Average Rating: 3.43 Rating Variance: 1.42 Objectivity Score: 79% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicApator Masturbate in Praise of Black SatanBrian Eno Ambient 1: Music For AirportsBroken Social Scene You Forgot It in PeopleVery few releases exude nostalgia, catchiness, and depth. But very few releases are You Forgot It In People.Cursive The Ugly OrganDave Holland Conference of the BirdsGodspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero KanadaHarold Budd and Brian Eno The PearlHenryk Gorecki Symphony No. 3, Op. 36I Would Set Myself On Fire For You Believes In PatternsIn the Woods... Heart Of The AgesJohn Zorn KristallnachtKayo Dot Choirs of the EyeChoirs of the Eye dabbles in all things epic and unique, yet has a knack for balancing the intense with the delicate, the grand with the simple, and even contrasting genres like acoustic and electronic. Go on, walk towards those scorching fumes.Kayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper TongueM83 Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghostsmaudlin of the Well BathNaked City Naked CityFor most, John Zorn's opus Naked City will be a sort of extra-terrestrial glance into the experimental realm that is Zorn's mind; however, to those that can appreciate the irrational jazz and hostile grindcore mash that is this album, it seems like a near-masterpiece.Naked City Torture GardenQuest For Blood Quest for Blood with Yukihiro IssoQuest For Blood, a nearly unclassifiable metal band with black metal, neoclassical, and noise roots, has released a masterpeice. Toying with density, all things vanguard, some extremely wtf flute skills and creating a new genre altogether, Quest for Blood with Yukihiro Isso is one of the best metal albums to be released in the past couple thousand decades.Radiohead Kid AStars of the Lid And Their Refinement Of The DeclineSuffocate For Fuck Sake Blazing Fires and Helicopters...The Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumUnfathoms RogueWill get a link for this soon - for now you all will have to gawk at my musical self-importance. Concept: A whirlwind take on confusion, regret, and whimsy - amounting to the realization of how complicated the human mind is, through tropical, world-inspired "avant-garde" noise (pop). Genres: Noise (pop), world (pop), electronic. Special thanks to Enrique (bailar11, to be more specific) for listening to demos and to anyone else on sputnik who let me know of what was and was not a mistake on my part - you know who you are.Unfathoms Da Lowd NOIZ DemoWilliam Basinski The Disintegration Loops IIIWilliam Basinski The Disintegration Loops IThis ambient album is what the earth would sound like if it was able to subdue its denizens with infinite knowledge and understanding. Each note here has been saturated in character and finesse to the point where evocation is undeniable, and each listening experience is unique. Every listen however does reveal an odd paradox: when listening to the album, a morose feeling is exuded, yet an uplifting quality is produced. Perhaps it is the fact that one can feel such sadness that makes them feel this way? Whatever is the case, it is phenomenal knowing that this minimalist collection of songs is able to produce such an effect. Though very lengthy, Basinski shows his genius with tasteful subtlely. Oftentimes utilizing bare-bones piano notes and cello arrangements, his songs are extremely lengthy, relaxing, and enjoyable. With each press of a key, a reverberating sound is sent throughout the air, oftentimes repeating its call to those who are lucky enough to hear it, and dying as it does so. Yet, I highly doubt that this album will die anytime soon, as it is the essence of life, originality, and music.William Basinski The Disintegration Loops IVWilliam Basinski ShortwavemusicWilliam Basinski The Disintegration Loops IIWilliam Basinski MelancholiaWolves in the Throne Room Diadem of 12 Stars4.5 superbAir Talkie WalkieAphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Volume IIArcade Fire FuneralUnique, melodic. and artsy, Funeral touches upon many variants of indie, all of which combine resplendently into an almost-cinematic release. Basically, 1nd13 cr3d on a stick.Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Worn CopyAssuck Misery IndexGuess what! Assuck doesn't suck, in all actuality their LP, Misery Index is an oxymoron: it's resplendent powerviolence.At the Drive-In Relationship of CommandAutechre OverstepsAutechre IncunabulaAutechre Tri RepetaeAzure Emote Chronicles of an Aging MammalEpic, claustrophobic and avant-garde, Azure Emote's electronicized death metal album impresses on nearly all counts. But some of the death metal sects are a tad off, awkward pig squeals and such feel haphazard. But the textural nuances are enough to make this album somewhat enjoyable, let alone the creative use of disco, acoustic, and electronic music throughout.Band of Horses Everything All the TimeBar Kokhba Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10Bar Kokhba 50th Birthday Celebration Volume ElevenBelong October LanguageBill Laswell OscillationsBlut Aus Nord The Work Which Transforms GodBlut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy AgesBlut Aus Nord MoRTBlut Aus Nord Ultima ThuleeBoards of Canada GeogaddiBoards of Canada The Campfire HeadphaseBoards of Canada Music Has the Right to ChildrenBoredoms Vision Creation NewsunBrian Eno Ambient 4: On LandBrian McBride When The Detail Lost Its FreedomBright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's MorningBright Eyes Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Bright Eyes Don't Be Frightened Of Turning the PageBroken Social Scene Broken Social SceneBucket Full Of Teeth IVBucket Full Of Teeth I, II, IIICaribou SwimCaribou AndorraCaribou Up in Flames (as Manitoba)Chicago Underground Duo Boca NegraChicago Underground Quartet Chicago Underground QuartetChthonic PandemoniumChthonic Seediq BaleConverge Jane DoeCryptopsy None So VileCrystal Castles Crystal Castles IICult of Luna SalvationDeathspell Omega Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem AeternumDeathspell Omega KenoseDeathspell Omega Si Monvmentvm Reqvires CircvmspiceDiablo Swing Orchestra Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & DeliriousDimmu Borgir StormblåstDimmu Borgir Stormblåst MMVDiscordance Axis The Inalienable DreamlessDo Make Say Think Other TruthsDo Make Say Think Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret HymnDo Make Say Think You, You're a History in RustDo Make Say Think & Yet & YetEarth Hex: Or Printing In the Infernal MethodEarth The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's SkullEarth Earth 2: Special Low Frequency VersionElectric Masada At the Mountains of MadnessElectric Masada 50th Birthday Celebration Volume FourEmperor Anthems to the Welkin at DuskEmperor In the Nightside EclipseEnkephalin / Phoenix Bodies Enkephalin / Phoenix BodiesExplosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead PlaceFaith No More Angel DustGantz Les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent plusGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to HeavenThis album lacks the idiosyncrasies that Slow Riot For Zero Kanada, but there's still the ever-present climax, the tranquil strings, and the mighty evocative trumpet. Basically, though not a classic, this album still keeps up Godspeed You! Black Emperor's almighty repuation as GOz OF DUH POS ROK.Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞Gojira The Link AliveGojira The LinkGojira The Way of All FleshGorillaz Demon DaysGrade Under the RadarGregor Samsa 55:12Harlan T. Bobo SuckerIn the Woods... Strange In StereoISIS PanopticonJaga Jazzist What We MustJeromes Dream CompletedJohn Coltrane Blue TrainJohn Zorn The CrucibleJohn Zorn SpillaneJohn Zorn In Search of the MiraculousJohn Zorn ElegyJohn Zorn Six Litanies for HeliogabalusJohn Zorn Taboo and ExileJohn Zorn Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New RijksmuseumJohn Zorn I.A.O. - Music in Sacred LightJohn Zorn The GiftJohn Zorn Filmworks XIX: The Rain HorseJohn Zorn MoonchildJohn Zorn The Circle MakerJohn Zorn AstronomeJohn Zorn ChimerasJohn Zorn The BribeJohn Zorn Duras: DuchampJohn Zorn RedbirdJohn Zorn The Big GundownJohn Zorn O'oJonas Hellborg Octave of the Holy InnocentsJonsi GoKayo Dot CoyoteKekal 1000 Thoughts of ViolenceKhanate KhanateKhlyst Chaos is My NameComprised of excruciating lulls and claustrophobic textures, this drone album is one that is portentous of doom, but strikingly original.Killie