The Church Starfish | 5.0 |
Patti Smith Horses | 5.0 |
Dirty Three Ocean Songs | 5.0 |
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Ghosteen | 5.0 |
Tool Fear Inoculum | 4.5 |
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part | 5.0 |
Converge Jane Doe | 5.0 |
Converge Axe to Fall | 5.0 |
Converge The Dusk in Us | 4.0 |
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers | 4.0 |
Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock | 4.5 |
Jason Becker Perpetual Burn | 4.0 |
Weezer Weezer | 4.5 |
Misfits Static Age | 4.5 |
The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. | 4.5 |
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West | 4.5 |
Massive Attack Mezzanine | 4.5 |
Atheist Unquestionable Presence | 4.5 |
ISIS Panopticon | 4.5 |
Weezer Pinkerton | 3.0 |
Cryptopsy None So Vile | 4.0 |
Joni Mitchell Blue | 4.5 |
Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath | 4.0 |
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly | 3.5 |
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | 4.0 |
Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde | 4.5 |
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home | 4.5 |
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 3.5 |
Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks | 4.5 |
Bruce Springsteen Born to Run | 4.0 |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada | 4.0 |
DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... | 5.0 |
The Beatles Abbey Road | 3.0 |
John Coltrane A Love Supreme | 4.5 |
Miles Davis Kind of Blue | 5.0 |
Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 4.5 |
Tom Waits Bad As Me | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Blood Money | 3.5 |
Tom Waits Alice | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Real Gone | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards | 3.5 |
Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner | 3.5 |
Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live | 4.5 |
Tom Waits Rain Dogs | 4.5 |
Tom Waits Franks Wild Years | 4.5 |
Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Heartattack and Vine | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Blue Valentine | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Foreign Affairs | 2.5 |
Tom Waits The Heart of Saturday Night | 4.0 |
Tom Waits Small Change | 4.5 |
Tom Waits Closing Time | 4.5 |
Tom Waits Bone Machine | 5.0 |
Tom Waits Mule Variations | 5.0 |
Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct | 4.0 |
Baroness Blue Record | 4.5 |
Baroness Purple | 4.5 |
Baroness Yellow and Green | 4.5 |
Baroness Red Album | 4.5 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer | 4.5 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works | 4.5 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity | 4.5 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine | 5.0 |
The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation | 4.5 |
AC/DC Let There Be Rock | 4.5 |
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 4.5 |
Clutch Blast Tyrant | 5.0 |
Dr. Dre The Chronic | 5.0 |
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Let Love In | 5.0 |
Terrorizer World Downfall | 5.0 |
Dead Meadow Dead Meadow | 5.0 |
Atmosphere God Loves Ugly | 5.0 |
Depeche Mode Black Celebration | 5.0 |
Elliott Smith XO | 5.0 |
Exodus Bonded by Blood | 5.0 |
Tiamat Wildhoney | 5.0 |
Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk | 5.0 |
Peter Gabriel Melt | 5.0 |
Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever, Amen | 5.0 |
The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? | 5.0 |
Pixies Surfer Rosa | 5.0 |
Motorhead Ace of Spades | 5.0 |
Poison the Well The Opposite of December | 5.0 |
Therapy? Infernal Love | 5.0 |
Modest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About | 5.0 |
No fanfare. No major label. No hit single. Perhaps that?s why Modest Mouse?s debut record was greeted with such little attention, and the reason why 20 years later, it has never really garnered the respect and admiration it truly deserves. To be fair, when listening to this album, it doesn?t exactly scream Top 40 or No.1 on the Billboard charts, probably because Isaac Brock didn?t want to make the kind of music that would be considered accessible for that audience. What Modest Mouse gave us instead was a gut-wrenching portrayal of isolation that one would associate with rural life. The album?s title is a pin-point accurate reflection of the music and lyrics, containing sweeping, beautiful melodies along with tense and abrasive musicianship that can make for an uneasy listen. Some might find the album?s constant theme overwhelming given its vast length, but it is nothing but: This Is A Long Drive is 74 minutes of perfection, from a band that has not put a foot wrong since its inception. Their other records are astounding, but their debut is still their creative peak, one that should be sought after wherever possible. |
