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2023
Eluvium (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality	4.5

2021
Silent Planet Iridescent	4.0
Villagers Fever Dreams	3.0

2020
Reflections Willow	3.5
Mac Miller Circles	4.5
Bodysnatcher This Heavy Void	4.0

2019
Eluvium Pianoworks	4.5
Spiritbox Singles Collection	4.0
Whitechapel The Valley	4.0

2018
Currents I Let the Devil In	4.0
LANDMVRKS Fantasy	3.5
$uicideboy$ I Want To Die In New Orleans	3.5
Mac Miller Swimming	4.0
Pouya Five Five	2.5

2017
Kublai Khan TX Nomad	4.0
Thy Art Is Murder Dear Desolation	4.0
Currents The Place I Feel Safest	3.5

2016
Pouya Underground Underdog	3.5
$uicideboy$ Eternal Grey	4.0
Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	3.0
Eluvium False Readings On	3.5
LANDMVRKS Hollow	4.0
With LANDMVRKS favoring mood and atmosphere over excessive heaviness, they craft an album that is enjoyable from front to back. The clean and screamed vocals are both fantastic, and the variation that exists in songwriting allows the album to be an invigorating listen.
Rittz Top Of The Line	3.5
Drake Views	3.5
ASAP Ferg Always Strive and Prosper	3.0
Explosions in the Sky The Wilderness	4.0
Hammock Everything and Nothing	4.5
Eluvium Curious Things	4.5
Young Thug Slime Season 3	4.0
Domo Genesis Genesis	3.5
Flatbush Zombies 3001: A Laced Odyssey	3.0
Asking Alexandria The Black	2.0
Young Thug I'm Up	3.5
Future EVOL	3.0

2015
Abigail Williams The Accuser	4.0
Children of Bodom I Worship Chaos	3.5
Drake and Future What a Time to Be Alive	3.5
My Dying Bride Feel the Misery	3.5
Jay Rock 90059	4.0
Mac Miller GO:OD AM	4.0
Sir Michael Rocks Populair	3.0
Mick Jenkins Wave[s]	4.5
Ghost (SWE) Meliora	4.0
Future DS2	3.5
Between the Buried and Me Coma Ecliptic	3.5
Thy Art Is Murder Holy War	3.5
Vince Staples Summertime '06	4.5
ASAP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP	4.0
Young Thug Barter 6	3.5
Liturgy The Ark Work	2.5
Blood Gemini Snow Season	4.5
Psycroptic Psycroptic	3.0
T'Saatsuna/Reverend Desaad Churnmilk Peg!!/Hypatian Codex: Compendium Dub	3.5
Enslaved In Times	3.5
The Magic Lightnin' Boys The Magic Lightnin' Boys	4.0
Red (USA) Of Beauty and Rage	3.0
Crypt Sermon Out of the Garden	4.0
Ethereal Shroud They Became the Falling Ash	4.0
The Amazing Picture You	3.5
36 Crazyfists Time and Trauma	3.0
Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late	4.0
Blacklisted When People Grow, People Go	2.5
Abstracter Wound Empire	3.5
Feed Her to the Sharks Fortitude	2.5
Heiress Of Great Sorrow	4.0
Dead in the Manger Cessation	4.0
Lord Dying Poisoned Altars	2.0
Caina Setter of Unseen Snares	3.5
Nervous Impulse (CA) Time to Panic	3.0
Northaunt Istid I-II	4.0
Rae Sremmurd SremmLife	3.5
Eluvium Pedals / Petals	3.5
Death Grips Fashion Week	4.0
Hutcher Hauntpop Vol. 2	3.5
Lucian the Wolfbearer Paradise	4.5

