3 Inches of Blood Here Waits Thy Doom | 2.5 |
Fierce defender kicks SO much ass, but there are some pretty dull moments throughout this. |
3 Inches of Blood Fire Up The Blades | 3.5 |
3 Inches of Blood Advance and Vanquish | 4.0 |
3OH!3 Streets of Gold | 1.5 |
3OH!3 Want | 2.0 |
A Faylene Sky Define Alive | 2.5 |
A Storm Of Light As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us... | 3.5 |
Abysmal Dawn Leveling the Plane of Existence | 2.5 |
Agalloch The Serpent and the Sphere | 3.5 |
Agalloch Pale Folklore | 4.0 |
Agalloch Ashes Against the Grain | 4.0 |
Agalloch Faustian Echoes | 4.0 |
Agalloch Marrow of the Spirit | 4.5 |
Agalloch The Mantle | 5.0 |
Agnes Vein Soulship | 4.0 |
Agrimonia Rites of Separation | 4.0 |
Ahab The Boats of the Glen Carrig | 4.0 |
Ahab The Giant | 4.5 |
Best replay value of any doom album this side of The Dreadful Hours. |
Ahab The Call of the Wretched Sea | 5.0 |
Alaskan Adversity; Woe | 4.0 |
Alaskan Despair, Erosion, Loss | 4.5 |
Alexandre Desplat Godzilla | 3.5 |
Amon Amarth Deceiver of the Gods | 3.5 |
Anaal Nathrakh Desideratum | 4.0 |
Anette Olzon Shine | 3.5 |
Animals As Leaders The Joy of Motion | 4.0 |
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 | 5.0 |
Arch Enemy Khaos Legions | 2.5 |
Arch Enemy Rise of the Tyrant | 3.5 |
As Oceans Willows | 4.0 |
Checks all the right boxes of Meshuggah worship, but the real treat here is the pacing and assembly. Frequent ambient breaks and suspenseful dropouts make for a much more engaging experience than typical pounding chaos. At half an hour, the album is also short enough to keep its momentum all the way through. Very good overall listen. |
At the Gates With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness | 3.5 |
At the Gates At War with Reality | 3.5 |
A lot more mid-paced stuff here like on With Fear. Pleasantly surprised by this, definitely not Slaughter 2.0 |
At the Gates Terminal Spirit Disease | 4.0 |
At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul | 5.0 |
At the Gates The Flames Of The End | 5.0 |
At the Gates Purgatory Unleashed: Live At Wacken | 5.0 |
Classic set list, great performance, enormous crowd, flawless production. ATG were in vintage form at Wacken in front of an ocean of fans and this captures it perfectly. Wanna go to an incredible show without leaving your home? Get this and play it twice for good measure. |
Atheist Jupiter | 4.0 |
Attila Fallacy | 1.0 |
Attila Soundtrack to a Party | 1.5 |
Attila Outlawed | 2.0 |
Attila Rage | 2.5 |
Avantasia The Metal Opera Pt. II | 4.5 |
if you haven't heard The Seven Angels, do yourself a favor and change that. |
Avenged Sevenfold Welcome to the Family | 2.0 |
Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King | 2.0 |
Avenged Sevenfold Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | 2.5 |
Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold | 2.5 |
Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare | 2.5 |
Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil | 3.0 |
Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen | 3.5 |
B.o.B Strange Clouds | 1.5 |
B.o.B The Adventures of Bobby Ray | 2.0 |
BABYMETAL BABYMETAL - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!! | 3.0 |
BABYMETAL Megitsune | 4.0 |
BABYMETAL Live Legend I, D, Z Apocalypse | 4.0 |
While I can't speak for the others, the first concert here ("I") is astoundingly good.
Suzuka is clearly the leader and has a stupendous voice and all three show great energy and
crowd-play, while the backing band kicks ass all show. Considering the spectrum of how good
or bad this whole Babymetal thing could have been, this is about perfect. Set aside
pretension and just have fun with this. |
BABYMETAL LIVE AT BUDOKAN ~RED NIGHT~ | 4.5 |
BABYMETAL BABYMETAL | 5.0 |
This should have been a disaster but Su-metal totally sells it. SEE YOU IN THE MOSH PIT |
Baroness Red Album | 3.5 |
Baroness Yellow and Green | 3.5 |
Baroness Blue Record | 4.0 |
Barrowlands Thane | 3.5 |
Bathory Octagon | 1.0 |
Bathory Hammerheart | 3.5 |
Bathory Blood Fire Death | 5.0 |
Battlecross Pursuit of Honor | 4.0 |
Behemoth Demigod | 4.0 |
Bereft (USA-CA) Leichenhaus | 4.5 |
Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues | 4.0 |
Beyonce I Am... Sasha Fierce | 2.0 |
Billy Joel Storm Front | 3.0 |
Billy Joel The Bridge | 3.5 |
Billy Joel River Of Dreams | 4.0 |
Black Sabbath Born Again | 3.0 |
Black Sabbath Seventh Star | 3.0 |
Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell | 4.5 |
Black Veil Brides Set the World on Fire | 1.5 |
Bonedust When you die and your bones are rotting... | 3.5 |
Born of Osiris The Discovery | 4.0 |
Brain Drill Quantum Catastrophe | 2.0 |
Britney Spears Britney | 2.5 |
Britney Spears In the Zone | 3.0 |
brokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It! | 1.0 |
brokeNCYDE Will Never Die | 1.0 |
brokeNCYDE The Best of BrokeNCYDE | 1.0 |
Bullet for My Valentine Temper Temper | 1.5 |
Bullet for My Valentine Fever | 2.5 |
Bullet for My Valentine The Poison | 3.5 |
Burzum Daudi Baldrs | 2.0 |
Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss | 4.0 |
Caladan Brood Echoes Of Battle | 4.5 |