Botch We Are the Romans | 5.0 |
Karnivool Themata | 5.0 |
Cave In Jupiter | 5.0 |
Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come | 5.0 |
Machine Head Burn My Eyes | 5.0 |
Neurosis The Eye of Every Storm | 4.0 |
Neurosis Times of Grace | 4.5 |
Neurosis Souls at Zero | 5.0 |
AC/DC Powerage | 5.0 |
Parkway Drive Ire | 4.0 |
Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun | 4.5 |
Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream | 4.5 |
Faith No More Sol Invictus | 4.0 |
Anathema A Natural Disaster | 4.5 |
Although not quite as stunning as Judgement (but pretty damn close), A Natural Disaster is still, from top to bottom, a flawless piece of work. At the time, it was the band's softest sounding record, but what we have here is a collection of beautifully crafted songs, more reliant on keyboards and ambience than guitars, which trust me, isn't a bad thing. It works ever so well. Definitely an album that, along with Judgement, is ideal for being the first piece of music you own from this brilliant band. Depends on where your music taste lies. |
Amon Amarth Versus the World | 4.0 |
Alice Cooper Welcome To My Nightmare | 4.5 |
Alcest Écailles De Lune | 4.5 |
Alestorm Black Sails at Midnight | 3.0 |
The Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky | 4.5 |
Aerosmith Aerosmith | 3.5 |
AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 4.0 |
Slipknot All Hope Is Gone | 2.0 |
Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses | 2.0 |
Slipknot Iowa | 1.5 |
Slipknot Slipknot | 3.0 |
Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | 4.0 |
Ministry Psalm 69 | 5.0 |
Dire Straits Making Movies | 4.0 |
Faith No More Album of the Year | 4.0 |
Faith No More King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 5.0 |
The Smashing Pumpkins Gish | 5.0 |
Dismember Like an Ever Flowing Stream | 4.5 |
Although they are often looked down upon as being a poor man's Entombed (yes, people actually think that), Dismember's first studio effort is in my opinion better than anything Entombed ever released, not only because it's perhaps the best album to come out of the Swedish Death Metal scene, but within the whole scope of Death Metal. Every song on it is killer and the sound is extraordinary. Paved the road down for many bands to come out of the same scene afterwards. |
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory | 4.5 |
Mercyful Fate Melissa | 5.0 |
Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse | 4.5 |
Bad Brains Bad Brains | 4.0 |
Prince Purple Rain | 4.5 |
Fleetwood Mac Rumours | 4.5 |
The Beatles The Beatles | 4.0 |
Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb | 4.5 |
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible | 4.5 |
Slint Spiderland | 4.0 |
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command | 5.0 |
Deep Purple Machine Head | 4.0 |
Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | 5.0 |
Pixies Doolittle | 4.0 |
The Smiths The Queen Is Dead | 4.0 |
The Cure Disintegration | 4.5 |
Elliott Smith Either/Or | 4.5 |
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited | 4.0 |
Pearl Jam Ten | 4.5 |
Pearl Jam Vs. | 5.0 |
Black Flag My War | 4.0 |
Black Flag Damaged | 4.5 |
Melvins Stag | 4.5 |
Melvins Houdini | 4.0 |
Deftones White Pony | 4.5 |
Deftones Deftones | 4.0 |
Stone Temple Pilots Purple | 4.5 |
Stone Temple Pilots Core | 4.5 |
The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat | 4.5 |
Anathema Judgement | 5.0 |
My "it's night-time and it's raining outside" band, and this is the album I reach for more than any other. Anathema have a number of outstanding albums, but I, much like many others, feel that Judgement is the band's magnum opus. I'd go as far to say it's one of the best albums of all time. It's always classed under the "depressing albums" title, and that's because it is, and it works in its favour. Albums can be dark and depressing lyrically, but the music fails to accompany it. Judgement however, does that in spades. That's why it works so well, why it's become the soundtrack to depressed people's lives, and why it's so damn brilliant. |
Anata The Conductor's Departure | 4.0 |
Agalloch The Mantle | 4.5 |
Not as grand in my opinion as Ashes Against The Grain but still an outstanding effort. |
Alan Parsons A Valid Path | 4.0 |
The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen | 5.0 |
