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2017
The Birthday Massacre Under Your Spell	3.0

2016
Asking Alexandria The Black	3.0

2015
Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz	3.0
Ratatat Magnifique	3.0
Cradle of Filth Hammer of the Witches	4.5
Breaking Benjamin Dark Before Dawn	3.0
The Named The Named	4.0
Zella Day Kicker	3.5
Paradise Lost The Plague Within	3.5
Silverstein I Am Alive In Everything I Touch	3.5
Junkie XL Mad Max: Fury Road	4.5
Celldweller Transmissions: Vol. 02	4.0
Kamelot Haven	4.5
Emika Drei	3.0
Alesana Confessions	4.0
OJ Law Let's Be Adult	3.5
Moonspell Extinct	4.0
The Dreaming Rise Again	3.5
Rabbit Junk Invasion	3.5
Marilyn Manson The Pale Emperor	4.0
Mechina Acheron	4.0
Really love their use of orchestral elements and non-English languages, this is fun. The entire theme reminds me of GiTS or Neuromancer, albeit in far less fleshed out world. While I could take or leave the main male vocals, Archeron is a novelty that I can easily see myself coming back to.

2014
Dir En Grey Arche	4.0
Rabbit Junk Pop That Pretty Thirty	4.5
FKA Twigs LP1	4.0
Cybernetika Solar Nexus	3.5
More of a grower than his other work, the more prominent DnB influences/vibe overshadows the psychedelic-ness of his other albums and leave this as arguably the bands most accessible work. Solid, but not nearly on the level of what I had hoped for.
Glass Animals Zaba	4.0
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Spooky Tricks	4.0
Lindsey Stirling Shatter Me	2.5
I'm expecting more than just violin kissed dubstep this time around Ms. Stirling, and so far I'm rather disappointed.
Godhead The Shadow Realigned	3.5
Combichrist We Love You	3.0
I'm not a fan of their "rock" direction that they've been leaning towards, Andy has plenty of side projects for that. I do however like how some tracks feel like a return to form for the group, though I could do without the dubstep elements even though they're obviously there in jest. rNot a terribly solid Combichrist album, not good enough for Panzer AG, and too "meh" to be as danceable as Icon of Coil.
Mr Little Jeans Pocketknife	4.5
MO No Mythologies to Follow	5.0
Rise of Avernus L Appel Du Vide	3.5
Arcade Fire Her	4.5

2013
David Maxim Micic Bilo 3.0	4.5
AFI Burials	4.0
Gary Numan Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)	4.0
Covenant Leaving Babylon	5.0
A combination of Skyshaper's energy and Modern Ruin's atmosphere, Leaving Babylon is something of a return to form for Covenant. It's not a faithful return to their roots, but the small innovations and nods to other genres are enough to set it apart from their past discography, once again moving them into a niche of their own creating.
Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks	3.0
Hesitation Marks is a prime candidate for playing on fans nostalgia and excitement; after all NIN hasn't done anything in how long??? If you manage to look past this you find an interesting album that somehow manages to utilize different genre's and styles but still remain bland and forgettable at the same time. The range of styles present throughout the album are a refreshing change but the tracks often fail to distinguish themselves past that, making for a lengthy listen that lacks replayability. Lyrically it's clear that Trent is in a happier place, and while I'm sure we're all happy for the man his angst is what many longtime fans have come to know and love; without it he comes across with a seemingly lessoned passion, making it harder to relate on that basic level present on his more famous works. It's nice to have Reznor and Co. back but Hesitation Marks simply can't compare to the groups glory days, and anyone who says otherwise really isn't looking closely enough.
Ryan Amon Elysium	4.5
Shpongle Museum of Consciousness	4.0
bansheebeat Spiral Power	4.0
Sithu Aye 26	4.0
Covenant Last Dance	3.5
Children of Bodom Halo of Blood	4.0
Emika DVA	4.5
Tricky False Idols	4.5
Daft Punk Random Access Memories	3.0
It feels quite lengthy when you're not entirely sold on the music. Listening to this was made worthwhile by "Giorgio by Moroder", "Motherboard", and "Contact"; if I wanted funk there's a plethora of albums from the genre's peak that I could delve into.
Enshine Origin	4.0
Anamanaguchi Endless Fantasy	4.5
Juno Reactor The Golden Sun Of The Great East	4.0
M83 Oblivion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	4.0
Dir En Grey The Unraveling	4.5
Bonobo The North Borders	4.5
Phutureprimitive Searching For Beauty... Part 1	4.5
Senses Fail Renacer	4.0
Depeche Mode Delta Machine	5.0
Vanna The Few and the Far Between	3.0
Solar Fields Origin #02	4.0
Kavinsky Outrun	3.0
I'm not completely sure what to make of Kavinsky's first full length. On one hand his recent surge in popularity really demanded something lengthier than his prior releases, so this will appease new fans craving more. Coincidentally some of the tracks here feel out of place, the most notable being "Suburbia" which feels uninspired and watered down (even if you happen to be following the theme of the album). There are definitely some interesting moments to be found (and those delightfuly retro sounding syths), but nothing quite as strong as SebastiaAn's Total.
Silverstein This Is How the Wind Shifts	4.0
Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Descension	4.0
Android Lust Crater 1	4.5
Shikhee moved to another coast, and with it came a resolve to focus on atmosphere. rCrater is a departure from previous Android Lust albums in that the vocals aren't at the forefront of many of the tracks. Looking back, however, you realize that the atmosphere that makes this album excel was present in prior albums, begging to have free reign. rGo get this. Now.
Emancipator Dusk to Dawn	3.5

