| 3 Doors Down The Better Life | 3.5 |
| 3 Doors Down Away from the Sun | 2.5 |
| Accept Blind Rage | 3.5 |
| Alexisonfire Crisis | 3.0 |
| Alexisonfire Watch Out! | 4.5 |
| Alexisonfire Alexisonfire | 4.0 |
| Alter Bridge One Day Remains | 3.5 |
| Alter Bridge AB III | 4.0 |
| Alter Bridge Blackbird | 4.5 |
| Alter Bridge Fortress | 4.0 |
| Annihilator Never, Neverland | 4.0 |
| Essential thrash metal record, Jeff Waters sure knows how to make the hair on the back of your neck to stand up! Recommended tracks: Fun Palace, Never Neverland, Stonewall, Road to Ruin |
| Audrey Horne Pure Heavy | 3.5 |
| Bad Company Bad Company | 4.5 |
| Bad Company Straight Shooter | 3.5 |
| Bad Company Run With The Pack | 3.0 |
| Bad Moon Rising Blood | 3.0 |
| Great riffs and solos from Doug Aldridge but most of the songs miss that special edge and that's why Bad Moon Rising was never the band to rave about. Nonetheless a very decent hard rock listen but unfortunately the second half of the record is a disappointment in regards to the first half. |
| Bad Moon Rising Bad Moon Rising | 2.5 |
| Decent first record but it doesn't surprise you in any good way unfortunately. Recommended songs: If it aint dirty, Full moon fever, Wayward son |
| Bad Moon Rising Opium For The Masses | 4.0 |
| Badlands Badlands | 4.0 |
| I will use a phrase from the review of the album which sums it up for me: "There's something special about a bare-bones rock n' roll band who keep it simple but can still stand out from the pack". Jake E. Lee and Ray Gillen produce a great rock album with the same drive which is reminiscent of old Whitesnake songs. Jake is an underrated guitarist in my view and this album proves my point, I would like to think. Oh, this and 'Bark at the moon' of course.. |
| Bernard Allison The River's Rising | 3.0 |
| What an excellent track River Rising is. Too bad that's the only 'hit' you'll get |
| Black Wizard New Waste | 4.0 |
| Great album with many music variations from psychedelic and Floydian influences to pure chugging metal riffs. Go for this! Recommended songs "Laughing and Lost", "Revival", "Eliminator", "The Priest" and "Final Ripper". |
| Blue Oyster Cult Spectres | 4.0 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult | 3.5 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation | 4.0 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties | 4.5 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune | 3.5 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Cultösaurus Erectus | 4.0 |
| Boston Boston | 5.0 |
| Boston Don't Look Back | 3.5 |
| A bit strict but I was slightly frustrated that not a single track reached the heights of the first LP. |
| Budgie Never Turn Your Back on a Friend | 4.5 |
| Budgie Budgie | 4.0 |
| Budgie In for the Kill! | 4.5 |
| Budgie Squawk | 3.5 |
| Budgie Bandolier | 4.0 |
| Captain Beyond Captain Beyond | 5.0 |
| It's a classic whether you are a prog fan or not. End of story. |
| Cobalt Slow Forever | 3.0 |
| Has some very good music in it for the most part and is as heavy as it should be - every time I listen to the album I fall even more for it. But I just can't stand the vocals; so scritchy and trembly it puts me off. Maybe it's just me but it's definitely worth a listen. |
| Cream Disraeli Gears | 4.5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival | 4.5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country | 4.0 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory | 4.0 |
| Crimson Glory Transcendence | 5.0 |
| Crimson Glory Crimson Glory | 4.5 |
| Danzig Danzig | 4.0 |
| It sure is one of the group's best releases up to date. Great simple guitar riffs that echo in your mind and man oh man those vocals Glenn!! Recommended songs: Twist of Cain, She rides, Mother |
| Deep Purple Made in Japan | 5.0 |
| Probably the best Hard Rock live album ever recorded. |
| Diamond Head Borrowed Time | 3.5 |
| Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations | 4.5 |
| Dire Straits Brothers in Arms | 4.5 |
| Dire Straits Communiqué | 4.5 |
| Dire Straits Dire Straits | 4.0 |
| Diviner Fallen Empires | 3.5 |
| Diviner Realms of Time | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 5.0 |
| Dream Theater Falling into Infinity | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Dream Theater | 3.0 |
| More technical than most of its predecessors and Petrucci still shreds like hell! But it felt like it had nothing new to give. Old stuff is better than great but I'd like to see them score another one. |
| Dropkick Murphys Sing Loud, Sing Proud! | 3.5 |
| Edguy Mandrake | 4.5 |
| Edguy Vain Glory Opera | 4.0 |
| Edguy Hellfire Club | 3.5 |