Cannibal Corpse A Skeletal Domain | 4.0 |
Captain Beyond Captain Beyond | 4.5 |
Carcass Heartwork | 4.0 |
Carcass Surgical Steel | 4.0 |
Cave In Jupiter | 3.5 |
Cave In White Silence | 4.0 |
Cerna Restoring Life | 4.0 |
Chelsea Grin Chelsea Grin | 2.5 |
Cicada the Burrower Despoina | 4.0 |
Cinderella Night Songs | 4.0 |
Cinderella Long Cold Winter | 4.0 |
Circle of Animals Destroy the Light | 3.0 |
Cloudkicker Let Yourself Be Huge | 3.5 |
Cloudkicker Live with Intronaut | 4.0 |
Cloudkicker Beacons | 4.5 |
Cobra Starship Hot Mess | 1.0 |
Cobra Starship Night Shades | 1.0 |
Complete Freedom Inner Thoughts | 3.5 |
Every instrument here seems to have a mind of its own, but somehow they all end up on the
same path by the end. There are little timing issues scattered about, and that bass is
sometimes overpowering, but the foundation is all there for a great and eclectic
collection of songs. Trvth is well in-tune with the notion that on the best albums, no
two songs sound the same, and runs with it. Highlights include "Fire Inside," with its
slow-burning build, "Aura," and "V," the album's very worthwhile payoff. |
Converge Deathwish Live Series 02: Minneapolis | 3.0 |
Converge Axe to Fall | 3.5 |
Converge Jane Doe | 4.5 |
Coprophagia Shitty Life | 1.0 |
Cormorant Dwellings | 4.0 |
Cough Ritual Abuse | 2.5 |
Crazy Frog Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits | 1.0 |
Creed Full Circle | 1.5 |
Creed Human Clay | 2.5 |
Creed Weathered | 2.5 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival Mardi Gras | 2.0 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River | 3.5 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory | 5.0 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Live It Up | 1.5 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young American Dream | 2.0 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 4 Way Street | 5.0 |
Cult of Luna Salvation | 4.0 |
Cynic Kindly Bent to Free Us | 3.0 |
Cynic Re-Traced | 3.5 |
Cynic Carbon-Based Anatomy | 4.0 |
Cynic Traced in Air | 4.5 |
Cynic Focus | 5.0 |
That is some gay, gay metal, man...some gay, gay metal. |
Darkenhold Castellum | 4.5 |
Deafheaven Sunbather | 4.0 |
Death The Sound of Perseverance | 4.0 |
Death Live in L.A.: Death & Raw | 4.0 |
Death Symbolic | 4.5 |
Deathspell Omega Si Monvmentvm Reqvires Circvmspice | 4.0 |
Deathspell Omega Drought | 4.0 |
Deathspell Omega Paracletus | 4.5 |
Deathspell Omega Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum | 5.0 |
Deep Purple When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll | 1.5 |
Deep Purple Universal Masters Collection | 1.5 |
Just stop. We don't need anymore of these compilations. |
Deep Purple Powerhouse | 2.0 |
Deep Purple The Battle Rages On... | 2.5 |
Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn | 2.5 |
Deep Purple Abandon | 2.5 |
Deep Purple Who Do We Think We Are | 3.0 |
Deep Purple Come Taste the Band | 3.0 |
Deep Purple Stormbringer | 3.0 |
Deep Purple Slaves and Masters | 3.0 |
Deep Purple This Time Around: Live in Tokyo | 3.0 |
Deep Purple Rapture of the Deep | 3.5 |
Deep Purple The House of Blue Light | 3.5 |
Deep Purple Purpendicular | 3.5 |
Deep Purple Shades of Deep Purple | 3.5 |
Deep Purple Bananas | 3.5 |
Deep Purple Perfect Strangers | 4.0 |
Deep Purple Burn | 4.0 |
Deep Purple Perfect Strangers Live | 4.0 |
Great performance by Purple, questionable production. Still a must-see (or must-hear, as it were) for fans. |
Deep Purple Fireball | 4.5 |
Deep Purple Machine Head | 5.0 |
Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock | 5.0 |
Deep Purple Made in Japan | 5.0 |
Defeater Travels | 4.0 |
Demilich Nespithe | 4.0 |
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows D.R.U.G.S. | 2.5 |
Dethklok The Dethalbum | 3.5 |
Dethklok Dethalbum II | 4.0 |
Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations | 4.0 |
Dimmu Borgir In Sorte Diaboli | 3.5 |
Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant | 4.5 |
DoomThrone Skeleton Veiled in Flesh | 1.0 |
DragonForce Ultra Beatdown | 2.5 |
I really wanted to like this album. I bought and listened to the whole thing, tedious as it may have been. We all know DragonForce plays variations on the same very fast, very technical song over and over and over...which worked for a while because it was also a very good song. But four albums into their career, it's beginning to sound stale. These guys have the chops to create good music, as is apparent in bits and pieces here. It's time to put that ability to better use. |
DragonForce Maximum Overload | 3.0 |
I miss ZP and his potty mouth. I miss long songs with like five harmonized solo sections. I miss guitar delay-ridden epic intros. I miss the things that made Dragonforce...Dragonforce. Repetitive and ridiculous, but different than any other band out there. And that was worth coming back for every now and then. |
DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 3.5 |
DragonForce Twilight Dementia | 3.5 |
The production leaves a lot to be desired and ZP spends way too much time swearing for no
apparent reason, but the guitarists and Mackintosh sure bring it. If nothing else, it shows