2012
Theophany Time's End: Majora's Mask Remixed	4.0
Igorrr Hallelujah	4.5
Kashiwa Daisuke Re:	4.5
Front Line Assembly AirMech	4.0
Rather than attempt to remain true to their industrial roots and become increasingly irrelevant (as many older industrial acts are apt to do) Front Line opts for creating a soundtrack score. And it works. Ignoring most of their roots and focusing wholly on a sound that befits the general theme of the game the band might be accused of selling out, but I really can't fault them for trying something new when the results were this enjoyable.
Delerium Music Box Opera	3.5
Kamelot Silverthorn	5.0
Thomas Newman Skyfall	4.0
Machinae Supremacy Rise of a Digital Nation	4.5
I've had issues getting into this band for some time, but something about the vocal delivery and structure of the opening track "All Of My Angels" changed my mind. The guitar work here is amazing, and though the bands signature electronic/gaming elements are here it's not until later that you notice how well they are weaved into the tracks. Lyrically the album is fun too, as many of the songs can be taken from a gaming standpoint but also work well when viewed from a political or personal mindset. Overall Rise of a Digital Nation is a huge success, and will make my top album of 2012 list for sure.
Daedelus Looking Ocean	3.5
The Birthday Massacre Hide and Seek	3.0
Coheed and Cambria The Afterman: Ascension	4.0
Ellie Goulding Halcyon	4.0
Muse The 2nd Law	3.5
Annisokay The Lucid Dream[er]	4.0
Showbread Cancer	3.5
Oak Pantheon From a Whisper	3.5
Submotion Orchestra Fragments	4.5
Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling	4.0
Biome Two Way	3.5
The xx Coexist	3.5
Blaqk Audio Bright Black Heaven	3.5
Velvet Acid Christ Maldire	3.5
The Presets Pacifica	3.5
Lunic Future Sex Drama	4.0
Just beware if you buy this via CDBaby, the quality isn't perfect if you're a stickler for WAV/320/FLAC (averages around 200 kbps).
GRiZ Mad Liberation	4.5
Joel Nielsen Black Mesa Soundtrack	4.5
Novallo Novallo	4.0
Skrillex Make It Bun Dem After Hours	2.0
Katatonia Dead End Kings	3.5
Black Light Burns The Moment You Realize You're Going To Fall	3.0
Dead Can Dance Anastasis	4.5
Protonica Form Follows Function	4.5
10 Years Minus the Machine	3.5
TNGHT TNGHT	3.0
Passion Pit Gossamer	4.0
Haujobb Let's Drop Bombs	3.5
Hans Zimmer The Dark Knight Rises	3.0
Digital Daggers The Devil Within	4.0
Sync24 [ Comfortable Void ]	4.5
Metric Synthetica	4.5
Assemblage 23 Bruise	3.0
Chymera Death By Misadventure	4.5
I found myself forgetting that I was listening to a deep house/techno artist, there are some influences here that really surprised me. Go get this. Now.
James Newton Howard Snow White and the Huntsman	4.0
Suis La Lune Riala	4.0
Squarepusher Ufabulum	3.5
VNV Nation Crossing the Divide	2.5
Though VNV might have tried to bring new, more club oriented life to these select tracks it's a mixed bag. Coming from Of Faith, Power, and Glory is not a good indicator in itself as the album isn't meant for club play, and the only tracks that you could ever imagine being remixed are presented here. Though some big names lend their hand to this EP nothing really shines through the morass that VNV like to call their own sound; this isn't something many would pay for. Post script: It is worth noting that the remixes of Tomorrow Never Comes stand head and shoulders above the other's, if you want club oriented VNV look no further than these.
Wodensthrone Curse	4.0
NOISIA Imperial	4.0
Emma Hewitt Burn the Sky Down	3.0
Moonspell Alpha Noir	4.0
Marilyn Manson Born Villain	4.0
Born Villain is something that is wrapped up in nostalgia. For many who grew up in the 90's Marilyn Manson was someone to be loved or despised; his music left a mark on the youth of that generation. Fast forward to 2007/2009 and it's quite easy to see that the once great rocker had fallen into a funk, creating albums that were deeply personal and hard to withstand without knowing the reasons behind the tracks.***Born Villain is less grief ridden than Manson's previous two albums, and more of a focused effort. He's moved past some of the theme's of old and crafted an album that is both tied in the present while giving long time fans a glimmer of his past. Repeated listens only heighten this effect, and often songs that appear strange at first glance end up being stuck in one's head throughout the day. ***While the album isn't groundbreaking it is a sight for sore eyes, seeing Manson once again find himself. Did I mention his vocal delivery has only gotten better with age?
The Great Old Ones Al Azif	4.0
In Mourning The Weight of Oceans	4.0
Wumpscut Women and Satan First	3.0
Freakangel Let It All End	4.0
What initially starts off as above average EBM with harsh vocals soon turns into something more as the album progresses; this has atmosphere, it's hard to describe.
Chrom Synthetic Movement	4.5
Mood willing I'll review this, but damn this is some of the best synth/futurepop I've heard in 2012.
I the Mighty Karma Never Sleeps	4.0
Stray Letting Go	4.0
Hooverphonic With Orchestra	3.5
Camo and Krooked Between The Lines	4.5
Epica Requiem for the Indifferent	4.0
Celldweller Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head 2, Chapter 02	4.0
Sithu Aye Isles	4.5
Goldfrapp The Singles	4.5
Feed Me Escape From Electric Mountain	3.0
mind.in.a.box Revelations	3.0
Julien-K We're Here with You	2.0
With We're Here with You Julien-K hark back to The Killers Hot Fuss, almost completely leaving behind their previous style. Unlike Hot Fuss the majority of the albums 12 songs are rather laid back vocal and synth affairs, causing a mass of downtempto moments that are rarely broken up. The wonderful vocal hooks found throughout Death To Analog are absent here; backing vocalist Brandon Belsky left due to the bands new direction. Julien-K have slipped into mediocrity, steer clear.
C2C Down The Road	4.5
Juno Reactor From The Land Of The Rising Sun - Inside The React	4.0
Soundtrack (Film) Underworld: Awakening	4.0
xKore Full Russian	4.0
Special Providence Soul Alert	4.0
Really fun jazz/metal fusion. Strong basslines and interesting guitar work lead the way when the jazz steps down from the forefront, but the drum work is never really anything more than adequate. Certain moments seem to pay homage to Apocalyptica, while others would fit right at home in an anime or videogame score. Though a lot of the tracks can be said to sound the same, this is still worth your time.
Espermachine Dying Life	3.5
Cyanotic MedPack Vol. 1	4.0
Inure The Offering	4.0
Detroit Diesel Coup d'Etat	4.5
If you found the Canadians debut album too harsh and repetitive rest easy, the band has made Coup d'Etat far superior. The vocals are toned down to provide a more suitable harsh ebm experience while the songwriting is still just as catchy. Nothing feels rushed here, the product is finely honed and has far more of an atmosphere than its predecessor. Final thoughts? Harsh vox in 2012 never looked so good.
C-Drone-Defect Neural Dysorder Syndrome ReduX	4.5
His track featuring Ashbury Heights is perhaps my favorite industrial song of 2012, hands down.