2014
Anesthesia An Infinite Winter, Vol. I: In Memoriam	3.5
Krimh Krimhera	4.0
The Banner Greying	4.5
Doctor Smoke The Witching Hour	3.5
sigh (US) batch.01	4.0
Circa Survive Descensus	4.0
Eye of Solitude Dear Insanity	4.5
Fall to November Sky... A Little Sounds for an Empty World	3.5
Darklands Bring Out The Dead	4.0
Midnight Static Colorwave	3.5
The Grouch x Eligh x CunninLynguists The Winterfire EP	4.0
Bloodbath Grand Morbid Funeral	4.0
Job for a Cowboy Sun Eater	4.0
Carcass Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel	4.0
Ne Obliviscaris Citadel	4.0
Dead Sea Apes High Evolutionary	4.0
PVRIS White Noise	3.5
Pianos Become the Teeth Keep You	4.0
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2	4.5
As Blood Runs Black Ground Zero	2.0
Horrendous Ecdysis	3.5
Jakob Sines	4.0
Cara Neir/Venowl Split	4.0
Vince Staples Hell Can Wait	4.0
Childish Gambino STN MTN	3.5
Fuck the Facts Abandoned	4.5
Gerard Way Hesitant Alien	3.0
NehruvianDOOM NehruvianDOOM	3.0
Tiny Moving Parts Pleasant Living	4.0
Aspherium The Fall of Therenia	4.0
Morning Effort I heard you the first time, it just wasn't funny	4.0
The Gaslight Anthem Get Hurt	4.5
Upon a Burning Body The World Is My Enemy Now	3.0
Darkest Hour Darkest Hour	3.0
Columns Please Explode	4.0
Wovenwar Wovenwar	3.5
Pathology Throne of Reign	3.5
Panopticon Roads to the North	4.0
Midnight Static Daydream	4.0
Fallujah The Flesh Prevails	3.0
Within the Ruins Phenomena	4.0
Upon repeated listens of Phenomena, it's fairly safe to say that this is the band's best work to date. There are plenty of chugs and breakdowns in this album, but I'll damned if this isn't one of the catchiest metalcore releases of the year so far. "Gods Amongst Men" starts the album off as one of WtR's best songs, and it becomes obvious after a few listens that there is zero filler on this album. Both instrumental tracks rank as some of the strongest songs, with "Enigma" boasting guitar licks very reminiscent of both Mario Bros and Inspector Gadget. The fun that Within the Ruins had making this one is translated well on the record, and the band have not sounded tighter in their playing than they do now.
Forevermore Telos	4.0
War of Ages Supreme Chaos	3.0
Joyce Manor Never Hungover Again	4.0
Volumes No Sleep	3.0
This is certainly a polarizing listen. Up until now, Volumes have been entrenched in the techy/metalcore/djent craze with bands like Structures and Within the Ruins. It's not necessarily a bad place to be; it's just difficult to progress naturally out of that sound. With some atmosphere and more clean vocals added in, Volumes certainly sounds reinvigorated. "Erased" sounds like a completely different band, favoring driving clean vocals and eschewing the usual one-dimensional songwriting. The lyrics are laughable at some points (check out "Pistol Play" for the lulz), but this is a good transition album for the band. The new influences sprinkled in this time around will certainly blossom if given enough time, and as it stands now No Sleep is a fun listen.
Betraying the Martyrs Phantom	2.0
I, the Breather Life Reaper	2.5
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestite	4.0
Origin Omnipresent	3.5
'68 In Humor and Sadness	4.0
Sonic Syndicate Sonic Syndicate	2.5
Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown	4.0
Hutcher Hauntpop	4.0
Interesting project here. I am definitely going to review this. Reminds me of what would play in a grocery store in a post-apocalyptic world. Strange, almost alien-like, but with a forlorn familiarity that would inherently attract people to it.
Circaic False Prophetic Roads	3.5
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun	4.0
Rain City Drive Through Art We Are All Equals	3.5
Through Art We Are All Equals is certainly Jonny Craig's project through and through. It ends up being a question of how much you enjoy his vocals, because instrumentally speaking there simply isn't much going on here. Most of what is going on here has a second-rate Emarosa feel to it, but the good news is the lyrics on here are much more honest and revealing than on past projects. "Starving For Friends" is certainly a highlight with Craig intoning, "I miss the days of being on fire". Vocally we haven't seen Craig this good in awhile, and this album seems the stepping stone that was necessary in order for him to release a truly impressive album in the future. Though the highlights are fantastic on this, too many of the middle songs sound similar and create a plodding tempo throughout.
Ab-Soul These Days...	2.5
Essence Beyond Carnivalism	3.0
Musk Ox Woodfall	4.5
Incantation Dirges of Elysium	3.5
Trap Them Blissfucker	3.5
Death Grips The Powers That B - Part I: Niggas on the Moon	3.5
The Amity Affliction Let the Ocean Take Me	3.0
A Slow Descent Utopias	4.0
Deniro Farrar Rebirth	4.5
Illsugi Catalyst	4.0
Best Wishes Best Wishes	4.0
Hour of Penance Regicide	3.5
Kitty Impatiens	3.5
Structures Life Through a Window	3.5
Sorority Noise Forgettable	3.5
Mac Miller Faces	4.0
Mac Miller has been progressing at an impressive level. His lyricism is getting better but still needs some work; however, that doesn't stop Faces from being startlingly honest at times. It's interesting to watch Mac work backwards from most hip-hop stars, in that the shitty mainstream aspect of his music came first and he has progressively gotten weirder (in a good way). The production and attention to detail on some of these beats are astounding, and he sets himself up with some very impressive features spanning from Rick Ross to Vince Staples. Obviously 24 tracks is too much of anyone for one release, but the majority of material here is stronger than anything that has preceded it. rRecommended Tracks: Diablo, Apparition, Rain, Angel Dust, New Faces, and Insomniak
Killer Be Killed Killer Be Killed	2.5
Killer Be Killed did nothing for me as a listener, unfortunately. With almost no experience with any of the past bands associated with this endeavor (besides Mastodon, of course), I didn't have any expectations going into listening to this. First song and single "Wings of Feather and Wax" is a melodic masterpiece, employing one of the catchiest choruses of the year and an extremely listenable solo. The biggest downfall of that song in particular also points to the overarching problem in general; Max Cavalera's involvement drags the album down considerably. His vocals are laughable and pale in comparison to the contribution made by Troy Sanders and Greg Puciato. However, the best performance on this album goes to drummer Dave Elitch, who provides fast-paced and enjoyable fills. There simply aren't any highlights on Killer Be Killed; it is essentially an album filled with great moments that aren't fleshed out in any way. It's good for a few listens here and there, but mostly this album is a wasted opportunity from a talented group of musicians.
Black Tongue Born Hanged	2.5
Antwon Heavy Hearted In Doldrums	3.5
Quarterbacks Quarterboy	3.5
Quarterboy is just one of those releases that is nostalgia personified. When life was a little simpler, you might spend your days agonizing over girls with your friends; that was a few summers of my life quite a long time ago (longer ago than I care to remember, honestly). It's trivial looking back at it now, but what this album provides is 16 minutes of gentle, inoffensive twee pop. The quick compositions and tongue-in-cheek lyrics make this quite the listenable little gem; although to that end, it comes and goes without any real highlights. Quarterbacks crafted a full-length that left me interested enough to follow their progress to see how they mature in the coming years, because the potential is certainly there.
Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall	4.0
Whitechapel Our Endless War	3.0
Miss May I Rise of the Lion	2.0
Free Throw Lavender Town	4.0
Autopsy Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves	4.0
Aborted The Necrotic Manifesto	4.0
Pet The Preacher The Cave and The Sunlight	4.0
Oxford Drama Oxford Drama	3.5
Aesop Rock The Blob	4.5
Delain The Human Contradiction	3.5
Chevelle La Gárgola	3.0
Fireworks Oh, Common Life	5.0
Thou Heathen	3.5
Nocturnal Witch Summoning Hell	3.5
Kool A.D. WORD O.K.	3.5
Ringworm Hammer of the Witch	3.5
The War On Drugs Lost in the Dream	4.5
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Pinata	3.0
Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) Built on Glass	3.0
Vince Staples Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2	3.5
Good Weather for an Airstrike A Home for You	3.5
Architects Lost Forever // Lost Together	3.5
Lost Forever // Lost Together does everything that is expected of Architects at this point, but they haven't done it this well in quite some time. The renewed vigor shines through the entire album, most notably in standouts "Gravedigger" and "Broken Cross", but the album in general is a step in the right direction.
Buried in Verona Faceless	3.5
Wolves Like Us Black Soul Choir	3.5
Comeback Kid Die Knowing	4.0
Carnifex Die Without Hope	3.0
Mr. Muddle General's Quarters	4.0
The Hotelier Home, Like NoPlace Is There	3.5
It's strange; this album took a very long time to grow on me, and I really don't know why I listened to it so much when I didn't care for it initially. It's passionate and gritty, honest and revelatory. It possesses an identity amongst a gluttony of bands that don't dare to be so strikingly personal. The lyricism paints a picture that is easy to understand, and it almost seems like you're just listening to a friend recount a difficult time in his life where nothing made sense and everything was an uphill battle. Musically speaking, it is almost painfully average. The bland instrumentation and predictable songwriting is what stops this from getting a higher rating. With that being said, this is an album that will mean quite a bit to so many music lovers out there, and that cannot be taken away no matter what. I would advise anyone who is into pop punk and emo to check this one out, as it is incredibly affecting.
ScHoolboy Q Oxymoron	3.5
Lakutis 3 Seashells	4.0
Yoma Approaching Silence	4.0
A Slow Descent On Ganymede	4.0
Crosses Crosses	3.0
Modern Baseball You’re Gonna Miss It All	3.5
Noah Gundersen Ledges	4.0
Sunn O))) and Ulver Terrestrials	4.0
Behemoth The Satanist	4.0
Neck Deep Wishful Thinking	3.0
Hexis Abalam	4.0
lovechild In Heaven, Everything is Fine	4.0
Manners Pale Blue Light	5.0
iamthemorning MISCELLANY	3.5