The Afghan Whigs? Gentlemen certainly isn?t going to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. An album all about the downfalls of relationships isn?t one that most would find intriguing, given that it?s an idea that has been done to death since forever, but two things: 1. it?s far more thought-provoking and personal than you?d imagine, and 2. It doesn?t really matter anyways, because musically, this record excels in all aspects. Alt. Rock is something that can be (and was, at this time) very watered down and inexcusably generic, but whatever was running through frontman Greg Dulli?s mind going into this record made this an amazing beast. Undoubtedly, his love for funk and R&B music helped (listen to ?Debonair?, the band?s only minor hit), not to mention the incorporation of strings and piano, but also that he and the band were always very determined, which is a shame considering they fell under the radar. ?My Curse?, sung phenomenally by Marcy Mays of Scrawl, is the album?s emotional peak, but it?s another emotive track ?When We Two Parted? that is this album?s highlight, a delicate, poignant epic that makes this record one of the most underappreciated and unique records of all time. |
Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side | 4.5 |
Angra Temple of Shadows | 4.0 |
At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul | 5.0 |
The crown jewel of Melodic Death Metal. One of the most brutal albums I've ever come across but an album that is also surprisingly intricate. "Blinded By Fear", "Cold" and "World Of Lies" are the standout tracks. |
Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 5.0 |
If there's any album that HAS to be played in its entirety every time you go and listen to it, than Dream Theater's conceptual masterpiece would be it (along with a handful of other concept albums). What makes it so unique is that not only is the story integrated into the music very intriguing, but when reading/listening to the lyrics, you can actually figure out the premise. Very few albums fit this mould, and man, do these guys deliver in that sense. Also, the musicianship is downright incredible, combining blistering heaviness with a ton of melody and atmospheric passages. Stupendous stuff, and very few have managed better. |
David Bowie "Heroes" | 5.0 |
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars | 4.5 |
David Bowie Hunky Dory | 4.5 |
Husker Du New Day Rising | 3.5 |
Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern Sky | 4.5 |
Nocturnus The Key | 4.0 |
Nocturnus Thresholds | 4.5 |
Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle | 4.5 |
Mr. Bungle California | 4.0 |
Pestilence Consuming Impulse | 4.0 |
Gorguts Obscura | 3.0 |
Agalloch Ashes Against the Grain | 4.5 |
It's very difficult picking between this and The Mantle as to which is my favourite album from these guys, but I always lean slightly more towards Ashes, partly because overall it's a heavier sounding album but it has more to do with "Limbs" being one of the most astounding Metal songs of the century. |
Kreator Pleasure to Kill | 4.5 |
Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork | 4.5 |
My Morning Jacket Z | 4.0 |
Kreator Extreme Aggression | 4.5 |
Devin Townsend Project Epicloud | 4.5 |
Devin Townsend Project Addicted | 4.0 |
Strapping Young Lad The New Black | 4.0 |
Strapping Young Lad City | 5.0 |
Devin Townsend Terria | 4.5 |
Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech | 4.5 |
Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | 4.5 |
Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 4.0 |
Rush Snakes & Arrows | 4.0 |
Rush Clockwork Angels | 4.5 |
Rush Rush | 4.0 |
Queen News of the World | 4.0 |
Queen Sheer Heart Attack | 4.0 |
Queen Queen II | 4.5 |
Mastodon The Hunter | 4.5 |
Mastodon Leviathan | 4.5 |
Mastodon Remission | 4.0 |
Mastodon Blood Mountain | 4.0 |
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine | 4.5 |
Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks | 4.0 |
Alter Bridge Fortress | 4.5 |
Alter Bridge Blackbird | 4.5 |
King Crimson Starless and Bible Black | 4.0 |
King Crimson Discipline | 4.5 |
Television Marquee Moon | 5.0 |
Steely Dan Aja | 5.0 |
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms | 5.0 |
Capturing beauty at its finest. That is what Dire Straits did best, and nothing proved it more than this absolute gem of a record. Not a single solitary second is wasted, and the length of these tracks only adds more to its allure. The whole band kills it, but of course, you cannot mention Dire Straits in a positive light without mentioning Mr. Mark Knopfler, as this record is the highest showcase of both his vocals and guitar prowess. He shows that you don't have to play at blistering speeds to be an amazing guitar player. It's also about atmosphere, and he has that in spades. The title track is still in my opinion one of the greatest songs ever, ditto with "Your Latest Trick". |
Dire Straits Love Over Gold | 4.5 |
King Crimson Lizard | 4.0 |
King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon | 3.0 |
