| Hazpiq Cepheid | 4.0 |
| Hamferd Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk | 3.5 |
| Dodsrit Nocturnal Will | 3.5 |
| Amigo the Devil Yours Until the War is Over | 4.0 |
| Adrianne Lenker Bright Future | 3.0 |
| Mannequin Pussy I Got Heaven | 3.5 |
| Convulsing Perdurance | 4.0 |
| Grace Cummings Storm Queen | 4.0 |
| Grace Cummings Ramona | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest Invincible Shield | 3.5 |
| Julia Holter Loud City Song | 4.5 |
| Julia Holter Have You In My Wilderness | 4.0 |
| Julia Holter Aviary | 4.0 |
| Julia Holter Something in the Room She Moves | 4.5 |
| Mamaleek Come and See | 3.5 |
| Mamaleek Diner Coffee | 4.5 |
| Night Verses Every Sound Has a Color...: Part II | 4.0 |
| Perturbator Dangerous Days | 4.5 |
| Baxter Dury I Thought I Was Better Than You | 4.0 |
| Yard Act Where's My Utopia? | 4.5 |
| Steve Hackett The Circus and the Nightwhale | 3.5 |
| Ihsahn Ihsahn (Orchestral) | 3.5 |
| Ihsahn Ihsahn | 3.5 |
| Rid Of Me Access To The Lonely | 4.0 |
| The Pineapple Thief It Leads To This | 3.0 |
| Ugh, AI artwork on cover and singles... High hopes it won't become a trend, or at least it's just going to be a "phase" |
| Folly Group Down There! | 4.0 |
| Kristoffer Gildenlow Empty | 4.0 |
| Guhts Regeneration | 3.5 |
| YIN YIN Mount Matsu | 3.5 |
| Persefone Lingua Ignota: Part I | 3.0 |
| Altar of the Stag Visceral Offering | 3.0 |
| Marika Hackman Big Sigh | 3.5 |
| Slift Ilion | 4.0 |
| Caligula's Horse Charcoal Grace | 3.5 |
| Svdestada Candela | 3.5 |
| The Smile Wall of Eyes | 3.5 |
| Sufjan Stevens Javelin | 3.5 |
| Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAliste Planetarium | 3.5 |
| King Hannah I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me | 3.0 |
| Atsuko Chiba Water, It Feels Like It's Growing | 3.5 |
| Oak Pantheon The Absence | 2.5 |
| Hypno5e Sheol | 3.5 |
| Billy Nomates CACTI | 3.0 |
| Periphery Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre | 3.5 |
| Zalomon Grass Space Opera | 3.5 |
| The HIRS Collective We're Still Here | 4.0 |
| Manchester Orchestra The Valley of Vision | 3.5 |
| Crown Lands Fearless | 2.5 |
| The Golden Dregs On Grace and Dignity | 3.0 |
| Altin Gun Aşk | 3.0 |
| Sermon Of Golden Verse | 3.0 |
| Tunic Wrong Dream | 3.0 |
| Black Orchid Empire Tempus Veritas | 2.5 |
| Okwaho The Usurper Regime | 3.0 |
| Gia Margaret Romantic Piano | 2.5 |
| Johnny The Boy You | 4.0 |
| Spanish Love Songs No Joy | 3.0 |
| Blackbraid Blackbraid II | 4.0 |
| Voice Of Baceprot Retas | 3.5 |
| Night Verses Every Sound Has a Color...: Part I | 4.0 |
| Sacro The End | 3.5 |
| Grian Chatten Chaos For The Fly | 3.5 |
| Witch Ripper The Flight After The Fall | 3.0 |
| Thy Catafalque Alföld | 3.0 |
| TesseracT War of Being | 4.0 |
| Subsignal A Poetry Of Rain | 3.5 |
| Soen Memorial | 3.0 |
| Smoulder Violent Creed of Vengeance | 4.0 |
| Sleep Token Take Me Back to Eden | 4.0 |
| Psygnosis Mercury | 3.0 |
| October Tide The Cancer Pledge | 3.0 |
| Monika Roscher Bigband Witchy Activities and the Maple Death | 4.5 |
| Metallica 72 Seasons | 3.0 |
| Klone Meanwhile | 3.5 |
| Kamelot The Awakening | 3.0 |
| Hellripper Warlocks Grim and Withered Hags | 4.0 |
| Hexvessel Polar Veil | 3.0 |
| Healthyliving Songs of Abundance, Psalms of Grief | 3.5 |
| Haken Fauna | 3.0 |
| Downfall of Gaia Silhouettes Of Disgust | 4.0 |
| Bruce Soord Luminescence | 3.0 |
| Redemption I Am The Storm | 4.0 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Life Is But a Dream... | 4.0 |
| Allochiria Commotion | 3.5 |
| Mariusz Duda AFR AI D | 3.5 |
| Poppy I Disagree | 3.5 |
| Poppy Zig | 3.0 |
| Olivia Rodrigo Guts | 4.0 |
| Boygenius the record | 4.0 |
| Closure in Moscow Pink Lemonade | 3.5 |
| Closure in Moscow Soft Hell | 4.0 |
| HMLTD The Worm | 4.0 |
| Dawn Ray'd To Know The Light | 4.5 |
| Steven Wilson The Harmony Codex | 3.5 |
| Green Lung This Heathen Land | 4.0 |
| Grails Anches En Maat | 4.0 |
| IDLES Ultra Mono | 3.5 |
| The Gabriel Construct Interior City | 4.0 |
| Baroness Stone | 4.0 |
| Enslaved Heimdal | 4.0 |
| OK Goodnight The Fox and the Bird | 4.0 |
| Herod Iconoclast | 3.5 |
| AVKRVST The Approbation | 2.0 |
| Godsleep Lies to Survive | 4.0 |
| Amorphis Tales from the Thousand Lakes | 4.0 |
| Spectral Lore 11 Days | 3.5 |
| Einar Solberg 16 | 4.5 |
| Otay:onii Dream Hacker | 4.0 |
| Fever Ray Radical Romantics | 3.5 |
| Dodheimsgard Black Medium Current | 4.5 |
| The Ocean Holocene | 4.0 |
| The National First Two Pages of Frankenstein | 3.0 |
| Von Hertzen Brothers Love Remains the Same | 3.5 |
| Fish Raingods with Zippos | 4.5 |
| Onsegen Ensemble Fear | 4.0 |
| Onsegen Ensemble Duel | 4.5 |
| Onsegen Ensemble Realms | 4.5 |
| U.S. Girls In A Poem Unlimited | 4.0 |
| U.S. Girls Bless This Mess | 3.5 |
| Katatonia Sky Void of Stars | 3.5 |
| Ne Obliviscaris Exul | 3.5 |
| Liturgy 93696 | 4.5 |
| Anna B Savage in|FLUX | 4.5 |
| Nicole Dollanganger Married in Mount Airy | 4.0 |
| Riverside ID.Entity | 4.5 |
| Paolo Nutini Last Night in the Bittersweet | 4.0 |
| The Steams Mild Conquest | 3.5 |
| Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow | 4.0 |
| Aherusia Bacchus - Epiphanies Of The Crazy God | 3.5 |
| Psychonaut Unfold the God Man | 3.5 |
| Wilderun Epigone | 3.0 |
| David Maxim Micic BILO IV | 4.0 |
| Electric Litany Sonder | 4.0 |
| Shilpa Ray Door Girl | 4.0 |
| Shilpa Ray Portrait of a Lady | 4.5 |
| Mammock Rust | 3.0 |
| Book Of Sand Seven Candles For An Empty Altar | 1.5 |
| Mother Turtle MT V | 3.5 |
| Verbal Delirium Conundrum | 4.0 |
| Aeternam Heir of the Rising Sun | 3.0 |
| Secret Shame Autonomy | 4.5 |
| Messa Close | 4.5 |
| Just Mustard Heart Under | 3.0 |
| Megadeth The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! | 2.5 |
| Florence and the Machine Dance Fever | 4.0 |
| Kikagaku Moyo Kumoyo Island | 3.5 |
| Silvana Estrada Marchita | 4.0 |
| Father John Misty Chloe and the Next 20th Century | 3.5 |
| Jenny Hval Blood Bitch | 4.0 |