that Dragonforce aren't nearly the punch-line that people have made them out to be. |
DragonForce The Power Within | 3.5 |
I already miss ZP and his potty mouth. Dragonforce continues to lose the plot even further. rThe smart money says this is gonna suck.rUpdate: it's actually not bad. |
DragonForce Valley of the Damned | 4.0 |
DragonForce Sonic Firestorm | 4.0 |
Dragonland Astronomy | 4.0 |
Dragonland Starfall | 4.5 |
Dragonland Under the Grey Banner | 4.5 |
Eamon I Don't Want You Back | 1.0 |
Echoes of Eon Immensity | 4.0 |
Edguy Tinnitus Sanctus | 2.5 |
Edguy Kingdom of Madness | 3.0 |
Edguy Rocket Ride | 3.0 |
Edguy King of Fools EP | 3.0 |
Edguy Theater of Salvation | 4.0 |
Edguy Mandrake | 4.0 |
Edguy Burning Down the Opera | 4.5 |
Electric Wizard Dopethrone | 4.5 |
Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse | 4.0 |
Emperor Live Inferno | 4.5 |
Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk | 5.0 |
Emphatic Damage | 3.5 |
Enabler La Fin Absolue Du Monde | 3.5 |
Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini | 4.0 |
EPISTASIS Light Through Dead Glass | 4.0 |
Eternal Closure Ad Primum | 3.5 |
The ingredients are familiar, but EC have quality chops and assemble some very solid songs, particularly the closer, "Enthalpy". The low-end is a little overwhelming, so the guitars get drowned a little, but overall it's a tight EP. There were some ballsy riffs that reminded me of For the Revolution-era Kalmah, which is always a good thing. A full album of this would be excellent. |
Exhumed Necrocracy | 4.0 |
Exoskeleton Plutonian Herd | 1.0 |
Fall of Efrafa Elil | 4.0 |
Fall of Efrafa Inle | 4.5 |
Fall of Efrafa Owsla | 5.0 |
Fallujah The Flesh Prevails | 4.0 |
Feist/Mastodon Feistodon | 3.5 |
Fen Winter | 4.5 |
Fleetwood Mac Tusk | 4.0 |
Fleetwood Mac Rumours | 4.5 |
Fleshworld Like we're all equal again | 4.0 |
Flickerstick Welcoming Home the Astronauts | 3.5 |
For Today Immortal | 2.5 |
Foreigner 4 | 4.0 |
Forest Like a Blaze Above the Ashes | 4.0 |
Gabriel Graves The Hermit | 4.0 |
I'm not sure what I was expecting out of this, but it wasn't what I got. I'm hearing
everything from Pink Floyd and Queen to Bon Jovi and REM. You have a great voice for the
low-key singing and the understated drumming is spot-on. I'm really enjoying this. |
Gamma Ray Skeletons & Majesties | 2.0 |
Gamma Ray Heaven Can Wait | 2.0 |
Gamma Ray To the Metal! | 2.5 |
It's not a showpiece, but To the Metal has enough good material to make it worth picking up. |
Gamma Ray Alright! 20 Years Of Universe | 2.5 |
Gamma Ray Lust for Live | 2.5 |
Gamma Ray The Karaoke Album | 2.5 |
Gamma Ray Insanity and Genius | 3.0 |
Gamma Ray Master of Confusion | 3.0 |
Gamma Ray Sigh No More | 3.5 |
Gamma Ray Heading for Tomorrow | 3.5 |
Gamma Ray Land of the Free II | 3.5 |
Gamma Ray Skeletons & Majesties Live | 3.5 |
While some of the rare cuts are welcome additions (see "Dethrone Tyranny" and "Wings of Destiny"), there isn't much to get excited about compared to the last live album. Also, Kiske looks like a douche with his black beanie. |
Gamma Ray Empire of the Undead | 3.5 |
Gamma Ray No World Order | 4.5 |
Gamma Ray Majestic | 4.5 |
Gamma Ray Power Plant | 4.5 |
Gamma Ray Skeletons in the Closet | 4.5 |
Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space | 5.0 |
Gamma Ray Land of the Free | 5.0 |
Gamma Ray Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome | 5.0 |
A great representation of Gamma Ray's exciting live show, though the DVD is worth getting
over the CD version. The musicianship is top-notch as always, and Kai Hansen does a great
job of playing to the crowd. It has all the power of Skeletons in the Closet, and you won't
go wrong picking this up whether you're a fan already or not. |
Garden of Shadows Oracle Moon | 4.0 |
Gazpacho Demon | 4.5 |
Ghost (SWE) Infestissumam | 4.0 |
Ghost Brigade Until Fear No Longer Defines Us | 4.0 |
Giant Squid Minoans | 3.5 |
Giant Squid Metridium Fields | 4.0 |
Giant Squid Monster in the Creek | 4.0 |
Working on a review for this now. Should be done soon. Not typical Giant Squid but still a cool album, the first two tracks are terrific. |
Giant Squid Cenotes | 4.5 |
In the grand scheme of things, 4.5 is more appropriate. But with regards to my taste, I absolutely love this, so it gets a 5. |
Giant Squid The Ichthyologist | 5.0 |
This is exactly what we were all hoping for after Metridium Fields. Giant Squid has refined their songwriting and lyrical approach to create a seamless and epic piece of music -- integrating new instruments and new band members perfectly.rTracks like "Dean Man Slough" and "Blue Linckia" roll on over churning riffs and an atmosphere tailor-made for the lyrical concepts of swampy revenge and ocean turmoil. "Throwing a Donner Party at Sea" (a reworking of a song from Monster in the Creek) is a brilliantly executed rocker whose title is a maritime take on the Donner Party story.rThe Ichthyologist is a solid concept piece that shows a band living up to its terrific creative potential... and I can't wait to hear what they come up with next. |