Edge of Sanity Crimson | 5.0 |
Is it an album or not? I ask this because the holy masterpiece that is Edge Of Sanity's Crimson consists solely of one track that runs for 40 minutes. Why is it a "holy masterpiece"? Because it's one of the most well executed releases ever, and what's disappointing about that is it doesn't garner the appreciation it deserves. Conceptually, it's amazing and musically, it combines Prog/Melodic Death Metal in a most astounding fashion. Could possibly be the greatest Concept album in Metal, and if you're not convinced, Mikael Akerfeldt sings on this thing. |
Crimson Glory Transcendence | 5.0 |
This record was released in the same year as ...And Justice For All, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son and Operation: Mindcrime, so it isn't hard to understand why this was vastly overlooked. Transcendence is such a criminally underrated record, it's better than all three and for my money, one of the greatest Metal albums ever recorded. Fantastic musicianship, combining elements of Prog, Power Metal, even a little Glam, with Midnight's freakish vocal abilities. Outstanding work. |
Deftones Diamond Eyes | 4.0 |
Deftones Around the Fur | 5.0 |
This was the first album I bought by this band, and still remains my undoubted favourite. Many would disagree, especially the Nu-Metal detractors, as Around The Fur was the last Deftones release to be fully rooted in the Nu-Metal sound. What came afterwards with White Pony and all their future releases was fantastic, but the personal connection really wins on this one. Sounds and feels just as good in darkness as it does in beaming light, and there aren't many albums that are able to cater to both. |
Ks Choice Paradise in Me | 4.5 |
Testament The New Order | 4.5 |
Testament The Gathering | 4.5 |
Anthrax Fistful of Metal | 3.5 |
Anthrax State of Euphoria | 3.5 |
Anthrax Spreading the Disease | 3.5 |
Anthrax Among the Living | 4.5 |
Megadeth Youthanasia | 4.0 |
Megadeth Countdown to Extinction | 4.0 |
Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! | 4.0 |
Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | 4.0 |
Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 3.5 |
Sepultura Roots | 4.0 |
Sepultura Beneath the Remains | 4.5 |
Slayer Decade of Aggression | 4.0 |
Slayer World Painted Blood | 2.5 |
Slayer Seasons in the Abyss | 4.5 |
Slayer Diabolus in Musica | 1.5 |
Slayer South of Heaven | 3.0 |
Slayer Hell Awaits | 4.0 |
Slayer Reign in Blood | 2.5 |
Frank Zappa Hot Rats | 5.0 |
Frank Zappa Joe's Garage | 4.5 |
The Doors The Doors | 4.5 |
ISIS In the Absence of Truth | 4.0 |
ISIS Oceanic | 5.0 |
Faith No More Angel Dust | 4.5 |
Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus | 4.5 |
Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | 4.5 |
Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood | 4.5 |
Neurosis Through Silver in Blood | 4.5 |
X Japan Art of Life | 4.5 |
The Who Who's Next | 4.5 |
King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic | 4.5 |
Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance | 4.0 |
Judas Priest British Steel | 3.5 |
Judas Priest Stained Class | 4.0 |
Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral | 5.0 |
Queen A Night at the Opera | 4.5 |
The Stooges Raw Power | 4.5 |
The Stooges Fun House | 5.0 |
Miles Davis Bitches Brew | 4.0 |
Jeff Buckley Grace | 5.0 |
Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime | 4.0 |
Immolation Close to a World Below | 2.5 |
I Don't understand all the hype that surrounds this. Listened to it, thought it was very average, not terrible but very overrated. |
Rainbow Rising | 5.0 |
Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me | 4.0 |
Nick Drake Pink Moon | 4.5 |
Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | 2.5 |
Genesis Foxtrot | 4.5 |
Genesis Selling England by the Pound | 5.0 |
Camel Camel | 4.0 |
Camel Mirage | 4.5 |
Radiohead Amnesiac | 3.5 |
Radiohead Kid A | 4.0 |
Radiohead OK Computer | 3.0 |
Radiohead The Bends | 5.0 |
Megadeth Rust in Peace | 4.5 |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love | 4.5 |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland | 5.0 |
Relocate yourself to England, find the best rhythm section and make great music. Sounds like an ambitious plan that James Marshall Hendrix had when he wanted to form a group, but rather than make just great music, he and his Experience made what many would argue was the most influential and timeless rock music ever made. Whilst Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love are landmark records, they?re relatively straightforward compared to the trio?s third and final album Electric Ladyland. From the straight up rock ?n? roll gems of ?Crosstown Traffic? and the astounding Bob Dylan cover ?All Along The Watchtower?, to the psychedelic freak-out of ?1983? and the extended jam classic ?Voodoo Chile?, Electric Ladyland experiments with different vibes and sounds they hadn?t yet ventured into (thanks to the prominent influence of LSD; go on, google what an ?electric ladyand? is). Its gamete of influences sets it apart drastically from their previous work and any music from that decade. It?s a supremely complete and revolutionary release, making it one of the greatest original double albums as well as the best record of the 1960?s. |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced | 4.5 |
Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime | 4.5 |
Frank Zappa Zoot Allures | 4.0 |
A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step | 4.0 |
A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms | 5.0 |
Stevie Wonder Innervisions | 4.5 |
Lou Reed Berlin | 4.0 |
Lou Reed Transformer | 4.5 |
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico | 4.5 |
Kreator Phantom Antichrist | 4.0 |
The Contortionist Exoplanet | 4.5 |
Still can't believe how much I really like this album. One of my favourites from the 2010's thus far. |
Cynic Focus | 4.5 |
Obituary Slowly We Rot | 4.5 |
Death Individual Thought Patterns | 4.5 |
Death Human | 4.5 |
Death Spiritual Healing | 3.5 |
Death Leprosy | 4.5 |
Death Scream Bloody Gore | 4.0 |
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti | 2.0 |
I've never been a massive Zeppelin fan, I enjoy them but I'm not overly obsessed with them. It's obvious that they're a huge influence and a pivotal part of Rock music, but I don't get they hype that surrounds this double L.P. and that there are people that consider it their best work. Very few memorable songs and even those tracks that feature some redeeming features are not enough to redeem the entire ordeal being presented to us here. |
Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy | 4.0 |
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III | 4.0 |
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II | 2.0 |
Ranks for me as one of the dullest and most uninteresting Hard Rock albums of all time, yet most people will tell you it's a crown jewel, which I just find unfathomable. |
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin | 4.5 |
Soundgarden Superunknown | 5.0 |
Soundgarden Badmotorfinger | 4.5 |
Soundgarden Louder Than Love | 3.5 |
Alice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | 4.0 |
Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue | 4.5 |
Atheist Piece of Time | 4.5 |
Unquestionable Presence is fantastic, but this is the one that always gets me banging my head. Not as complex and "jazzy" as their future albums, a bit more straightforward, but it makes up for it by being their heaviest release and being technical as hell. Incredible stuff and definitely worth checking out. R.I.P. Roger Patterson, one of Metal's most underrated Bassists. He kills it on this. |
Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd | 4.5 |
Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous | 4.5 |
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV | 3.5 |
Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events | 3.0 |
The only two tracks that are really good are "On The Backs Of Angels" and "Outcry", the remainder being average. |
Dream Theater Awake | 4.0 |
Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings | 4.0 |
Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 4.0 |
Dream Theater Falling into Infinity | 4.0 |
Very underrated. Not a masterpiece, but man does this contain some truly brilliant tracks. |
Dream Theater A Change of Seasons | 4.5 |
Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite | 2.5 |
There's actually some good material present here ("Ytse Jam" is a major highlight) but the remainder of the album is average, but for a first time effort it showcases a great deal of potential for the future. |
Mastodon Crack the Skye | 5.0 |
Neil Young After the Gold Rush | 4.5 |
Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps | 5.0 |
The ultimate Neil Young album, showcasing his beautiful acoustic side for one half, only to then unleashing "Old Black" to massive enjoyment. Music rarely eclipses the brilliance Neil layed down on this tremendous release. |
Dream Theater Dream Theater | 4.0 |
Pink Floyd Animals | 4.5 |
Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame | 4.5 |
Opeth Blackwater Park | 4.0 |
A bit overrated, but still a great album. "Harvest" and the title track are incredible. |
Black Sabbath Paranoid | 4.5 |
Faith No More The Real Thing | 5.0 |
Overkill Feel the Fire | 4.0 |
Overkill The Years of Decay | 4.5 |
Overkill Horrorscope | 5.0 |
Overkill The Electric Age | 3.5 |
Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | 3.5 |
Muse The 2nd Law | 4.0 |