| Jenny Hval The Practice of Love | 3.5 |
| Jenny Hval Classic Objects | 3.5 |
| Charlie Griffiths Tiktaalika | 3.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Closure/Continuation | 3.5 |
| Regina Spektor Home, Before and After | 4.0 |
| Gospel MVDM: Magick Volumes Of Dark Madder | 4.0 |
| Vitam Aeternam Revelations of the Mother Harlot | 3.5 |
| Sharon Van Etten We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong | 4.5 |
| Chat Pile God's Country | 4.5 |
| Extra Life Secular Works, Vol. 2 | 4.0 |
| Nova Twins Supernova | 3.5 |
| Machine Head Of Kingdom And Crown | 4.0 |
| Muse Will of the People | 3.5 |
| Motorpsycho Ancient Astronauts | 4.0 |
| Riot City Electric Elite | 4.0 |
| Pussy Riot MATRIARCHY NOW | 3.5 |
| Sikasa Matter Earth | 4.0 |
| OvO Ignoto | 4.5 |
| Titan to Tachyons Vonals | 4.0 |
| Slipknot The End, So Far | 3.0 |
| Maraton Unseen Color | 3.0 |
| Bjork Medulla | 4.0 |
| Bjork Fossora | 4.0 |
| Clutch Sunrise On Slaughter Beach | 3.5 |
| Aenaon Mnemosyne | 3.5 |
| Melody's Echo Chamber Unfold | 2.0 |
| A.A. Williams As The Moon Rests | 3.5 |
| City of Caterpillar Mystic Sisters | 3.0 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Unlimited Love | 3.0 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Return of the Dream Canteen | 3.0 |
| Avantasia A Paranormal Evening With the Moonflower Society | 2.5 |
| High Vis Blending | 3.0 |
| Sigh Shiki | 3.5 |
| Brutus (BE) Unison Life | 4.5 |
| Devin Townsend Lightwork | 3.0 |
| Crone Gotta Light? | 3.0 |
| Psychonaut Violate Consensus Reality | 3.5 |
| Antimatter Black Market Enlightenment | 4.0 |
| Tove Lo Dirt Femme | 4.0 |
| The Ocean Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic | 4.0 |
| The Mars Volta The Mars Volta | 4.0 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix Banefyre | 4.0 |
| Ashenspire Hostile Architecture | 4.0 |
| NoMeansNo Wrong | 4.0 |
| Radiohead Amnesiac | 4.0 |
| Aldous Harding Aldous Harding | 3.5 |
| Aldous Harding Warm Chris | 3.5 |
| Aldous Harding Designer | 3.5 |
| Aldous Harding Party | 4.5 |
| Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia | 4.0 |
| Wet Leg Wet Leg | 4.0 |
| Mother of Millions Orbit | 3.0 |
| Venus Principle Stand in Your Light | 4.0 |
| Mizmor and Thou Myopia | 3.5 |
| Melody's Echo Chamber Melody's Echo Chamber | 3.0 |
| FES With Regards From Home | 4.0 |
| Gospel The Loser | 3.5 |
| SOUL GLO Diaspora Problems | 4.0 |
| Hallas Isle of Wisdom | 3.5 |
| Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers | 5.0 |
| Zeal and Ardor Zeal and Ardor | 2.5 |
| Jethro Tull The Zealot Gene | 3.0 |
| Ghost (SWE) Impera | 3.5 |
| Aurora (NOR) The Gods We Can Touch | 3.5 |
| Ibaraki Rashomon | 3.5 |
| Melody's Echo Chamber Emotional Eternal | 3.5 |
| GGGOLDDD This Shame Should Not Be Mine | 3.5 |
| Earthless Night Parade of One Hundred Demons | 3.5 |
| Orville Peck Bronco | 4.0 |
| Lack the Low God-Carrier | 4.0 |
| Chalk Hands Don't Think About Death | 3.0 |
| Orbit Culture Shaman | 3.0 |
| -S- Dom, w którym mieszkał Wąż | 4.0 |
| Maquina! Why? | 3.5 |
| Polis Weltklang | 3.5 |
| Brand X Product | 3.5 |
| Il Giardino Onirico Apofenia | 4.0 |
| Flaming Row Mirage - A Portrayal of Figures | 3.5 |
| Jono El Grande Melody Of A Muddled Mason | 4.0 |
| Slapp Happy Slapp Happy | 4.0 |
| The Mercury Tree Spidermilk | 4.0 |
| All Traps On Earth A Drop Of Light | 3.5 |
| alt-J The Dream | 4.0 |
| The Cinematic Orchestra Man With A Movie Camera | 4.0 |
| Supersister To the Highest Bidder | 3.5 |
| Circus Movin' On | 4.0 |
| Scorpions Rock Believer | 3.0 |
| Frogg Cafe Bateless Edge | 3.5 |
| Pekka Pohjola Visitation | 3.0 |
| Ciccada The Finest of Miracles | 3.0 |
| Ciccada Harvest | 4.0 |
| Collegium Musicum Collegium Musicum | 3.5 |
| Kollektiv Kollektiv | 4.0 |
| Genesis Invisible Touch | 3.5 |
| David Bowie Tonight | 3.5 |
| Crucis Los Delirios del Mariscal | 4.0 |
| T2 It'll All Work Out in Boomland | 4.0 |
| Amorphis Halo | 3.5 |
| Persefone Metanoia | 3.5 |
| Cult of Luna The Long Road North | 4.0 |
| YAYA KIM a.k.a YAYA | 4.0 |
| Ode and Elegy Ode and Elegy | 3.5 |
| Dawn of Solace Flames of Perdition | 3.0 |
| Cultist (CAN) Manic Despair | 4.0 |
| Black Country, New Road Ants From Up There | 4.0 |
| Rotting Christ A Dead Poem | 4.0 |
| Hanging Garden Neither Moth nor Rust | 3.0 |
| Kuntari Last Boy Picked | 4.0 |
| Almach Realm | 3.5 |
| Ether Feather There Is No Zero | 3.5 |
| Black Folks Don't Swim? For the Source | 4.5 |
| Yard Act The Overload | 4.5 |
| Votum Duhkha | 4.0 |
| FKA Twigs Caprisongs | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend The Puzzle | 3.5 |
| MONODRAMA mndrmooaa | 4.0 |
| Fernwah Approaching Oblivion | 3.0 |
| Karfagen Land of Green and Gold | 3.0 |
| Dark Millennium Acid River | 3.0 |
| Red Frame Whakapakoko | 3.5 |
| Cynic Ascension Codes | 3.5 |
| Kishi Bashi Emigrant | 3.5 |
| Manchester Orchestra The Million Masks of God | 3.5 |
| Fawning Illusions of Control | 3.0 |
| Aprelstein Illuminations | 3.5 |
| Aprelstein Imaginations | 4.0 |
| Aprelstein Movements | 4.0 |
| Der Weg Einer Freiheit Noktvrn | 3.5 |
| Wax People Wax People | 4.0 |
| Bruno Pernadas Private Reasons | 4.5 |
| Empyrium Über den Sternen | 3.0 |
| Nova Twins Who Are The Girls? | 4.0 |
| Archspire Bleed the Future | 4.0 |
| Non Serviam (FRA) Il Pleut Partout Derrière | 4.0 |
| Non Serviam (FRA) Le Cœur Bat | 4.5 |
| Spectral Lore Ετερόφωτος | 4.0 |
| Amenra De Doorn | 3.5 |
| Converge Bloodmoon: I | 3.5 |
| Violet Cold Empire of Love | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Juno to Jupiter | 4.0 |
| Trivium In the Court of the Dragon | 4.0 |
| IDLES Crawler | 4.5 |
| Alora Crucible Thymiamatascension | 3.5 |
| So Hideous None But a Pure Heart Can Sing | 4.5 |
| Mastodon Hushed and Grim | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater A View from the Top of the World | 3.5 |
| Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | 2.5 |
| Rivers of Nihil The Work | 3.5 |
| Unto Others Strength | 4.5 |