2011
Sektor 304 Subliminal Actions	3.5
Skrillex Bangarang	2.0
Celldweller The Complete Cellout Vol. 01	3.5
This is what I always wanted from Mr. Klayton - hard tracks, hard vocals, and great execution to back it all up.
Knife Party 100% No Modern Talking	3.5
Psy'Aviah Introspection/Extrospection	3.0
Diffuzion Winter Cities	4.0
Reso Ishimura	4.0
Blutengel Nachtbringer	3.0
Mahria Mahria	4.5
[:SITD:] Icon:Koru	4.5
In a year where many larger name releases left me wanting more, Icon:Koru blow away the competition easily. Taking a decidedly harder approach the album steps into quasi-aggrotech territory through both beat and vocal style. Other tracks recall the beauty of Assemblage 23/VNV Nation and are tastefully done; [:SITD:] have released a contender for industrial album of the year.
Haujobb New World March	3.5
Thy Catafalque Rengeteg	4.5
Disturbed The Lost Children	3.0
Aesthetic Perfection All Beauty Destroyed	1.5
I... I can't believe I'm rating something without actually having it but the public needs to know; this is horrid. In a year with many big name releases this should have been something to look forward to, another harsh lesson ala A Violent Emotion or the strange beauty of Close To Human. Instead the listener is assaulted with the Daniel Graves new vocal direction, one that bares far to much resemblance to The Gothsicles to do anyone good. No attempt is made to hide the simple 4/4 beats, the plain and minimally used synth lines; the album screams complacency, laziness, a cop out, a sell out, pick your preferred comparison because I could go on for awhile. The redeeming factors include the cover art, and the fact that the simple melodies are something you can hum along with before you shoot yourself.
Michael McCann Deus Ex: Human Revolution	4.5
Acylum Karzinom	4.0
Acylum have created an album of madness, but once again it's a vision of a world you'll want to visit again and again. Throughout the album there are various samples, tracks, and song snippets that help create a sort of story for Karzinom, and add a layer of tangibleness to this strange, addicting, musical insanity.
Javelynn Chimaera At Heart	3.5
M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming	3.0
Puscifer Conditions of My Parole	3.0
While interesting at times the album never takes off, and while Maynard has no issues making slower tracks work for him in his other projects here it just comes off as underwhelming. This leads the album to drag on, as the soundscape keeps to a theme and never really evolves past the first few tracks sound. Puscifer are still a hit or miss band, and for me this was a miss.
Enduser Even Weight	4.5
Evanescence Evanescence	3.0
Emika Emika	3.5
Camo and Krooked Cross The Line	4.0
Tonight Alive What Are You So Scared Of?	3.5
Acretongue Strange Cargo	4.5
Collide Counting to Zero	3.5
Chelsea Wolfe Apokalypsis	4.0
VNV Nation Automatic	2.5
Gary Numan Dead Son Rising	4.5
Far more atmospheric, this blend of industrial rock is something that grows on the listener. Initially seeming like a slow starter, the album thrives on Numan's lyrical prowess and the low volume crunch of the guitars.
Imperative Reaction Imperative Reaction	3.0
A Winged Victory for the Sullen A Winged Victory for the Sullen	4.5
Binary Park The Deviated	4.5
In 7 months time Binary Park has stepped up their game, this almost feels like an entirely new band. The tracks have energy while maintaining the excellent use of synth lines that Worlds Collide brought to the table, and the vocals only add to this seemingly new found identity. Skip the debut, get this.
You Love Her Coz She's Dead You Love Her Coz She's Dead	3.5
Left Spine Down Caution	4.0
Eyes Set to Kill White Lotus	3.5
God Module Rituals	3.5
Vyrion Vyrion	4.0
Dir En Grey Dum Spiro Spero	4.5
CygnosiC Fallen	4.0
Falls of Rauros The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood	4.0
Various Artists (Industrial) Awake the Machines Vol. 7	4.5
DAL EP	3.5
Haujobb Dead Market	4.0
The latest offering by Haujobb is catchy, new, and doesn't get old. Daniel Myers continues to innovate and be a master at layering synths, the new album should rock!
Rhapsody of Fire From Chaos to Eternity	4.5
Submotion Orchestra Finest Hour	4.0
Imperative Reaction Surface	4.0
Surface is the lead single off of Imperative Reaction's latest effort, and while normally remix E.P's get monotonous Surface retains its same level of fun throughout. “Surface” was the perfect choice for a single, showcasing many changes to the bands somewhat stale sound. With a new synth direction and a vast improvement in layering “Surface” accomplished the goal of a single remarkably well, even giving fans a slight hope that the gang vocals featured in the chorus were more than a gimmick. While the self titled album may have let some down Surface remains fun and fresh, taking the best the band had to offer and giving it a makeover.
Peter Murphy Ninth	4.5
Klatu Mutual	4.5
Depeche Mode Remixes 2: 81-11	3.5
NOISIA Program	4.0
Above and Beyond Group Therapy	4.5
CTRL Make Things Right	4.0
Dope Stars Inc. Ultrawired	3.0
SebastiAn Total	4.0
Dammerfarben Im Abendrot	4.0
Dominik Eulberg Diorama	4.0
Decree Fateless	3.5
Samael Lux Mundi	3.5
Silverstein Rescue	3.5
Aesthetic Perfection The Devil's In The Details	3.0
Septicflesh The Great Mass	4.5
Amaranthe Amaranthe	4.5
Swollen Members Dagger Mouth	3.5
The Chemical Brothers Hanna OST	4.5
Daft Punk Tron Legacy: Reconfigured	4.0
Emery We Do What We Want	4.0
Swarms Old Raves End	4.5
Crimfall The Writ of Sword	3.5
Protest the Hero Scurrilous	2.5
Binary Park Worlds Collide	3.0
Soundtrack (Film) Sucker Punch	3.5
Definitely enjoyable, but it also falls into the trap of being wonderful when accompanied by the memories of the film. Without those images the album could feel a bit disjointed for some, and just downright average for others. If you still want to give it a listen without seeing the film go for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)" "Army Of Two" and "Tomorrow Never Knows."
Blue Stahli Blue Stahli	3.5
Phutureprimitive Kinetik	5.0
Die Sektor Applied Structure In A Void	4.5
Their best work, filled with fun little breakaway moments that really distant them group from their past work. The samples and song structures are just downright enjoyable, and the vocals fit this theme.
Moonsorrow Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa	3.5
Dornenreich Flammentriebe	3.5
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble From the Stairwell	3.5
Arafel For Battles Once Fought	4.0
Covenant Modern Ruin	4.0
Alien Vampires Harshlizer	3.5
CygnosiC One Step Forward	3.5
Blutengel Tränenherz	4.0
Encephalon The Transhuman Condition	4.0
Phosgore Warhead	4.0
With Warhead Phosgore finally steps up to the plate and creates something that is firmly his own. While the debut Domination wasn't bad it was too similar to other artists. Phosgore is finally starting to show why he was signed to Pro-Noize, this is one man to keep an eye on.
Juno Reactor Inside The Reactor	4.0
Unitary Safe From Harm	4.5
Tüchters Letztes Gefecht Unbelehrbar	4.5

2010
netra Mélancolie Urbaine	4.0
Gatekeeper Giza	4.5
Unlike their debut album, Giza isn't attempting for anything grandiose or above its reach. Highly recommend listening to this while playing Doom.
Daft Punk Tron: Legacy	4.0
Matta Prototype	4.5
I really haven't listened to much dubstep other than what Deviant might link someone in a random comment/list but I can honestly say that Matta's debut trumps about everything I've heard. Go give the opening track "Mass" and "Hecq:Sura (Remix by Matta) a listen, you're already here reading this so you should be a fan of the genre (even if you just listen casually). I might be rating this so high due to pure ignorance of what else is out there, but I truly like it enough for a rating this high.
Amia Venera Landscape The Long Procession	5.0
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine: 2010 Remaster	3.5
Killing Joke Absolute Dissent	4.0
Obscurity Tenkterra	4.0
Rabbit Junk Project Nonagon	4.0
Aborym Psychogrotesque	4.0
This is perhaps one of the strangest yet engrossing albums in the genre I've yet to hear. The flow between one "track" and the other never breaks the audio assault, and the unrelenting albeit tiny effects are a really nice touch. A wonderful genre mashup if you can handle the quirkiness inherent held within!
Detroit Diesel Terre Humaine	4.5
Combichrist Noise Collection Vol. 1	3.5
Skrillex Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites	4.0
Vanna The Honest Hearts EP	3.0
Chiodos Illuminaudio	4.0
Audio Genesis Device	4.0
Combichrist Making Monsters	3.0
The Birthday Massacre Pins and Needles	4.5
Anberlin Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place	4.0
Kamelot Poetry for the Poisoned	4.0
The Word Alive Deceiver	2.5
Disturbed Asylum	3.0
The Contortionist Exoplanet	3.5
10 Years Feeding the Wolves	3.5
The Pretty Reckless Light Me Up	4.0
The LoveCrave Soul Saliva	3.0
Miss May I Monument	2.0
Soundtrack (Film) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World	4.0
The music fits the film perfectly, Metric's "Black Sheep" is a real highlight in my opinion
Plastikman Kompilation	4.5
Winterhorde Underwatermoon	3.5
Blind Guardian At the Edge of Time	5.0
Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare	3.0
Namnambulu Distances	4.5
Rosaline The Vitality Theory	4.0
In This Moment A Star-Crossed Wasteland	3.0
Hans Zimmer Inception	4.0
SAM Brainwasher	4.5
Cyanotic The Medication Generation	4.5
Pierce the Veil Selfish Machines	3.5
A7IE The Shattering	3.5
Celldweller Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head 2, Chapter 01	2.5
Eyes Set to Kill Broken Frames	3.5
How to Destroy Angels How To Destroy Angels	3.5
Suicidal Romance Shattered Heart Reflections	3.5
While Ali Ladhani was dead on about the beauty of the female vocals and the way this concept has been done before, it didn't end up subtracting from the pleasure I took from listening to this. Reminding me of a more upbeat Mechanical Moth the album ebbs and flows around the vocals rather than the beats, it's worth your listen.
The Glitch Mob Drink the Sea	4.5
Pendulum Immersion	4.0
Bullet for My Valentine Fever	2.5
NOISIA Split The Atom	3.5
Delerium Remixed: The Definitive Collection	4.0
C-Lekktor Tendencias Suicidas	3.5
Bonobo Black Sands	4.0
Queens Club Young Giant	4.0
I actually got this album by mistake, but I can honestly say that I like this release better (once I found that the band was from Kansas City Missouri I had to smile being from the state myself). I don't know how to best describe Queens Club, at times you'll be reminded of The Killers when they were in they're hay day and at others you'll find yourself drawing comparisons between them and more rock oriented bands with synth thrown in for good measure. I recommend dropping by their myspace and giving this a listen, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Kavinsky Nightcall	3.5
The Synthetic Dream Foundation Mechanical Serpent	3.5
Going into this with Ali's soundoff in mind it's quite clear to see where he's coming from. I would almost agree that the tracks don't go anywhere, but this group has seemed like a more sprawling ambient/atmospheric group to me and this album helps further that notion. Some stellar atmosphere and not-quite-relaxed yet downtempo moments await within Mechanical Serpent, if you're in the mood for it.
Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men	3.5
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Greatest Hits	4.0
Protonica Refresh EP	4.5
Though only featuring two tracks, Refresh really brings the progressive trance goodness. Constantly building, forever layering, these two songs are what grabbed me and they have yet to let go.
Psyborg Corp. The Mechanical Renaissance	3.0
Feed Her to the Sharks The Beauty of Falling	3.0
Unter Null Moving On	4.5
An album where each song convey's the idea of the artist moving on, from both the music and personal matters. Once this becomes clear to the listener the album becomes almost a musical journal of that final push before the clean air, of leaving and not looking back. It's a superb album, and is well worth your time.
Chelsea Grin Desolation Of Eden	2.5
Jamie's Elsewhere They Said a Storm Was Coming	3.5
Close Your Eyes We Will Overcome	3.5
Various Artists (Industrial) Industrial Music To Cure Cancer	3.5
Dommin Love Is Gone	4.0
Dommin is bringing prestige back to a genre that needed something to help it off it's knees. Not everything has to be dark and brooding, we can have love too!
Pulcher Femina Darkness Prevails	3.5
I really have no complaints about the latest offering from Pulcher Femina, it's a rather melancholic ride filled with subtle synths. If you're looking for something new, something bombastic, something that makes you reevaluate your stance on futurepop as a whole then steer clear. If you enjoy Seabound or the darker lyrical content of certain VNV Nation tracks give this a listen, as there's nothing inherently bad about this album.
Motion City Soundtrack My Dinosaur Life	4.0
Alesana The Emptiness	5.0
Android Lust The Human Animal	3.0
The Human Animal see's the bands aggression stripped away and replaced by a more ponderous, simple approach. While still maintaining a level of vocal strangeness most of what fans have come to love about Android Lust has been taken down a notch (or three) here, leaving the album feeling light and rather bland.
Soman Noistyle	3.0
Nachtmahr (AT) Semper Fidelis	3.0
First Black Pope Spiritual Spiral	3.5
Emika Drop The Other	4.0
x-Rx Update 3.0	4.0
Espermachine FLAK	4.0
Released at live shows, this EP showcases the bands older, colder sound quite well.
Solar Fields Altered - Second Movements	4.0
Wolves Under Sail Grave Before Slave	4.5
Soundtrack (Film) Resident Evil: Afterlife	4.5
Cybernetika The Scythe Of Orion	4.5
Nordheim Lost In The North	4.5