Godflesh Streetcleaner | 4.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor aMAZEzine! | 2.0 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O. | 3.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' | 3.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven | 4.0 |
Beautifully orchestrated, and the opening song is about as emotive as music gets, though it does drag around end of the first disc. Godspeed have a formula that works, despite the fact that it is sounding more and more like a formula. |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada | 4.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ [Vinyl] | 4.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor John Peel Sessions | 4.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! | 4.5 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ | 5.0 |
Gojira Possessed (as Godzilla) | 3.0 |
Gojira The Link | 3.5 |
Gojira Terra Incognita | 3.5 |
Gojira The Way of All Flesh | 4.0 |
Gojira L'Enfant Sauvage | 4.0 |
Like when Mastodon pulled back the throttle on Crack the Skye, Gojira spend a lot of time impressing with mid-paced creative forays, but not really thrilling you. If that comparison proves accurate, however, it will be a big time grower. |
Gojira From Mars to Sirius | 4.5 |
Gojira The Flesh Alive | 5.0 |
Seems a bit redundant to release this a month after the live DVD that's part of L'enfant rSauvage...but it's going to be amazing, especially in Blu-Ray. couldn't pick a better band rto see/hear in super high quality. |
Good Riddance My Republic | 3.0 |
Gorguts Colored Sands | 4.5 |
Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World | 5.0 |
Graviton Massless | 4.0 |
Writing a review for this now. In a time where almost nothing is "unique", Sacha and company have created an extremely well-crafted piece of music that is both alien and accessible, a combination that is sure to open many new fans to the world of progressive metal. |
Gris Il Était Une Forêt... | 4.5 |
Gris À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Âme Constellée... | 4.5 |
Grumblecunt I Piss Shit | 1.0 |
Halestorm Halestorm | 3.5 |
As far as debut albums go, this is really quite good. There aren't many major flaws...maybe some generic moments, but I consider those neutral rather than negative. Song like "Innocence" and "Familiar Taste of Poison", while nothing groundbreaking, are excellently performed and Lzzy's vocals are powerful and always in tune. This is a great place to work from for the band going forward. Exciting to think what they're capable of in the future. |
Halestorm ReAnimate: The CoVeRs | 3.5 |
Halestorm The Strange Case Of... | 4.0 |
Halestorm Live in Philly 2010 | 4.5 |
Halestorm's real appeal, as solid as their debut album was, is in their energetic live show.
Drummer Arejay, in particuar, is fun to watch and excellent througout the show. This is a
band to bank on. |
HammerFall Glory To The Brave | 3.0 |
HammerFall Threshold | 3.5 |
Hello Kitty Suicide Club ^_^ | 1.0 |
Helloween Unarmed | 1.5 |
For all the talk about how tongue-in-cheek Helloween has always been, it should still be their top priority to give their fans quality power metal albums. Rehashing old material is okay if it's an improvement, but it sounds a lot like Helloween are making fun of themselves and it's not particularly funny this time.
One would think that "Chameleon" should have taught this band to stick to what they do best...and to leave this type of experiment to the bands that aren't able to forge great music the way Helloween always has. |
Helloween Pink Bubbles Go Ape | 2.0 |
Helloween Chameleon | 2.0 |
Helloween Rabbit Don't Come Easy | 2.5 |
Helloween Metal Jukebox | 2.5 |
Helloween Better Than Raw | 3.0 |
Helloween The Time of the Oath | 3.0 |
Helloween Straight Out of Hell | 3.0 |
Helloween The Dark Ride | 3.5 |
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy | 3.5 |
Helloween 7 Sinners | 3.5 |
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 4.0 |
Helloween Master of the Rings | 4.0 |
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour | 4.0 |
Helloween Gambling with the Devil | 4.0 |
Helloween Walls of Jericho | 4.5 |
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I | 4.5 |
Helms Alee Sleepwalking Sailors | 4.0 |
High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis | 4.0 |
Howl Full of Hell | 3.5 |
Howl Bloodlines | 3.5 |
Hulk Hogan and The Wrestling Boot Band Hulk Rules | 1.0 |
Hurricane Chris Unleashed | 1.0 |
Iced Earth Framing Armageddon | 3.0 |
Iced Earth Burnt Offerings | 4.5 |
Icona Pop Icona Pop | 2.0 |
Ifing Against This Weald | 4.0 |
Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps | 5.0 |
Immolation Majesty and Decay | 4.0 |
Immolation Close to a World Below | 4.5 |
Immolation Here in After | 5.0 |
In Flames The Jester Race | 4.0 |
In the Woods... Omnio | 4.5 |
Indian From All Purity | 3.0 |
Inter Arma The Cavern | 4.0 |
Intronaut Void | 4.0 |
Intronaut Habitual Levitations | 4.0 |
Intronaut Valley of Smoke | 4.5 |
Intronaut Prehistoricisms | 5.0 |
Iron Maiden Virtual XI | 2.0 |
Iron Maiden The X Factor | 2.5 |
Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death | 3.0 |
Iron Maiden The Final Frontier | 3.0 |
Iron Maiden Killers | 3.5 |
Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 4.0 |
Iron Maiden Piece of Mind | 4.0 |
Iron Maiden Powerslave | 4.5 |
Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 4.5 |
Iron Savior Megatropolis | 2.5 |
ISIS Sawblade | 2.0 |
ISIS Live 4 | 2.0 |
ISIS Live 3 | 2.5 |
ISIS Live 1 | 2.5 |
ISIS Oceanic: Remixes and Reinterpretations | 3.0 |
ISIS Live 2 | 3.0 |
ISIS The Red Sea | 3.5 |
ISIS Mosquito Control | 3.5 |
ISIS SGNL>05 | 3.5 |
ISIS Temporal | 3.5 |
ISIS Celestial | 4.0 |
ISIS In the Absence of Truth | 4.0 |
ISIS Clearing the Eye (DVD) | 4.5 |
ISIS Wavering Radiant | 4.5 |
ISIS Live 5 | 4.5 |
It's Oceanic with more oomph. Isis speed things up a bit and there aren't any female vox, so it's a bit different. Of course, that just means you have to hear it because it's brilliant in a slightly different way than the original. Oh, and that damn WHACK WHACK snare drum is fixed...yeah I'm looking at you, Matt Bayles. |
ISIS Oceanic | 5.0 |
ISIS Panopticon | 5.0 |
ISIS Live 6 (11/16/2007) | 5.0 |
So Did We, In Fiction, and Holy Tears are even better here than the studio cuts. Having Maria Christopher on Weight also makes a huge difference. This and Live V are must-owns for fans of Isis and post-metal. |
Isis/Melvins Isis/Melvins Split | 3.0 |
Jessie J Who You Are | 1.5 |
Job for a Cowboy Ruination | 2.5 |
John Cage 4'33'' | 5.0 |
John Coltrane A Love Supreme | 5.0 |
Judas Priest The Best of Judas Priest | 1.5 |
Judas Priest Demolition | 2.0 |
Judas Priest Hero, Hero | 2.5 |
Judas Priest Rocka Rolla | 2.5 |
Judas Priest Killing Machine | 3.0 |
Judas Priest Jugulator | 3.0 |
Judas Priest Turbo | 3.0 |
Judas Priest Point of Entry | 3.0 |
Judas Priest '98 Live Meltdown | 3.0 |
Judas Priest Live in London | 3.0 |
Judas Priest Nostradamus | 3.0 |
Judas Priest British Steel | 3.5 |
Judas Priest Sin After Sin | 3.5 |
Judas Priest Ram It Down | 3.5 |
Judas Priest Redeemer of Souls | 3.5 |
Judas Priest Angel of Retribution | 4.0 |
Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance | 4.0 |
Judas Priest Priest...Live! | 4.0 |
Judas Priest Epitaph | 4.0 |
Better set list than Rising in the East but Halford doesn't quite have it anymore. Still, Faulker is a great addition and makes this a very worthwhile listen/watch. |
Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith | 4.5 |
Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny | 4.5 |
Judas Priest Unleashed in the East | 4.5 |
Judas Priest Rising in the East | 4.5 |
Judas Priest Stained Class | 5.0 |
Judas Priest Painkiller | 5.0 |
Kalmah The Black Waltz | 3.5 |
Kalmah For the Revolution | 3.5 |
Kalmah Swampsong | 4.0 |
Kalmah 12 Gauge | 4.0 |
Kalmah Seventh Swamphony | 4.0 |
Kalmah Swamplord | 4.5 |
Kalmah They Will Return | 5.0 |
Kamancello Kamancello | 4.5 |
Katy Perry Katy Hudson | 2.0 |
Katy Perry One of the Boys | 3.0 |
Katy Perry Teenage Dream | 3.5 |
Katy Perry MTV Unplugged | 3.5 |
Katy Perry Prism | 3.5 |
KEN mode Entrench | 4.0 |
Kesha Animal | 2.0 |
Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing | 3.5 |
Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache | 4.0 |
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies | 4.0 |
Kylesa Ultraviolet | 3.0 |
Kylesa Spiral Shadow | 4.0 |
Kylesa Static Tensions | 4.5 |
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster | 2.5 |
Lamb of God Killadelphia | 4.0 |
Leprous Coal | 4.0 |
Light Bearer Beyond the Infinite: The Assembly of God | 4.0 |
Light Bearer Live in Sedel | 4.0 |
Light Bearer Silver Tongue | 4.0 |
"almost nothing happens throughout the whole album, it's just one predictable build to ranother predictable build"rThat's like analyzing the sentence structure of Moby-Dick and concluding that it's just a rbunch of descriptions that build to more descriptions with way too many commas in between. rLight Bearer are a medium for a story and ideology, and without that framework it is indeed rjust a bunch of build ups and riffs like any other post-metal album. An opinion is just rthat, but I think this album demands a more holistic view than most. |
Light Bearer Lapsus | 4.5 |
Like Moths to Flames When We Don't Exist | 2.0 |
Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz Kings of Crunk | 1.5 |
Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 2.5 |
Linkin Park A Thousand Suns | 2.0 |
Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight | 2.5 |
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 3.0 |
Linkin Park Meteora | 3.0 |
Lord Mantis Death Mask | 4.5 |
Magma Üdü Ẁüdü | 3.5 |
Magma Köhntarkösz | 4.5 |
Magma Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh | 5.0 |
The scope of this album is mind-boggling. Magma invented their own genre to tell Christian
Vander's apocalyptic story, including their own language based around the music. Blasquiz's
voice is ridiculous in range and tone, and the rhythm section (Jannick Top and Vander)
creates the funkiest, most thunderous foundation I've ever heard. If you have any interest
in experimental music, jazz, progressive rock, or outer space, get this right now. |
Magma Live | 5.0 |
Malefice Entities | 3.0 |
Mastodon Slick Leg | 2.5 |
Mastodon Lifesblood | 3.0 |
Mastodon 9 Song Demo | 3.0 |