| Depressive Age First Depression | 4.0 |
| Anacrusis Suffering Hour | 3.5 |
| Meshuggah Contradictions Collapse | 3.0 |
| Kayo Dot Plastic House on Base of Sky | 4.0 |
| Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Andy Irvine / Paul Brady | 4.0 |
| Trophy Scars Astral Pariah | 4.0 |
| Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct | 3.5 |
| Placebo Without You I'm Nothing | 4.5 |
| Placebo Battle for the Sun | 4.0 |
| Septicflesh Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX | 4.5 |
| Morbid Saint Spectrum of Death | 3.0 |
| Exhorder Slaughter in the Vatican | 2.5 |
| Demolition Hammer Epidemic of Violence | 3.5 |
| Devastation Idolatry | 3.5 |
| Metal Church Metal Church | 4.0 |
| Turnstile Glow On | 3.5 |
| White Stones Dancing Into Oblivion | 3.0 |
| Haunt (USA-CA) Beautiful Distraction | 3.5 |
| Bala Maleza | 4.0 |
| Lingua Ignota SINNER GET READY | 4.0 |
| Leprous Aphelion | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Senjutsu | 4.0 |
| Dark Angel Darkness Descends | 3.5 |
| Artillery By Inheritance | 4.0 |
| Deathrow Deception Ignored | 3.5 |
| Bjork Homogenic | 5.0 |
| Bjork Post | 4.0 |
| Sadus A Vision of Misery | 3.5 |
| Obliveon From This Day Forward | 3.5 |
| Toxik Think This | 4.0 |
| Coroner No More Color | 4.5 |
| Aspid Extravasation | 4.0 |
| Voivod Killing Technology | 3.0 |
| Thodoris cortés ΔΕΝ | 4.5 |
| Watchtower Energetic Disassembly | 4.0 |
| FKA Twigs Magdalene | 4.0 |
| Regal Worm Pig Views | 4.0 |
| Strawbs Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios | 4.0 |
| Vassilis Papakonstantinou Φοβάμαι... | 4.0 |
| Thy Catafalque Vadak | 4.0 |
| Hermann Szobel Szobel | 4.0 |
| Yolk Solar | 4.0 |
| Soft Machine Hidden Details | 3.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) Love Over Fear | 4.0 |
| Syzygy A Glorious Disturbance | 3.0 |
| Seru Giran La Grasa de las Capitales | 4.0 |
| Alas (AR) Alas | 4.0 |
| Unitopia The Garden | 3.0 |
| Tantra Mistérios e Maravilhas | 3.5 |
| Jordsjo Nattfiolen | 4.0 |
| Moose Loose Elgen Er Los | 3.5 |
| Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | 4.0 |
| Akritas Akritas | 3.5 |
| Hercules and Lernaean Hydra Σε Άλλους Κόσμους (In Other Worlds) | 4.5 |
| Mother Turtle Mother Turtle | 4.0 |
| Gojira Fortitude | 3.5 |
| Neptunian Maximalism Solar Drone Ceremony | 4.0 |
| Motorpsycho Kingdom of Oblivion | 3.5 |
| Villagers of Ioannina City Age of Aquarius | 4.5 |
| Chevelle NIRATIAS | 4.0 |
| Dvne Etemen Ænka | 3.5 |
| Hayley Williams FLOWERS for VASES / descansos | 4.0 |
| Fucked Up Police | 3.5 |
| Fucked Up Year of the Horse | 4.5 |
| David Bowie David Bowie | 3.0 |
| Maggie Lindemann Paranoia | 2.5 |
| Midnight Sister Painting the Roses | 4.0 |
| Moonspell Hermitage | 3.5 |
| Anneke van Giersbergen The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest | 3.0 |
| Frost* Falling Satellites | 4.0 |
| Epica Omega | 3.5 |
| The Enid The Seed and the Sower | 4.5 |
| Cult of Luna The Raging River | 3.5 |
| Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Shyga! The Sunlight Mound | 3.5 |
| Soen Tellurian | 4.5 |
| Soen Imperial | 3.5 |
| Yoth Iria As The Flame Withers | 4.0 |
| Tom Sochas You could hear the bird sing | 3.5 |
| Vjuga Aeternum | 4.0 |
| Heliocentric Ishmael | 3.0 |
| Vicious Blossom You Breathe Inside Of Me | 3.0 |
| Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou The Helm of Sorrow | 3.0 |
| Typhoon (USA-OR) Sympathetic Magic | 3.5 |
| Tribulation Where the Gloom Becomes Sound | 4.0 |
| Each Morning of the World Central Asia PhoNographic Mornings | 4.0 |
| Demoniac (CHL) So It Goes | 4.0 |
| Moby All Visible Objects | 3.5 |
| Rivers of Nihil Where Owls Know My Name | 4.5 |
| Wardruna Kvitravn | 3.0 |
| Steven Wilson The Future Bites | 2.5 |
| Stellar Death Fragments of Light | 3.5 |
| Nicarus Coal People Coal Puppets | 3.0 |
| Need Norchestrion: Α Song For The End | 4.0 |
| Caligula's Horse Moments from Ephemeral City | 3.5 |
| Noppslyde Only for the Driven | 4.0 |
| Caligula's Horse The Tide, the Thief and River's End | 4.5 |
| Balothizer Cretan Smash | 4.5 |
| Kariti Covered Mirrors | 3.5 |
| Haniya Aslam Ayi Re | 4.0 |
| Blackfield For The Music | 2.0 |
| Honestly, utterly forgettable. Didn't have ANY moment to catch my attention, the collaboration felt forced, and after the decent ''Blackfield V'' I expected at least an interesting idea, a la Lonely Soul. Bad bad album, can't even understand what's the reason for being labeled as a ''Blackfield'' album, other than money. |
| Cryptic Shift Visitations from Enceladus | 4.0 |
| BADA Bada | 3.5 |
| Intronaut Fluid Existential Inversions | 3.5 |
| KIP Songs of Love | 3.5 |
| Lunatic Soul Through Shaded Woods | 3.0 |
| Mrs. Piss Self-Surgery | 2.5 |
| Neptunian Maximalism Eons | 4.5 |
| Our Oceans While Time Disappears | 3.5 |
| Pure Reason Revolution Eupnea | 3.5 |
| Radiant Knife The Body | 3.0 |
| The Hirsch Effekt Kollaps | 3.5 |
| Ulver Flowers of Evil | 3.0 |
| Titan to Tachyons Cactides | 4.5 |
| Anna von Hausswolff All Thoughts Fly | 3.5 |
| Yovel Forthcoming Humanity | 4.5 |
| Molitoth The Tribunal | 3.0 |
| Ta Paidia Tis Paleotitas Enthimion Neanikon Sintrofion | 4.5 |
| Dawn of a Dark Age La Tavola Osca | 3.5 |
| Plini Impulse Voices | 3.0 |
| Lord Buffalo Tohu Wa Bohu | 3.5 |
| A masterful example of dark americana, for those looking the dread of Chelsea Wolfe's Birth of Violence, mixed with the paranoia of David Eugene Edwards. I appreciated the cacophony on some instruments at parts, really fit the grim atmosphere. Some songs will have you dancing in the moonlit desert in no time. A fun late-at-night summer album. |
| Psychotic Waltz The God-Shaped Void | 4.0 |
| Hail Spirit Noir Eden In Reverse | 3.5 |
| The Ocean Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic | 4.5 |
| Dionysis Savvopoulos Ballos | 4.0 |
| Brockhampton SATURATION II | 4.0 |
| Woah, I thought I didn't like Brockhampton, but listening to this album changed my opinion. Great instrumentals and flow. Some songs on here are perfect modern hip hop. |