2013
Morning Effort Mourning Effort	3.5
Kool A.D. Not O.K.	2.5
Burial Rival Dealer	4.0
Childish Gambino Because the Internet	4.0
I Exist From Darkness	4.0
A Million Dead Birds Laughing Bloom	4.0
Ghost (SWE) If You Have Ghost	4.5
Living Sacrifice Ghost Thief	3.5
Obliteration Black Death Horizon	4.0
Mac Miller DELUSIONAL THOMAS	4.5
I actually like this better than anything that Mac Miller has put out; the pitched-up voice is hard to get used to, but the lyrics are surprisingly very good and the flow is more than serviceable. The murky and off-kilter beats are some of the best that Mac has created, and his choice of guest spots on this are impeccable. Recommended songs: "Halo", "Bill", and "Grandpa Used To Carry a Flask"
Cara Neir Portals to a Better, Dead World	4.0
Skeletonwitch Serpents Unleashed	3.5
A Lot Like Birds No Place	3.0
Jonwayne Rap Album One	3.5
Pusha T My Name Is My Name	4.0
State Champs The Finer Things	4.0
Lorde Pure Heroine	3.5
Drake Nothing Was the Same	3.0
Flatbush Zombies BetterOffDEAD	4.0
Pathology Lords of Rephaim	3.0
Crying Get Olde	3.5
Earl Sweatshirt Doris	4.5
Born of Osiris Tomorrow We Die Alive	2.0
Ulver Messe I.X-VI.X	4.0
Norma Jean Wrongdoers	4.0
Wrongdoers is the sum of the parts Norma Jean have been quietly collecting throughout rtheir entire career. Barring a few setbacks over the years, the band have not stayed rstagnant in a genre renowned for recycled ideas from most of the bands. Finally the longer rtracks have a palatable experimental feel to them; "Hive Minds" is one of the band's best rofferings with eerie distortion building up to immense riffs. The album itself is a rcombination of their most frenzied aggression matched up with a strong focus on continuity. rVocalist Cory Brandan has never been more on point both vocally and lyrically; "Funeral rSinger" is certainly proof of that. Wrongdoers proves that an already-established rband can eschew self-made constrictions and put out an album that is miles above and beyond rwhat was anticipated by fans.
Counterparts The Difference Between Hell and Home	4.0
Stomach Earth Stomach Earth	4.0
Coffins The Fleshland	4.0
Autopsy The Headless Ritual	3.5
bansheebeat Spiral Power	4.0
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels	4.5
August Burns Red Rescue & Restore	3.5
Vince Staples Stolen Youth	4.0
Pest The Crowning Horror	3.5
Mac Miller Watching Movies With The Sound Off	4.0
Noisem Agony Defined	4.0
Scale the Summit The Migration	4.0
Deafheaven Sunbather	4.5
The Black Dahlia Murder Everblack	4.0
Action Bronson Saaab Stories	3.5
Summoning Old Mornings Dawn	4.0
City and Colour The Hurry and the Harm	3.0
Hodgy Untitled 2	2.5
Lavinia Take Shelter	4.5
Travis Scott Owl Pharaoh	3.5
Eluvium Nightmare Ending	4.0
Feed Her to the Sharks Savage Seas	3.0
The Uncluded Hokey Fright	3.5
Arsis Unwelcome	4.0
State Lines For the Boats	3.5
Fearless Leader Half Dead	4.0
Strawberry Girls French Ghetto	4.0
Swain Howl	3.5
Ghost (SWE) Infestissumam	3.5
Midas Fall Wilderness	3.5
Tyler, the Creator Wolf	2.5
Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal	3.0
The Color Morale Know Hope	2.5
Barrow Though I'm Alone	3.5
October Falls The Plague of a Coming Age	3.5
Dorena Nuet	4.0
Mac Miller Run On Sentences Vol. 1	3.5
Entropia (PL) Vesper	4.5
Within the Ruins Elite	3.5
murk daddy flex third compilation	3.5
Neck Deep A History of Bad Decisions	3.0
clipping. Midcity	4.0
Kitty D.A.I.S.Y. Rage	3.0
Pusha T Wrath Of Caine	3.5
Rotten Sound Species At War	4.0
Lights and Motion Reanimation	3.5
ASAP Rocky LONG.LIVE.A$AP	3.5
Aphelion Aonarach	4.0

2012
Perturbator I Am The Night	4.5
Seriously amazing stuff. Dirty, grimy, and sounds like it came straight out of an eighties horror flick.
Caster Caster	4.0
Modern Baseball Sports	4.0
Modern Baseball are undoubtedly a fun listen; their emo-infused pop punk style may leave some to be desired songwriting-wise; but it is immediately engaging and plenty catchy. The nasally vocals will definitely get on the nerves of listeners not used to the style, but the sarcastic and youthful attitude present in the lyrics will bring a full-on nostalgia trip to the open-minded. The songs are individually powerful enough to keep your attention, and the plaintive yearning in the vocals speak to the honesty of a band that seems to wholly represent the average twenty-something sad-sack. There are a few songs that just do not match up to the highlights, but overall Sports is much more consistent than Modern Baseball's follow-up, and is perfect for a summer listen.
Our Lost Infantry The New Art History	3.5
The Weeknd Trilogy	4.0
Free Throw Free Throw	3.5
Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city	2.0
Bear//Face Beat_Tape	3.5
The chilled-out beats on this are fantastic. Whether it's the amazing vocal sample in "Taste My Sad" or the melancholic vibe on "GANGY", there is a surprising amount of variation on Beat_Tape. "Bruh Bruh" is a more energetic electronic track but still works very well within the context of the EP. There are a few duds here, most notably the third song entitled "$o0oo Wavey" which is much too repetitive for its own good. Even with a few songs not really matching up to the others, it's still a great way to spend twenty minutes if you're interested in the genre at all.
Thy Art Is Murder Hate	3.0
My Dying Bride A Map of All Our Failures	4.5
MellowHype Numbers	3.0
Converge All We Love We Leave Behind	5.0
Legs Like Tree Trunks Future Reference	3.5
Enslaved RIITIIR	4.5
Mike Mictlan Snaxxx	4.0
This or the Apocalypse Dead Years	3.5
Pathology The Time of Great Purification	3.0
Cerce Cerce	4.0
Title Fight Floral Green	4.5
Neck Deep Rain in July	3.0
Snow Tha Product Good Nights & Bad Mornings	3.5
Good Nights & Bad Mornings provides the listener with an artist that possesses both technical ability and an ear for catchy songwriting. Snow tha Product doesn't mince her words, and it's refreshing to see a female so authentic in the genre. "Cookie Cutter Bitches" is an incisive take on the sameness that can pervade the female MC, while "Fuck the Rent" provides a focus on relatable monetary troubles balanced with dreams of making it big in tow. Also, the verses on "Hola" just rip.
In Hearts Wake Divination	3.0
ASAP Mob Lord$ Never Worry	3.5
Grave Endless Procession of Souls	3.5
Supa Sortahuman & Shawn Kemp Supasonic	3.5
I didn't love this at first listen, but it's really a fun release. The beats are incredibly varied (provided courtesy of Shawn Kemp) and Supa Sortahuman is a serviceable rapper. "UFO'in" boasts the catchiest beat and Lil Ugly Mane's verse on "Me & You" a capella is downright amazing.
Flatbush Zombies D.R.U.G.S.	3.5
Frank Ocean channel ORANGE	4.5
Frank Ocean created something that transcended my disdain for the genre, which I didn't think possible. The variety in beats, guest appearances, and tone will appeal to most listeners. There are a few missteps here, as some songs are brilliant but awkwardly placed, with a few songs that should not have made the cut. This is dangerously close to an absolute masterpiece, and for the time that Ocean has been in the game, it has become obvious from this release that he will be a staple for critics and mainstream listeners alike.
Aesop Rock Skelethon	4.0
Childish Gambino Royalty	3.5
Trophywife Hold Onto Your Luck	3.5
Manners Apparitions/Escapism	4.5
Athletics Who You Are Is Not Enough	4.5
Palm Reader Palm Reader	3.5
Whitechapel Whitechapel	3.5
Whereas most self-titled releases signify a band on the decline, Whitechapel show the band at their strongest thus far. The biggest difference between this and previous albums is the variation; each and every song has its own easily discernible identity, which is especially a feat given the fact that they are still firmly rooted in the deathcore genre. The over-reliance on breakdowns has been replaced by interesting leads and the emergence of piano on a few songs, most notably on the penultimate track "Make It Bleed". The brief solo in "Section 8" is just one more example of quite a few that point to Whitechapel incorporating subtle influences to stand out from the pack. Unfortunately, there are also some sophomoric lyrics that make this seem much more juvenile than the actual songwriting would suggest. As it stands, this is a heavy dose of deathcore done correctly, with a sprinkling of different influences and balls-out heaviness.
Miss May I At Heart	2.5
Make Them Suffer Neverbloom	3.5
Ab-Soul Control System	4.0
Job for a Cowboy Demonocracy	3.5
Municipal Waste The Fatal Feast	3.5
Hands Like Houses Ground Dweller	3.5
Every Time I Die Ex Lives	3.5
Lil Ugly Mane Mista Thug Isolation	5.0
Die Antwoord Ten$ion	3.5
Caravels/Gifts From Enola Well Worn	4.0
Abigail Williams Becoming	4.0
Blue Sky Black Death and Nacho Picasso Lord of the Fly	4.0
"All the drugs I abuse and I'm still not amused." This rules, probably going to be my next review.

