Average Rating: 2.99 Rating Variance: 0.72 Objectivity Score: 95% (Very Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name4.5 superbAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainAhab The Call of the Wretched SeaCeltic Frost MonotheistThis album does several things very well. It blends several metal genres (thrash metal, black metal, and doom metal) together very well without sounding thrown together. Also, it can be soft in certain sections without being too boring and without taking too much away from heavier songs like Progeny and Ground and Ain Elohim. The songs are varied enough to be interesting. It's obvious yet unique in a weird way (perhaps like it was what many thought of doing but couldn't figure out how to go about it). The part of the album that really is a treat is Triptych. While the intro (Totengott) and the outro (Winter) are somewhat ambient, Synagoga Satanae is certainly among the highlights of this album. It is mostly a brooding doom piece, but at the 7:20 mark, it becomes very haunting with the lyrics "Rise, Synagoga Satanae, Lies, Lucifuge Rofocale" being screamed over and over. Overall, a well constructed album with something for a variety of metal fans. Among the songs I'd highly recommend are Progeny, Ground, Obscured, and Triptych.DOOM VS Aeternum ValeJohan Ericson, well known for his work with Draconian, makes a dramatic entrance as a solo artist with his debut album, "Aeternum Vale". "The Light That Would Fade" is undoubtedly the best song on the album with beautiful calm passages that actually fit with the rest of the song, which is hard to find nowadays. It's ending, which picks up the tempo a bit and features a guitar solo, is also well placed. "Empire of the Fallen" and "The Faded Earth" both follow a similar heavier feel and are both quality doom. Musically, they are very similar, lyrically they are different (which is good for keeping interest). "Oblivion Upon Us" changes the musical themes a bit by adding more prominent backing chior vocals, piano, and focusing more on vocals over all. "The Crawling Insects" is a song that I think any Swallow the Sun fan would enjoy (similar core riffs used). Ending with "Aeternus", the album returns to the feel of "The Light That Would Fade" with a similar emphasis on the feelings of a very lonely and silent death. Overall, an impressive doom album. Especially considering he does everything on it.Draconian Where Lovers MournDraconian Arcane Rain FellDraconian The Burning HaloGreen Carnation Light Of Day, Day Of DarknessLacrimosa EchosNightwish OnceOpeth Still LifeOpeth DamnationOpeth Ghost ReveriesOpeth In Live Concert at the Royal Albert HallSepticflesh The Great MassTriptykon Eparistera DaimonesTriptykon ShatterTristania World Of Glass4.0 excellentAgalloch The MantleAkira Yamaoka Silent Hill 4: The RoomAll That Remains The Fall of IdealsArkona (RUS) Goi, Rode, Goi!Be'lakor Stone's ReachBloodbath Nightmares Made FleshBloodbath Unblessing the PurityBurzum Hvis Lyset Tar OssCandlemass NightfallCeltic Frost Morbid TalesCeltic Frost To Mega TherionChaostar ThrenodyChimaira ChimairaCradle of Filth Cruelty and the BeastDanzig Danzig III: How The Gods KillDark Fortress YlemDimmu Borgir Spiritual Black DimensionsDon Davis The Matrix RevolutionsDraconian Turning Season WithinEsoteric MetamorphogenesisEstatic Fear A Sombre DanceEvanescence OriginGate of Sorrow Enter Through The GateIn Mourning Shrouded DivineIn Vain (NO) The Latter RainInsomnium Above the Weeping WorldKatatonia Brave Murder DayKatatonia Sounds Of DecayKatatonia Night Is the New DayLacrimosa ElodiaLacrimosa AngstLacrimosa SaturaLoss DespondLunatic Soul Lunatic SoulMoonspell Night EternalMy Dying Bride The Dreadful HoursMy Dying Bride Songs of Darkness, Words of LightNightwish OceanbornOpeth MorningriseOpeth Blackwater ParkOpeth LamentationsOpeth The Roundhouse TapesPorcupine Tree In AbsentiaPorcupine Tree DeadwingRiverside Out Of MyselfRobin Trower Bridge Of SighsRotting Christ A Dead PoemRotting Christ Sanctus DiavolosRotting Christ TheogoniaSarah McLachlan SurfacingScar Symmetry Pitch Black ProgressScorn EvanescenceSepticflesh CommunionSepticflesh Sumerian DaemonsShape of Despair Angels Of DistressShape of Despair Illusion's PlayShining (SWE) V - HalmstadShining (SWE) IV - The Eerie ColdShining (SWE) VI - KlagopsalmerSwallow the Sun Plague Of ButterfliesTheatre Of Tragedy Velvet Darkness They FearTheatre Of Tragedy AégisThree Days Grace One-XTristania Widow's WeedsTristania Darkest WhiteVirgin Black Requiem - Mezzo ForteVirgin Black Requiem - FortissimoWithin Temptation Black SymphonyThe fact that it was done live with the The Metropole Orchestra may be the main reason I'd call this excellent. Within Temptation is a band known for making great music with at least somewhat complex arrangements. On this though, they really do shine and as they usually do for their big tours, they make it one hell of a spectacle to behold. If you liked the album versions of the tracks featured on Black Symphony, you'll love their live orchestral versions. Now, that being said, I can't call it perfect. Some songs don't translate perfectly to large scale orchestral arrangements and the guitars seem to get drowned out a bit by the orchestra. Still, it's an overall great CD and great to watch. To any Within Temptation fan, I'd recommend this. Yearning Merging Into LandscapesStumbled across this across not too long ago. With a sort of progressive sound mixed in with atmospheric doom metal, this album is truly reminiscent of early Green Carnation with a heavier twist. The title track is certainly a gem, as is the rest of the album. Still in the process of listening to this band more in depth, but so far I feel that it's definitely a gem that's been overlooked. 3.5 great3 Doors Down Away from the SunAgalloch Pale FolkloreAgalloch Marrow of the SpiritAhab The Divinity of OceansAlice in Chains Nothing Safe: Best of the BoxAll That Remains This Darkened HeartApocalyptica Inquisition SymphonyApocalyptica CultArch Enemy Doomsday MachineArch Enemy Black EarthArch Enemy Anthems of RebellionArch Enemy Wages of SinAs I Lay Dying Frail Words CollapseBathory BathoryBe'lakor The Frail TideBlack Sabbath Black SabbathBloodbath Resurrection Through CarnageBloodbath Breeding DeathBloodbath The Fathomless MasteryBreaking Benjamin PhobiaBurzum BurzumCadaveria In Your BloodCeltic Frost Into the PandemoniumCoheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of MadnessColdplay A Rush of Blood to the HeadColdplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsConverge Jane DoeCradle of Filth NymphetamineCynic FocusCynic Traced in AirDark Fortress SeanceDarkthrone A Blaze in the Northern SkyDaylight Dies Dismantling DevotionDeath The Sound of PerseveranceDeathspell Omega Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem AeternumDeathspell Omega ParacletusDimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness TriumphantDimmu Borgir StormblåstDimmu Borgir AbrahadabraDisillusion Back to Times of SplendorDisturbed The SicknessDOOM VS Dead Words SpeakDream Theater Train of ThoughtDream Theater Images And WordsDream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a MemoryDream Theater Black Clouds and Silver LiningsEmilie Autumn OpheliacEnslaved IsaEnslaved Axioma Ethica OdiniEpica Design Your UniverseEsoteric The Maniacal ValeEvanescence EvanescenceOddly enough, everything besides their studio albums seem to be their more 'inspired' releases (Except for Anywhere But Home). This, their first E.P., I particularly liked because it showcases them at what they were much better at: mellow, acoustic, slightly more dark-wave sounding music. A majority of the songs are acoustic songs, either with guitar or piano, that are pretty much stripped of anything fancy, which works in this case. They never get too over the top and stick to a mellow feel even when the tempo picks up, like on "So Close". The lyrics seem pretty simple but they don't take away too much from the music. However, they do get better on what is probably the best and the most intricate song Evanescence has ever written: "Understanding". Now, that's not saying much, but the song really is good. It flows almost flawlessly, it has many well woven in layers, and has a superb ending by Evanescence standards. Even Amy Lee's voice shines a bit here. But you will hear her straining every so often. Sure it won't win awards, but it's a nice little recording to have and is pleasing to the ears, surprisingly.Evoken Antithesis of LightEvoken