| Solstafir Endless Twilight of Codependent Love | 4.0 |
| Rotting Christ The Heretics | 2.5 |
| Fates Warning Long Day Good Night | 4.0 |
| Motorpsycho The All Is One | 4.5 |
| Gazpacho Fireworker | 3.0 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix Ellengaest | 4.0 |
| Sound Struggle Rise | 4.0 |
| Myrkur Folkesange | 4.5 |
| Buckethead Healing Inside Outside Every Side | 4.0 |
| Such a mellow release in a gore 2020. Take care of yourselves and others, guys. |
| The Pineapple Thief Versions of the Truth | 2.5 |
| Mastodon Medium Rarities | 2.5 |
| M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | 3.5 |
| While everybody loves an 80's worship, myself included, I felt a bit overwhelmed by ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming''. For someone who started kneeling out of the metalhead closed-mindedness not that long ago, this album is a proof that pop albums can actually be described as behemoths, as heavy, as masterpieces. However, every time I need to take a deep breath before diving into this seemingly unending ocean of synths. But it's not unending, it's 22 songs long. Trimmed down, I could see this become an odd favourite, but until I start making sense of this glorious mess, it remains a promise for latter days. |
| Pain of Salvation Panther | 4.0 |
| To no-one's surprise, PoS release a new album that sounds yet again different. Of course it's melodramatic, of course Daniel is in the spot-light, of course it's progressive - the core is the same (and not breached this time, mind you). And thankfully, it's one of the truly progressive albums of the year, which is evident by the rap-leaning t/t, the heavy procession of guitars, synth-ladden compositions and sound effects, which are not strange to progressive metal, but in no way are considered the classic formula. Make no mistake, though, strange polyrythms, unconventional song structures and long compositions are still there, so it's truly an album that will please most fans. Apart from the devisive cover art (hello Blacksad, didn't expect to see you here), the only complain would be the simplicity of some of the lyrics, which gives an uneven result. It's nice that Daniel can support his content, however (in various interviews he explains thoroughly his thinking), and it's good to see that penning lyrics is not on auto-pilot, as is the case for many bands of the genre. |
| State Faults Clairvoyant | 3.0 |
| It doesn't do it for me, even though I can sense what's the point of the music. I wouldn't return to it, and although it was a little over half an hour, I was waiting for it to end. I'd rate it lower, but don't want to give a negative rating since I don't feel like I ''get'' the genre. |
| Protest the Hero Palimpsest | 4.5 |
| Jon Hopkins Immunity | 3.5 |
| Immunity is an album that lives up to its name. The cathartic, ritualistic and maybe even monotonous passages definitely bring to mind a process of healing. When so many listeners find in this album a sense of place and safety, I can't rate it solely on a compositional level, which in any way can't add up to the general atmosphere of the album. Another case when the sum is bigger that its parts. If you want to take a taste of the album, check ''Open Eye Signal'' and ''Immunity'' |
| Haken Virus | 3.0 |
What if the Cockroach King was actually a real cockroach-human crossover? Haken explore this idea
in a two album span, starting from Vector and ending (probably) with Virus. In this thriller
story, we find Haken on their most heavy, with rhythms coming to the forefront. The sound the
opted for is more modern, less melodic and definitely reflects the refined production of the genre
in 2020. Unfortunately, this side of Haken, albeit enjoyable and entertaining, doesn't add up to
something greater than the sum of its parts. Virus doesn't really stand on its own. I don't have
any problem with this face of Haken, but honestly, it pales in comparison to their versatility on
previous albums, like The Mountain and Affinity. Check out: Canary Yellow, Invasion, Messiah
Complex. |
| Deafheaven New Bermuda | 4.0 |
Having only recently given a chance to Sunbather and finding it not quite up my alley, I was
hesitant that New Bermuda would be a challenging listen as well. On the contrary, I found it way
more accessible than its predecessor, without feeling that the band's sound had been watered down
since their sophomore album, but had only matured. Leaving aside the stylistic preferences of the
genre, the compositions were actually genious, and I found there were many genre-crossings, in a
manner I didn't expect from a black-gaze album. Little nuances and intricacies await for you to
pick up, but this is not an album that lives off subtle details, but rather on build ups and
releases, and remains suspenceful and interesting throughout. It is an album that welcomes you to
discover what's hidden inside, but also may be one of the best entry points for the band's work as
a whole. |
| A.A. Williams Forever Blue | 4.0 |
| Ben Howard I Forget Where We Were | 4.0 |
| Nothing new, nothing innovative, nothing smarter than your average singer/songwriter album, but this is just catchy and memorable and everything flows perfectly (excluding the stinker Time is Dancing, which I utterly detest). It's got the warm feeling of familiarity and genuine expression, the songs are actually strong and never overstay their welcome and the album never loses momentum in its span, with enough variety of sounds to remain interesting. One of the best albums in the genre and apparently, one of Ben Howard's crowning achievements. rEdit: my rating is no. 420 ayyyyy lmaoooooo |
| Amenra Mass VI | 4.0 |
Approaching AmenRa's music more as an artistic statement rather than a product seems unavoidable.
The band's appeal stems greatly from the fact that it works as a therapeutic experience, both in