2011
Cerce Teen Bible	4.0
Barrow Being Without	4.0
Glass Bones Seasons	4.0
Chevelle Hats Off To The Bull	3.0
Olafur Arnalds Living Room Songs	4.5
Lakutis I'm In The Forest	4.0
Deas Vail For Shepherds & Kings - EP	3.5
Deas Vail succeed greatly in creating dreamy, gorgeous pop music that has more substance than most acts out there. With this EP, Deas Vail cover Christmas songs, and do it much better than the myriad out there butchering them. Wes Blaylock's angelic voice soars on this release.
Mike G The Award Tour EP	3.5
Drake Take Care	4.5
Pusha T Fear of God II: Let Us Pray	3.5
Pianos Become the Teeth The Lack Long After	4.5
Deaf Havana Fools And Worthless Liars	4.5
ASAP Rocky Live.Love.A$AP.	3.5
Trapped Under Ice Big Kiss Goodnight	3.5
Deas Vail Deas Vail	4.0
A Lot Like Birds Conversation Piece	4.5
New Found Glory Radiosurgery	4.0
Domo Genesis Under The Influence	3.0
Pathology Awaken to the Suffering	2.5
A Winged Victory for the Sullen A Winged Victory for the Sullen	5.0
Full of Hell Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My Home	4.0
Prof King Gampo	3.5
Noah Gundersen Family	4.0
Dead And Divine Antimacy	4.0
Danny Brown XXX	4.0
All Shall Perish This Is Where It Ends	3.0
Heartsounds Drifter	4.0
It isn't always easy to balance pop punk with technicality, all while managing to sound heartfelt and passionate. Drifter gives all of that in spades, with two of the four members coming from metal band Light This City. The fast-paced drums and incredibly varied guitars, mixed with the dual male-female vocals, help to give fans of the pop-punk reason to rejoice. One of most consistent releases in recent memory, and my personal favorites (especially for summertime listening).
Hands (US-ND) Give Me Rest	3.5
Job for a Cowboy Gloom	4.0
Grieves Together/Apart	3.5
August Burns Red Leveler	2.5
The Black Dahlia Murder Ritual	3.0
City and Colour Little Hell	4.5
Hawkboy Hawkboy	3.5
As Cities Burn's frontman Cody Bonnette makes few missteps on Hawkboy's first EP. His passionate vocals overshadow the songwriting here, but this much is sure; if you enjoyed his last band, there is alot to love here.
Holy Other With U	4.5
Fireworks Gospel	4.0
Tyler, the Creator Goblin	3.0
Shattered Skies Reanimation	3.0
Snowmine Laminate Pet Animal	4.0
dredg Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy	1.5
Death Grips Exmilitary	4.5
Atmosphere The Family Sign	3.0
Some good songs, but overall it doesn't really grab my attention. Atmosphere have strayed far from their comfort zone, and it seems to detract more than reward. Slug's lyrics and perspective on things keeps it interesting for me, as he is still a masterful storyteller.
Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues	4.0
The Plot In You First Born	3.0
Emery We Do What We Want	3.5
Big K.R.I.T. ReturnOf4eva	4.0
Born of Osiris The Discovery	4.0
Trap Them Darker Handcraft	4.0
Funeral for a Friend Welcome Home Armageddon	4.0
FFaF come through on all of the promises they made on past albums. This is their most complete to me.
Action Bronson Dr. Lecter	4.0
Manners Apparitions	4.5
The Color Morale My Devil In Your Eyes	3.5
The Color Morale seem to have everything it takes to be a prototypical Rise Records band; endless chugging, sing/scream dynamic, and a littany of breakdowns. With that being said, there are nuances that make this record stand out among many others in the genre. Passionate, incredible clean vocals and interesting guitar leads make for a great listen. It helps that the lyrics aren't the normal drivel about lost love and devotion to God; it is in the small details here that point to a good record and an even better one in the future.
Bayside Killing Time	3.5
Darkest Hour The Human Romance	3.0
Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra.	4.0
Glassjaw Coloring Book	4.5
Red (USA) Until We Have Faces	2.5
Kingdom of Giants Abominable	4.0
Architects The Here and Now	3.0
Joyce Manor Joyce Manor	4.5
Trophywife An Innocent Orphan In The Post-Modern World	3.0
Glassjaw Our Color Green (The Singles)	4.5