Afterall, The Opinion Of One In A HundreKillie Offering A Sacrifice That Presents And Indicates..Killie Want To Escape From The Underground...Kite Flying Society [FL] A DiscographyThe Art of Conversation is one of the best emo songs made of all time ever.Kokumaromilk こくまろみるくLiterally the most insane band ever to be good and make catchy music.Kokumaromilk 少女娼婦Labradford E Luxo SoLindstrom and Christabelle Real Life Is No CoolOne of the architects behind retro-futurism destroys the very idea, as Lindstrom has officially attacked his new age, disco sound (without straying too far from home of course).Lotte Kestner China MountainLove Like... Electrocution Love Like... ElectrocutionM83 Before The Dawn Heals UsM83 Saturdays=YouthMasada HeiMasada AlefMerzbow MerzbearMerzbow Pulse DemonMerzbow SphereMerzbow 1930Merzbow VenereologyMerzbow Minazo Vol. 1Merzbow NoisembryoMerzbow Music for Bondage PerformanceMiles Davis Bitches BrewMinus the Bear Planet of IceModest Mouse The Moon & AntarcticaModest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think AboutMy Bloody Valentine LovelessMy Kappa Roots The House of St Colme Burnt DownMy Kappa Roots Old Sentry Who Saw The TransfiguringNadja Radiance of ShadowsNadja BodycageNadja TouchedNaked City Grand GuignolNaked City RadioNecrophagist EpitaphNecrophagist Onset of PutrefactionNegura Bunget OMNest (FIN) Trail of the UnwaryNeun Welten Vergessene PfadeNocte Obducta Nektar - Teil 2: Seen, Flüsse, TagebücherNocte Obducta Nektar: Teil 1 - Zwölf Monde, Eine Hand voll TräumOkkervil River Black Sheep BoyOrchid OrchidPainKiller Execution GroundPainKiller Guts of a VirginPeccatum Lost in ReveriePelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon...Phoenix (FRA) Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixPortal OutrePrimus Sailing the Seas of CheeseQueen A Night at the OperaRachel Grimes Book Of LeavesRed Sparowes The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein...Red Sparowes At The Soundless DawnRed Sparowes Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red...Return to Forever Where Have I Known You BeforeReturn to Forever No MysteryReturn to Forever Hymn of the Seventh GalaxySaxon Shore Be a Bright BlueShining (NOR) BlackjazzShining (SWE) IV - The Eerie ColdShining (SWE) V - HalmstadShpongle Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is LostShpongle Tales of the InexpressibleSigur Ros ( )Sigur Ros Agætis byrjunSleepingdog Polar LifeSleepytime Gorilla Museum Grand Opening and ClosingSleepytime Gorilla Museum Of Natural HistorySleepytime Gorilla Museum In Glorious TimesSonic Youth Daydream NationSonic Youth SisterSonic Youth Sonic NurseSonic Youth Murray StreetStars of the Lid The Tired Sounds of Stars of the LidStars of the Lid Avec LaudenumStars of the Lid The Ballasted OrchestraSuffocate For Fuck Sake Suffocate For Fuck SakeTartar Lamb Sixty MetonymiesTe It Be The Thinking As 'the Song' Of Realistic Sound From The World WhichTe Naraba, Imi kara Houkaisareta Hibiki ha "Oto" no SThe Cinematic Orchestra Every DayThe Cinematic Orchestra Man With A Movie CameraThe Gaslight Anthem The '59 SoundThe Mars Volta Frances the MuteThe Mars Volta TremulantThe Number Twelve Looks Like You MongrelThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear.The Number Twelve Looks Like You Put On Your Rosy Red GlassesThe Strokes Is This ItThe Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & NicoThy Catafalque Roka Hasa RadioThy Mighty Contract Thy Mighty ContractTim Hecker Harmony in UltravioletUnexpect _We, InvadersUnexpect UtopiaVed Buens Ende Written In WatersViggo Mortensen PandemoniumfromamericaViggo Mortensen Intelligence FailureWold ImperatorWold L.O.T.M.P.Wolves in the Throne Room Two HuntersYakuza Transmutations4.0 excellentAFX Chosen LordsAlcest Souvenirs D'Un Autre MondeAlchemist OrganasmAlchemist Austral AlienAmpere All Our Tomorrows End TodayAphex Twin DrukqsAphex Twin Richard D. James AlbumArcana Coelestia Le Mirage de L’idéalArctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti UndergroundAtrox OrgasmAustere To Lay Like Old AshesBalthazar (BE) ApplauseBright Eyes Fevers & MirrorsBurzum Hvis Lyset Tar OssCapsule (US) BlueCarcass Symphonies of SicknessCaribou Start Breaking My Heart (as Manitoba)Caribou The Milk Of Human KindnessCarissa's