their cathartic compositions, and on their gatherings that we call "live performances". It's
one of the few instances that the image is not an advertising gimmick or an aesthetic hollow of
substance, but it works dialectically with the lyrics, the stage presence and of course, the
music itself. The band calls for empathy in their masses, the sharing of pain and a communal walk
on the trodden path to catharsis, granting them the status of the "church" they have chosen for
themselves, only this time you will find no apprasial to a higher being, but simply to the
transcendent experience of being human. |
| Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps | 2.5 |
It's a pitty that such a gentle voice goes to
waste in an album that sounds like an exercise in
futility. Most strong cards are on the first half
of the album (Snoke Signals and Funeral), and by
the time we arrive to "Would you Rather", Oberst's
vocals are a nice addition solely because it's
something new in a homogenous sea of samey vocal
lines and guitar melodies. Lyrics are another
interesting element, albeit dramatic and "artsy",
with all the negative connotations. I'm sorry,
Phoebe, but it seems like it's you who missed my
heart with this one. |
| Night Verses From the Gallery of Sleep | 3.5 |
| Giving it a second chance after almost 2.5ing it. Musical dexterity aside, there are many rooms and corridors to explore in this album, which almost never disappoints in dynamics and stunning moments. Production helps elevate an already amazing result, an art piece filled with inspired ideas and detailed flourishes. Can prove to be tiresome for many, as it works best if listened from start to finish (as a dream sequence, the way the band intended), and individual tracks aren't as satisfactory. |
| The Chariot One Wing | 4.0 |
| Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder. |
| Weyes Blood Titanic Rising | 4.5 |
| Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising takes the listener to a blissful cloud of strings and airy vocals, glimmering piano keys and slumbery drumming. The compositions reminiscent of older pop ballads in the same vein as ABBA and The Beatles, with modern production and indie aesthetic, interwoven with the sensitivity of singer/songwriter. The songs are lush and blooming, never particularly changing pace or face, but functioning as a safe haven, both in melody and lyrics. In rainy days, or hazy summer noons, have this album playing. |
| Soccer Mommy Color Theory | 3.0 |
| Beautiful yes, but lacking any character. I can see and feel the emotion poured over this, but in the end I can't connect. Many songs on here could be used as soundtrack to any american break-up movie montage scene (is that even correct syntax, who knows?). Second half of the album sees a step up in qualiy, which grants this as a pleasurable album, but other than that, this wasn't the indie-pop album I was looking for. |
| Alcest Écailles De Lune | 3.5 |
While I wasn't excited to spin this after I learned a thing or two about the band's roots in Peste
Noir, I have to admit that it's quite a nice album. I would have preferred if the production
wasn't so dry, but I understand it's a conscious choice. I guess, if I wasn't aware of their
worldview, I would be even more into this. Solar Song is amazing, tho. |
| Grimes Art Angels | 2.0 |
| Over the top sugary pop with aesthetic pinches and experimental flourishes, that can't change the fact that the only song I ever really liked from Grimes was ''We Appreciate Power'', all before I learnt about who she is and what she does. |
| Kate Bush Aerial | 5.0 |
| Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues | 4.0 |
| With undeniable creativity lushing over each song, rich vocal harmonies and a certain feel of nostalgia, this little piece of art has won the hearts of many - me included. The tribute to folk and American music that is Helplessness Blues is a solemn trip across a country I have never been to, and to a culture I've only known through more or less stereotypical projections. In the end, even for someone who's not into this genre of music, the apparent sense of honesty poured into this, the weightless feeling of choir singing and the gentle strumming of guitars over simple rhythmic patters, this album proves to be a safe place above all. A place where we can ponder upon life's purpose and our place in the world, without for once feeling attacked. |
| Gia Margaret Mia Gargaret | 3.5 |
| Cult of Luna Vertikal | 3.5 |
| From the beutiful, trans-inducing intro, to the various bursts and rhythmic plays, Vertikal is a magnificent album that encapsulates all things we expect from Cult of Luna, and still remains fresh as an artistic statement. Claustrophobia is the axis for CoL's music, and this is yet another example of their style. The belly of the album is the 18-minute long ''Vicarious Redemption'', that unfolds as a dancing drapery fall amidst a storm and by the end of it, you are left so amased, you don't realize 20 minute have flown by. |
| Thrice Major/Minor | 3.0 |
| The singer sings with undeniable passion. That alone seems to give the lyrics a deeper emotional depth than meets the eye, because they're too on the nose, or at least sound more preachy than emotionally expressive. Some songs are bangers (the opening two tracks stomp hard), and would be great in certain environments to highlight the mood, but I doubt I found anything specific to hold on to, from a musical standpoint. Production-wise, this is masterfully mixed. Enjoyable, yet a bit bland. 2.8/5 |
| Demon Fuzz Afreaka! | 4.0 |
| Keeray Makoray Island In The City | 3.5 |
| La Dispute Wildlife | 4.0 |
| La Dispute Panorama | 3.5 |
| Lamb of God Resolution | 4.0 |
| Morphine Good | 4.0 |
| Caligula's Horse Bloom | 3.5 |
| Caligula's Horse Rise Radiant | 3.5 |
