| 2002 |
| Raised Fist Dedication | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Edward the Great | 3.5 |
| Amon Amarth Versus the World | 3.5 |
| Opeth Deliverance | 4.0 |
| Symphony X The Odyssey | 3.5 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O. | 4.5 |
| Sigur Ros ( ) | 4.5 |
| CKY Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild | 3.0 |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia | 3.5 |
| Dropkick Murphys Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston | 3.5 |
| Murder by Death Like the Exorcist, but More Breakdancing | 3.5 |
| In Flames Reroute to Remain | 4.0 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way | 3.5 |
| RJD2 Deadringer | 3.5 |
| DJ Shadow The Private Press | 4.0 |
| Against Me! Reinventing Axl Rose | 4.5 |
| Medeski, Martin and Wood Uninvisible | 4.0 |
| All That Remains Behind Silence and Solitude | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden Rock in Rio | 3.5 |
| Flogging Molly Drunken Lullabies | 4.0 |
| dredg El Cielo | 4.0 |
| Blind Guardian A Night at the Opera | 3.5 |
| ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Source Tags and Codes | 4.0 |
| Anti-Flag Mobilize | 4.0 |
| Nekromantix Return Of The Loving Dead | 4.0 |
| Thrice The Illusion of Safety | 3.0 |
| Tragedy Vengeance | 4.5 |
| Bad Religion The Process of Belief | 4.0 |
| Against Me! The Disco Before the Breakdown | 4.0 |
| ISIS Oceanic | 3.5 |
| Crack Rock Steady 7/F-Minus Baby Jesus, Sliced Up In The Manger | 3.5 |
| The Crown Crowned in Terror | 3.5 |
| Arcturus The Sham Mirrors | 4.0 |
| The Filaments Skull And Trombones | 4.0 |
| The World/Inferno Friendship Society Just the Best Party | 4.0 |
| Agalloch The Mantle | 4.5 |
| The term Doom/Folk Metal (as it was described to me at first) turned me a bit off; not the Folk, nor the Metal, but the Doom... Never hearing much that i enjoyed from the Doom genre, I was definetely sceptical about diving into anything by this artist. But the truth is, Agalloch is so much more than Doom, Folk, and Metal combined. Atmosphere is an incredibly important factor in music, and Agalloch pin it perfectly. Mainly acoustically driven (my type of style) with obvious folk influences drew me in and kept me seated the whole way through. Though the majority of this album is instrumental, most of the vocals that do appear are roughly growled, or somewhat spoken/whispered. Most lyrics being very dark, combined with the way that they are expressed only add to the beautiful mood and surrounding of the album. Amazing music, highly recommended to anyone and everyone. |
