this is by no means poorly produced, it's the only Nile album that is actually well produced. Part of the reason why it's my favorite Nile album.Opeth Ghost ReveriesSkin Tension Inaugurate RenaissanceSoundtrack (Film) The CrowSteely Dan Pretzel LogicSteely Dan The Royal ScamSteely Dan Katy LiedSteely Dan GauchoSteven Wilson Grace for DrowningSteven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase.Toughness Black Respite of OblivionUlcerate Shrines of Paralysis4.0 excellentAbysmal Descent Dismal ThoughtsAdversarial Solitude with the Eternal...Agropelter The Book of HoursAncient Death Ego DissolutionBaring Teeth AtrophyBaring Teeth The Path NarrowsBlood Incantation Interdimensional ExtinctionBlood Incantation Hidden History Of The Human RaceBlood Incantation Live VitrificationBlood Incantation Luminescent BridgeBlood Monolith The Calling of FireBurning Palace ElegyCadaveric Fumes Dimensions ObscureCadaveric Fumes Echoing Chambers Of SoulCancer Void First MetastasisCasimir Liberski Cosmic LibertyCatatonic Effigy Putrid TendencyCephalic Carnage AnomaliesCephalic Carnage XenosapienCephalic Carnage Lucid IntervalCephalic Carnage Misled by CertaintyChaos Inception Vengeance EvangelCoffin Curse The Continuous NothingCognizant Inexorable Nature of AdversityContinuum Of Xul Falling Into DamnationConvulsing PerduranceCorpus Offal Corpus OffalDeafheaven Lonely People With PowerDeath LeprosyDecryptal SimulacreDefacement DualityDefacement DoomedDefeated Sanity Chapters of RepugnanceDefeated Sanity Passages Into DeformityDefeated Sanity Disposal Of The Dead // DharmataDiskord DegenerationsDonald Fagen KamakiriadDonald Fagen Sunken CondosElder (USA-MA) Liminality/Dream State ReturnExecration (NOR) Morbid DimensionsExterior Palnet Haragma IIFlagelo InsaciableGigan Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic LandscapesGigan Multi-Dimensional Fractal-Sorcery...Gigan Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic IridescenceGleb Kolyadin Gleb KolyadinGleb Kolyadin The OutlandGojira From Mars to SiriusGojira L'Enfant SauvageGorguts Considered DeadHexvessel NocturneHierarchies HierarchiesHiromi Out ThereHour of Penance The Vile ConceptionHour of Penance ParadogmaHour of Penance mature their sound and songwriting and the result is one of the most impressive modern death metal albums I've heard in recent memory. With this album Hour of Penance have found a sound of their own. Much more dynamics in terms of structure and songwriting than their previous works. Plenty of groovy sections you can slam your head to. Sure there are slight references to other bands (Behemoth, Nile) but it's a minor nitpick; there are very few DM bands that don't sound at least slightly like one another. While another fellow here mentions they barely miss the upper echelon, I can't help but respectfully disagree. Not only do they match the upper echelon with this album but they exceed. If they weren't already, Hour of Penance are now one of the top bands in their sub- genre. For example Paradogma easily competes with Behemoth's Evangelion, and to my ears, is superior. Between this, Lost Soul's "Immerse In Infinity" and Fleshgod Apocalypse's "Oracles", I'd say fans of the genre have plenty to look forward to. Easily one of the best albums this year and I have a feeling it will make a lot of year-end lists.Imipolex Acts of Vulgar PietyImperial Triumphant Shrine to the Trident ThroneImperial Triumphant Abyssal GodsImperial Triumphant