| In Contact is a very difficult album to follow and we should even praise CH for not even dipping in quality, as can be the case for bands after releasing personal milestones. Rise Radiant is an album that finds CH in an inspirational plateau, harvesting the fruits of their career so far and continuing expansion on their sound as it has been shaped so far. It is one amazing release for 2020, but for a band of such level we can only wait for more. |
| Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city | 4.5 |
| Katatonia City Burials | 3.0 |
| Trivium The Sin and the Sentence | 4.0 |
| Trivium What the Dead Men Say | 3.5 |
| London Grammar Truth is a Beautiful Thing | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend Empath | 4.0 |
| Ulcerate Stare Into Death and Be Still | 3.5 |
| Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly | 4.5 |
| Lamb of God Wrath | 4.0 |
| Archspire Relentless Mutation | 3.5 |
| Black Sabbath Cross Purposes | 2.5 |
| Black Sabbath Dehumanizer | 3.5 |
| Omar Rodriguez-Lopez The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange | 4.0 |
| Trophy Scars Bad Luck | 4.0 |
| Esbe Bloomsday | 4.0 |
| Electric Litany Enduring Days You Will Overcome | 4.0 |
| Nightwish HUMAN. :II: NATURE. | 2.0 |
| Agnes Obel Myopia | 4.0 |
Consistency is another virtue of artistic expression and Agnes Obel keeps shooting arrows on the
same target. Myopia is as exilarating as it would be to see an archer split his previous arrow in
half. |
| Regina Spektor What We Saw from the Cheap Seats | 4.0 |
| Cellar Noise Nautilus | 3.5 |
| Callar Noise's sophomore album shouts quality, from the production and sound mixing, to the amazing cover album and, well, the music itself. rThe style these Italians play is a mix of alternative and progressive rock, sometimes fishing influences from '70s groups and sometimes drawing inspiration from more recent bands, such as Porcupine Tree (e.g. in the amazing t/t) or Phideaux. True to their country's prog-rock legacy, their compositions are more on the melodic side, with outbursts of heavyness, but never exceeding the limit, with symphonic layering here and there. It's an overlooked little gem and a fine addition to all proggers' libraries. r |
| Nostradamos Nostradamos | 3.0 |
| A nice item from Greece's rock music during the 70s. Unfortunately the band burnt out too quickly, because of allegations of rape. Some songs on here reminiscent of other bands of the time, such as Renaissance and Mamas and Papas. It flirts with many styles, at times it's more pop, at others it's more rock, with a general sense of flower-power and there's even a folk inspired song on here (Children's Stage). If language is not a serious barrier for you, it's a nice album for summer days. |
| Mammock Itch | 3.5 |
| The Sorcerers In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God | 3.0 |
| mutesite re: | 3.5 |
| The Future Sound of London Lifeforms | 4.5 |
| Good Tiger We Will All be Gone | 3.5 |
| Igorrr Spirituality and Distortion | 3.5 |
| Mother of Millions Human | 4.5 |
| Ulver The Norwegian National Opera | 4.5 |
| Katatonia Last Fair Deal Gone Down | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Nocturne | 4.0 |
| Spanish Love Songs Brave Faces Everyone | 4.5 |
| Messa Feast for Water | 4.0 |
| Messa Belfry | 4.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Ordinary Man | 3.0 |
| Kendrick Lamar DAMN. | 4.0 |
| Mitochondrial Sun Mitochondrial Sun | 2.5 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Patchouli Blue | 3.5 |
| Katatonia Night Is the New Day | 3.5 |
| alt-J This Is All Yours | 3.5 |
| Cult of Luna A Dawn to Fear | 3.5 |
| iamthemorning The Bell | 3.0 |
| Klone Le Grand Voyage | 4.0 |
| Aerosmith Get a Grip | 4.0 |
| Aerosmith Pump | 4.0 |
| Aerosmith Done With Mirrors | 3.0 |
| Aerosmith Permanent Vacation | 4.0 |
| Aerosmith Toys in the Attic | 3.5 |
| Aerosmith Get Your Wings | 3.5 |
| Aerosmith Aerosmith | 3.0 |
| Prince The Black Album | 4.0 |
| Prince For You | 3.0 |
| Bookends are the highlight on this album, despite their sparking differencies. Price's debut is decent not only because it shows a great ability to craft RnB atmosphere, but also because it's the product of a single person and it doesn't sound like it. While the album loses steam towards the end, So Blue is actually an attention grabber due to its bass riff. |
| Scorpions Best | 4.5 |
| Leprous Pitfalls | 4.0 |
| Chelsea Wolfe Birth of Violence | 4.0 |
| Opeth In Cauda Venenum | 3.5 |
| Helium Horse Fly Hollowed | 3.5 |
| Teeth Of The Sea Wraith | 3.5 |
| Scorpions Hot & Slow: Best Masters Of The 70's | 4.5 |
| Tool Fear Inoculum | 3.5 |
| Lingua Ignota Caligula | 4.5 |
| Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind | 3.5 |
| Baroness Gold and Grey | 3.5 |
| Periphery Periphery IV: Hail Stan | 4.0 |
| Soen Lotus | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Love Over Gold | 4.5 |
| Ulver Sic Transit Gloria Mundi | 3.5 |
| Mother of Millions Artifacts | 4.5 |
| Empire Of The Sun Walking On A Dream | 3.5 |
| Motorpsycho The Death Defying Unicorn | 4.0 |
| Motorpsycho The Crucible | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Distance Over Time | 3.0 |
| Laibach Also Sprach Zarathustra | 4.0 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix Great Escape | 4.0 |
| Lack the Low One Eye Closed | 4.5 |
| Conception My Dark Symphony | 3.5 |
| The Sea Within The Sea Within | 3.5 |
| Hypno5e Alba - Les Hombres Errantes | 3.5 |
| Sophie Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides | 4.0 |
| Rachael Sage Myopia | 3.5 |
| Son Lux Brighter Wounds | 4.0 |
| Typhoon (USA-OR) Offerings | 4.5 |
| MaYaN Dhyana | 2.5 |
| Plini Sunhead | 3.5 |
| Muse Simulation Theory | 2.5 |
| Mother of Millions Sigma | 4.5 |
| Riverside Wasteland | 3.0 |
| Melody's Echo Chamber Bon Voyage | 4.5 |
| Gazpacho Soyuz | 4.0 |
| The Ocean Pelagial | 4.5 |
| Haken Vector | 3.5 |
| Amorphis Queen of Time | 3.5 |
| Zeal and Ardor Stranger Fruit | 4.0 |
| TesseracT Sonder | 3.5 |
| Lunatic Soul Under The Fragmented Sky | 3.5 |
| Lunatic Soul Fractured | 3.0 |