Embrace the EmptinessFall Out Boy Infinity on HighFen The Malediction FieldsFoo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceForest of Shadows DepartureFuneral From These WoundsGreen Carnation Journey To The End Of The NightGreen Day American IdiotHans Zimmer and James Newton Howard The Dark KnightHellhammer Demon EntrailsImmortal Pure HolocaustImmortal Diabolical Fullmoon MysticismImmortal All Shall FallInsomnium Since the Day It All Came DownInsomnium One for SorrowKamelot The Black HaloKamelot EpicaKamelot Poetry for the PoisonedKatatonia The Great Cold DistanceKatatonia Dance of December SoulsKillswitch Engage As Daylight DiesLacuna Coil ComaliesLacuna Coil KarmacodeLacuna Coil In A ReverieLethian Dreams Bleak Silver StreamsLunatic Soul Lunatic Soul IILux Occulta The Mother and the EnemyMelechesh The EpigenesisMetallica MetallicaMoonspell MemorialMoonspell IrreligiousMy Dying Bride Turn Loose the SwansNeurosis The Eye Of Every StormNightwish Angels Fall FirstNightwish WishmasterNightwish Highest HopesNovembers Doom The Pale Haunt DepartureOpeth OrchidOpeth DeliveranceOpeth My Arms, Your HearseOpeth WatershedOpeth The Candlelight YearsParadise Lost GothicParadise Lost In RequiemParamore Riot!Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium ArcadiumRemembrance Silencing The MomentsRiverside Rapid Eye MovementRotting Christ KhronosRotting Christ GenesisRotting Christ AealoSepticflesh Revolution DNAShadowgarden AshenSilverstein Discovering the WaterfrontStraight Line Stitch To Be GodlikeSwallow the Sun The Morning Never CameSwallow the Sun HopeThe Howling Void Shadows Over The CosmosTherion Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho MegasTool LateralusTool ÆnimaTotalSelfHatred TotalSelfHatredTrail Of Tears Bloodstained EnduranceTristania AshesTristania IlluminationTristania Beyond The VeilTyranny Tides of AwakeningUlver Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitlerVirgin Black Sombre RomanticWithin Temptation The Silent ForceWithin Temptation EnterWithin Temptation The Heart of EverythingX Japan JealousyYearning EvershadeYearning Frore Meadow3.0 goodAlesana The EmptinessAll That Remains Behind Silence and SolitudeAll That Remains OvercomeAll That Remains …For We Are ManyAnathema SerenadesApocalyptica Worlds CollideArch Enemy Rise of the TyrantAs I Lay Dying Shadows Are SecurityAs I Lay Dying An Ocean Between UsBehemoth DemigodBehemoth The ApostasyBehemoth EvangelionBlessthefall His Last WalkBlessthefall BlessthefallBlue October FoiledBreaking Benjamin We Are Not AloneBullet For My Valentine The PoisonChaostar ChaostarChimaira ResurrectionChimaira The InfectionChimaira The Age of HellCradle of Filth MidianCradle of Filth Damnation and a DayCradle of Filth The Principle of Evil Made FleshCradle of Filth ThornographyCult of Luna The BeyondCult of Luna SalvationDark Fortress Stab WoundsDarkthrone Transilvanian HungerDepressed Mode ...For Death...Dimmu Borgir For all tidDimmu Borgir Stormblåst MMVDisturbed BelieveDisturbed Ten Thousand FistsDisturbed IndestructibleDraconian Dark Oceans We CryDraconian A Rose For The ApocalypseMusically, it sounds too much like Turning Season Within. Lyrically, it's lackluster and rather cheap. Draconian has finally made an album I'd rather not buy. Hopefully they make another one that is actually worth listening too. I'm still wondering how they got from the magnificence of Where Lovers Mourn to the utter "meh" of this album.Drudkh MicrocosmosElectric Wizard Come My Fanatics...Epica Consign to OblivionEpica The Phantom AgonyEsoteric Subconscious Dissolution Into the...Evanescence FallenEvanescence The Open DoorEvoken QuietusEvoken A Caress of the VoidFall Out Boy From Under the Cork TreeFen EpochFleshgod Apocalypse AgonyFlyleaf FlyleafInto Eternity Buried in OblivionKillswitch Engage The End of HeartacheKillswitch Engage Killswitch EngageKorn Follow the LeaderKorn UntouchablesKorn See You on the Other SideLeaves' Eyes LovelornLeaves' Eyes NjordLethian Dreams Requiem For My Soul, Eternal Rest (demo)Lifehouse Who We AreLinkin Park Hybrid TheoryLinkin Park MeteoraMatchbox Twenty Exile on MainstreamMetallica Master Of PuppetsMetallica Death MagneticMoonspell The AntidoteMoonspell Sin / PecadoMoonspell The Butterfly EffectMudvayne