Wierd Songs About LeavingCity of Caterpillar City of CaterpillarClinic Walking With TheeCombatwoundedveteran I Know A Girl Who Develops Crime Scene PhotosCompany Of Thieves Ordinary RichesConverge Axe to FallCryptopsy Blasphemy Made FleshCult of Luna Somewhere Along the HighwayCursive DomesticaDaitro Laisser Vivre Les SquelettesDance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle MountainDangers AngerDark Time Sunshine VesselDaughters Hell SongsDaughters Canada SongsDirty Projectors Bitte OrcaDiscordance Axis JouhouDodewaard Heroïne maakt veel goedEarth Pentastar: In The Style Of DemonsEphel Duath The Painter's PaletteErykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the AnkhErykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. One: 4th World WarExplosions in the Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss EveryoneExplosions in the Sky Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die...Explosions in the Sky How Strange, InnocenceFuneral Diner The UnderdarkGantz La Chambre Des MortsGasp Drome Triler of Puzzle Zoo PeopleGodspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O.Gojira From Mars to SiriusGrade Headfirst Straight To HellGrade The Embrassing BeginningGrade And Such Is ProgressGrade Separate The MagnetsGregor Samsa RestHewhocorrupts Ten Steps To SuccessHiretsukan End StatesHiretsukan Invasive/ExoticHot Cross CryonicsI Would Set Myself On Fire For You I Would Set Myself On Fire For YouImperium Dekadenz Procella VadensIn/Humanity Violent Resignation: The Great...The Great American Teenage Suicide is a manifestation of angular dissonance, oftentimes fitting into the "emo-violence" genre.Incursus Eternal Funeral TranceISIS Wavering RadiantISIS In the Absence of TruthISIS OceanicJaga Jazzist A Livingroom HushJodis Secret HouseJohn Zorn Filmworks XXIII: El GeneralJohn Zorn Spy vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette ColemanJohn Zorn The DreamersJohn Zorn From Silence to SorceryJoshua Fit For Battle To Bring Our Own EndKhanate Clean Hands Go FoulLe Grand Guignol The Great MaddeningLes Discrets/Alcest SplitLugubrum Albino de CongoM83 M83M83 Live at La Route du RockM83 Digital Shades Vol. 1Marc Ribot ShrekMasada DaletMasada GimelMasada Beitmaudlin of the Well Leaving Your Body Mapmaudlin of the Well Part the SecondMerzbow HoujoueMerzbow MerzbeatMerzbow Rainbow ElectronicsMerzbow PinkreamMerzbow AniccaMerzbow Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-FiMinus the Bear Into the MirrorMirrorthrone GangreneModest Mouse No One's First, and You're NextModest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad NewsNaked City Leng Tch'eNaked City HereticNaked City AbsintheNervous Light of Sunday 弱心光景Neun Welten DestrunkenNocte Obducta Stille: Das nagende SchweigenNocte Obducta Schwarzmetall - Ein primitives ZwischenspielNocte Obducta Sequenzen einer WanderungObscura CosmogenesisOctober Falls MarrasOctober Falls The Womb of Primordial NatureOctober Falls TuoniOLD Lo Flux TubeOpeth Still LifeOrchid Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!Orchid Chaos Is MeOrnette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to ComePainKiller Buried SecretsPelican AustralasiaPelican Pink MammothPhoenix Bodies Raise The Bullshit FlagPraxis Profanation (Preperation For An Upcoming Darkness)Radiohead OK ComputerRadiohead Hail to the ThiefRadiohead In RainbowsSay Anything ...Is a Real BoySenmuth Planetary DustShining (NOR) GrindstoneShining (NOR) Where the Ragged People GoShining (NOR) In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a MonsterShining (SWE) I - Within Deep Dark ChambersShining (SWE) II - Livets AndhallplatsShining (SWE) VI - KlagopsalmerShining (SWE) III - Angst, Självdestruktivitetens EmissarieShpongle Ineffable Mysteries from ShponglelandSigur Ros Med Sud i Eyrum vid Spilum EndalaustSigur Ros Takk...Sigur Ros Ny BatteriSigur Ros Heima (DVD)Soilent Green Sewn Mouth SecretsSonic Youth DirtySonic Youth EvolSonic Youth GooSpoon TransferenceSquarepusher Hard Normal DaddySquarepusher Feed Me Weird ThingsStars Set Yourself On FireTen Grand The Comprehensive ListTen Grand This Is The Way To RuleThe Blood Brothers ...Burn, Piano Island, BurnThe Blood Brothers March On Electric ChildrenThe Blood Brothers CrimesThe Crinn The Crinn