| Ghost (SWE) Prequelle | 4.0 |
| A Perfect Circle Eat the Elephant | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Automata II | 3.5 |
| The Pineapple Thief Dissolution | 3.5 |
| Zs XE | 4.0 |
| Brambles Charcoal | 4.5 |
| The Pineapple Thief Someone Here Is Missing | 4.0 |
| Pascal Le Boeuf Into the Anthropocene | 4.0 |
| Ihsahn Eremita | 3.5 |
| Ihsahn After | 4.0 |
| Ihsahn Amr | 3.0 |
| Dire Straits Brothers in Arms | 4.5 |
| Kamelot The Shadow Theory | 2.5 |
| Electric Outlet On! | 4.0 |
| Anna von Hausswolff Dead Magic | 4.5 |
| Moby Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt | 4.5 |
| Katatonia Dead End Kings | 3.5 |
| Oceans of Slumber The Banished Heart | 2.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me Automata I | 3.0 |
| Katatonia Viva Emptiness | 4.5 |
| Kate Bush Never for Ever | 4.0 |
| Kate Bush Lionheart | 3.0 |
| Son Lux Lanterns | 4.0 |
| Operation: Mindcrime The New Reality | 2.5 |
| Bjork Vespertine | 4.5 |
| Bjork Utopia | 4.0 |
| Toby Driver Madonnawhore | 4.0 |
| Mastodon Cold Dark Place | 4.0 |
| Moonspell 1755 | 4.0 |
| Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile to the Surface | 4.5 |
| Bent Knee Land Animal | 3.5 |
| Kate Bush The Kick Inside | 3.5 |
| Universal Totem Orchestra Mathematical Mother | 4.5 |
| Fiori-Seguin Deux Cents Nuits A L'Heure | 3.5 |
| La Rossa A Fury of Glass | 4.0 |
| Ingranaggi Della Valle Warm Spaced Blue | 3.5 |
| Island (CHE) Pictures | 4.0 |
| Flash Flash | 3.0 |
| Monarch (USA-CA) Two Isles | 3.5 |
| Heldon Stand By | 4.0 |
| Garolou Garolou | 3.5 |
| Primus The Desaturating Seven | 3.0 |
| Deep Purple inFinite | 3.0 |
| Motorpsycho The Tower | 3.5 |
Motorpsycho have managed to pull through even with the major line-up changes. The Tower
is a massive album with great melodies and ideas, that takes its time to discover each and every
corner in the room before closing the door behind. After their phenomenal Here Be Monsters, they
return to a more signature sound and jam furiously in what can be one of the most satisfying
albums of the year, while also paying homage to their heroes and influences. Don't forget that the
album is complimented by one of the best looking album covers of 2017. r
Where it lacks: The sheer amount of its time (75 minutes) makes it clear that no matter how
enjoyable it is, it can be very demanding. It never gets actually tiring or boring, but there is a
bunch of moments where the fat could be trimmed down. For instance, A Pacific Sonata, clocking at
around 15', is neither that varied, nor much adventurous to justify the duration. The album is
really talkative and I bet the fans are anything but disappointed, but hopefully their next album
will be more channeled.Don't get me wrong though, this is definitely not an album to avoid. |
| Caligula's Horse In Contact | 4.5 |
| My first contact with Caligula's Horse leaves no space for wrong impressions. They certainly rbelong to that part of the current progressive metal with great musicianship, slick production and roverall extravagance. The problem with most of these bands, is whether or not there's any meat to rbe found. For every Haken out there there are hundreds of copy cats with half the shine. rCaligula's Horse is not the case. I've found myself taken aback from the great riffs and themes. rThere are many moods explored here, from the Leprous-like Graves with the frantic saxophone, to rthe mellow ballad with 'Capulet', admittedly one of my favourite tracks off this. I've learnt to rappreciate Jim Grey's delicate voice from his other band, Arcane, and this time I feel like he routshines himself, in an album where every player strives to outshine the other. rrOf course, the album's story is characterised by the fair amount of cheese that burdens many prog ralbums nowadays. Especially the track 'Inertia and the Writing on the Wall', while containing some rgreat imagery, leaves the listener wondering, and the possibility of it being completely void of any specific purpose makes it sound awkward. However, the album is one of the best prog albums rI've heard this year and the modern-prog lover should definitely give it a spin. |
| Ne Obliviscaris Urn | 3.5 |
| Slapp Happy and Henry Cow Desperate Straights | 3.0 |
| Quarteto 1111 Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê, Cantamos Pessoas Vivas | 3.5 |
| JW Farquhar The Formal Female | 3.0 |
| Todd Rundgren Todd | 3.5 |
| The Flock Dinosaur Swamps | 4.0 |
| 801 801 Live | 3.0 |
| Anathema A Natural Disaster | 3.5 |
| Anathema The Optimist | 4.0 |
| Septicflesh Codex Omega | 4.0 |
| Roger Waters Is This The Life We Really Want? | 3.5 |
| Epica The Solace System | 2.5 |
| The Beach Boys Pet Sounds | 4.0 |
| Miles Davis Kind of Blue | 5.0 |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Sketches of Brunswick East (w/ Mild High Club) | 2.5 |
| Bruno Mars 24K Magic | 3.5 |
| Doom Side of the Moon Doom Side of the Moon | 3.0 |
| Dylan LeBlanc Cautionary Tale | 3.5 |
| Slayer Seasons in the Abyss | 4.0 |
| Slayer South of Heaven | 4.0 |
| Slayer Reign in Blood | 4.0 |
| Leprous Malina | 4.0 |
| Steven Wilson To the Bone | 3.5 |
| SikTh The Future In Whose Eyes? | 3.0 |
| alt-J Relaxer | 4.5 |
| Harry Styles Harry Styles | 3.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading | 4.0 |
| Scale the Summit In a World of Fear | 3.0 |
| Matt Elliott Drinking Songs | 4.0 |
| OP3 and Runes AWSS | 4.5 |
| Temples Volcano | 3.0 |
| Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar | 4.0 |
| Terry Reid River | 4.0 |
| alt-J An Awesome Wave | 4.0 |
| Frederic Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 9 | 4.5 |
| Mastodon Emperor of Sand | 4.0 |
Why it's Good: Mastodon trace the best characteristics of each album (except of, maybe, Remission)
and blend them all together. Combined with a great theme, inspired by life's bitter taste, the
music actually manages to touch a sensitive chord, without sacrificing one bit of modern Mastodon
dynamic.