The End of All Things to ComeMy Chemical Romance I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your LoveMy Dying Bride The Light at the End of the WorldMy Dying Bride A Line of Deathless KingsNeurosis Through Silver In BloodNickelback All the Right ReasonsNightrage Wearing a Martyr's CrownNightwish Century ChildNirvana NevermindNovembers Doom The Novella ReservoirNovembers Doom Amid Its Hallowed MirthNovembers Doom Into Night's Requiem InfernalOneRepublic Dreaming Out LoudOpeth Apostle in TriumphOpeth Opeth (Box Set)Opeth HeritageOtep House of SecretsOtep The_AscensionParadise Lost Paradise LostParamore All We Know Is FallingRed (USA) End of SilenceRed (USA) Innocence and InstinctRemembrance Fall, Obsidian NightScar Symmetry Symmetric in DesignScorched (SWE) Forever Dying SunSeether Disclaimer IISeether Karma And EffectSeether Finding Beauty In Negative SpacesShining (SWE) VII: Fodd ForlorareSirenia At Sixes And SevensSoilwork The Panic BroadcastSoundtrack (Film) Nightmare RevisitedSuicide Silence The CleansingSymphony X Paradise LostThe All-American Rejects When the World Comes DownThe Birthday Massacre Walking With StrangersThe Birthday Massacre Pins and NeedlesThe Black Dahlia Murder NocturnalThe Fray How to Save a LifeThe Smashing Pumpkins ZeroTherion Lepaca KliffothThree Days Grace Life Starts NowTristania TristaniaTristania RubiconTwilight TwilightVirgin Black Elegant and DyingWhitechapel This Is ExileWinds Prominence And DemiseWine From Tears Through the Eyes of a MadWithin Temptation Mother EarthWithin Temptation The DanceWithin Temptation An Acoustic Night at the TheatreWithin Temptation The Unforgiving2.5 average1349 Revelations of the Black Flame3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down36 Crazyfists Collisions and CastawaysAlesana On Frail Wings of Vanity and WaxAlesana Where Myth Fades to LegendArch Enemy The Root of All EvilArch Enemy Khaos LegionsAs I Lay Dying The Powerless RiseAttack Attack! Attack Attack!Avenged Sevenfold City Of EvilBlessthefall WitnessBorn of Osiris A Higher PlaceBreaking Benjamin Dear AgonyBring Me The Horizon There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It...Bullet For My Valentine Bullet For My Valentine EPCeltic Frost Vanity/NemesisCeltic Frost Cold LakeCradle of Filth Godspeed on the Devil's ThunderDance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain IIDaughtry DaughtryDaughtry Leave This TownDelain LucidityDimmu Borgir Death Cult ArmageddonDimmu Borgir Puritanical Euphoric MisanthropiaDimmu Borgir In Sorte DiaboliDisturbed Live & IndestructibleDragonForce Inhuman RampageDragonForce Ultra BeatdownDream Theater OctavariumDrudkh Handful of StarsEpica The Divine ConspiracyEvanescence Anywhere But HomeEyes Set to Kill ReachFall Out Boy Folie a DeuxFlowing Tears Thy Kingdom GoneFlyleaf Much Like FallingHaste the Day Haste the Day VS. Haste the DayKittie Funeral For YesterdayKorn UntitledLacuna Coil Shallow LifeLacuna Coil Dark AdrenalineLamb of God SacramentLamb of God WrathLinkin Park Minutes to MidnightLux Occulta My Guardian AngerMetallica St. AngerMoonspell WolfheartMoonspell Darkness And HopeMy Dying Bride 34.788%... CompleteMy Dying Bride For Lies I SireMy Dying Bride The Barghest o’ WhitbyNightwish Dark Passion PlayNightwish ImaginaerumOpeth BurdenPanic! at the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat OutParkway Drive Deep BlueRed (USA) Until We Have FacesScar Symmetry Holographic UniverseScar Symmetry Dark Matter DimensionsSirenia Nine Destinies And A DownfallSirenia An Elixir For ExistenceSirenia The 13th FloorSirenia Sirenian ShoresSlipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal VersesSlipknot IowaSuicide Silence No Time to BleedSuicide Silence The Black CrownSwallow the Sun Ghosts Of LossSwallow the Sun New MoonThe All-American Rejects Move AlongThe Birthday Massacre Imaginary MonstersThe Devil Wears Prada With Roots Above and Branches BelowTrivium AscendancyTrivium The CrusadeUnSun The End Of LifeUnSun Clinic For DollsWe Came As Romans To Plant a SeedWhitechapel The Somatic DefilementWitchbreed Heretic Rapture2.0 poorAlesana Try This With Your Eyes ClosedAsking Alexandria The Irony of Your PerfectionAvenged Sevenfold Waking The FallenBlack Dawn (FIN) Blood for SatanBullet For My