| 2010 |
| Frank Turner Rock & Roll | 4.0 |
| Amia Venera Landscape The Long Procession | 4.5 |
| Let's Talk Daggers Blankets EP | 4.0 |
| Make Defeater less serious and Throats less murderous, and you get Let's Talk Daggers. A huge step up from their previous EP, Blankets is a fantastic way to make hardcore fun. The EP is adventurous (3D Rug), catchy (Footnotes), and heavy (Raina). Highly recommended. |
| JLS Outta This World | 1.5 |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 3.5 |
| Underoath Ø (Disambiguation) | 4.5 |
| Escape the Fate Escape the Fate | 1.0 |
| Alexisonfire Dog's Blood | 4.0 |
| Finally returned to this after a couple of years...it's actually pretty great. 'Grey' is one of the best songs the band has written yet. If a new album is ever on the cards and they went for this style, I wouldn't be disappointed. |
| Bad Religion The Dissent of Man | 3.5 |
| October Tide A Thin Shell | 3.5 |
| Bedouin Soundclash Light the Horizon | 3.5 |
| A much simpler album, but works really well for the most part. 'Elongo' is the best track on the record, and one of their best songs to date. The usual pretty stuff is found in 'May You Be The Road' and 'Mountain Top'. 'No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt' is dull, but a very solid album overall. |
| Manic Street Preachers Postcards from a Young Man | 3.0 |
| Opeth In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall | 4.5 |
| The Birthday Massacre Pins and Needles | 4.0 |
| The Devil Wears Prada Zombie | 3.5 |
| Lovers Grave Deadcity | 3.0 |
An great stand-in for those disappointed with the latest Architects release. Songs are
catchy and heavy, and as an EP it is short enough not to get repetitive. Only let down by
its poor production, otherwise a very solid effort. It will be interesting to hear the first
full length. |
| Black Veil Brides We Stitch These Wounds | 1.0 |
| Norma Jean Meridional | 3.5 |
| Devil Sold His Soul Blessed & Cursed | 4.0 |
| Soilwork The Panic Broadcast | 4.0 |
| A mixture of the song style from 'Sworn To A Great Divide' with the production of 'Stabbing The Drama'. The album that the former should have been. |
| The Roots How I Got Over | 4.0 |
| Bad Religion 30 Years Live | 4.0 |
| Dead Letter Circus This Is The Warning | 4.0 |
| Olan Mill Pine | 4.0 |
| Deftones Diamond Eyes | 4.5 |
| Akala Doublethink | 4.0 |
| Cancer Bats Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones | 3.5 |
| Secret And Whisper Teenage Fantasy | 4.0 |
| Christopher Lee Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross | 2.0 |
| I laughed my way through this. If Christopher Lee wasn't so awesome, this would be embarrassing. |
| Katatonia The Longest Year | 3.5 |
The Longest Year is a fantastic song from Night Is The New Day, and Sold Heart is a
beautiful addition to the latest Katatonia collection. The remixes are nothing special
however, and fail to live up to the quality of the originals. The EP will be released in a
re-release of NITND, along with the fantastic Swedish bonus track, Ashen. It will be well
worth getting this when it becomes available. |
| Dark Tranquillity We Are the Void | 3.5 |
| Dommin Love Is Gone | 2.0 |
| Throats Throats | 4.5 |
| Fozzy Chasing the Grail | 3.5 |
| Versailles Jubilee | 4.0 |
| Etienne Sin The Art of Stealing Hearts | 1.0 |
| 2007 |
| Versailles Lyrical Sympathy | 4.0 |
| A great short album, pick this up first if you want to get into the band. |
| Seether Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces | 3.0 |
| Oh, Sleeper When I Am God | 3.5 |
| The Glorious Unseen Tonight the Stars Speak | 4.0 |
| Soilwork Sworn to a Great Divide | 3.0 |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II | 4.0 |
| Hundred Reasons Quick The Word, Sharp The Action | 3.5 |
| Radiohead In Rainbows | 4.5 |
| City Sleeps Not An Angel | 3.0 |
| First half of the album is very good, but slowly trails off towards the end. Still, an enjoyable enough album. |
| Ulver Shadows of the Sun | 4.5 |
| Akala Freedom Lasso | 4.0 |
With the exception of 'Comedy Tragedy History', the first half of the album is very poor. However, the second half beginning with 'Where I'm From' is some of his best work to date. A very mixed album, but definately worth a listen.
Edit: Album grows on you like crazy. Love In My Eyes still sucks, but otherwise a very strong and catchy album. |
| Dethklok The Dethalbum | 3.0 |
| Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | 3.5 |
| Hurt Vol. II | 4.0 |
| Ghost Brigade Guided By Fire | 3.5 |
| The Birthday Massacre Walking With Strangers | 4.0 |
| InMe Daydream Anonymous | 4.0 |
| Black Veil Brides Sex & Hollywood | 1.0 |
| The Devil Wears Prada Plagues | 3.0 |
| Bedouin Soundclash Street Gospels | 3.5 |
| Minus the Bear Planet of Ice | 4.0 |
| Attack in Black Marriage | 4.0 |
| Cry of the Afflicted The Unveiling | 3.5 |
| Girugamesh Reason of Crying | 3.5 |
| Underoath 777 (DVD) | 3.0 |
| A relatively cheap DVD that's good for a laugh if you're really into the band. If not, then give it a miss. |
| Bad Religion New Maps of Hell | 3.5 |
| Evile Enter the Grave | 3.0 |
Saw these guys live, played a good show...they can play the album live well. That being said, it got boring pretty quickly.
Enter The Grave is a great song though. |
| Drowning Pool Full Circle | 3.0 |
| The Secret Meeting Ultrashiver | 3.5 |
| Architects Ruin | 3.5 |
| Turbonegro Retox | 3.5 |
Album has one of the bands greatest songs, Boys From Nowhere. Sadly most of the other tracks
fail to leave any real impression. Still, the lyrics to Stroke The Shaft are hilarious. |
| MUCC BEST OF MUCC | 4.5 |
| Katatonia Live Consternation | 4.0 |
A fantastic performance containing many of the bands' best. Some strange absences, including
My Twin and anything from the Last Fair Deal Gone Done album. Nevertheless, Jonas sounds
wonderful live, and the screams sound even better than the recorded versions. Highlights
include July and Ghost of the Sun. |
| Devin Townsend Ziltoid the Omniscient | 4.0 |
| Megadeth United Abominations | 3.0 |
| Funeral for a Friend Tales Don't Tell Themselves | 3.0 |
| Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight | 2.5 |
| Dark Tranquillity Fiction | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet | 4.5 |
| Kings of Leon Because Of The Times | 3.0 |
| City and Colour Live | 4.0 |
| Katatonia July | 3.5 |
| Enter Shikari Take to the Skies | 2.0 |
| Maximum the Hormone Bu-ikikaesu | 4.0 |
| Maylene and the Sons of Disaster II | 3.5 |
| The Ghost of a Thousand This Is Where The Fight Begins | 4.0 |
| Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone | 4.0 |
| The End (CAN) Elementary | 4.5 |
| Frank Turner Sleep Is For The Week | 4.0 |
| Blood Stain Child Mozaiq | 3.5 |