| Flying Colors Second Nature | 3.5 |
| One of the best progressive rock albums I've heard which was produced in recent years. It's like a mixture of Dream Theater with a bit of Rush and some Kansas and it makes a very good listen! Recommended songs are Open up your eyes, Bombs away, A place in your world, One love forever |
| Free Tons of Sobs | 4.5 |
| Free Fire and Water | 4.5 |
| Free Free at Last | 2.0 |
| Free Heartbreaker | 3.5 |
| Gary Moore Live at Montreux 2010 | 4.0 |
| Gary Moore After Hours | 4.5 |
| Gary Moore Still Got The Blues | 5.0 |
| Gentleman's Pistols At Her Majesty's Pleasure | 4.0 |
| Gentleman's Pistols Hustler's Row | 3.0 |
| Grand Magus Hammer of the North | 4.0 |
| House of Lords House of Lords | 3.5 |
| House of Lords Sahara | 3.5 |
| Iced Earth Plagues of Babylon | 2.5 |
| Uninspiring. Not one single riff really sticks out.. I believe they rushed this after the hit with Dystopia. |
| In Flames Siren Charms | 2.0 |
| In Flames Lunar Strain | 3.5 |
| This is a solid debut album by In flames, which kind of reminds me of a Dark Tranquillity like sound (courtesy of their frontman mr. Stanne I believe, the current DT vocalist). If you can get past a couple of songs in the middle section, it?s a very good album |
| In Flames The Jester Race | 4.5 |
| You have to get the re-released version of this with the added Black Inheritance EP tracks. What an excellent melodic album ! |
| In Flames Whoracle | 5.0 |
| My favourite album from In Flames. It has everything in it, melodies, powerful riffing, deep bassing and excellent lead parts. Every single melody is organised and all the tracks are very well produced. Recommended tracks: The whole fkin thing ! |
| In Flames Colony | 4.0 |
| Many believe that this was the epitomy of In Flames discog. I don't exactly disagree though I prefer Whoracle a little more than this one. The first appearance of the legendary guitar duo (Jesper and Bjorn), and they own the show. Recommended tracks : Ordinary Story, Zombie.inc, Coersed Coexistence, Insipid 2000. |
| In Flames Clayman | 4.0 |
| In Flames continue to impress with their fifth release and they have now established their place in the metal scene and built their own Colony. This is a bit more melodic release than the slightly stronger/heavier Colony LP, and features many of their most popular tracks. Couldn't decide if this was better than Colony so I had to give them the same rating (although in my heart I kinda like this one a bit more). Recommended tracks: Pinball Map, Only for the Weak, Square Nothing, Clayman, Suburban Me. |
| In Flames Reroute to Remain | 2.5 |
| New elements fill this album when compared to their older releases - synth melodies come to play, Anders Friden sings clean parts in most of the songs and (I feel that) there's less effort in creating those excellent melodies and complex guitar lines as before. Nevertheless this LP marks a new beginning for In Flames' career and is worth the listen. Recommended tracks : Reroute to Remain, Trigger, Cloud Connected. |
| In Flames Soundtrack to Your Escape | 3.5 |
| In Flames Come Clarity | 4.0 |
| In Flames A Sense of Purpose | 3.5 |
| In Flames Sounds of a Playground Fading | 3.0 |
| Intervals The Shape of Colour | 4.5 |
| What a magnificent album from start to finish, incredible guitarmanship. Get it now! |
| Intervals A Voice Within | 3.0 |
| I'm actually quite happy that the following album, "The Shape of Colour" (2015), is without vocals therefore giving guitarist Aaron Marshall the artistic freedom to write the songs only as he wished. I can't say its bad, it's actually quite a solid release but it sounds too metalcore-ish to me on some points. Worth a listen but definitely go check their next release, it rocks hard. |
| Iron Maiden Killers | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden | 5.0 |
| Joe Bonamassa Sloe Gin | 4.0 |
| Joe Bonamassa Dust Bowl | 3.5 |
| Joe Bonamassa Different Shades of Blue | 3.5 |
| Bonamassa continues to amaze with yet another great contemporary blues album. For the fans of Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughan this is a must have - if not his whole collection. |
| Joe Bonamassa Blues of Desperation | 3.5 |
| KXM KXM | 3.5 |
| Read somewhere that this album was supposedly comprised in just 8 days. Wow! There was never a question of quality musicianship (Kings X + Korn + Lynch) and the album offers many different tempos and phrasing (Never stop, I'll be OK, Do it now, Tranquilize). Not impressed with the lyrical work but the music on this one will at the very least satisfy your appetite. A very promising debut. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin | 5.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti | 5.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy | 4.0 |