2010
The Damned Things Ironiclast	3.5
Eluvium The Motion Makes Me Last	3.0
The Chariot Long Live	3.5
Underoath Ø (Disambiguation)	4.0
MellowHype BLACKENEDWHITE	3.5
Athletics Why Aren't I Home?	4.5
Senses Fail The Fire	3.5
Helios Unleft	4.0
Bad Books Bad Books	3.0
Eluvium Static Nocturne	4.0
Second Thief Brainwashed	3.5
Brian McBride The Effective Disconnect	4.0
Abigail Williams In the Absence of Light	3.5
Anberlin Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place	4.0
Jarrod Gorbel Devil's Made A New Friend	3.5
Deception Of A Ghost Speak Up, You're Not Alone	3.0
The Devil Wears Prada Zombie	3.5
Conditions Fluorescent Youth	3.5
Miss May I Monument	3.0
Man Overboard Real Talk	3.5
Thy Art Is Murder The Adversary	3.0
Norma Jean Meridional	3.5
Emarosa Emarosa	3.5
Texas in July Uncivilized	3.0
Texas in July release more of the same; generic metalcore with slightly above-average musicianship. It's not inherently bad music, and if you've enjoyed their past releases, there isn't any reason for you to not pick this up. "Fight Fair" starts out with a fun riff, and then proceeds to chug for the next three minutes or so. Nothing less, nothing more than what should be expected from an outfit such as them.
Whitechapel A New Era of Corruption	3.0
Trap Them Filth Rations	4.5
Sage Francis Li(f)e	2.5
His worst in my opinion, but still relatively good. A few stellar songs.
Beneath The Sky In Loving Memory	3.5
Oceana Clean Head	4.0
Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow	3.0
Structures All of the Above	3.0
Earl Sweatshirt EARL	4.0
Sleeping With Sirens With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear	3.0
Isles and Glaciers The Hearts of Lonely People	2.5
Daughters Daughters	4.0
The Workday Release Farther From Familiar	3.0
Loscil Endless Falls	5.0
Eluvium Similes	3.5
Through the Eyes of the Dead Skepsis	3.0
Nostalgia is forcing me to give this an average rating; all my history with this band haha. That should tell you something. Stay far away.
Jeff Martin and Steven Padin The First Joke & Other Matters	3.5
Goonies Never Say Die No Words To Voice Our Hopes And Fears	3.0
Full of Hell The Inevitable Fear of Existence	4.0
Manners Escapism	4.0

2009
Clipse Til the Casket Drops	2.5
Manchester Orchestra Live at Park Ave.	3.5
Obliteration Nekropsalms	4.0
A Lot Like Birds Plan B	3.5
Jack's Mannequin Dear Jack	4.0
Many will disagree with this, but I believe this little release to be the best thing that has come of Jack's Mannequin. All four of the tracks present on Dear Jack are keepers, and the reinterpretation of "Swim" is chilling in its perfection. If you thought Everything in Transit was a bit too pop-punk and thought that The Glass Passenger lacked the songwriting chops and hooks, this is the perfect middle ground.
Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect	4.0
Deas Vail Birds & Cages	3.0
Russian Circles Geneva	3.5
Noah Gundersen Saints & Liars	4.0
The Fall of Troy In the Unlikely Event	2.0
Converge Axe to Fall	3.5
Brand New Daisy	3.5
Despised Icon Day Of Mourning	4.0
Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic	4.5
The Black Dahlia Murder Deflorate	3.5
Craig Owens With Love	2.5
The Color Morale We All Have Demons	2.5
Chevelle Sci-Fi Crimes	4.0
So Long Forgotten Things We Can See and Things We Cannot	3.5
Modest Mouse No One's First, and You're Next	3.5
Dead And Divine The Machines We Are	4.0
Jonny Craig A Dream Is A Question You Don't Know How To Answer	3.0
August Burns Red Constellations	3.5
Funeral Fornication Pandemic Transgression	2.0
Job for a Cowboy Ruination	3.0
Pianos Become the Teeth Old Pride	3.5
Dear Landlord Dream Homes	4.5
The Dear Hunter Act III: Life and Death	3.5
Darkest Hour The Eternal Return	4.0
Miss May I Apologies Are for the Weak	3.5
Gifts From Enola From Fathoms	3.5
dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion	3.5
Dance Gavin Dance Happiness	3.5
Emery ...In Shallow Seas We Sail	4.5
Hester Prynne The Goswell Divorce	4.0
Closure in Moscow First Temple	4.5
Closure in Moscow have created a near-perfect album here. Catchiness is not sacrificed for technicality, and there is a strong sense of experimentation that exists in song structures that still have an appearance of conventional. The album is a dichotomy in itself of a band that is unabashedly catchy and unafraid to chase different influences at the same time.
The Dangerous Summer Reach for the Sun	3.5
Kevin Devine Brother's Blood	4.0
Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing	3.5
As Cities Burn Hell or High Water	4.0
The Candlepark Stars Very Big Sky	4.5
Themselves TheFREEhoudini	4.0
The Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than Alone	4.5
New Found Glory Not Without a Fight	3.5
The Antlers Hospice	4.0
Of Machines As If Everything Was Held In Place	4.0
Viraemia Viraemia	3.0
Thursday Common Existence	4.0
Obscura Cosmogenesis	4.0
Red (USA) Innocence and Instinct	4.0
Jarrod Gorbel Ten Years Older	3.5
Bon Iver Blood Bank	4.0
Hiroshima Will Burn To The Weight Of All Things	3.5

2008
Lower Than Atlantis Bretton	3.5
And Hell Followed With Domain	3.5
The Fall of Troy Phantom on the Horizon	3.5
So Long Forgotten Baptism	4.0
The Faceless Planetary Duality	2.0
Sylosis Conclusion of an Age	3.5
Manchester Orchestra Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind EP/DVD	3.5
Haste the Day Dreamer	4.0
Senses Fail Life Is Not a Waiting Room	4.0
Senses Fail continue to hone their craft on Life Is Not a Waiting Room. While the highlight songs don't match up to the last full length, it is a more consistent album. The screaming has matured quite a bit, and even if Buddy Nielsen isn't utilizing it as much on this album, it is incredibly effective. Ultimately, if you like Senses Fail, you will enjoy this album. If you didn't like them before this, you won't enjoy this one very much, either.
Anberlin New Surrender	2.0
Mostly throwaway tracks, and there is no excuse to re-release a track when it was on an earlier full length. Glad that they came back from this one.
Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season	1.5
Trenches The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole	4.0
All Shall Perish Awaken the Dreamers	3.5
Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation	4.0
Deas Vail White Lights	3.5
Dance Gavin Dance Dance Gavin Dance	3.0
Matthew Robert Cooper Miniatures	4.5
Norma Jean The Anti Mother	4.0
A Breath Before Surfacing Death Is Swallowed In Victory	3.0
Finch Finch	4.0
Cloudkicker The Discovery	3.5
Lower Definition The Greatest of All Lost Arts	3.0
Emarosa Relativity	2.5
Noah Gundersen Brand New World	3.5
36 Crazyfists The Tide and Its Takers	3.0
From A Second Story Window Conversations	3.0
Black Lungs Send Flowers	3.5
Emmure The Respect Issue	1.5
Closure in Moscow The Penance and the Patience	4.0
Arsis We Are the Nightmare	4.0
Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV	4.5
Search The City A Fire So Big The Heavens Can See It	4.5
Veil of Maya The Common Man's Collapse	2.5
Veil of Maya bring nothing new to the table to an almost remarkable extent. Despite presenting apt musicians, a vocalist with decent range, and penchant for writing an actual good song every once in a while ("It's Not Safe to Swim Today, "We Bow In Its Aura"), they too often succumb to sounding like every other -core band that Sumerian has signed. Veil of Maya has the ingredients necessary to create an unique, interesting album but will in all likelihood continue to provide angry kids with something to mosh to.
Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead	2.5
Sylosis The Supreme Oppressor	3.5
City and Colour Bring Me Your Love	3.5
Secret And Whisper Great White Whale	3.0
Protest the Hero Fortress	4.0
The Bright Star Alliance Oceania	3.5
Atmosphere Sad Clown Bad Spring 12	4.0
Followed By Ghosts Dear Monsters, Be Patient	3.5
Straight Reads The Line The Author	4.0

