| AC/DC Back In Black | 4.0 |
| Agalloch The Mantle | 4.0 |
| Agalloch Ashes Against the Grain | 4.0 |
| Agalloch Pale Folklore | 4.5 |
| This album has set the standard for melodic black metal. Fusing different genres like black, folk, melodic and progressive metal, Agalloch has achieved a true masterpiece. Right now my area is getting pummeled an incredibly strong storm and I feel this album was made for just such occasions in human life. With a 360 degree scene of destruction and dismay songs like The Misshapen Stead and Dead Winter Days give the most eerie yet tranquil feelings when one walks outside to see all that he has lay in ruins. The atmosphere of the album is simply breath taking and, dare I say at some points, exceeds bands such as Opeth. Bottom line this album is at least worth looking into by any metal fan, the piano passages, melancholy guitars and dark atmosphere of this album is what any fan of Opeth or Katatonia will regret passing up. |
| Alestorm Captain Morgan's Revenge | 4.0 |
| All That Remains Overcome | 2.5 |
| All That Remains This Darkened Heart | 3.0 |
| All That Remains The Fall of Ideals | 3.5 |
| Amon Amarth With Oden on Our Side | 3.5 |
| Amon Amarth Versus the World | 4.0 |
| Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God | 4.0 |
| Amorphis Eclipse | 3.5 |
| Amorphis Silent Waters | 4.0 |
| Arch Enemy Doomsday Machine | 3.5 |
| Arch Enemy Rise of the Tyrant | 3.5 |
| Arch Enemy Anthems of Rebellion | 4.0 |
| Arsis A Celebration of Guilt | 4.5 |
| Arsis We Are the Nightmare | 4.5 |
| At the Gates Terminal Spirit Disease | 3.0 |
| At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul | 4.5 |
| Be'lakor The Frail Tide | 4.5 |
| Behemoth The Apostasy | 3.5 |
| Behemoth Demigod | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid | 4.0 |
| Black Tide Light From Above | 3.0 |
| Im not gonna lie, Black Tide shows some massive potential. Their debut album, Light From Above, is a solid release and give a bit of a fresh breath into the metal scene. With mind sticking riffs and lightning fast solos Black Tide isn't your regular run of the mill debut band. The only draw back I feel these guys have is that they haven't found their own distinctive sound. There are influences of Metallica and Megadeth on songs such as Shockwave and obviously the cover Hit the Lights, and giving a listen to Warriors of Time it could be mistaken for a lost Iron Maiden track and Enterprise has a hint of power metal through the song, im one for diversity among an album but the songs shouldn't sound like something from the 80's metal scene. This is only a minor set back as the oldest member of the band is only 20 years old, so there is plenty of time for them to find a sound that suits them while making killer songs. |
| Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery | 4.0 |
| Blotted Science The Machinations of Dementia | 3.5 |
| Buckethead Enter the Chicken | 3.0 |
| Buckethead Crime Slunk Scene | 3.5 |
| Cannibal Corpse The Wretched Spawn | 3.5 |
| Catamenia Location:COLD | 3.0 |
| Children of Bodom Something Wild | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Tokyo Warhearts | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet? | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Blooddrunk | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll | 4.5 |
| Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper | 5.0 |
| Children of Bodom Hatebreeder | 5.0 |
| Chimaira The Impossibility of Reason | 3.5 |
| Chimaira Pass Out of Existence | 3.5 |
| Cynic Focus | 3.0 |
| Cynic Traced in Air | 3.5 |
| Dark Tranquillity Haven | 3.5 |
| Dark Tranquillity The Gallery | 3.5 |
| Dark Tranquillity Character | 4.0 |
| Dark Tranquillity Damage Done | 4.0 |
| Dark Tranquillity Fiction | 4.5 |
| Daylight Dies Lost to the Living | 4.0 |
| Death Spiritual Healing | 2.5 |
| Death Scream Bloody Gore | 3.0 |
| Death Leprosy | 3.0 |
| Death The Sound of Perseverance | 3.5 |
| Death Individual Thought Patterns | 3.5 |
| Death Human | 3.5 |
| Death Symbolic | 4.5 |
| Death Angel Killing Season | 3.0 |
| Decrepit Birth Diminishing Between Worlds | 3.5 |
| Deicide Till Death Do Us Part | 3.0 |
| Deicide Scars of the Crucifix | 3.5 |
| Deicide The Stench of Redemption | 4.0 |
| Dethklok The Dethalbum | 3.5 |
| DevilDriver The Fury of Our Maker's Hand | 3.5 |
| DevilDriver The Last Kind Words | 4.0 |
| Disillusion Back to Times of Splendor | 4.5 |
| Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane | 4.0 |
| Disturbed The Sickness | 4.0 |
| Disturbed Believe | 4.0 |
| Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists | 4.0 |
| Disturbed Indestructible | 4.0 |
| DragonForce Ultra Beatdown | 1.5 |
| DragonForce Sonic Firestorm | 3.0 |
| DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Octavarium | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 4.0 |
| Drowning Pool Desensitized | 2.0 |
| Drowning Pool Sinner | 3.0 |
| Opeth Orchid | 4.0 |
| Opeth Still Life | 4.0 |
| Opeth Lamentations | 4.0 |
| Opeth Watershed | 4.0 |
| Opeth Burden | 4.0 |
| Opeth Morningrise | 4.5 |
| Opeth Damnation | 4.5 |
| Opeth The Roundhouse Tapes | 4.5 |
| Opeth Blackwater Park | 5.0 |
An essential Opeth album, Blackwater Park contains such amazing amount of musicianship, it will remain my favorite album off all time until I die, this im sure of. Blackwater Park has something for every metal head, those who favor brutality will enjoy The Leper Affinity and the title track, those who enjoy the more softer side of metal will have a field day with Patterns in the Ivy and Harvest.
Now this album wasn't my favorite on the first listen, I actually almost felt like throwing it out of my CD collection, but I decided to give it a more dedicated listen and....still nothing, though I did get into some of the songs more, I still didn't see why this album was garnering 5 star classic ratings from a majority of the people who rated it. It wasn't until I received the limited edition as a gift and gave it one more chance that I discovered that incredible amount of musicianship that was put into this masterpiece.
The dark atmosphere, brutal riffs, mind boggling solos, beautiful acoustic passages, all of these helped contribute to push my status of Opeth from an occasional mood band to a now most listened to and favorite band off all time. This album redefined the way I look and listen to music, I realize that some songs, albums, and bands take time and devotion to understand the sheer amazing bliss that a band possesses and that has lead me to never go a day without a spin of this record. |
| Opeth Deliverance | 5.0 |
| Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse | 5.0 |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries | 5.0 |