2009
Helalyn Flowers Stitches Of Eden	2.5
From the opening moments, Stitches Of Eden is doomed to not impress. Helalyn Flowers have decided to drop most of what made their debut so catchy, so intriguing, for a by-the-numbers formula. What remains is an average album that's a dime a dozen, it fails to grab you and offers nothing to make you want to stay.
Fall Out Boy Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits	4.5
Destrophy Destrophy	2.5
The band is very accessible, I feel like they could do so much more though! You can actually hear the bass, for me it was a really nice surprise. The lyrics fit the song, but nothings too spectacular anywhere. If they didn't focus on being so accessible I believe they could garner some more fans.
Puscifer C is for...	4.0
We Came As Romans To Plant a Seed	3.5
Shpongle Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland	3.0
Acylum The Enemy	4.5
Atreyu Congregation of the Damned	3.0
Rotersand Random is Resistance	3.5
Before There Was Rosalyn The Fuhrer: An Allegory of a History of Deception	3.0
I didn't like this album at first, I regretted the wasted money on a random band that was a bit more Christian than I'd like. However it grew on me, I use it as background noise. Since there are hardly ever any clean vocal chorus's the never ending screaming makes a good album when you just want noise to do meaningless tasks too, such as dishes.
Rammstein Liebe Ist Für Alle Da	4.0
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble Here Be Dragons	4.0
Terrorfakt Re/Evolution	3.5
Strap On Halo Cherry Flavored Quick Fix EP	4.5
Cesium_137 Identity	3.0
Portal Swarth	4.0
Breaking Benjamin Dear Agony	3.5
AFI Crash Love	5.0
Five Finger Death Punch War Is The Answer	3.0
The Academy Is... Lost In Pacific Time: The AP/EP	3.0
Omega Lithium Dreams In Formaline	4.0
I followed this album to release, and while it doesn't sound as good as it did then it's still enjoyable. The vocals of Mya are a nice departure from similar lead female vocal styles such as those found in Lacuna Coil and Evanescence; the backing vocals of Malice work well though he could improve on his delivery. The first half of the album initially seemed more unique to me, after "Andromeda" the tracks felt similar and it took a few listens until I was able to appreciate the album in its entirety. Recommended tracks: Stigmata - Catchy, was released online before the album came to the US. If you are able to check out the video, I personally enjoy the drummers style. My Haunted Self - A Lacuna Coil-ish duet between both vocalists, here you can decide if you like Malice or not. Factor:Misery - Opens up strong, and is something different than the rest of the album.
Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream	3.5
Phantogram Eyelid Movies	4.0
16Volt AMERICANPORNSONGS	3.0
Psyclon Nine We the Fallen	4.0
Infected Mushroom Legend Of The Black Shawarma	4.0
Viscous Delicious b-sides abound here, and who is to say that that's a bad thing? Less rpsychedelic, sparse atmospheres are laid over tastefully simple guitar riffs and compliment rthe duo's vocals perfectly; the drumming is also simplistic but feels more tribal because of rit. Though the band is going in their own direction, the evolution is still quite catchy and ra great starting point to get into their harder, older work.
Wolfgang Gartner Wolfgang's 5th Symphony	4.0
The excellent E.P. only falls short of being superb due to "The Grey Agenda" not being able to rise to the bar set by the electronic remixing of the 5th Symphony.
The Used Artwork	3.5
The xx xx	3.5
Behemoth Evangelion	4.5
Hopes Die Last Six Years Home	3.0
You Love Her Coz She's Dead Inner City Angst EP	3.0
August Burns Red Constellations	3.0
Soundtrack (Film) (500) Days of Summer	4.0
Soundtrack (Film) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2.5
My problem was I already owned most of the tracks on the album, the ones I didn't own turned out to be "ehhhh" for the most part. I must confess, I bought this due to the Linkin Park single found therein.
VNV Nation Of Faith, Power and Glory	4.0
Enter Shikari Common Dreads	3.0
A Skylit Drive Adelphia	3.5
Eyes Set to Kill The World Outside	3.5
Marilyn Manson The High End of Low	2.5
Whereas Eat Me, Drink Me retained a small dose of Manson's older sound The High End Of Low is perhaps even more personal and less relate-able. "Devour" and "Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin-Geddon" contain a hint of the man many loved from old, the rest of the album meanders from strange to quizzically heartfelt.
Bury Your Dead It's Nothing Personal	3.0
I Am Alaska To Elude The Architect	3.5
The Crystal Method Divided By Night	4.5
Rather than strive to be cohesive The Crystal Method drop some of their prior sound/styling and incorporate guest vocals on all but two tracks, creating an album that thrives on the individual achievements therein.
Madina Lake Attics To Eden	2.5
Combichrist Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat	4.0
Solar Fields Mirror's Edge Original Soundtrack	4.0
I See Stars 3D	3.0
Wumpscut Fuckit	4.0
Metric Fantasies	4.5
Death Cab for Cutie The Open Door	3.5
Archive Controlling Crowds	4.5
Vanna A New Hope	3.0
Mastodon Crack the Skye	4.5
Julien-K Death To Analog	4.5
The Prodigy Invaders Must Die	3.5
Soundtrack (Film) Watchmen: Music from the Motion Picture	4.0
Obscurity Várar	3.5
Unlike the preceeding album Varar is filled with tracks that have individuality, though still managing to be just as catchy. Hitting just a tad bit harder than Tenkterra and featuring more of a thrash influence this is a fine release for new comers and old fans alike.
Red (USA) Innocence and Instinct	3.5
CygnosiC A Deity In Pain	3.5
Combichrist Today We Are All Demons	4.0
Royal Bliss Life In-Between	3.0
After hearing "Save Me" for months on the radio and seeing them live I can honestly say I loved this album to death when it first released. Normally I can't find anything too terribly enjoyable from bands like this but there is a quality Royal Bliss have that makes the album pass by swiftly, and enjoyably. Recommended tracks "Save Me" "Here They Come" & "We Did Nothing Wrong"
Solar Fields Movements	4.0
Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion	4.0
Phosgore Domination	3.0
The Upbeats Big Skeleton	3.5
Alien Vampires Fuck Off and Die	4.0
The more I listen to this album the more I like it. While the first few tracks might seem to show a band just going through the motions, the latter half of the album proves to be the real gem.
Dommin Dommin E.P.	4.0
Rotersand War On Error	4.0
x-Rx Stage 2	4.0
General Midi Operation Overdrive	4.0
Quite an eclectic release, General Midi really know how to blend their influences; bits of break beat, big beat, and some triphop-esque elements bump uglies with sometimes gritty electro to merge into a really fun album.
Atrium Carceri Phrenitis	4.5
Encephalon Drowner	4.5
Left Spine Down Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited	4.5
Cybernetika Atropos	4.5
Soundtrack (Film) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	5.0