Mastodon Oblivion EP | 3.0 |
Mastodon Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly EP | 3.0 |
This is what happens when a band writes something for free and then has to re-do it, again for free, because the first one was too heavy. The band sounds accordingly bored, but the Alternate Takes have a bit of typical Mastodon muscle. |
Mastodon The Hunter | 3.0 |
Mastodon Live at the Aragon | 3.5 |
Thank goodness they mixed the vocals way down. Mastodon plays everything like -- or better than -- the album, sometimes a bit faster...basically it rocks. The unorthodox song choices from Blood Mountain (Circle of Cysquatch) and Leviathan (Aqua Dementia) at first seem odd, but in concert sound terrific. They also get big points for deciding before the show that everything that happened on stage would be on the record: no overdubs, no re-takes. This is their show, warts and all...and it is awesome. |
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 3.5 |
Sweet Jesus, Brent threw pieces of Hearts Alive, Bladecatcher, All the Heavy Lifting, and Elephant Man into Ember City's solo. That was crazy cool. |
Mastodon Call of the Mastodon | 4.0 |
Battle At Sea alone makes this worthy of a 4. Hail to Fire and Call of the Mastodon seal the deal. |
Mastodon Live at Brixton | 4.0 |
Mastodon Remission | 4.5 |
Mastodon The Workhorse Chronicles [DVD] | 4.5 |
Mastodon Blood Mountain | 4.5 |
Mastodon Leviathan | 5.0 |
Mastodon Crack the Skye | 5.0 |
The intricacy of this album took me a while to wrap my head around, but if you buy into the ideas behind the album, you'll be rewarded with a masterpiece of songwriting that marries the brutal power of Mastodon's earlier efforts with a touch of imagination and beauty. |
Matisyahu Live At Stubb's | 4.0 |
Mayday Parade Anywhere But Here | 2.0 |
Mendel Subliminal Colors | 4.0 |
Meshuggah Contradictions Collapse | 3.0 |
Meshuggah Nothing | 3.5 |
Meshuggah obZen | 3.5 |
Meshuggah Koloss | 3.5 |
Meshuggah Catch Thirtythree | 4.0 |
Meshuggah Chaosphere | 4.0 |
Meshuggah I | 4.5 |
Meshuggah Nothing (Re-Release) | 4.5 |
Metallica St. Anger | 1.5 |
Metallica Death Magnetic | 2.5 |
Metallica Metallica | 3.5 |
Metallica Master of Puppets | 4.0 |
Metallica Ride the Lightning | 4.5 |
Metro Station Metro Station | 1.5 |
Millionaires Bling Bling Bling! | 1.0 |
Mindset Evolution Prelude | 3.5 |
Concise, energetic debut that makes a strong impression both lyrically and musically. A combination of fresh songwriting, in-your-face hardcore philosophy and fan-oriented approach sets ME apart from the crowd. |
Moonlit Sailor We Come from Exploding Stars | 3.5 |
Moonsorrow Kivenkantaja | 3.5 |
Moonsorrow Viides luku - Hävitetty | 4.5 |
Moonsorrow Verisäkeet | 5.0 |
Morbid Angel Illud Divinum Insanus - The Remixes | 1.0 |
Morbid Angel Illud Divinum Insanus | 1.5 |
Morbid Angel Covenant | 4.0 |
Mother of Mercy IV: Symptoms of Existence | 4.0 |
Mother of Mercy III | 4.0 |
GET MAD AND GET EVEN YOU SUCKERS |
Musk Ox Woodfall | 4.0 |
My Dying Bride The Angel and the Dark River | 3.5 |
My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours | 4.5 |
Myrkur Myrkur | 3.5 |
National Sunday Law The Fifth Ape | 3.5 |
National Sunday Law La Storia Di Cannibali | 4.0 |
National Sunday Law Festival of the Horned God | 4.0 |
Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I | 4.5 |
Ne Obliviscaris Citadel | 4.5 |
Near Death Condition Evolving Towards Extinction | 4.5 |
Great DM a la Immolation. Riffs rule, decent diversity. The drums aren't programmed. but they appear to have been cleaned up in the studio. |
Nelly Furtado Folklore | 3.5 |
Neurosis Through Silver in Blood | 3.5 |
Nickelback The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 | 1.0 |
Nickelback Dark Horse | 1.5 |
Nickelback Here and Now | 1.5 |
Nickelback Silver Side Up | 2.0 |
Nickelback The Long Road | 2.0 |
Nickelback All the Right Reasons | 2.5 |
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | 1.0 |
Nicki Minaj Beam Me Up Scotty | 1.5 |
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday | 2.0 |
Nightwish Made In Hong Kong | 2.0 |
Nightwish Dark Passion Play | 3.0 |
Nightwish Once | 4.5 |
Nightwish End Of An Era | 5.0 |
Nothing Guilty of Everything | 4.0 |
Obsequiae Suspended in the Brume of Eos | 4.0 |
Old Man Gloom Seminar III: Zozobra | 3.0 |
Opeth Burden | 2.0 |
Opeth Watershed | 3.0 |
Opeth Heritage | 3.0 |
Opeth The Devil's Orchard - Live at Rock Hard Festival | 3.0 |
Opeth Damnation | 4.0 |
Opeth Blackwater Park | 4.5 |
Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.5 |
Opeth In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall | 5.0 |
Live albums (and DVD's) just don't get any better than this. Frontman Akerfeldt is spot-on and the rest of the band do their thing perfectly in performing their classic album Blackwater Park, and on one of the world's greatest stages. A must-have for any fan who can tolerate seriously good music. |
Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come | 4.5 |
Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis Satyriasis And Nymphomania | 1.5 |
Paramnesia Paramnesia | 4.0 |
Paris Hilton Paris | 1.0 |
Paula Cole This Fire | 4.0 |