Muse The Resistance | 4.0 |
Muse Black Holes & Revelations | 4.0 |
Muse Absolution | 4.0 |
Muse Showbiz | 3.5 |
Muse Origin of Symmetry | 5.0 |
Between the Buried and Me Colors | 1.0 |
Just plain awful and atrocious to listen to. How this band is being heralded as one of the greats of the last ten or so years is beyond me. Very poor in every way. |
Dio Holy Diver | 5.0 |
The fact that this is a 5/5 album and not even the best album Ronnie James Dio sang on in my opinion is quite breathtaking. It's amazing how a vocalist can climb aboard any band or project and record amazing material, regardless of who the musicians are. This is a true sentiment to Dio. Holy Diver is a genius record and one of the true Metal classics, one that needs to belong in your collection. Just picking a favourite track off of this is a very daunting task, but I have to give it to the title track. |
Black Sabbath 13 | 4.5 |
Black Sabbath Headless Cross | 3.5 |
Black Sabbath Born Again | 2.0 |
Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell | 4.5 |
Black Sabbath Sabotage | 4.5 |
Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | 4.0 |
Black Sabbath Vol. 4 | 4.0 |
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath | 4.5 |
Black Sabbath Master of Reality | 5.0 |
This record belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of Heavy Metal. The first two Black Sabbath albums gave birth to what is now known as Heavy Metal. FACT. Master Of Reality however, took it to another level. Iommi's guitar riffs were much heavier, and it layed the foundations for Stoner Rock, Sludge Metal, not to mention Grunge. Geezer and Bill, perhaps the greatest rhythm section in Rock/Metal ever, are at the height of their abilities and power here. This is an album that if isn't in your collection needs to be rectified right away. One of my favourites of all time. It should be one of yours too. ESSENTIAL LISTENING. |
Judas Priest Painkiller | 4.5 |
Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny | 4.5 |
Annihilator Never, Neverland | 4.0 |
King Diamond Abigail | 4.5 |
Korn See You on the Other Side | 2.5 |
The beginning of Korn's journey into the mediocre, if not poor string of releases that do nothing to capture the magnificence of this one time juggernaut in Nu-Metal. |
Korn Take a Look in the Mirror | 3.0 |
Korn Follow the Leader | 4.0 |
Korn Untouchables | 4.0 |
Korn Korn | 4.5 |
Silverchair Young Modern | 1.5 |
These guys were favourites of mine when I was younger, but once I heard "Straight Lines" and the rest of the release, almost all my appreciation for them had vanished out the window. This was truly selling out and it reflected negatively on not just myself but many others who love or loved all of their previous albums. |
Silverchair Diorama | 3.5 |
Silverchair Neon Ballroom | 4.0 |
Silverchair Freak Show | 4.0 |
Silverchair Frogstomp | 3.5 |
Carcass Heartwork | 4.5 |
Katatonia Brave Murder Day | 4.0 |
Katatonia The Great Cold Distance | 4.5 |
Gojira From Mars to Sirius | 4.0 |
Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 4.0 |
Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time | 3.5 |
Iron Maiden Powerslave | 4.0 |
Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 4.5 |
Iron Maiden Piece of Mind | 4.5 |
Iron Maiden Killers | 4.5 |
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden | 5.0 |
Mad Season Above | 5.0 |
Yes Close to the Edge | 3.0 |
Yes Fragile | 4.0 |
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King | 4.5 |
King Crimson Red | 5.0 |
Dream Theater Train of Thought | 4.0 |
Dream Theater Octavarium | 3.5 |
Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 4.0 |
Dream Theater Images and Words | 4.5 |
AC/DC Black Ice | 3.5 |
Rush Permanent Waves | 4.0 |
Rush Moving Pictures | 4.5 |
Rush A Farewell to Kings | 4.0 |
Rush Signals | 3.5 |
Rush Hemispheres | 5.0 |
Rush 2112 | 4.5 |
Dire Straits Dire Straits | 4.5 |
Black Sabbath Mob Rules | 4.5 |
Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire | 4.0 |
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles | 4.5 |
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine | 5.0 |
This is perhaps my favourite album of all time. There's not a damn flaw on this record: absolutely mind-blowing, an prominent, powerful and exciting record that should belong in everyone's music collection. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute | 1.5 |
Not as hideous of an album as I used to think, but it's still pretty bad. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk | 4.0 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers The Uplift Mofo Party Plan | 3.5 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers The Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2.0 |