Valentine Scream Aim FireCryptopsy Once Was NotDepressed Mode Ghosts Of DevotionThese have to be the corniest lyrics I've ever heard a doom metal band write. I say corny because there's a difference between creating a beautiful or sorrowful image through lyrics and throwing material from what other bands have done at a wall and seeing what comes out. The synthesis is overused in a way that is unparalleled, the guitars are atrocious, the drums are the only highlight and are barely even that good, and nothing at all is done to be unique whatsoever. I've heard too much of what's on this album on other albums (done better then they are here) to be remotely impressed. Disturbed AsylumEvanescence EvanescenceEyes Set to Kill The World OutsideFlyleaf Memento MoriGlamour of the Kill The SummoningGreen Day 21st Century BreakdownIn Flames Sounds of a Playground FadingKittie In the BlackKorn Korn III: Remember Who You AreLady Gaga The FameLil Wayne Tha Carter IILil Wayne Tha Carter IIILil Wayne Tha CarterLmfao Sorry For Party RockingMy Chemical Romance The Black ParadeOf Mice and Men Of Mice and MenReady Set Fall! BuriedSaosin SaosinSirenia The Enigma Of LifeSunn O))) Black OneThe Devil Wears Prada Dear Love: A Beautiful DiscordThe Devil Wears Prada PlaguesThe Fray The FrayTrivium Shogun1.5 very poor9th Plague Apocatastasis ReversedApocalyptica 7th SymphonyAttack Attack! Someday Came SuddenlyAugust Burns Red LevelerAvenged Sevenfold Sounding The Seventh TrumpetBring Me The Horizon Count Your BlessingsBring Me The Horizon Suicide SeasonBritney Spears Femme FataleBullet For My Valentine FeverCryptopsy The Unspoken KingEyes Set to Kill Broken FramesKesha CannibalKorn The Path of TotalityLady Gaga Born This WayMarilyn Manson The High End Of LowMorbid Angel Illud Divinum InsanusNickelback Dark HorseNightwish Made In Hong KongRob Zombie Hellbilly DeluxeSunn O))) White1Sunn O))) Monoliths and DimensionsTarja Turunen My Winter StormTrivium In WavesWe Are The Fallen Tear The World DownThere's not much to say about this album that hasn't already been said. You can pretty much match up any song on this album to one on Fallen (Tear The World Down>Whisper, Sleep Well My Angel>My Immortal, Bury Me Alive>Going Under, etc.). Besides that, the guitars are even worse (including a bass that you can barely hear), the drums that are well below average even for mainstream rock, the lyrics are still based on whiny relationship angst, the synth still sounds like an afterthought, and the only bright side is a somewhat gifted singer named Carly Smithson. This album is nothing new, is even worse then the album it's trying to emulate, and is truly disappointing. People have said, try not to see this as a Fallen twin. But if you listen to this album after having listened to Fallen you realize something: This isn't a Fallen twin. It's more like a disfigured Fallen twin.1.0 awfulArnold Schwarzenegger Total Body WorkoutAsking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreamIs it a bad sign if you listen to an album and begin to lol uncontrollably? Asking Alexandria Reckless and RelentlessAsking Alexandria Life Gone WildAsking Alexandria Stepped Up and ScratchedAttack Attack! If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?Avenged Sevenfold Avenged SevenfoldI feel bad for anyone who sees this album as good by any means. This what I like to call "tough guy" metal. There's no talent behind the music. Just a guy sounding like a complete prick with old and tired riffs in the background running for 53 minutes too long. Can't wait for the day that these guys to fade into obscurity.brokeNCYDE BC 13brokeNCYDE The BrokenHow did these guys get signed? Can someone please tell me?brokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It!brokeNCYDE Will Never DieCradle of Filth Darkly, Darkly, Venus AversaDeathmoth Necromachine Grim VoidDr. Acula S.L.O.B.Escape the Fate This War Is OursEscape the Fate Escape the FateJustin Bieber My World 2.0Kesha AnimalLil Wayne RebirthLil Wayne I Am Not a Human BeingLinkin Park A Thousand SunsLou Reed and Metallica LuluScene Kidz Fuq-N-Es-KaySlipknot SlipknotSlipknot All Hope Is GoneSunn O))) The Grimmrobe DemosTokio Hotel ScreamTokio Hotel Humanoid
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