EPThe Crinn Kills CuriosityThe Decemberists PicaresqueThe Futureheads The FutureheadsThe Mars Volta AmputechtureThe Sawtooth Grin CuddlemonsterThe Strokes Room on FireThese Arms Are Snakes Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go HomeThese Arms Are Snakes Tail Swallower and DoveThese Arms Are Snakes EasterThese Arms Are Snakes This Is Meant To Hurt YouThursday Full CollapseThursday Common ExistenceThy Catafalque Tuno Ido TarlatTime of Orchids Namesake CautionTime of Orchids Sarcast WhileType O Negative Bloody KissesUnderoath Define The Great LineUrna SepulcrumUsurp Synapse Disinformation FixWold StratificationWold Screech OwlWolves in the Throne Room Black CascadeWrath and Rapture Wrath and RaptureYeasayer All Hour Cymbals3.5 greatAarni BathosAgainst Me! As the Eternal CowboyAgalloch The MantleAge of Silence AccelerationAlcest Le SecretAlcest Tristesse Hivernale (Demo)Alchemist TripsisAnimal Collective FeelsAnimal Collective Fall Be KindAntiSchism Still LifeAphex Twin ...I Care Because You DoArctic Monkeys HumbugAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti House ArrestAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti The DoldrumsAs Tall As Lions You Can't Take It With YouBill Laswell Invisible Design IIBorgia EcclesiaBotch We Are the RomansBright Eyes CassadagaCap'n Jazz Shmap'n ShmazzCave In JupiterCocteau Twins TreasureCoffinworm When All Became NoneCogito Vital EPCombatwoundedveteran This is Not an Erect, All-Red Neon BodyAlthough monotonous, this powerviolence compilation is a feast of angular bliss, best devoured in its entirety.Converge No HeroesCryptopsy Whisper SupremacyCrystal Castles Crystal CastlesDangers Messy, Isn't It?Dismember The God That Never WasDuck Duck Goose Noise, Noise and More NoiseEmery ...In Shallow Seas We SailGaza EastGaza I Don't Care Where I Go When I DieGenghis Tron Board Up the HouseHORSE the band Desperate LivingIkonika Contact, Love, Want, HaveJaga Jazzist One-Armed BanditJohn Zorn Alhambra Love SongsJohn Zorn Filmworks XXII: The Last SupperJohn Zorn Filmworks XIV: Hiding and SeekingKillie September Against SexismLa Quiete La fine non è la fineLoma Prieta Last CityLove Lost But Not Forgotten Love Lost but Not ForgottenBy taking a surprising amount of grindcore influence and combining it with several emo aspects, LLBNF creates an album of angular bliss. Yet, nothing is groundbreaking or new, a flaw that rears its ugly head more than once. But still... the drumming kicks major amounts of ass (see: Means To No End and Loathing)maudlin of the Well My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed CombustibleMihai Edrisch L'un Sans L'AutreMihai Edrisch are an emo band that tries to make their sound diverse and exciting with post-rock and acoustic bits. However, it isn't diverse or exciting. In fact it's really repetitive and at times anticlimactic.Minus the Bear Highly Refined PiratesModest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankMy Chemical Romance I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your LoveNapalm Death The Code Is Red...Long Live the CodeNeil Perry Lineage SituationNeun Welten ValgObadiah Parker Obadiah Parker LiveOLD The Musical Dimension of SleaslakOpeth Ghost ReveriesOpeth DamnationOpeth My Arms, Your HearseOpeth MorningriseOrchid TotalityRaein Il n'y a pas de orchestreShugo Tokumaru ExitSonic Youth The EternalSonic Youth Rather RippedSpazz Crush Kill DestroySpazz's album, Crush Kill Destroy is sonic skullfuckery at its most abrasive, yet most repetitive. In essence: a great powerviolence album.The Mars Volta The Bedlam in GoliathThe Sawtooth Grin PervavorThis Time We Will Not Promise and Forgive 歌詞を読まない世代へ継ぐTristan Tzara Omorina Nad EvropomWhile Tristan Tzara brings very little new to the table, what they accomplish with a relatively tried formula is great.True Still LifeVex'd Cloud SeedYakuza Samsara3.0 goodAlcest Écailles De LuneEcailles De Lune, successor to the crtically acclaimed Souvenirs Dun Autre Monde may be a promising take on post-black metal at first, but it has little lasting value and can easily be seen as a tedium. Alcest may just need to go back to stargaze.Armor For Sleep What To Do When You Are DeadBarren Earth Curse of the Red RiverBright Eyes Digital Ash in a Digital UrnCircle Takes the