Sounds poor, musically and vocally not a fantastic start and the production is lacking desperately. Certain qualities that would make up the Chili Peppers in the future, most notably funk and groove are almost absent. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm With You | 3.0 |
It sounds crisp, almost perfect in a way, but the overall approach isn't spectacular. I was expecting Josh Klinghoffer to show off his guitar playing and prove to everyone why he is a worthy replacement for John Frusciante but instead we were treated to Flea's bass that at times vastly overpowers the guitar. Other than that, Kiedis' vocals are great and the catchiness of the album cannot be ignored. |
Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures | 4.0 |
The Butterfly Effect Begins Here | 4.5 |
The Prodigy The Fat of the Land | 5.0 |
The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | 4.0 |
The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream | 4.5 |
The Mars Volta Scab Dates | 4.0 |
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath | 4.0 |
The Mars Volta Amputechture | 4.0 |
The Mars Volta Frances the Mute | 4.5 |
The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium | 4.5 |
Opeth Deliverance | 3.0 |
My least favourite of Opeth's discography. Overall it is actually quite decent in most areas but falls below par compared to other releases that the bad had output thus far in their careers. There's definitely more aggression and heaviness, but at times the record feels monotonous and some riffs drag on for a very long time, so there is a mixture of pros and cons. |
Opeth Orchid | 3.0 |
A good debut, despite it being rather monotonous and poor sounding. Worth checking out, but Opeth have offered us much better since. |
Opeth Still Life | 5.0 |
Opeth Morningrise | 4.5 |
Easily ranks as one of Opeth's greatest ever achievements. A must listen for any new fans. |
Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse | 4.0 |
Opeth Damnation | 4.5 |
Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.0 |
Opeth Watershed | 4.0 |
Opeth Heritage | 3.0 |
With Heritage, Opeth recorded a very audacious record featuring no death growls and barely any elements of a Progressive Death Metal group. This album combines classic 70's Prog with a touch of Jazz Fusion. Overall it doesn't take your breath away but perhaps in retrospect it will be looked upon more positively. |
Porcupine Tree The Incident | 3.5 |
Porcupine Tree Deadwing | 4.5 |
Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet | 4.5 |
Porcupine Tree In Absentia | 5.0 |
Death Symbolic | 5.0 |
Not quite as good as The Sound Of Perseverance, but not many things are. Symbolic is still, pound for pound, one of the best albums of the genre, for many of the same reasons TSOP is. Amazing riffs, incredible solos, and Gene Hoglan giving perhaps his finest drumming performance in his career to date. Although more straightforward than what came after it, Symbolic was also the first true Technical Death Metal offering in Death's catalogue. The title track, "Empty Words", "Without Judgement", you cannot go wrong with any track on this thing. An absolute classic. |
Death The Sound of Perseverance | 5.0 |
When I was 13 and 14 years old, I began to delve more into both Prog and Extreme Metal. I was keen to expand my taste, and having never heard an Extreme Metal album in full, this was the one I tried out first. I regret having done so, as nothing within the genre I've heard since has eclipsed the sheer brilliance and lunacy that you find on The Sound Of Perseverance. The solos are blistering, the riffs are pummelling, Richard Christy's drumming is monumental and, of course, Chuck Schuldiner. Don't ask me to go more in depth with that, because you already know why. Among the top Metal albums ever, without fucking question, technical Metal at its finest. |
Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu | 4.5 |
Yes overall, this is a piece of shit. Musically monotonous and uninteresting, with dull vocals and lyrics and awful riffs and licks, and the fact it?s a two disc release that lasts for more than 90 minutes you will never get back, however it didn?t bother me as much as other fans. Some definitely took Lulu too close to heart not realising it?s not the tenth Metallica record, it?s just something on the side I guess, even if it?s not very, well, good. |
Metallica Ride the Lightning | 5.0 |
Metallica ...And Justice for All | 5.0 |
Metallica Reload | 2.5 |
Load, surprisingly, brought us a bunch of memorable tracks, more good than bad. ReLoad is split down the middle: half the songs are good, half are not. Therefore, it receives the 2.5 rating. That's it. |
Metallica Garage Inc. | 4.0 |
Metallica St. Anger | 2.0 |