Paysage d'Hiver Einsamkeit | 3.0 |
Paysage d'Hiver Nacht | 3.5 |
Paysage d'Hiver Schattengang | 3.5 |
Moloch is a strange track, with electronic bursts and rock riffs and drums in parts, but it's kinda cool. Die Zief is more like classic Paysage and it's bitchin', especially with that wolf kill sample. Good overall album, but not on par with Paysage's best. |
Paysage d'Hiver Kerker | 4.0 |
Paysage d'Hiver Steineiche | 4.0 |
Paysage d'Hiver Kristall und Isa | 4.5 |
Paysage d'Hiver Das Tor | 4.5 |
Paysage d'Hiver Paysage d'Hiver | 5.0 |
Paysage d'Hiver Winterkälte | 5.0 |
Pelican Australasia | 4.5 |
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard | 4.5 |
Primal Fear New Religion | 3.0 |
Primal Fear 16.6: (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) | 3.0 |
Primal Fear Black Sun | 3.5 |
Primordial Where Greater Men Have Fallen | 4.0 |
Pussycat Dolls PCD | 1.0 |
Pussycat Dolls Doll Domination | 1.0 |
Pyramaze Melancholy Beast | 4.0 |
Queensryche Dedicated to Chaos | 1.0 |
Queensryche Frequency Unknown (Tate's Queensryche) | 1.5 |
Rainbow Jealous Lover | 1.5 |
Rainbow Bent Out of Shape | 2.0 |
Rainbow Difficult to Cure | 2.5 |
Rainbow Down To Earth | 3.0 |
Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 3.5 |
Rainbow Straight Between the Eyes | 3.5 |
Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | 4.5 |
Rainbow Rising | 5.0 |
Rainbow Deutschland Tournee 1976 | 5.0 |
dat bass in Stargazerrbest live recording of Rainbow, which means it's one of the best live recording period. the chemistry between Dio and Blackmore here is incendiary. awesome show. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication | 4.0 |
Revocation Empire of the Obscene | 3.5 |
Revocation Chaos of Forms | 4.0 |
Revocation Revocation | 4.0 |
Revocation Existence Is Futile | 4.5 |
Revocation Teratogenesis | 4.5 |
Revocation Deathless | 4.5 |
Rings of Saturn Lugal Ki En | 3.0 |
This has some crazy shit going on and it's a lot of fun, but listening all the way through is exhausting. |
Riot Thundersteel | 4.5 |
Robin Thicke Paula | 1.0 |
Robin Thicke Blurred Lines | 1.5 |
Rorcal Monochrome | 3.0 |
Rorcal The Way We Are, The Way We Were, The Way... | 3.5 |
Rorcal Myrra, Mordvynn, Marayaa | 4.0 |
Rorcal La Femme sans Tete | 4.0 |
Rorcal Vilagvege | 4.5 |
Rorcal Heliogabalus | 5.0 |
Rorcal and Kehlvin Ascension | 4.5 |
The three-part structure of this does wonders to make a 28-minute song stay interesting. From a hardcore/sludge beginning to its beautiful middle section and doomy outro, this is really a fascinating EP and well worth checking out for fans of sludge and post-metal. |
Rosetta A Determinism of Morality | 3.0 |
Sannhet Known Flood | 4.0 |
Saor Roots | 4.5 |
Saor Aura | 4.5 |
Saosin Saosin | 3.0 |
Savatage The Wake of Magellan | 4.0 |
Scarred Gaia - Medea | 4.5 |
Scene Kidz Fuq-N-Es-Kay | 1.0 |
Seal System | 3.0 |
Seal Seal IV | 3.5 |
Seal Human Being | 3.5 |
Seal Seal II | 4.0 |
Seal Seal | 4.5 |
Secrets of the Sky To Sail Black Waters | 4.5 |
Septicflesh Communion | 4.0 |
Septicflesh The Great Mass | 4.5 |
Shade Empire Omega Arcane | 4.5 |
Sigur Ros Kveikur | 4.0 |
Sigur Ros Heima (DVD) | 5.0 |
Skeletonwitch Serpents Unleashed | 4.0 |
Slayer God Hates Us All | 3.0 |
Slayer South of Heaven | 4.0 |
Slayer Seasons in the Abyss | 4.5 |
Sleep Dopesmoker | 4.5 |
Snoop Lion Reincarnated | 2.0 |
Soreption Engineering The Void | 4.0 |
Sorxe Surrounded by Shadows | 3.5 |
Spermswamp Extreme Cream | 1.0 |
stellastarr* Harmonies for the Haunted | 4.0 |
Sting Sacred Love | 2.5 |
Sting Mercury Falling | 3.5 |
Sting Ten Summoner's Tales | 4.0 |
Sting Brand New Day | 4.0 |
Sting The Soul Cages | 4.5 |
Sun Worship Elder Giants | 3.5 |
Sunn O))) Monoliths and Dimensions | 3.5 |
Sunn O))) and Ulver Terrestrials | 3.5 |
Svart Crown Ages Of Decay | 3.5 |
Svart Crown Witnessing The Fall | 4.0 |
Drumming is beast, riffs are usually great. Vox aren't special but do the trick. Sets a great mood. Working on a review for this. |
Swans The Seer | 3.0 |
Swans To Be Kind | 3.5 |
Sylosis Edge of the Earth | 3.5 |
Sylosis Conclusion of an Age | 4.5 |
T-Pain Revolver | 1.0 |
T-Pain Thr33 Ringz | 1.5 |
t.A.T.u. Dangerous and Moving | 3.5 |
t.A.T.u. Happy Smiles | 3.5 |
t.A.T.u. 200 km/H In The Wrong Lane | 4.0 |
t.A.T.u. Waste Management | 4.0 |
Tarja Turunen Colours in the Dark | 3.0 |
Taurus (USA-OR) No/Thing | 3.5 |
Taylor Swift Speak Now | 3.0 |
Terra Tenebrosa The Purging | 4.0 |
The Afterglow Cadence The Fight | 4.0 |
The Fight is a fine collection of pop rock songs based around classic singer-songwriter
arrangements. Standout song "Pressure" flirts with jazz harmonies and builds steadily
over shuffling percussion and careful vocal harmonies. "Life's Not So Bad" has some great
acoustic guitar work, with a chorus that threatens to lead into Green Day's smash hit
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)." Towards the end of the album, "Just Say the Word"
overcomes some shaky moments via a strong crunchy REM-esque guitar riff, while
"Jackknife" and closer "Pictures" ride clever chord progressions that hint at Brian
Donarski and Ian Steur's comfort with the theory behind what makes them beautiful.