2007
As Tall As Lions Into The Flood	3.5
Anberlin Lost Songs	3.5
Duck Duck Goose Noise, Noise and More Noise	4.0
There is undeniable groove present in this record for how spastic and unpredictable the song structures can be. The vocals range from impressive clean passages to ear-splitting high screams to visceral lows. The drumwork is absolutely thunderous, DDG are able to carve out their own path in this unique release.
Trap Them Seance Prime	4.0
Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow	3.5
Signal the Escape These Scars Are Just the Beginning	3.0
Thrice The Alchemy Index Vol. II: Water	4.5
Followed By Ghosts The Entire City Was Silent	4.0
Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II	4.0
Emery I'm Only A Man	4.0
Paths Of Possession The End of the Hour	3.5
The Black Dahlia Murder Nocturnal	4.5
From Graves of Valor Famine	3.5
Aesop Rock None Shall Pass	4.5
Scary Kids Scaring Kids Scary Kids Scaring Kids	4.0
Through the Eyes of the Dead Malice	3.0
The Dangerous Summer If You Could Only Keep Me Alive	4.0
As Cities Burn Come Now Sleep	4.5
The Receiving End of Sirens The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi	4.5
Jesu/Eluvium Jesu/Eluvium	4.0
Strata Strata Presents The End Of The World	4.5
Darkest Hour Deliver Us	5.0
August Burns Red Messengers	2.5
The Dear Hunter Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading	4.5
Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain	3.5
Job for a Cowboy Genesis	2.5
Sage Francis Human The Death Dance	3.0
Joy Wants Eternity You Who Pretend to Sleep	4.5
The Fall of Troy Manipulator	3.5
Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline	5.0
The Chariot The Fiancee	3.5
Chevelle Vena Sera	4.0
Trap Them Sleepwell Deconstructor	4.0
El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead	4.0
Haste the Day Pressure the Hinges	3.0
Deas Vail All The Houses Look The Same	4.0
Emmure Goodbye To The Gallows	3.0
Funeral Diner Doors Open	4.0
Eluvium Copia	5.0
Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone	4.0
Anberlin Cities	4.5
The Handshake Murders Usurper	4.0
Brain Drill Apocalyptic Feasting	2.5
On Broken Wings Going Down	1.5
Abigail Williams Legend	3.0
Atmosphere Sad Clown Bad Summer 9	3.5
The Knife Trade Annihilation Of Expectation (Split W/ Through The Eyes Of The Dead)	3.5
So Long Forgotten Beneath Our Noble Heads	4.0
Thy Art Is Murder Infinite Death	4.0
Atmosphere Sad Clown Bad Fall 10	3.0
John Murphy 28 Weeks Later Soundtrack	4.0

2006
Deas Vail Collapse	4.5
Collapse is beautiful; its ethereal and dream-like quality naturally draws the listener in. The beautiful falsetto of vocalist Wes Blaylock and the tasteful use of keys punctuated by the the percussive talents of Wes Saunders allows Deas Vail to stand out among the glut of indie rock bands currently in existence. The soothing beginning to "Follow Sound" sounds otherworldly with its use of synthesizers and a simple clean guitar line complementing Blaylock's best vocal performance of the album. This band is unabashedly a Christian band in its message, but the lyrics are vague enough (and good enough) to be taken in a more personal manner. "Light As Air" demonstrates the band's songwriting capability perfectly; propulsive drumming meshes perfect with catchy melodies and memorable lyrics. The skeletons of all six songs present here would end up being used for their first LP All The Houses Look The Same, but what is presented here is the perfect time capsule for Deas Vail. Indie rock does not get more authentic than this, and the passion exuded here has not been replicated in the genre since for me. Highly recommended for listeners who want to feel something.
Clipse Hell Hath No Fury	4.5
Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me	3.0
Dance Gavin Dance Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean	4.0
The foundation is placed for what's to come in future albums, but Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean is still very raw. I love the melodies, and Craig's less imposing appearance on this release makes it much more palatable for me.
Gifts From Enola Loyal Eyes Betrayed The Mind	4.0
dredg Live at The Fillmore	4.0
Hammock Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo	4.0
Copeland Eat, Sleep, Repeat	3.5
Deftones Saturday Night Wrist	5.0
Bring Me the Horizon Count Your Blessings	2.0
Screams of Erida The Red Testament	3.0
Kevin Devine Put Your Ghost To Rest	4.0
The Twilight Singers A Stitch In Time	4.0
Senses Fail Still Searching	4.0
Manchester Orchestra I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child	4.0
Dustin O'Halloran Piano Solos Vol. 2	5.0
Piano Solos Vol. 2 is my perfect album. O'Halloran provides the perfect amount of melancholy with his compositions, subtly hinting at it in some tracks and absolutely drowning in it on others. It's understated and beautiful, but best of all, it takes me to a place that is completely separate from all of the chaos around me. I could never be even somewhat objective about this album, but I hope that more people give it the light of day it most certainly deserves.
Saosin Saosin	3.5
mewithoutYou Brother, Sister	4.0
Fear Before The Always Open Mouth	4.5
One of my favorite bands, and their best release. A tad more structured than previous releases, it blends the manic cacophony that defined past albums and combined it with a more mature sound. They experiment, but not to the point where the songwriting suffers. They utilize everything from monstrous riffs to eerie keyboards, and it works better for them than most bands attempting to do the same. Atmosphere coincides with heaviness in the spirit of a truly experimental band. Recommended Songs: "Drowning the Old Hag", "Mouth", and "...As a Result of Signals Being Crossed"
The Matches Decomposer	4.0
Norma Jean Redeemer	4.0
Envy Insomniac Doze	4.0
The Album Leaf Into The Blue Again	4.0
Wolverine Still	3.5
Dead Man In Reno Dead Man In Reno	3.5
DMIR are one of those bands that I want to defend constantly. I want to say that they aren't like the horde of metalcore bands that aren't doing anything interesting in the world of music, but the truth is that I just enjoy what they are doing on their self-titled. The vocals are erratic, as is the songwriting, but it works in favor of the album. Meatheaded breakdowns give way to gorgeous, melodic clean guitar passages. It is simple, by-the-books metalcore, done better than most of the masses.
Alexisonfire Crisis	3.5
Eluvium When I Live by the Garden and the Sea	4.5
Windmills By the Ocean Windmills By the Ocean	4.0
The Damascus Intervention Carefully Built, Carelessly Destroyed	3.0
As Tall As Lions As Tall As Lions	4.0
Daughters Hell Songs	4.5
All Shall Perish The Price of Existence	4.0
A Heartwell Ending Trust Us We Lie	3.5
Say Hi Impeccable Blahs	3.5
Set Your Goals Mutiny!	4.0
Veil of Maya All Things Set Aside	2.5
Helios Eingya	4.5
Coheed and Cambria Kerrang! / XFM UK Acoustic Sessions	3.0
Underoath Define the Great Line	4.0
Nights Like These The Faithless	3.0
Red (USA) End of Silence	3.0
Escape the Fate There's No Sympathy for the Dead	3.5
Loscil Plume	3.5
The Twilight Singers Powder Burns	4.0
Thursday A City By the Light Divided	3.5
Arctic Monkeys Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?	4.0
Biosphere Dropsonde	5.0
...Of Sinking Ships ...Of Sinking Ships	4.0
The Faceless Akeldama	4.0
Face Candy This Is Where We Were	4.5