"Well at least it was heavy." Yes, but Load and ReLoad in my opinion contain some memorable tracks, whereas this has none, perhaps that is more to do with the atrocity of the sound (the kitchen pot snare drum) and the nasty Guitar sound, with Hetfield's rubbish vocal delivery over the top. Had all that been of a higher standard, it would've be perceived as more of an accomplishment. |
Metallica Death Magnetic | 3.0 |
If the production quality was better, this would be worthy of a 4. Musically, not a bad album however. |
Metallica Metallica | 4.5 |
Metallica Load | 3.5 |
Metallica Beyond Magnetic | 4.0 |
Metallica Master of Puppets | 5.0 |
Metallica Kill 'Em All | 4.0 |
Def Leppard Vault: Greatest Hits 1980 - 1995 | 4.0 |
Alice Cooper Trash | 4.0 |
Alice in Chains Dirt | 5.0 |
Could possibly rank as my favourite album ever, certainly in the top three or four. Grunge has had several incredible releases under its umbrella, but Dirt eats all of them up for breakfast in every way imaginable. From sludgy, dirgy metallic riffs to eerie guitar melodies, a superb rhythm section and Layne Staley's incredible vocal talents, this record is perfect in every way. The lyrics are extremely thought-provoking as well. It's so difficult just picking a stand-out track, because they all are. "Down In A Hole", "Rain When I Die", "Dirt", "Sickman", even "Rooster" and "Would" are two singles you never get sick of hearing. An absolute masterpiece, a genius piece of work. |
Alice in Chains Alice in Chains | 4.5 |
Alice in Chains Facelift | 4.5 |
Alice in Chains Jar of Flies | 5.0 |
Without question, one of the greatest music releases ever. A big call, perhaps? Well maybe, but the way this album resonates with me is profound. It had a massive impact on a very weird period of my life. The predominantly acoustic instrumentation only enhances the impact this album has had or could have on someone who has never heard it, but Layne's vocals and lyrics are what make this recording most memorable. Every track is glorious, but it's "Nutshell", clocking in at 4:19, that is this release's crown jewel. An absolute must have. |
AC/DC Highway To Hell | 4.5 |
AC/DC Back In Black | 4.5 |
I initially had this rated a 3, but I realised I was being stupid. It really is a superb album, but it brings back a great deal of nostalgia. |
AC/DC Live | 4.0 |
Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze | 4.0 |
Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age | 4.0 |
Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf | 4.5 |
Queens of the Stone Age Rated R | 5.0 |
Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris | 3.5 |
Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley | 5.0 |
Kyuss Blues for the Red Sun | 4.0 |
Audioslave Revelations | 3.0 |
Good, but weak in comparison to their first two records. Boasts some good tracks but overall it's rather bland. |
Audioslave Out of Exile | 4.0 |
Audioslave Audioslave | 4.5 |
Rammstein Reise, Reise | 4.0 |
Rammstein Mutter | 4.0 |
Rammstein Sehnsucht | 4.0 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium | 3.5 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way | 4.5 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication | 4.0 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 4.0 |
The Clash London Calling | 5.0 |
Pink Floyd Pulse | 4.5 |
Pink Floyd The Wall | 3.5 |
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here | 5.0 |
I can barely explain how much this album means to me. One of my favourites of all time from arguably my favourite group. |
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon | 4.5 |
Pink Floyd Meddle | 5.0 |
A dimply breathtaking record. "Echoes" sends shivers up my spine like no other song.. |
Pantera Vulgar Display of Power | 4.0 |
Pantera Far Beyond Driven | 3.5 |
Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill | 5.0 |
Pantera Reinventing the Steel | 3.0 |
Pantera's last hurrah resulted in a sound that was heavier than ever, combing a mixture of elements and incorporating sounds from all the band's previous outings, which sounds absolutely fantastic, but in reality, it was like drinking coffee and tea at the same time. Well, maybe not that bad but it doesn't capture the skill and amazement of the first two Pantera albums. There is definitely some ferociousness that results in some memorable moments such as "Revolution Is My Name" and "Uplift" but it is let down by inconsistency. Lets put it this way: overall, it's actually good and listen after listen it gradually grows on you but this is my least favourite Pantera release and not the record I would play to introduce people to this Heavy Metal juggernaut. |
Pantera Official Live: 101 Proof | 4.0 |
Pantera Cowboys from Hell | 4.5 |
Tool Opiate | 4.0 |
Actually a better release than what some might think. Very impressive debut E.P.r |
Tool Ænima | 5.0 |
Tool Undertow | 4.0 |
Tool Lateralus | 5.0 |
Tool 10,000 Days | 4.0 |