2008
The Fall of Troy Phantom on the Horizon	4.0
Wynardtage The Grey Line	4.0
Cyanotic Prehab 25mg-EP	4.5
Soundtrack (Film) Twilight Official Soundtrack	4.0
Even though the film was everywhere, inducing a massive wave of (deserved) hate the soundtrack is a tiny alternative wonder.
She (SWE) chiptek	4.5
AC/DC Black Ice	2.0
Faderhead FH3	2.5
Imperative Reaction Minus All	3.5
Bella Morte Beautiful Death	3.5
Combichrist Frost EP: Sent to Destroy	3.5
Soundtrack (Film) Nightmare Revisited	3.0
Trivium Shogun	3.5
Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God	4.0
Aesthetic Perfection A Violent Emotion	4.5
Collide Two Headed Monster	2.5
All That Remains Overcome	3.5
Metallica Death Magnetic	3.5
Ayria Hearts for Bullets	4.0
Came for "The Gun Song" and stuck around for "1000 Transmissions."
United Nations United Nations	4.5
Panic Lift Witness To Our Collapse	5.0
Slipknot All Hope Is Gone	4.5
Stray Abuse by Proxy	4.0
Somehow Erica Dunham manages to make her dark side project have some of the most happy and loving lyrics I've ever heard in the genre. This provides an excellent juxtaposition when the dark, somber tone of the music is placed side by side the lyrics; the finished project is something unique to behold and well worth your time.
Trapt Only Through the Pain	2.0
Finch Finch	3.5
Lustmord [ O T H E R ]	4.0
Basshunter Now You're Gone-The Album	1.5
3OH!3 Want	3.5
It's fun, stupid, and years later The Lonely Island comes around and does something similar with less in-house singing and people love it; strange how that works.
Alkaline Trio Agony and Irony	4.0
Equilibrium Sagas	5.0
Rabbit Junk This Life Is Where You Get Fucked	3.5
The Offspring Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace	2.5
Alesana Where Myth Fades to Legend	2.5
Disturbed Indestructible	4.0
Darkspace Dark Space III	4.5
36 Crazyfists The Tide and Its Takers	3.5
A Skylit Drive Wires...and the Concept of Breathing	3.5
Pendulum In Silico	4.0
Protonica Airflow EP	4.5
Diffuzion Body Code	3.5
The Birthday Massacre Looking Glass	4.0
The remake of "I Think We're Alone Now" alone makes the album worth it, go pick it up and have some nice remixes thrown in too!
Nine Inch Nails The Slip	2.5
The Submarines Honeysuckle Weeks	3.5
Ott Skylon	4.0
The Presets Apocalypso	5.0
Sevendust Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow	3.5
Septicflesh Communion	4.5
Does It Offend You, Yeah? You Have No Idea...	4.0
Muse HAARP	4.0
Silent Descent Duplicity	3.5
Evol Intent Era of Diversion	4.0
Bauhaus Go Away White	4.0
If this is how Bauhaus want to end it, it's on a strong note.
Colony 5 Buried Again	3.5
Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire	3.0
The Upbeats Panic	3.0
At first it seems as if Troglodytes might carry this split, but a bit overuse of the track title submerges the song into the same category as "Panic"
UnterArt Memento	3.5
SAM Destruction Unit	3.5
She (SWE) Coloris	4.0
Juno Reactor Gods & Monsters	4.0
Hanzel Und Gretyl 2012 Zwanzig Zwolf	4.5
A bit too by the numbers, Zwanzig Zwolf still hits hard. Maintaining the guitar centered sound of Uber Alles the band continues to give the audience what they want, and damn to hell the rest of it. Filled with simple lyrics spouted of in harsh German this is an album that screams FUN and maintains some technicality in spite of it.
genCAB II transMUTER	4.5
Silenzium Storm	4.5
Cybernetika Nanospheric	4.5

2007
Daft Punk Alive 2007	4.0
Nine Inch Nails Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D	3.0
Solar Fields EarthShine	4.0
Hybrid (UK) Re_Mixed	4.5
Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold	3.5
Seether Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces	2.5
Acumen Nation Psycho the Rapist	4.0
Wynardtage Praise The Fallen	4.0
Parkway Drive Horizons	3.5
Apocalyptica Worlds Collide	3.5
Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	2.5
Helalyn Flowers A Voluntary Coincidence	3.5
Catchy, varied, and insidious Helalyn Flowers have crafted an interesting debut that flirts with the poppier side of the electronic spectrum. N0emi is talented yet quirky, and the bands single "E-Race Generation" is far catchier than it should be; Helalyn Flowers are a mixed, if enjoyable, bag.
Dethklok The Dethalbum	4.0
The Birthday Massacre Walking With Strangers	5.0
Rotersand 1023	3.0
I'm not sure what Rotersand are doing, Welcome To Goodbye was a superb album, it was focused. The later releases all seem scattered and filled with too many ides that have yet to come to fruition, as well as some varying styles of vocal delivery that I doubt the band would want to put on their resume. The album is worth a listen because it is [u]strange[/i] and has far more in common with the albums after it than those before.
Amorphis Silent Waters	4.5
mind.in.a.box Crossroads	5.0
Atreyu Lead Sails Paper Anchor	4.0
Kashiwa Daisuke Program Music I	5.0
Ling Tosite Sigure Inspiration Is Dead	4.5
Azrael Trigger Season to Sever	4.0
Blaqk Audio CexCells	4.5
Five Finger Death Punch The Way Of The Fist	3.5
Cyanotic Transhuman 2.0	4.0
Metric Grow Up and Blow Away	4.0
Symphony X Paradise Lost	4.5
Marilyn Manson Eat Me, Drink Me	3.0
This album, as well as it's predecessor, seem to be personal and not easily understood by the public at large. While tracks like "If I Was Your Vampire" and "You and Me and the Devil Makes 3" recall Manson's older sound the rest of Eat Me, Drink Me really remains a mystery; perhaps Manson really needed to say something other than the same message for once.
Gregory and the Hawk In Your Dreams	3.5
Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight	2.5
Grendel (NL) Harsh Generation	4.0
Protonica Search	4.5
Though no song here is as long as those found on the groups Refresh EP, Search is just as enjoyable, if a bit more laid back. Progressive trance melodies sooth the listener as the bassline reminds them that this is music for late night dancing underneath a clubs neon glow.
Nine Inch Nails Year Zero	4.5
From Autumn to Ashes Holding A Wolf By The Ears	3.0
VNV Nation Judgement	4.5
Once "Testament" starts the listener is treated to an excellent (even by VNV Nation standards) album full of driving, catchy, beats and syths. "Decent" and its spoken word delivery is a stand out, and its not until the listener reaches "Secluded Spaces" that the pace drops back and slower moments take hold. Judgement is a superb album that flows excellently from start to finish.
Assemblage 23 Meta	5.0
Maximum the Hormone Bu-ikikaesu	4.5
Within Temptation The Heart of Everything	4.0
Combichrist What The Fuck Is Wrong With You People?	3.5
Kavinsky 1986	4.0
Infected Mushroom Vicious Delicious	5.0
I can't find anything I don't like about this album.
Novembers Doom The Novella Reservoir	4.0
Syrian Alien Nation	4.0
Dir En Grey The Marrow of a Bone	4.0
Alkaline Trio Remains	3.5
Angelspit Krankhaus	4.5
A Skylit Drive She Watched the Sky	3.5
In The Nursery Era	4.5
This really might be bumped up to a 5 for me, and with good reason. Tracks such as "Blueprint" and "Silent In Time" showcase the accessible side of the band (highly recommend either track to new listeners), while the latter half builds on the tension the first four tracks create. I really think this is something you should hear for yourself, go give it a listen.
x-Rx Unmöglich Erregend	3.5
The Tuss Rushup Edge	4.5
Acretongue Nihil	4.5
Cybernetika Neural Network Expansion	4.5