2005
Dead And Divine What Really Happened at Lover's Lane	3.5
August Burns Red Thrill Seeker	4.0
Job for a Cowboy Doom	1.5
City and Colour Sometimes	3.5
Brian McBride When The Detail Lost Its Freedom	5.0
Through the Eyes of the Dead Bloodlust	4.0
Arsis A Diamond for Disease	4.0
Atmosphere You Can't Imagine How Much Fun...	3.5
Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness	4.0
Municipal Waste Hazardous Mutation	4.0
Embrace The End Counting Hallways to the Left	3.5
Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet?	3.5
Killing The Dream In Place, Apart	4.5
Between the Buried and Me Alaska	4.0
Protest the Hero Kezia	3.5
Every Time I Die Gutter Phenomenon	4.0
The Fall of Troy Doppelganger	3.5
Latterman No Matter Where We Go...!	4.5
Saosin Saosin EP	2.0
Emery The Question	3.0
The Fully Down Dont' Get Lost In A Movement	4.5
Boys Night Out TrainWreck	3.5
The Knife Trade/Through the Eyes of the Dead The Annihilation of Expectation	4.0
The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma	3.0
Haste the Day When Everything Falls	3.5
Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin	3.5
Scary Kids Scaring Kids The City Sleeps In Flames	3.0
dredg Catch Without Arms	4.5
As Cities Burn Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest	3.0
Stutterfly And We Are Bled Of Color	1.5
On Broken Wings It's All A Long Goodbye	2.5
Odd Nosdam Burner	4.5
The Taste Of Blood Predator	3.5
Finch Say Hello to Sunshine	4.5
Pelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon...	4.0
The Forecast Late Night Conversations	4.0
Beneath the Massacre Evidence Of Inequity	3.5
Team Sleep Team Sleep	4.5
Kevin Devine Split the Country, Split the Street	4.0
Kids in the Way Apparitions of Melody	3.5
The Receiving End of Sirens Between the Heart and the Synapse	3.5
Circa Survive Juturna	3.5
Despised Icon The Healing Process	4.0
Acceptance Phantoms	3.5
Funeral Diner The Underdark	4.5
Copeland In Motion	2.5
Hammock Kenotic	4.5
Eluvium Talk Amongst the Trees	4.5
Norma Jean O' God, the Aftermath	3.5
Aesop Rock Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives	4.0
Anberlin Never Take Friendship Personal	3.5
One of my go-to listens for catchiness and content. I love this one, and this rating is obviously skewed; what do you want from me?!
Matt Pond PA Winter Songs	3.5
The Psyke Project Daikini	4.5
Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust	3.5
Modern Life Is War Witness	5.0

2004
Invocation of Nehek Invocation of Nehek	3.5
Invocation of Nehek's self-titled is very dynamic for a metalcore record, and a great early example of why so many listeners flocked to bands like Unearth and Through the Eyes of the Dead in the early 2000s. The vocals vary from a high-pitched shriek to a low growl and are executed spendidly. They end up being the highlight of Invocation of Nehek, if only for the fact that the instrumentation takes on a somewhat similar sound throughout. The breakdowns are also surprisingly powerful, given the fact that they are (for the most part) well-timed and groovy. There are influences outside of the norm that help this stand out as well, such as the tranquil instrumentation present on "Drawing Blood From A Stone". The overall execution of this album leaves quite a bit to be desired, and certainly would have led to an even more varied and dynamic sophomore release had they continued on.
Self Defense Family Disappear Here	4.0
Jimmy Eat World Futures	4.0
mewithoutYou Catch For Us the Foxes	4.5
The Blood Brothers Crimes	4.0
Bring Me the Horizon This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For	1.5
Lamb of God Ashes of the Wake	4.0
Chevelle This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In)	4.0
With Dead Hands Rising The Horror Grows Near	4.0
Fear Before Art Damage	3.5
Senses Fail Let It Enfold You	3.5
Copeland Know Nothing Stays The Same	3.5
The Receiving End of Sirens The Receiving End of Sirens	3.0
Necrophagist Epitaph	3.5
Scary Kids Scaring Kids After Dark	3.5
Misery Signals Of Malice and the Magnum Heart	4.5
Unearth The Oncoming Storm	4.0
Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety	2.5
Alexisonfire Watch Out!	5.0
Killwhitneydead Never Good Enough For You	2.5
Loscil First Narrows	4.0
Eluvium An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death	4.0
Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News	3.5
Dead Poetic New Medicines	4.0
36 Crazyfists A Snow Capped Romance	3.5
Haste the Day Burning Bridges	3.5
Fennesz Venice	4.0
Burns Out Bright Distance and Darkness	3.0
Incubus (USA-CA) A Crow Left of the Murder...	4.0
Premonitions of War Left in Kowloon	4.0
Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo	4.5
From A Second Story Window Not One Word Has Been Omitted	4.0
August Burns Red Looks Fragile After All	1.5
The Dead Texan The Dead Texan	4.5
Arsis A Celebration of Guilt	4.0