| Leslie West The Great Fatsby | 3.5 |
| Leslie West Mountain | 4.0 |
| Full of emotion with great chops and licks from a great and arguably underrated blues guitarist. |
| Leslie West Still Climbing | 4.0 |
| Leslie West Soundcheck | 2.5 |
| Despite having Leslie's thick chunky distinguished guitar tone, "Soundcheck" is at best a mediocre album judging by the man's standards. Almost nothing stands out from this album and is a far cry from his previous release which I enjoyed immensely. Recommended songs: "Here for the Party" and "Empty Promises/Nothing Sacred". |
| Masters of Reality Masters of Reality | 4.0 |
| Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | 3.5 |
| Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Countdown to Extinction | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Youthanasia | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 4.5 |
| Megadeth Cryptic Writings | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Dystopia | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Super Collider | 1.5 |
| Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath | 4.0 |
| If you're an avid fan of black metal you can't go wrong with this one. Though King Diamond's vocals are not for everyone (including myself), the sheer raw power of this album can't be missed. |
| Michael Schenker Group The Michael Schenker Group | 4.0 |
| Mother Tongue Mother Tongue | 3.5 |
| Pretty interesting listen. Some songs have great energy and some just feel like a rather failed experiment. Overall though, I would recommend this to anyone who listens to blues and rock music, its certainly an interesting and worthy album to have. Recommendations are "Broken", "Mad world", "Damage" and "Venus beach". |
| Mountain Climbing! | 4.0 |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell | 4.0 |
| Pantera Vulgar Display of Power | 4.0 |
| Pantera Far Beyond Driven | 3.0 |
| Very much a downgrade from the last two albums which bought Pantera their well deserved fame and stature. Still I've listened to ''I'm broken'' about a dozen million times |
| Pearl Jam Ten | 4.0 |
| Q5 Steel the Light | 5.0 |
| Radio Moscow Radio Moscow | 3.5 |
| Radio Moscow Brain Cycles | 3.5 |
| Rainbow Straight Between the Eyes | 3.0 |
| Rainbow Rising | 4.5 |
| Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | 4.0 |
| Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs | 4.0 |
| Royal Blood Royal Blood | 3.5 |
| Running Wild Black Hand Inn | 4.5 |
| Rush Feedback | 3.5 |
| Rush Clockwork Angels | 4.0 |
| Rush Moving Pictures | 4.5 |
| Sabaton Primo Victoria | 4.0 |
| Sabaton Attero Dominatus | 3.5 |
| Sabaton The Art of War | 4.0 |
| Sabaton Coat of Arms | 3.0 |
| Sabaton Metalizer | 2.5 |
| Sabaton Heroes | 2.5 |
| Sacred Mother Tongue Out of the Darkness | 4.0 |
| Came across this album by chance although I kinda knew Andy James through some youtube clips and stuff. Well Im happy I found it! The album is packed with quality riffs and guitar licks but most of the songs have a similar feel and it loses its edge by the end. Still great stuff!!rRecommended songs: Demons, Seven, Bleeding out, Evolve / Become |
| Savatage Edge of Thorns | 4.0 |
| My favorite, this along with Gutter Ballet and Hall of the Mountain King are their best albums in my opinion. "Degrees of Sanity" is just mesmerizing! Amazing riffs and solos through the whole album |
| Savatage Gutter Ballet | 4.0 |
| Savatage Hall of the Mountain King | 4.0 |
| Scorpions Taken by Force | 4.5 |
| Roth rocks this !! He is trully unbelievable in what was his last studio album with Scorpions.. |
| Scorpions Lovedrive | 4.5 |
| What a lucky band to have such guitar gods in its ranks. The departure of Roth was well replaced and with the aid of the Schenker bros, this is one of the best Scorpions albums if not the best! |
| Skid Row Skid Row | 4.5 |
| Skid Row Slave to the Grind | 4.5 |
| Spiritual Beggars Earth Blues | 4.5 |
| Spiritual Beggars Sunrise to Sundown | 3.5 |
| This band still goes strong although a bit more mellow in comparison with the previous release. Still it has many good ear-catching songs to listen to and every time you listen to it, it will grow on you. Of course the Deep Purple influence is evident once again but hey, who the f*ck doesn't like Purple? |
| Steel Panther All You Can Eat | 2.5 |
| The Answer Raise a Little Hell | 3.5 |
| Very enjoyable album although it offers nothing new. If it weren't for the latter half (from "I am what I am" to "I am cured"), which I found quite uninteresting, it would have been a solid 4. Recommended songs: the whole first half of the album! |