2006
She (SWE) Pioneer	4.0
Emancipator Soon It Will Be Cold Enough	4.0
AFI I Heard a Voice DVD	4.0
Little People Mickey Mouse Operation	4.5
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies	3.5
Staind The Singles: 1996-2006	3.0
Not a bad compilation of Staind, especially if you're not tired of the radio play time some of these songs received. I picked this up from Wal-Mart for $8 a few years ago, never regretted it.
Depeche Mode The Best Of - Volume I	4.0
Endwell Homeland Insecurity	3.0
Battle Of Mice A Day of Nights	4.5
Bring Me the Horizon Count Your Blessings	4.0
My Chemical Romance The Black Parade	4.0
Psyclon Nine Crwn Thy Frnicatr	4.0
Eisbrecher Antikörper	3.5
Primus They Can't All Be Zingers	4.0
Hybrid (UK) I Choose Noise	5.0
Suis La Lune Quiet, Pull the Strings!	4.0
Skillet Comatose	3.5
Evanescence The Open Door	3.5
Emilie Autumn Opheliac	3.5
Unter Null Sacrament EP	3.5
While the EP starts off relatively similar to The Failure Epiphany it soon changes into something more. The remixes provide a nice glimpse at what was to come with 2010's Moving On, and in a way Sacrament is the the only way to have even guessed at Ms. Null's progression.
Swollen Members Black Magic	3.5
The Falcon Unicornography	3.5
Blind Guardian A Twist in the Myth	4.0
The Human Abstract Nocturne	3.0
Natalie Walker Urban Angel	3.5
Breaking Benjamin Phobia	3.5
Muse Black Holes & Revelations	4.0
Tactical Sekt Syncope	3.5
Underoath Define the Great Line	4.0
Three Days Grace One-X	3.0
AFI Decemberunderground	4.0
Alesana On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax	4.0
Vanna The Search Party Never Came	4.5
This was my introduction to Vanna, I quickly fell in love with the interesting mix of songs they had to offer. So I went off to their new albums... and was majorly disappointed. I enjoy The Search Party Never Came so much because of how it sounded, because of "Schadenfreude" and "I Am The Wind, You Are The Feather." But then again you can write all this off by knowing that I only enjoy Norma Jean's Bless The Martyr Kiss The Child.
The Blood Brothers Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck EP	4.0
Who actually uses the word "harpsichord" lyrically anymore? Apparently The Blood Brothers do, and it works amazingly well for them! First two tracks are the real highlights here, with the insanely catchy "Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wrecks" swiftly followed by "Ladies and Gentlemen"which features the best screaming "duet" I have heard in a long time. The other tracks are good, but not like the standouts mentioned above.
Panzer AG Your World Is Burning	2.5
Tool 10,000 Days	4.0
Above and Beyond Tri State	4.0
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble	4.0
Katatonia The Great Cold Distance	4.5
Android Lust Devour, Rise and Take Flight	3.5
Soundtrack (Film) Underworld Evolution Soundtrack	4.5
Underworld has always had interesting soundtracks, this is no exception. In my opinion the best of the three films music wise, the artists brought together really make the experience come alive. I don't think I've ever heard Hawthorne Heights be so, so, well so NOT sad. Alkaline Trio are at their most accessible with "Burn," Atreyu hits their hardest in "Her Portrait In Black." Even ender "HW2" is insanely catchy, yet somehow fitting.
In Flames Come Clarity	4.5
Darren Tate Horizons 01	4.5
Kavinsky Teddy Boy	3.5
SAM SYNTHETIC ADRENALINE MUSIC	3.5
Voxis Darkeworld Project One	4.0
Booka Shade Movements	4.5
Rabbit Junk REframe	4.5
"I WANT MY LIFE BACK!!!!" - actually I don't since that would remove such an amazing album from my collection. Get this, you're here already looking at the page, go get it!
Fahrenheit Project Fahrenheit Project 5	4.5

2005
Arafel The Second Strike: Through The Flame Of The Ages	4.0
While it has a different feel than their newest album the ferocity present makes it equally impressive and enjoyable to listen to as well. Definitely runs well from start to finish, this album is a hard hitting, pleasant surprise!
Unter Null The Failure Epiphany	4.5
Grendel (ITA) Beowulf	4.0
Demon Hunter The Triptych	4.0
Nox Arcana Transylvania	4.0
Depeche Mode Playing The Angel	4.5
Enduser Calling The Vultures	3.5
Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety Special Edit	4.0
Marilyn Manson Lest We Forget	4.0
Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness	4.0
Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists	4.0
Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet?	4.0
KMFDM Hau Ruck	3.5
The Presets Beams	4.0
Rotersand Welcome to Goodbye	4.0
Thirty Seconds to Mars A Beautiful Lie	3.0
Protest the Hero Kezia	4.5
10 Years The Autumn Effect	3.5
Chiodos All's Well That Ends Well	3.5
Pendulum Hold Your Colour	4.0
The Pillows FLCL No.3	3.5
By far one of my favorite anime soundtracks, the collection of tracks embody the show with their upbeat, random, and fun feeling though without having seen the show this might be sub-par for some; personally "Stalker" is my favorite track.
Telepopmusik Angel Milk	4.5
Shpongle Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost	4.0
Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil	3.5
Motion City Soundtrack Commit This to Memory	4.5
mind.in.a.box Dreamweb	4.5
Emptyself Emptyself	4.0
Wow, Owls! Pick Your Patterns	4.0
The Agony Scene The Darkest Red	4.5
Nine Inch Nails With Teeth	4.0
Egypt Central Egypt Central	3.5
Vitalic Ok Cowboy	4.0
Psyclon Nine INRI	4.0
Grendel (NL) Soilbleed	3.5
VNV Nation Matter and Form	4.0
Horn Jahreszeiten	4.5
Dir En Grey Withering to Death	4.0
Combichrist Everybody Hates You	4.5
XP8 Hrs:Min:Sec	2.5
There's something rather off on XP8's debut. One on hand there are tracks like "Muv Your Dolly" with it's almost trance influenced sound and strange lyrics, and on the other you have the rest of the album - a bit minimal, lyrically quirky, it's definitely a different experience. Unique outings into the industrial landscape are welcome, but many will be put off by this bands own brand of industrial.
Mindless Self Indulgence You'll Rebel To Anything	3.5
Moonsorrow Verisäkeet	4.5
Aesthetic Perfection Close to Human	4.5
This album sounds like a different band, only the vocals give the impression of Aesthetic Perfections later work. Less in-your-face and more subtle I found myself being drawn into the music rather than being bludgeoned by it, and while I don't mind the latter it's nice to have a break from that every once in awhile.
Neuroticfish Gelb	4.0
Ataraxie Slow Transcending Agony	4.5
Equilibrium Turis Fratyr	4.5
Fahrenheit Project Fahrenheit Project 4	4.5