2003
Dream Theater Train of Thought	4.0
Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place	3.5
The Fall of Troy The Fall of Troy	4.0
Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus	3.5
Something Corporate North	4.5
Funeral for a Friend Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation	3.5
Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3	4.5
Boys Night Out Make Yourself Sick	3.0
Thursday War All the Time	4.0
A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step	4.5
Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance	3.5
Daughters Canada Songs	3.5
Poison the Well You Come Before You	4.5
Vendetta Red Between the Never and the Now	3.5
Saosin Translating the Name	4.5
A Life Once Lost A Great Artist	3.5
Brand New Deja Entendu	3.5
Spitalfield Remember Right Now	3.0
On Broken Wings Some Of Us May Never See The World	2.0
Less Than Jake Anthem	4.0
Darkest Hour Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation	4.5
Eluvium Lambent Material	5.0
Anberlin Blueprints for the Black Market	3.0
Senses Fail From the Depths of Dreams	2.5
Aborted Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage...	4.0
All Shall Perish Hate. Malice. Revenge	2.5
Copeland Beneath Medicine Tree	3.0
AFI Sing the Sorrow	3.5
The Postal Service Give Up	4.0
Atmosphere Seven's Travels	4.0
Through the Eyes of the Dead The Scars of Ages	4.0
This EP was one of my first loves in terms of extreme music, and still represents one of the best examples of metalcore with a pinch of melodic death metal. The short length of the release, along with interesting tempo changes and varied vocals help to keep this much more original-sounding than many bands that have similar influences. The breakdowns don't disrupt the songs in any noticeable way, and I find myself seeking out bands that adopt the model of songwriting that Through the Eyes of the Dead have perfected here.rStandout Tracks: Beneath Dying Skies, To Take Comfort (In Yesterday's Scars)
Fear Before Odd How People Shake	3.5
The Black Dahlia Murder Unhallowed	3.0
Acceptance Black Lines to Battlefields	3.5
The Blood Brothers ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn	4.0
Nodes of Ranvier Nodes of Ranvier	4.0
The Album Leaf Seal Beach	4.0

2002
Loscil Submers	3.5
Sigur Ros ( )	5.0
Alexisonfire Alexisonfire	3.5
Chevelle Wonder What's Next	3.5
Stone Sour Stone Sour	3.5
Carissa's Wierd Songs About Leaving	4.0
Norma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child	2.0
Atmosphere God Loves Ugly	4.5
New Found Glory Sticks and Stones	4.0
Dead Poetic Four Wall Blackmail	3.0
36 Crazyfists Bitterness the Star	3.5
Finch What It Is to Burn	3.0
dredg El Cielo	4.0
Underoath The Changing of Times	2.5
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Source Tags and Codes	4.0
Decapitated Nihility	4.0
Poison the Well Tear From the Red	3.5
Sage Francis The Known Unsoldier "Sick Of Waging War..."	4.0
Sage Francis Personal Journals	4.0
Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade	4.0
Sharks Keep Moving Pause And Clause	4.0
Funeral Diner The Wicked	4.0
The Black Dahlia Murder A Cold-Blooded Epitaph	3.5
Cannibal Corpse Gore Obsessed	3.5
Agalloch The Mantle	5.0

2001
Dashboard Confessional So Impossible	4.0
Every Time I Die Last Night in Town	3.5
Eso-Charis Eso-Charis	3.5
My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours	5.0
Tim Hecker Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again	4.0
Stars of the Lid The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid	4.5
Thursday Full Collapse	3.5
Brand New Your Favorite Weapon	3.5
Modest Mouse Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks	4.0
Incubus (USA-CA) Morning View	4.5
Converge Jane Doe	3.0
Explosions in the Sky Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die...	4.0
Minus the Bear This is What I Know About Being Gigantic	4.0
Darkest Hour So Sedated, so Secure	4.0
Jimmy Eat World Bleed American	4.5
cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD	4.5
The Smashing Pumpkins Rotten Apples	4.0
The Black Dahlia Murder What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse	3.5
Sense Field Tonight and Forever	4.0

2000
Less Than Jake Borders and Boundaries	4.0
Morbid Angel Gateways to Annihilation	4.0
Electric Wizard Dopethrone	4.5
AFI The Art of Drowning	4.0
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command	4.0
Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence	3.5
Underoath Cries of the Past	2.5
Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica	5.0
Decapitated Winds of Creation	4.5
Rancid Rancid (2000)	4.0
Biosphere Cirque	4.0
Modest Mouse Building Nothing Out of Something	4.5
Explosions in the Sky How Strange, Innocence	3.0
Every Time I Die The Burial Plot Bidding War	2.5
Acceptance Lost for Words	2.5
Darkest Hour The Mark of the Judas	3.5

1999
Necrophagist Onset of Putrefaction	4.0
Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory	3.5
My Dying Bride The Light at the End of the World	4.5
American Football American Football	4.5
Incubus (USA-CA) Make Yourself	4.0
Slipknot Slipknot	4.0
AFI Black Sails in the Sunset	4.5
AFI All Hallow's E.P.	4.5
Underoath Act of Depression	3.5
Mortician Chainsaw Dismemberment	4.0
Poison the Well The Opposite of December	3.5
Darkest Hour The Prophecy Fullfilled	3.0
Deep Puddle Dynamics The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel?	4.5
Atmosphere Headshots: Se7en	3.5

1998
Less Than Jake Hello Rockview	4.0
American Football American Football EP	4.0
Death The Sound of Perseverance	3.5
Cannibal Corpse Gallery of Suicide	4.0
Morbid Angel Formulas Fatal to the Flesh	4.0
Devics If You Forget Me...	4.0

1997
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West	4.5
The Psycho Realm The Psycho Realm	4.5
Incubus (USA-CA) S.C.I.E.N.C.E.	4.0
Radiohead OK Computer	4.0
Biosphere Substrata	4.5
Pain (USA) Wonderful Beef	3.0
Sigur Ros Von	3.0

1996
OutKast ATLiens	4.5
Texas Is the Reason Do You Know Who You Are?	4.0
Modest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About	4.5
Cryptopsy None So Vile	4.5
Less Than Jake Losing Streak	3.5

1995
Dark Tranquillity The Gallery	4.5
Texas Is the Reason Texas is the Reason	4.5
The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	4.5
Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...	4.5
Carcass Swansong	3.5
Morbid Angel Domination	4.5
Mobb Deep The Infamous	5.0
Death Symbolic	4.5

1994
The Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot	4.0
Sunny Day Real Estate Diary	4.5

1993
Morbid Angel Covenant	4.0
Death Individual Thought Patterns	4.0
My Dying Bride Turn Loose the Swans	5.0
Demilich Nespithe	4.5
Cynic Focus	4.0

1992
Cannibal Corpse Tomb of the Mutilated	4.0
Incantation Onward to Golgotha	5.0

1991
Death Human	4.0
Atheist Unquestionable Presence	4.0
Morbid Angel Blessed Are the Sick	5.0
Cannibal Corpse Butchered at Birth	4.0
Autopsy Mental Funeral	4.0
Heathen Victims of Deception	4.5
Gorguts Considered Dead	4.5
Morbid Angel Abominations of Desolation	4.0
Sororicide The Entity	4.0

1990
Cannibal Corpse Eaten Back to Life	3.5
Death Spiritual Healing	3.5

1989
Overkill The Years of Decay	4.5
Sarcofago Rotting	4.0
Morbid Angel Altars of Madness	4.0

1988
Death Leprosy	5.0
Testament The New Order	4.5

1987
Death Scream Bloody Gore	4.5

1985
Anthrax Spreading the Disease	4.5

1984
Iron Maiden Powerslave	4.5
Metallica Ride the Lightning	3.5

1983
Metallica Kill 'Em All	3.5
Iron Maiden Piece of Mind	4.0

1982
Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast	4.5

1981
Iron Maiden Killers	4.5

1978
Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music For Airports	5.0

1970
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	4.5

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