Donarski's bass work is a high point on all tracks, and the whole band seems to be
thoroughly enjoying themselves. You probably will too. |
The All-American Rejects Move Along | 3.0 |
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out | 4.5 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis | 3.5 |
The Dresden Dolls Yes, Virginia... | 4.0 |
The Great Kat Worship Me or Die! | 2.5 |
The Great Kat Beethoven On Speed | 3.0 |
The Great Old Ones Al Azif | 4.0 |
The Great Old Ones Tekeli-Li | 5.0 |
The way black metal should be done, with awesome songwriting and creepy fucking atmosphere. |
The Guilt Of... Isolation Room | 3.5 |
Shades of Godflesh throughout this creepy hardcore album. |
The Ocean Islands/Tides | 3.0 |
The Ocean Aeolian | 3.5 |
The Ocean Fogdiver | 4.0 |
The Ocean Heliocentric | 4.0 |
The last two songs make up for the lack of creative punch on the rest of the album in a massive way. Firmament has some great moments too. Worth checking out if you're into progressive metal. |
The Ocean Anthropocentric | 4.0 |
This is the sound The Ocean was trying for when they shook things up after Precambrian - much wider dynamic range, bigger climaxes, more poignant spacial areas, and for the first time, this band really grooves during sections. A big step forward. |
The Ocean Precambrian | 4.5 |
The Ocean Pelagial | 4.5 |
An emphatic return to form for The Ocean, who ditch the philosophical posturing and return rto what they're best at - creating massive soundscapes in a great conceptual framework. |
The Ocean Collective Oblivion | 4.5 |
The Ocean Fluxion (Remaster) | 5.0 |
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Lonely Road | 1.0 |
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | 2.0 |
The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang | 3.0 |
The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed | 5.0 |
The Visit Offering | 4.0 |
The Visit Between Worlds | 4.5 |
The Wounded Kings Consolamentum | 4.0 |
Thou Tyrant | 3.5 |
Thou Peasant | 4.0 |
Thou Heathen | 4.5 |
Thy Light No Morrow Shall Dawn | 4.0 |
Torsofuck Erotic Diarrhea Fantasy | 1.0 |
Trenches The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole | 3.5 |
Trvth Black Horse Plague | 4.0 |
Trvth Trvth Be Told | 4.0 |
It's like a long, meandering hike into unknown woods in the best way. The record Agalloch
wishes they'd made. |
U2 Songs of Innocence | 3.0 |
Ulcerate Of Fracture and Failure | 3.5 |
Ulcerate Everything Is Fire | 4.5 |
Ulcerate Vermis | 4.5 |
Ulcerate The Destroyers of All | 5.0 |
Ulver Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler | 4.5 |
Ulver Nattens Madrigal | 5.0 |
Unisonic Light of Dawn | 3.5 |
Unleashing My Demons Tran(ce)scen(e)dance | 1.0 |
they get half a point for the sometimes-competent drummingredit: just kidding, never mind |
Usher Confessions | 3.5 |
Vallendusk Black Clouds Gathering | 4.0 |
Vengaboys The Platinum Album | 1.5 |
Venom Black Metal | 4.0 |
Venom Welcome to Hell | 4.5 |
Viking Skull Born in Hell | 3.5 |
Volumes Via | 3.0 |
Warren of Ohms The Wolf and The Fox | 4.0 |
Weakling Dead as Dreams | 5.0 |
Weird Al Yankovic Mandatory Fun | 4.0 |
White Empress Rise of the Empress | 4.0 |
White Lies To Lose My Life | 3.5 |
Whitechapel This Is Exile | 2.5 |
Whitechapel A New Era of Corruption | 3.0 |
William Control Hate Culture | 1.5 |
Windir Likferd | 4.5 |
Within Temptation Mother Earth | 3.0 |
Within Temptation Enter | 3.5 |
Within Temptation The Unforgiving | 4.0 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Malevolent Grain | 3.0 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestite | 3.0 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Diadem of 12 Stars | 4.0 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Black Cascade | 4.0 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage | 4.0 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Live at Roadburn 2008 | 4.5 |
Wolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters | 5.0 |
Wormed Exodromos | 4.0 |
Wormrot Dirge | 4.5 |
Worms in Women and Cattle Sick Road | 4.0 |
Yes Relayer | 4.5 |