IncesteImperial Triumphant Spirit of EcstasyImperial Triumphant Covers CollectionKakothanasy MetagonismKamra Unending ConfluenceKostnateni PřílišnostKronos The Hellenic TerrorHow is this band not signed to a major label? These guys should be headlining festivals. This shit is like Decapitated on steroids with some Necrophagist/Faceless style soloing thrown in to boot. Amazing album from an absolutely killer band! We'll miss you Kristof! Hopefully they can find a suitable replacement, and quick! Labyrinthine Heirs Labyrinthine HeirsLeprous CoalLeprous The CongregationMalacath Eternal Roar of the Thunder and RainMalthusian The Summoning BellMartrod Draumsýnir EldsinsMaruja Tir na nÓgMary Halvorson About GhostsMatteo Mancuso The JourneyMessa CloseMessa The SpinMitochondrion ParasignosisMitochondrion AntinumerologyMortual Altar of BrutalityNecrophagist Onset of PutrefactionNeptunian Maximalism Le Sacre Du Soleil InvaincuNoise Trail Immersion Tutta la morte in un solo puntoOmnicidal Instinct Catharsis in BlightOpeth The Last Will and TestamentParoxysm Unit Fragmentation // StratagemPerishing Malicious Acropolis UnveiledPutridity Morbid AtaraxiaQrixkuor The Womb of the WorldRetromorphosis Psalmus MortisRitual Mass Cascading MiseryRothadas Töviskert... a kísértés örök érzete.. LidércharangSarmat Dubious DiskSarmat UpgradeSea Mosquito Fire, Magic & VenomSea Mosquito MajestasSepulcrum / Blood Oath / Nigromancia / Phantom Evoking the AbominationsShardik Cruelty BacchanalSiderean Spilling the Astral ChaliceSteely Dan Can't Buy a ThrillSteely Dan Countdown to EcstasySteven Wilson InsurgentesSteven Wilson 4 1/2Strigiform AconiteSuffering Hour In Passing AscensionSuffering Hour DwellSuffering Hour The Cyclic ReckoningSuffering Hour Impelling RebirthSwans BirthingTenebrae in Perpetuum Vacuum CoeliThe Aristocrats DuckThe Faceless Planetary DualityThe Ominous Circle Cloven Tongues of FireThe Overmold The OvermoldTheurgy Emanations of Unconscious LuminescenceTigran Hamasyan Shadow TheaterTigran Hamasyan MockrootTomarum Beyond Obsidian EuphoriaTrauma (PL) Imperfect Like A GodTrauma (PL) DetermiNationKiller Polish Death Metal. The way it should be done. Some awesome songwriting and dynamics on this album. Undersave Merged in Abstract PerditionUulliata Digir Uulliata DigirVeilburner The Duality of Decapitation and WisdomVile Apparition MalignityVirvum IlluminanceVoid Revenant Celestial ProcessionVoidCeremony AbditumWarp Chamber / Benothing Two-Song SplitWeeping Sores The Convalescence AgoniesWobbler HinterlandWormrot Hiss3.5 greatAcherontas Νekyia - The Necromantic PatternsAct of Impalement Profane AltarAmplifier GargantuanAntiversum De Nemesis Omnes et OmniaAtavistic Decay Immakulate InvokationsAtrate Beyond Depth. Beyond Thought. Beyond SelfBarren Path GrievingBetween the Buried and Me The Great MisdirectBeyond Mortal Dreams Devastation HymnsBleed BleedBlood Incantation Absolute ElsewhereByoNoiseGenerator Subnormal DivesCar Bomb Tiles Whisper DreamsCaustic Wound Grinding Mechanism of TormentCenturies of Decay A Monument to OblivionCharlie Griffiths TiktaalikaChepang JhyappaClairvoyance Chasm of ImmurementCoffin Rot Dreams of the DisturbedCompulsed Amalgamated AnguishContinuum Of Xul VoratoreCosmophage Sidereal MalignancyCrypt Sermon Saturnian AppendicesDarkside Ritual Chamber of DeathlessnessDawn of Ouroboros BioluminescenceDead Chasm Spectral TyrannyDeathless Void The Voluptuous Fire Of SinDecrepit Birth PolarityDefacement DeviantDefacement