Square Circle Takes the SquareCity of Caterpillar Demo + Live RecordingDaitro YDelorean SubizaDinosaur Jr. FarmEvery Time I Die New Junk AestheticEvery Time I Die Hot Damn!Fear Before The Always Open MouthFranz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinandfun. Live At FingerprintsGenghis Tron Cloak of LoveGorillaz Plastic BeachHewhocorrupts The DiscographerHot Cross Risk RevivalISIS CelestialIwrestledabearonce IwrestledabearonceUnlike their full-length, this eponymous EP knows what it is: fun metalcore with a campy experimental tinge throughout. It never tries to take itself too seriously, and sometimes that's what you need.Job For A Cowboy RuinationKatatonia Night Is the New DayKatatonia Viva EmptinessKatatonia The Great Cold DistanceKhanate Things ViralLa Dispute Here, Hear. IILiar Liar Cross On Fire Exposed, Barren and Often WindsweptLoma Prieta Dark MountainLove Lost But Not Forgotten Upon the Right, I Saw a New MiseryLudo You're Awful, I Love YouMinus the Bear OmniMinus the Bear They Make Beer Commercials Like ThisMinus the Bear Bands Like It When You Yell YAR at ThemMono Hymn to the Immortal WindNeon Trees HabitsOctober Falls The Streams Of The EndOpeth DeliveranceSaetia A RetrospectiveWhile those who lack indie cred jump on Saetia's bandwagon, a few thoughts come to my mind, nay, misconceptions of the misinformed, impressionable twit. For starters, Saetia did not define the genre of screamo, let alone emo (yes, the genres are different in the way that emo is less intense than screamo). Indian Summer, I Hate Myself, and many other bands played this sound in a far more exceptional manner than that of Saetia. Second, though sometimes caustic, the lyrical stylings of Saetia as well as some of the music, hit trite moments. Example A: "Roquentin" and several other tracks are just entirely placid attempts at angular dissonance. As well as impotent, these songs are contradictory to their genre. Forced emotion isn't emotion, its fucking pathetic. Third, Billy Werner was nothing new in the vocal department. Moans, squeals, and spoken word segments have been used since the mid-80's. The same goes for the balance of chaos and beauty. Sadly it is these flaws that do not allow for a phenomenal screamo album. Yet, there is immense potential. "Some Natures Catch No Plagues" is an interesting take on evocation. Similarly, "Notres Langues Nous Trompent" is an energetic track, expressing frustration adeptly. And "Venus And Bacchus" is a fun, if repetitive track. Though many other tracks are also great, there are so ver many flaws.Sigh Imaginary SonicscapeSparks The Rescue Eyes to the SunSparks the Rescue have everything that it takes to be successful within the absolutepunk.net scene. All the good makings of a pop-punk band (catchy choruses, some flairs of technicality, etc.), and a video that's just a little too reminiscent of one of Thursday's. Eyes To The Sun will do nothing to change that, or the state of the genre. But fuck, it's guilty pleasure material, isn't it?The Mars Volta OctahedronThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than AloneThe Strokes First Impressions of EarthThursday War All the TimeThursday A City By the Light DividedThursday WaitingUnearthly Trance The TridentVampire Weekend ContraVampire Weekend Vampire WeekendVarious Artists (Electronic) Pop Ambient 2010Yaphet Kotto We Bury Our Dead AliveYeasayer Odd Blood2.5 average1997 Notes From UndergroundAfter Midnight Project Let's Build Something to BreakAmorphis Tales From The Thousand LakesBehemoth EvangelionCeleste (FRA) Misanthrope(s)Celeste (FRA) Morte(s) Nee(s)Circa Survive Blue Sky NoiseCircle Takes the Square As the Roots UndoCryptopsy Once Was NotCryptopsy And Then You'll BegDaft Punk Human After AllDaughters DaughtersSOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG....David Byrne and Fatboy Slim Here Lies LoveFoxy Shazam The Flamingo TriggerGaza He Is Never Coming BackGenghis Tron Dead Mountain MouthKayo Dot Blue Lambency DownwardMGMT Oracular SpectacularMinus the Bear This is What I Know About Being GiganticMinus the Bear AcousticsMoneen The World I Want To Leave BehindNeurosis The Eye Of Every StormSay Anything In Defense of the GenreSunn O))) Black OneCompletely forgettable drone music that refuses to have any sort