| Anathema A Fine Day to Exit | 3.5 |
| Anathema Pentecost III | 3.5 |
| Anathema We're Here Because We're Here | 3.5 |
| Anathema A Natural Disaster | 4.0 |
| Anathema Weather Systems | 4.0 |
| Anathema Judgement | 4.5 |
| Anathema Alternative 4 | 4.5 |
| Anathema The Silent Enigma | 4.5 |
| Anathema Serenades | 5.0 |
| Anathema The Crestfallen | 5.0 |
| Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream | 1.0 |
| Ceremonium Into The Autumn Shade | 3.5 |
| Dark Angel Live Scars | 3.5 |
| Dark Angel Time Does Not Heal | 4.0 |
| Dark Angel Darkness Descends | 4.5 |
| Dark Angel Leave Scars | 4.5 |
| Dimmu Borgir For All Tid | 3.5 |
| Dimmu Borgir Stormblåst | 4.0 |
| Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant | 5.0 |
| Dimmu Borgir Abrahadabra | 5.0 |
| Dismember Massive Killing Capacity | 3.5 |
| Dismember Death Metal | 4.0 |
| Dismember Hate Campaign | 4.0 |
| Dismember Where Ironcrosses Grow | 4.0 |
| Dismember Indecent & Obscene | 4.5 |
| Dismember Like an Ever Flowing Stream | 5.0 |
| Divine Silence Promise You | 3.0 |
| I remember purchasing this album a while back from eBay, under the impression that Aaron from My Dying Bride was musically involved. Turns out, he was just the album cover artist (and what a great job he did). Anyway, it has been a while since I have listened to Promise You, and I decided to refresh my memory, as well as give this unknown band a little well deserved publicity. The first track is no doubt the weakest on the disc, starting off with a very happy, late 90's Paradise Lost sounding riff. The album only gets better from there, as it becomes a little darker. Stand out tracks are To Live or Die and Reflections. The closing track, A Day From You, returns to the major key joyful feel that began the disc, yet concludes with an incredible, emotional ending. As a whole, this is a solid album. The guitar work is very good, solid bass lines, and male vocals that range from haunting spoken word passages to brutal death metal growls. The only drawbacks on Promise You are the flat female vocals and the drumming, which is pretty good, but very repetitive and uneventful. The tempo on Promise You rarely changes, which makes it a little more like a gothic rather than a metal band. Fans of mid 90's Paradise Lost, Anathema, and Katatonia would surely like this, but I can't help but think it could have been better. |
| Dying Fetus Reign Supreme | 1.0 |
| Evoken A Caress of the Void | 3.5 |
| Evoken Shades of Night Descending | 4.0 |
| Evoken Embrace the Emptiness | 4.0 |
| Evoken Quietus | 5.0 |
| Evoken Antithesis of Light | 5.0 |
| Evoken Atra Mors | 5.0 |
| Forbidden Omega Wave | 4.0 |
| Forbidden Forbidden Evil | 4.5 |
| Forbidden Twisted into Form | 5.0 |
| Grey Skies Fallen The Fate Of Angels | 3.5 |
| Grey Skies Fallen Tomorrow's In Doubt | 4.0 |
| Grey Skies Fallen Two Way Mirror | 4.5 |
| In Flames Whoracle | 4.0 |
| In Flames Lunar Strain | 4.0 |
| In Flames The Jester Race | 5.0 |
| Isole Throne of Void | 4.0 |
| Isole Bliss of Solitude | 4.0 |
| Isole Born from Shadows | 4.0 |
| Isole Forevermore | 4.5 |
| Isole Silent Ruins | 4.5 |
| Katatonia Dead End Kings | 3.5 |
| Katatonia Tonight's Decision | 4.0 |
| Katatonia Discouraged Ones | 4.0 |
| Katatonia Last Fair Deal Gone Down | 4.0 |
| Katatonia Sounds of Decay | 4.0 |
| Katatonia For Funerals to Come... | 4.5 |
| Katatonia Night Is the New Day | 4.5 |
| Katatonia Viva Emptiness | 5.0 |
| Katatonia Brave Murder Day | 5.0 |
| Katatonia The Great Cold Distance | 5.0 |
| Katatonia Dance of December Souls | 5.0 |
| Katatonia Jhva Elohim Meth | 5.0 |
| Mayhem Grand Declaration of War | 4.0 |
| Mayhem Wolf's Lair Abyss | 4.5 |
| Mayhem Chimera | 4.5 |
| Mayhem Deathcrush | 4.5 |
| Mayhem Ordo ad Chao | 4.5 |
| Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | 5.0 |
| Megadeth The System Has Failed | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 5.0 |
| My Dying Bride 34.788%... Complete | 2.5 |
| My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours | 3.0 |
| My Dying Bride Songs of Darkness, Words of Light | 3.0 |
| My Dying Bride A Line of Deathless Kings | 3.0 |
| My Dying Bride For Lies I Sire | 3.0 |
| My Dying Bride The Light at the End of the World | 3.5 |
| My Dying Bride The Angel and the Dark River | 4.0 |
| My Dying Bride Like Gods of the Sun | 4.0 |
| My Dying Bride As the Flower Withers | 4.5 |
| My Dying Bride Turn Loose the Swans | 5.0 |
| My Dying Bride Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium | 5.0 |
| Novembers Doom Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers | 2.0 |
| Novembers Doom Amid Its Hallowed Mirth | 2.5 |
| Novembers Doom Aphotic | 2.5 |
| Opeth Heritage | 3.0 |
| I realize this album has been out for a year or so, but I just recently picked it up. Due to all of it's mixed reviews, it was never at the top of my priority list. Opeth has always been a more daring metal band. Ever since their classic debut Orchid, they have separated themselves from what is typical in extreme metal. Heritage seems to take that mantra a little too far. Post Damnation era Opeth has been getting more and more progressive rock sounding, and Heritage is as prog rock as it gets. Opeth went as far as not having any death metal vocals on this album, which served as a great duality with their previous two releases. Heritage is not to be confused with the Damnation, which was meant to (in my opinion) be a mellow, dreamy album. I would never called Heritage a bad album though, as the musicianship contained within is top notch (as always with Opeth), and song structure very creative. I just found it a little too progressive rock sounding for my taste. If there is one thing Opeth can never be accused of though, it being a stale band. Face it, no one wants to hear Orchid or Blackwater Park over and over again, but sometimes a band can push the envelope a little too much. Fans of Mikael Akerfeldt's primary influences will surely devour this. |
| Opeth Still Life | 3.5 |
| Opeth Watershed | 3.5 |
| Opeth Morningrise | 4.0 |
| Opeth Deliverance | 4.0 |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.0 |
| Opeth Damnation | 4.5 |
| Opeth Orchid | 5.0 |
| Opeth Blackwater Park | 5.0 |
| Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse | 5.0 |
| Paradise Lost Host | 2.5 |
| Paradise Lost Believe In Nothing | 2.5 |
| Paradise Lost One Second | 2.5 |
| Paradise Lost Paradise Lost | 3.0 |
| Paradise Lost Shades of God | 3.0 |
| Paradise Lost Tragic Idol | 3.0 |
| Paradise Lost In Requiem | 3.5 |
| Paradise Lost Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us | 3.5 |
| Paradise Lost Icon | 4.0 |
| Paradise Lost Draconian Times | 4.5 |
| Paradise Lost Symbol Of Life | 4.5 |
| Paradise Lost Gothic | 5.0 |
| Paradise Lost Lost Paradise | 5.0 |
| Slipknot Antennas to Hell | 1.5 |
| Texas Hippie Coalition Peacemaker | 2.5 |