DefacementDeftones private musicDeliquesce Saviour / EnslaverDephosphorus PlanetoktonosDer Weg Einer Freiheit InnernDiabolizer Murderous RevelationsDione AstrolatryDispossessed (USA-OR) DemocideDonald Fagen Morph the CatDormant Ordeal Tooth and NailDrawn and Quartered Lord of Two HornsDream Theater ParasomniaDwelling Below Wearisome GuardiansEnfold Darkness Our Cursed RaptureEscarnium Inexorable EntropyEsoctrilihum Ghostigmatah – Spiritual Rites...Execration (NOR) Odes Of The OccultFallujah XenotaphFalsus Evangelium Veneficvs, Barratry, et Magnvm PeccatvmFelgrave Otherlike DarknessesFive The Hierophant ApeironFleshbore Painted ParadiseFloating The Waves Have TeethFloating Hesitating LightsFoetorem Demo 2025Frogg EclipseGrey Aura Zwart Vierkant: SlotstukGrog Sphere of AtrocitiesHar Cursed CreationHaxprocess Beyond What Eyes Can SeeHeteropsy EmbalmingHexrot Formless Ruin of OblivionHexrot GloomwroughtHomunculus Promotional Demo MMXXIVHooded Menace Lachrymose Monuments of ObscurationHyperdontia Dormant ScourgeIhlo LegacyInchoation From Nothingness... (demo)Iniquitous Savagery Edifice of VicissitudesInnumerable Forms Pain EffulgenceInsineratehymn Irreverence of the DivineIntricated Apocalyptic MetamorphosisKardashev AluneaKeep of Kalessin ReptilianLeprous MalinaLugubrious Garment Demo MMXXVLYXAETHERIVMINTHRAXAS Polymorph Particle EngagementMalefic Throne The Conquering DarknessMalformed Confinement of FleshMalignant (USA-CA) Reign of DecrepitudeNahasheol Serpens AbyssiOmegavortex Diabolic Messiah of the New World OrderOssuary Abhorrent WorshipPanzerballett Übercode ŒuvrePatristic CatechesisPelican Flickering ResonancePhobocosm GatewayPhrenelith Ashen WombPillars of Cacophony ParalipomenaProscription Desolate DivinePsychonaut World MakerPutrescent (USA-CA) Darkness EmbracedPyramid Mass Gargling RotPyramid Mass SpewtridRale Spirit DeathRevocation New Gods, New MastersRitual Ascension Profanation of the Adamic CovenantRwake The Return Of MagikSallow Moth Mossbane LanternSallow Moth Blue PermutationsSarmat Determined To StrikeSedimentum Derrière les Portes d'une Arcane TranscendanteSolfatare Asservis Par l’EspoirSon of Aurelius The Farthest ReachesSpecies ChangelingsSteely Dan Two Against NatureSteely Dan Everything Must GoSteven Wilson The OverviewSummoning Hellgates Spear of ConquestTeitanblood From the Visceral AbyssTerror Corpse Ash Eclipses FleshTestament Para BellumThanatorean Ekstasis of Subterranean CurrentsThe Black Dahlia Murder DeflorateThe Faceless AkeldamaUlcerate Stare Into Death and Be StillUmulamahri Learning the Secrets of AcidUnbirth Asomatous BesmirchmentUndeath Enter Patient/Endless GraveyardUthullun The Barbed Thread of MadnessValdrin Apex ViolatorVarnheim VoidVeilburner Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy3.0 goodAbigail Williams A Void Within ExistenceAcephalic Void We Chose DeathAkouphenom Connections To The ErebusAllegaeon The Ossuary LensAtheist JupiterBear Mace Slaves of the WolfBetween the Buried and Me The Blue NowhereBlindfolded and Led to the Woods The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One…Blut Aus Nord Ethereal HorizonsCattle Decapitation Death AtlasCattle Decapitation TerrasiteChangeling (DEU) ChangelingCoroner Dissonance TheoryCrown of Madness Memories FragmentedCryptopsy An Insatiable ViolenceDecedent For Those in Shallow GravesDecima Pauvres CréaturesDefigurement EndbryoDegraved Spectral Realm of RuinDeliberalize The Allure of DeceitDepravity (AUS) Bestial PossessionDessiderium Keys to the PalaceDione CosmosphereDysentery Dejection ChrysalisEschaton (USA) TechtalitarianExecration (NOR) Return to the VoidFleshgod Apocalypse MafiaNot as good as Oracles. Not enough new material. The production of this CD was completely butchered. I'm pissed I paid money for it. Seems it was made from poor quality, lossy masters and the tracks are highly clipped. Shame this happened, but oh well it's only an EP (and not a great one). Hopefully they're working on a full-length and hopefully the production on that isn't butchered.Full of Hell Broken Sword, Rotten ShieldGazpacho Magic 8-BallGlorious Depravity Death Never SleepsGoGo Penguin Necessary FictionsHamvak Maelstrom Of Abhorrent IncantationsHate Bellum RegiisHell / Mizmor AlluvionKrallice No HopeLeprous PitfallsLeprous AphelionLeprous Melodies Of AtonementLurk AegisMiseration The Mirroring ShadowMitochondrion VitriseptomeOminous Ruin RequiemPlasmodulated An Ocean ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting HellProphetic Suffering Rivalry of ThyselfPupil Slicer FleshworkRe-Buried Flesh MourningRitual Fog / Chaos Relic SplitRivers of Nihil Where Owls Know My NameRivers of Nihil The WorkSallow Moth Deformity in CeremonySleep Token OneSleep Token TwoSteven Wilson To the BoneSteven Wilson The Harmony CodexSwelling Repulsion Fatally MisguidedTentacult Synaptic PerfidyThe Acacia Strain You Are Safe From God HereThe Faceless AutotheismThe Faceless In Becoming a GhostThe Last Felony Too Many HumansThe Red Chord Fed Through the Teeth MachineMeh, it's alright. I prefer the previous 3 albums to this one.Tiktaalika Gods of PangaeaTrauma (PL) Archetype of ChaosWhile this album certainly isn't bad. Trauma have unfortunately (at least for me) kept moving in a more "industrial/modern" direction since they chose to change it up after the release of DetermiNation (their last good album imho). This is a continuation of the direction they took with their EP Hamartia and resulting LP Neurotic Mass. I only really like 2 tracks on this album, "A Dying World" and "The Slime". The rest are pretty forgettable. If you're hoping for the kick-ass sound these guys had during their peak (Imperfect Like A God, DetermiNation) I'm afraid to tell you you're not going to find it here! They recently reformed a new line-up with a full-time bassist and have Chudy back on vocals (he was vocalist during their peak period) so hopefully if they decide to keep making music they return to the roots that caused people to start taking notice.Trauma (PL) Neurotic MassTrigger the Bloodshed DegenerateTrypanon Through the Portal of Flesh to Achieve DivinityUnaligned A Form BeyondVacuous In His BloodVildhjarta + där sjunger under evighetens granar +2.5 averageBehemoth The Shit Ov GodBenthos From NothingBlood Incantation Timewave ZeroIon Dissonance CursedJakko M. Jakszyk Son of GlenMachine Head UnatonedObscura A SonicationSepulchral Curse Crimson Moon EvocationsSleep Token This Place Will Become Your TombSleep Token SundowningSteven Wilson The Future BitesTentacult Untamed RevulsionThe Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisXenoautopsy Irreversible Anthropocide2.0 poorCrypts of Despair We Belong in the GraveSleep Token Take Me Back to EdenSleep Token Even in ArcadiaVulvectomy Aberrant Vaginal Gestation1.5 very poorPyramids Pythagoras1.0 awfulJane Remover RevengeseekerzVeil of Maya [id]
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