| The Aristocrats The Aristocrats | 4.0 |
| The Aristocrats Culture Clash | 3.5 |
| The Cult Love | 4.5 |
| The Cult Sonic Temple | 4.0 |
| The Cult Electric | 4.0 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced | 5.0 |
| The Parlor Mob Dogs | 3.5 |
| The Parlor Mob And You Were a Crow | 4.5 |
| The Parlor Mob Cry Wolf | 4.0 |
| The Shrine Bless off | 3.0 |
| Pure power and fuzz and headbanging till you're out of breath. Even though they come at you raw, they do have a formula where they play riffs that are heavy and catchy, repeat the song title a few times for the chorus and finish off strong with a shredding blues rock solo. rThe formula obviously works, but it does wear out somewhere and the album starts to get repetitive. |
| The Temperance Movement The Temperance Movement | 3.5 |
| The Temperance Movement White Bear | 3.0 |
| Three Legged Fox Not As Far | 4.5 |
| A great album - smooth rock with many reggae elements.. Flows like water.. Jah man! |
| Toto Falling In Between | 3.5 |
| I was pleasantly surprised with Toto's last album. It features a little bit of everything that Toto had produced so far, featuring 5 lead vocalists! And no, they don't make a mess out of so many vocals and instruments - remarkable musicianship between the band. Recommended tracks "Falling in between", "Dying on my feet", "King of the world", "Taint your world" |
| Toto Toto | 3.0 |
| Great songs such as "I'll supply the love", "Hold the line" and "Girl Goodbye" but accompanied by many disco-like and ballady tunes which are very easily forgettable |
| Toto Hydra | 3.5 |
| Technically better than its predecessor, "Hydra" and "St. George and the Dragon" kick off the record in a progressive rock style, something you haven't heard on Toto's first album. Sadly 'cheesy' soft rock ballads come into play again, denying the album to lift off the ground. |
| Toto Turn Back | 3.0 |
| An almost straight-forward 80's rock album - quite reminiscent of Boston. But it doesn't escape mediocrity despite some excellent guitar solos.rRecommended tracks: "Gift with a golden gun", "Goodbye Elenore", "Turn back" |
| Toto Toto IV | 2.5 |
| The only reason to get this album is "Africa". What a song! |
| Tremonti All I Was | 4.0 |
| Tremonti Cauterize | 3.5 |
| Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards | 4.5 |
| Uriah Heep The Magician's Birthday | 4.5 |
| Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth | 3.0 |
| Villagers of Ioannina City Riza | 4.0 |
| Amazing album mixing psychedelic/stoner rock with greek folk music. It may alienate some people because of the vocals being greek but if you're a fun of the stoner/desert rock scene you should definitely dig this up! |
| Volbeat The Strength/The Sound/The Songs | 3.5 |
| Fresh and sometimes crude sound from an emerging (at that time) Danish band that would perfect their rocknroll/metal hybrid sound in their second release. Great listen but maybe not the best choice for your first Volbeat album |
| Volbeat Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil | 4.5 |
| You can hear the difference in song coherence and melody composition. Lots of power, mind-sticking riffs and singalong choruses. Fuller and chunkier than its predecessor, my fav Volbeat record.rRecommended songs: Human Instrument, Gardens Tale, Sad Man's Tongue, River Queen, Boa |
| Volbeat Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood | 3.5 |
| Volbeat continue on the footsteps of their 2007 release, but something is missing from this album. Yes they do try some new stuff (check "Still Counting") but it lacks some of the power and edge that the previous albums had.rRecommended songs: Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac blood, We, Still counting, Find that sould |
| Volbeat Beyond Hell/Above Heaven | 3.0 |
| Most of the ratings here disagree with mine, but I believe that this isn't their best album. Not even their second best. They left the metal aspect aside this time and made a more rock/pop ballad-esque tracklist. Nevertheless, they said "Thank you" in the end! |
| Volbeat Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies | 4.0 |
| Great release from a great band. Very nice riffs throughout and an excellent intro song to "present" the album. Oh and.. King Diamond is on it bitch! enough said.rRecommended songs: The nameless one, Dead but rising, Room 24, The hangman's body count, Doc Holiday |
| Volbeat Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie | 3.5 |
| Whitesnake Forevermore | 4.0 |
| Whitesnake Whitesnake | 4.0 |
| Whitesnake Slide It In | 3.5 |
| Wolf Ravenous | 4.0 |
| Wolf Devil Seed | 3.5 |