of emotional or aesthetic quality, let alone a decent attention-grabbing aspect.Sunn O))) DømkirkeSunn O))) La Mort Noir En Esch/AlzetteThe Black Dahlia Murder NocturnalThe Blood Brothers Young MachetesThe Libertines The LibertinesUnderoath Lost In The Sound Of SeparationWe Are The World Clay Stones2.0 poorAbigail Williams In the Shadow of a Thousand SunsAcross Five Aprils CollapseAFI DecemberundergroundAn Albatross Blessphemy (Of The Peace-Beast FeastgiveArchitects NightmaresArsonists Get All the Girls PortalsAtlas Sound LogosAugust Burns Red MessengersBaroness Blue RecordBetween the Buried and Me The Great MisdirectBlessthefall WitnessBring Me The Horizon Suicide SeasonI like Suicide Season and The Sadness Will Never End, but other wise Bring Me The Horizon take a tip from The Devil Wears Prada and mash it with a Gallows Slipknot crossbreed.Chiodos Bone Palace BalletCirca Survive JuturnaCloacal Kiss EasterCrotchduster Big Fat Box of ShitSome can do the whole avant-garde/spasmodic experimentation thing, others cannot. Crotchduster cannot.Drop Dead, Gorgeous Hot N' HeavyFear Before Art DamageFear Before Odd How People ShakeFleet Foxes Fleet FoxesFoxy Shazam IntroducingFrom First to Last Throne to the WolvesFuneral for a Friend Seven Ways To Scream Your NameGwen Stacy A DialogueIt Dies Today LividityIwrestledabearonce It's All HappeningIt's All Happening shows potential from a spasmodic metalcore band, but never is it fulfilled. To Iwrestaledabearonce: you're really polystylistic... but fucking boring.Job For A Cowboy GenesisKrallice Dimensional BleedthroughKrallice KralliceLight This City StormchaserMastodon Blood MountainMaylene and the Sons of Disaster IIIMGMT CongratulationsMinus the Bear Menos El OsoNeurosis Given To The RisingNeurosis Through Silver In BloodNovembers Doom Into Night's Requiem InfernalOpeth Blackwater ParkProtest the Hero KeziaSaves the Day Under the BoardsSay Anything Say AnythingSenses Fail Let It Enfold YouSigh Scenes from HellI was disappointed that there was no disco on this album....Suffocation Blood OathSunn O))) Monoliths and DimensionsTakaru There Can Be Only NoneThe Black Dahlia Murder MiasmaThe Bravery The BraveryThe Chariot Wars and Rumors of WarsThe Faceless AkeldamaThe Hold Steady Heaven Is WheneverThe Knife Tomorrow, In a YearThe Word Alive EmpireThy Art Is Murder Infinite DeathUnderoath The Changing Of TimesUnderoath Cries Of The PastWe The Kings We The KingsWold Working Together For Our PrivacyYukon Blonde Yukon Blonde1.5 very poorAlesana The EmptinessAlesana have most definitely improved on The Emptiness, but they are still pretty fucking terrible. Granted, the high pitched voice is somewhat apt on the verses of "The Thespian", and the musicianship contains more depth and technicality.m However, the tracks are still boring as all hell; the growled vocals are absolutely terrible, terrible, terrible; and there's no artistic merit on this album. Also it's pretentious (yes Alesana can do that.)An Albatross We Are The Lazer VikingAnimal Collective Strawberry JamAnimal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionWhen reading a review describing Animal Collectives sound as (I quote) "an amalgamation of campfire songs and LSD, I was immediately intrigued. And though intrigue may help a listener, this album fucking sucks without it. Despire many people's claims, Animal Collective is not catchy, versatile, or ingenius. "Lion In A Coma", though the album's best song, is homogenous and forgettable, as are all of the other songs on this record. The way Animal Collective toys with textures provides this effect, as the band refuses to stray from the "wall-of-sound" technique for even a minute, thus reducing its effect. And rather than accentuating this album's positive points, it forces them to drown in an undying fugue of noise. A component of this noise is the faux-exoticism that ceases to go the fuck away on this album. The sounds of "My Gurls" are ridiculous, and the trump on "Lion in a Coma" is used without much effect other than annoyance. The same applies to the constantly pulsating basslines, the poorly executed electronics, and stagnant melodies. Disparity is nonexistent. Homogeny is constant (I mean when you use 20+ instruments for each track without variation and do