2004
Evanescence Anywhere But Home	3.5
A Perfect Circle aMOTION	4.5
Rammstein Reise, Reise	3.5
Flesh Field Strain	4.5
Bombastic industrial rock with a gritty, less than perfect take production value; get your stomping boots, this album demands movement.
Juno Reactor Labyrinth	4.5
Depeche Mode Remixes 81–04	3.5
Behemoth Demigod	4.0
The Birthday Massacre Violet	4.0
Seabound No Sleep Demon V2.0	3.0
This band has yet to truly impress me, but tracks such as "Torn" give me hope that eventually they will break out from being remix material and ultimately create something great. The ambiance prevalent here raises the rating from being average, but some will find the lyrical content grating (see "Coward") though as mentioned before remixes of Seabound prove quite entertaining.
Nightwish Once	4.5
Bring Me the Horizon This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For	3.5
Eths Soma	4.0
The Used In Love and Death	4.0
Green Day American Idiot	4.5
Infected Mushroom IM The Supervisor	4.0
Rabbit Junk Rabbit Junk	4.5
Breaking Benjamin We Are Not Alone	3.5
Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety	4.0
Panzer AG This Is My Battlefield	4.0
From strange tracks such as "Panzer" (complete with German vocals) to the wonderful angry lines of "Filth God" Panzer AG keeps you hooked from beginning to end.
Hawthorne Heights The Silence in Black and White	3.5
mind.in.a.box Lost Alone	4.5
Yoko Kanno Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST Vol 2	4.0
Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses	4.5
Demon Hunter Summer of Darkness	3.5
Ensiferum Iron	3.5
Mechanical Moth Fallen Into You	3.5
The Presets Blowup	3.0
This E.P shows The Presets at a much more vulnerable and angry stage of their musical development; the opening tracks are almost a complete departure from the bands current lyrical and music direction. It's not until the fifth track, "At A Loss", comes around that the listener is grace with a taste of what was to come on the bands full length and even then it's a look at the more somber, slower side at that. While not as danceable or catchy Blowup manages to show the group at an early stage, one that already had slight hints of genius.
Icon of Coil Machines Are Us	4.0
A much stronger offering than their first release, you can almost hear where this influenced the 2005 Combichrist album an vice versa. Unlike "Serenity Is The Devil" the pacing is straightforward, catchy songs such as "Shelter" hit sooner and keep the listener's attention.
Blue Foundation Sweep Of Days	5.0
Listening to this release, it's a shame that the band decided to try and throw off such a delightful sonic foray into the trip-hop soundscape. The album see's the band at a five piece, and unlike other trip-hop groups the "hop" is here in far more force. Spoken word rhyming segments, free-form scratching, hip hop beats, and wonderful female vocals courtesy of Stern really set this release head and shoulders above the competition. though the band would later move on to other styles, this is the one that remains their masterpiece. You owe it to yourself to check it out, and for those rain days that need a soundtrack.
Draconian Where Lovers Mourn	4.5
The Crystal Method Legion Of Boom	3.5
Unitary Second To None	3.0
Sadly this lacks the flow of Safe From Harm, but don't let that deter you from this Swedes unique brand of futurepop. A little more upbeat than its predecessor, and partial to a certain synth sound, Second To None does many things right; it's just not exceptional.
Android Lust Stripped & Stitched	3.5
The Upbeats The Upbeats	4.0
Taking a more laid back approach to drum and bass than their later LPs/Splits/EPs, The Upbeats have crafted a rather great first full length release. Early listens will be sure to get the almost liquid track "More Than Me" stuck in the audiences head, while the harder hitting "Go Around" comes as a delightful change of pace.
Icon of Coil Uploaded and Remixed	4.0
Phutureprimitive Sub Conscious	4.5
Lustmord Carbon/Core	4.5
Various Artists Halo 2 Original Soundtrack-Volume 1	5.0

2003
Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3	4.5
Muse Absolution	4.5
The Chemical Brothers Singles 93-03	4.0
Hybrid (UK) Morning Sci-Fi	4.0
A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step	4.5
Dir En Grey Vulgar	4.0
Combichrist The Joy Of Gunz	3.5
Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen	4.5
Overseer Wreckage	4.5
Marilyn Manson The Golden Age of Grotesque	4.5
Psyclon Nine Divine Infekt	3.5
Infected Mushroom Converting Vegetarians	4.5
Brand New Deja Entendu	4.5
The Cinematic Orchestra Man With A Movie Camera	4.5
Ott Blumenkraft	4.0
Hanzel Und Gretyl Über Alles	4.5
Don't sell yourself short and give only "SS Deathstar Supergalactik" a listen, this album features some of the finest industrial metal I've ever heard.
Motion City Soundtrack I Am the Movie	4.0
Katatonia Viva Emptiness	4.0
Unheilig Das 2. Gebot	3.5
Yoko Kanno Wolf's Rain	4.0
Linkin Park Meteora	3.0
Placebo Sleeping with Ghosts	4.5
AFI Sing the Sorrow	4.0
Evanescence Fallen	3.5
Celldweller Celldweller	3.0
Massive Attack 100th Window	4.5
Yoko Kanno Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST Vol 1	4.0
The Knife Deep Cuts	4.5
Soman Sound Pressure	3.0
Fahrenheit Project Fahrenheit Project 3	4.5

2002
Amon Amarth Versus the World	4.5
Project Pitchfork Inferno	3.5
Marilyn Manson Guns, God and Government (DVD)	4.0
Fields of the Nephilim Fallen	3.5
Disturbed Believe	3.5
Unter Null Neocide	4.0
The noise here is surprising, the lack of vocals shocking, it's almost a completely different group.
Covenant Northern Light	4.5
Norma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child	3.5
Forgotten Tomb Songs to Leave	4.0
Frou Frou Details	4.5
The Crystal Method Community Service I	4.0
Paul Oakenfold Bunkka	4.0
Atreyu Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses	4.0
Acumen Nation The 5ifth Column	4.5
Icon of Coil The Soul Is In The Software	3.0
This is borderline average, gets an extra .5 for the intelligent use of machine samples.
Coal Chamber Dark Days	3.5
Telepopmusik Genetic World	4.0
Megaherz Herzwerk II	4.0
Finch What It Is to Burn	4.0
VNV Nation Futureperfect	4.0
"I'm not alone and I'm not unhappy.... I'M NOT AFRAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - go give "Fearless" a listen, it's worth getting the album just for this track alone.
Blind Guardian A Night at the Opera	4.0
Breaking Benjamin Saturate	4.0
Ugly Casanova Sharpen Your Teeth	4.0
Dir En Grey Kisou	4.0
Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas	3.5
Dominion III Life Has Ended Here	3.5
Apoptygma Berzerk Harmonizer	4.0
Android Lust The Dividing	4.0
The emotion, the raw anger, the crazy twisting and turning vocals, this is one of my favorite albums from any female industrial act ever. "Kingdom Of One" not only slays in the club, with it's hard hitting ebb and flow style, it's also personal and very very emotion packed; definitely give this band a try!
Blondie Blondie - Greatest Hits	4.5
AXOE Telegraphic	4.5
Chill, relaxed, and just enough of a late 80's/mid 90's vibe to make listeners nostalgic. Though it could be said that a lot of the tracks are similar/follow a similar pattern the album remains solid and unique both vocally and when it comes to the groups choice of synths.

