Average Rating: 3.27 Rating Variance: 0.49 Objectivity Score: 83% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name4.5 superbMegaherz Kopfschuss4.0 excellentAugust Burns Red Sleddin' Hill: A Holiday AlbumMove over Carol of the Bells, Oh Holy Night is here; overall a very pleasant and fun album, even if lacking Jake's vocals.Eisbrecher AntikörperEisbrecher SündeUnheilig ZelluloidUnheilig Das 2. Gebot3.5 greatA7IE DistressAgrypnie Aetas CinerisAetas Cineris provides some support for Agrypnie's post-back metal label, filled with sweeping instrumental sections and two surprising acoustic tracks that help to separate it, if only slightly, from 16[485].August Burns Red Rescue & RestoreAn aptly titled release, Rescue and Restore returns ABR to the forefront of metalcore and confirms that they have not yet run out of ingenuity.Eisbrecher EisbrecherEisbrecher Die Hölle Muss WartenPelican Forever BecomingJust to be clear, this is no TFIOTWBTT. The majesty and atmosphere which graced the 2006 release is not here, there is no equivalent to the epic March into the Sea. What Forever Becoming is, however, is a solid release which shows that Pelican still possesses the ability to turn out good post metal in a rapidly stagnating scene.Serj Tankian HarakiriHarakiri is what Elect the Dead was aiming for musically for all intents and purposes; Ching Chime has to be one of Serj's catchiest tracks yet.3.0 goodEisbrecher EiszeitMegaherz GötterdämmerungOOMPH! Des Wahnsinns Fette BeuteUnheilig Phosphor2.5 averageGod Is an Astronaut OriginsKorn The Paradigm ShiftMust be my maturation showing, because while The Paradigm Shift is a definite step up compared the 4 post-Head albums, it lacks the bite which first dragged me in upon listening to Issues and Follow the Leader.2.0 poorChimaira Crown of PhantomsThe only phrase to properly describe Chimaira's latest is musical senescence. Chimaira's near death experience just prior to The Age of Hell seemed to have drained them of everything which made them good. The riffs have become stale, quickly bleeding into one another with little to differentiate them. The instrumental hooks which made tracks such as Six and Salvation great are gone, replaced by a wall of sound offering no bite. Even Hunter's once biting vocals appear tired, offering nothing to make up for what has been stripped away. Although there are some good moments, album highlight Plastic Wonderland cannot salvage what is ultimately a poor and exhausted effort. The only question remaining is how long the death throes will last.Heldmaschine Weichen und ZunderSpineshank Anger Denial AcceptanceTime hasn't treated Spineshank well. Although faint elements of The Height of Callousness can be heard (see I am Damage), the melodious neo-thrash soundscape of Silent Civilian ultimately overwhelms what little industrial metal remains here. Anger Denial Acceptance just falls flat in the face of expectations.
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