the same for textures, what do you expect. And none of the folk-pop "anthems" are memorable at all. Forever imprinted on my brain are the words "Avoid at all costs."Animal Collective Danse ManateeFor those who equate the quality of music with its difficulty, pick up this album. For those with sense, move on.As I Lay Dying Frail Words CollapseAttack Attack! Someday Came SuddenlyBehemoth Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)Terrible vocals, musicianship, and songwriting amount to a terrible blackened-seath metal release that is as tedious as it is obnoxious.Between the Buried and Me The Silent CircusBleeding Through Bleeding ThroughChiodos All's Well That Ends WellCirca Survive On Letting GoCirca Survive The Inuit SessionsConfide Shout the TruthCraig Owens With LoveDespised Icon Day Of MourningEmarosa RelativityEmery I'm Only A ManFear Before Fear Beforefun. Aim and IgniteJonny Craig A Dream Is A Question You Don't Know How To AnswerKanye West 808s and HeartbreakLoma Prieta Matrimony EPMatrimony is four minutes of directionless howling atop inept hardcore musicianship. Apt title, eh?Marilyn Manson The High End Of LowMinus the Bear Interpretaciones Del OsoMuse The ResistanceMy Chemical Romance The Black ParadeNorma Jean RedeemerNorma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the ChildNovembers Doom The Novella ReservoirOpeth OrchidOpeth WatershedOrphaned Land The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriORPaper Tongues Paper TonguesPortugal. The Man Church MouthPortugal. The Man The Satanic SatanistProtest the Hero FortressSenses Fail Still SearchingSky Eats Airplane Sky Eats AirplaneSuicide Silence The CleansingThe Almost Monster, MonsterThe Black Dahlia Murder UnhallowedThe Bled Silent TreatmentThe Bravery Stir The BloodThe Chariot The FianceeThe Fall of Troy In the Unlikely EventThe Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza II: The Electric BoogalooThe Used In Love and DeathThe Used The UsedThrowdown DeathlessTrain Save Me San FranciscoUnderoath They're Only Chasing SafetyUnderoath Act Of Depression1.0 awfulA Perfect Circle eMOTIVeA Skylit Drive AdelphiaAlesana Where Myth Fades to LegendAlesana On Frail Wings of Vanity and WaxAll Time Low Nothing PersonalAndrew W.K. I Get WetAnthony Green AvalonAnthony Green's overtly long album touches upon folksy pop in a rather austere way, marrying pretense and boredom in one [b]FAR TOO MOTHERFUCKING LONG[/b record.Asking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreamBlack Veil Brides We Stitch These WoundsBring Me The Horizon Count Your BlessingsBring Me The Horizon This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made ForbrokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It!brokeNCYDE BC 13brokeNCYDE The BrokenBullet For My Valentine FeverCartel CyclesChiodos The Heartless Control EverythingCradle of Filth Godspeed on the Devil's ThunderCradle of Filth ThornographyCryptopsy The Unspoken KingCute Is What We Aim For RotationDespised Icon The Ills Of Modern ManDot Dot Curve Til the Wheels Fall OffDrop Dead, Gorgeous Be Mine, ValentineEAT ME RAW All My FriendsEmmure FelonyEscape the Fate This War Is OursFrom Autumn to Ashes Abandon Your FriendsGreen Day 21st Century BreakdownGwen Stacy The Life I KnowHer Demise My Rise The TakeoverI Shot The Duck Hunt Dog Epic FailInsane Clown Posse Bang! Pow! Boom!The only reason for the rating to be above a 2 is the scene infestation.Isles and Glaciers The Hearts of Lonely PeopleJaldaboath Hark the HeraldArg mateys! Do not listen to thee disney black less thee get scurvy on thine tongue.Job For A Cowboy DoomJustin Bieber My World 2.0Millionaires Bling Bling Bling!Never Shout Never What Is Love?Norma Jean The Anti MotherNorma Jean O' God, the AftermathOceano DepthsOwl City Ocean EyesProtest the Hero Gallop Meets the EarthStory of the Year The ConstantSuicide Silence No Time to BleedThe Black Dahlia Murder DeflorateThe Used ArtworkThe Used Lies for the LiarsThirty Seconds to Mars This Is WarWaking The Cadaver Perverse Recollections Of A Necromanglerwecamewithbrokenteeth We're Packing Are You?wecamewithbrokenteeth sweet.sweet.rockWhitechapel The Somatic DefilementWykked Wytch NefretWykked Wytch Memories of A Dying Whore
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