2001
Green Day International Superhits	4.5
The Shizit Soundtrack For The Revolution	4.5
I didn't know entirely what to expect when I hit play on Soundtrack For The Revolution (also known as SoFTeR). Having only heard their self titled I was assuming that this would be more of the same, and I was both correct and wrong in that assumption. The energy from The Shizit is present, but I'll be damned if SoFTeR doesn't have better instrumentation. Ironically every sound here is softer, and the group shows that not only can they make noise, but they can create atmosphere ("I Walk Through Walls"). This sound, this musicianship, is something I could fall in love with.
Wumpscut Wreath Of Barbs	4.5
Flesh Field Belief Control	3.5
Shpongle Tales of the Inexpressible	4.5
pg.99 Document #8	4.5
Zero 7 Simple Things	4.0
Son of Sam Songs from the Earth	4.5
Rammstein Mutter	4.5
Evereve E-Mania	3.5
Unter Null Unter Null	4.0
Much like Neocide there is a lack of vocals, but plenty of noise. The harsh interweaving sounds, if anything, are simpler here by comparison but the "age" of the sounds as well as the tempo makes for an intriguing listen for those who are determined or just want to be lost in the static.
Infected Mushroom B.P. Empire	4.0
Opeth Blackwater Park	3.5
Unheilig Phosphor	3.5
Godhead 2000 Years of Human Error	3.0
Starting off with the catchy "The Reckoning" this album is really quite interesting. The Similar bands section nailed this group on the head, if you've listened to any of the bands mentioned there you've heard this mix of industrial metal before. For some reason all the songs refrain from being outright mediocre and manage to stick in your skull, a strange feat for a band similar to so many others. Godhead even threw a remake of The Beatles "Elanor Rigby" in towards the latter part of the album which proves to be quite good. While there's nothing spectacular to be found here, if you want the best the album has to offer go get "The Reckoning," give "Elanor Rigby" a listen, and leave the rest alone. (IF you must listen to any other tracks I suggest "I Sell Society" or "Sinking")
Ensiferum Ensiferum	4.0
Zeromancer Eurotrash	3.0
Seabound No Sleep Demon	3.0
Timo Maas Loud	3.0
The Faint Danse Macabre	4.0
Royksopp Melody A.M.	4.0

2000
Marilyn Manson Holy Wood	4.0
Icon of Coil Serenity Is The Devil	3.5
This album is enjoyable but nothing really stands out until "Former Self" comes along, requiring a few sub-par tracks (in comparison) to be endured first. A good album that helped lay the foundation for what Combichrist would become.
Evanescence Origin	4.0
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory	3.0
Clint Mansell and Kronos Quartet Requiem for a Dream	4.5
Dir En Grey Macabre	4.0
AFI The Art of Drowning	4.0
Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence	4.5
A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms	4.0
VNV Nation Burning Empires	4.0
Chicane Behind the Sun	4.0
Disturbed The Sickness	4.0
Mindless Self Indulgence Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy	3.5
Infected Mushroom Classical Mushroom	4.0
Icon of Coil One Nation Under Beat	3.0
Collide Chasing the Ghost	4.5
By far the best of the Collide albums I have heard; "Razor Sharp" is a dark sensual dream while the cover of "White Rabbit" is suitably strange with kaRIN's haunting vocals, and that's just the first half of the album! Quiet subdued darkness has hardly ever sounded so good before.
Juno Reactor Shango	4.5
Wumpscut Blutkind	5.0

1999
VNV Nation Empires	4.0
The Kovenant Animatronic	3.0
Nine Inch Nails The Fragile	4.0
Tristania Beyond the Veil	4.5
Junkie XL Big Sounds Of The Drags	4.0
Slipknot Slipknot	4.0
AFI Black Sails in the Sunset	4.0
AFI All Hallow's E.P.	4.5
Infected Mushroom The Gathering	4.5
Bile Sex Reflex	3.5
Dir En Grey Gauze	4.5

1998
Marilyn Manson Mechanical Animals	3.5
Orgy Candyass	3.0
Megaherz Kopfschuss	4.0
With an energy higher than some of Rammsteins offerings Kopfschuss really manages to keep the listener entertained. An obvious draw is their remake of "Rock Me Amadeus" which provides the perfect introduction to the band. The entire album is gorgeously filled with German vocals, harsh beats, and heavy guitars. Give the opening track "Liebest?" and "Jordan" a listen.
16Volt SuperCoolNothing	3.0
System of a Down System of a Down	4.5
Massive Attack Mezzanine	4.0
Cradle of Filth Cruelty and the Beast	4.5
VAST Visual Audio Sensory Theater	4.5
Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth	4.0
Sneaker Pimps Becoming Remixed	4.0
Pitchshifter www.pitchshifter.com	3.5
Android Lust Resolution	3.5
AFI A Fire Inside	4.0
Esthero Breath from Another	4.5
Alien Sex Fiend The Bat Cave Masters	4.5
Lunatic Calm Metropol	4.5

1997
Deftones Around the Fur	4.5
Chicane Far From the Maddening Crowds	4.0
The Crystal Method Vegas	4.5
Rammstein Sehnsucht	3.0
Wumpscut Embryodead	4.0
Juno Reactor Bible Of Dreams	4.0
Rob Dougan Furious Angels	4.5
Hooverphonic A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular	4.5
The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole	4.5
The Prodigy The Fat of the Land	5.0

1996
Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar	4.0
Tool Ænima	4.5
Cradle of Filth Dusk... and Her Embrace	4.0
Sneaker Pimps Becoming X	4.0
KMFDM XTORT	3.5
Juno Reactor Beyond the Infinite	4.5
Astral Projection Trust in Trance	4.0
Underworld Second Toughest in the Infants	4.0
Haujobb Solutions for a Small Planet	4.0

1995
The Chemical Brothers Exit Planet Dust	4.0
Numb Wasted Sky	4.5
Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side	4.0
KMFDM Nihil	4.5
Atari Teenage Riot 1995	3.5
Rammstein Herzeleid	4.0
Leftfield Leftism	4.5

1994
Portishead Dummy	4.0
Marilyn Manson Portrait of an American Family	4.0
Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral	3.0
Lustmord The Place Where The Black Stars Hang	4.5

1993
Type O Negative Bloody Kisses	4.5
Tool Undertow	3.5
Fluke Six Wheels On My Wagon	4.0
Juno Reactor Transmissions	4.0

1992
Nine Inch Nails Fixed	4.5
Nine Inch Nails Broken	4.0
Blind Guardian Somewhere Far Beyond	4.0

1991
Massive Attack Blue Lines	4.0

1990
Blind Guardian Tales from the Twilight World	4.0
Lustmord Heresy	4.5
The Bolshoi Bigger Giants	4.5

1989
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine	3.5
The Cure Disintegration	5.0

1987
The Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	4.0

1986
The Bolshoi Friends	4.5

1985
The Cure The Head on the Door	4.5
Dance or Die Nostradamnation	4.0

1982
The Cure Pornography	4.0
Bauhaus Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape	4.0

1981
The Cure Faith	4.5

1979
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures	3.5

2001
Blutengel Seelnschmerz	3.5

Unknown
In Death We Rise Haven't Dreamt Of Murder, Haven't Been I	3.5
I can't speak for the other bands but I really enjoy In Death We Rise and can't get their tracks out of my head. The guitars, while simple, are in the forefront of each song and accompany the vocals quite well.
[distatix] Medication	4.5

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