Where it lacks: apart from awkward track order and the unusual abrupt ending of a number of songs,
this really has nothing to envy from past Mastodon albums. And while some may have a problem with
the lyrics, I find them to be on the same level as before: you loved them on previous offenigs?
you'll love them again this time. |
| The Future Sound of London Dead Cities | 4.5 |
| Agnes Obel Aventine | 3.5 |
| David Maxim Micic Who Bit the Moon | 2.0 |
Why it's good: well, for the most part, it really isn't. Sure, it has its moments and also
includes the phenomenal title track, but other than that, it's a shame that in 2017 David Maxim
Micic fails to put his message across.
Where it lacks: it seems as if years of brilliance took their toll. DMM has been composing
excellent material since 2011, blending styles and creating his unique identity. However, the Moon
has a sour taste this time. Underdeveloped ideas, unnecessary passages and over-polished sound are
not representative of his talent, so I'm waiting a return to form, whenever he feels like it. |
| Ryo Fukui Scenery | 5.0 |
| Sleepin Pillow The Past is Already Here | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest British Steel | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest Rocka Rolla | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Painkiller | 4.0 |
| Rainbow Difficult to Cure | 2.5 |
| Rainbow Down To Earth | 3.0 |
| Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 3.5 |
| Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | 4.5 |
| Rainbow Rising | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii | 4.5 |
| Kate Bush Hounds of Love | 5.0 |
| King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana | 3.0 |
| Soen Lykaia | 4.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium | 3.5 |
| Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons | 5.0 |
| Primus Sailing the Seas of Cheese | 3.5 |
| Theatre Of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy | 3.5 |
| Firewind Immortals | 2.5 |
| Need Hegaiamas: A Song For Freedom | 4.0 |
| Meller Golyzniak Duda Breaking Habits | 2.5 |
| David Bowie No Plan | 3.0 |
| Meshuggah I | 4.0 |
| Wolverine Machina Viva | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation In the Passing Light of Day | 4.5 |
| Leonard Cohen Popular Problems | 3.0 |
| Ulver Riverhead OST | 3.0 |
| Blackfield Blackfield V | 3.5 |
Why it's good: A much needed revival for the band after two mediocre and ultimately disappointing
releases. Steven Wilson's unexpected return is felt as he is now as present as he used to be. The
album's theme is about ''the ocean and the circle of life''. The first half might seem a bit
lukewarm, but from 'October' onwards it is the Blackfield we always loved. Songs like the latter,
'Sorrys', 'Life is an Ocean' and 'From 44 to 48' are Blackfield classics and others are
experimentations, such as 'Lonely Soul' that doesn't quite fit the style, but is definitely a
noteworthy addition.
Where it lacks: The dim and sad tone of Blackfield is not that present. Songs tend to be mellower
and happier, with more string arrangements than before. The music fits the album cover's colours
perfectly. It's warmer and brighter, missing the x factor the band is known for. The fillers are
obvious and there's also 'Undercover Heart', whith a vocal delivery I personally detest. Add some
quirky lyrics and you have the cons of 'Blackfield V'. |
| Riverside Eye of the Soundscape | 4.5 |
| Regina Spektor Remember Us To Life | 4.5 |
| Dream the Electric Sleep Beneath The Dark Wide Sky | 2.0 |
| Vangelis Rosetta | 4.0 |
| The Doors Strange Days | 4.5 |
| Plini Handmade Cities | 3.0 |
| Uyama Hiroto Freeform Jazz | 4.0 |
| Diamanda Galas Plague Mass | 4.5 |
| Diamanda Galas The Litanies of Satan | 3.5 |
| Aenaon Hypnosophy | 4.5 |
| AC/DC Back In Black | 4.0 |
| AC/DC Highway To Hell | 4.0 |
| Proem Socially Inept | 4.0 |
| Mercyful Fate Melissa | 3.5 |
| Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 4.5 |
| Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um | 4.5 |
| Green Day American Idiot | 3.0 |
| Helloween Master of the Rings | 3.5 |
| Helloween The Dark Ride | 3.5 |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 4.0 |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I | 4.0 |
| Helloween Walls of Jericho | 4.0 |
| Clint Mansell π | 4.0 |
| Obscura Akróasis | 4.0 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626 | 5.0 |
| Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker | 4.0 |
| Wu-Tang Clan Once Upon a Time in Shaolin | 1.0 |
| Deathspell Omega The Synarchy of Molten Bones | 3.5 |
| Kate Bush The Dreaming | 5.0 |
| Agnes Obel Citizen Of Glass | 4.0 |
| Steven Wilson Get All You Deserve | 4.5 |
| Emancipator Soon It Will Be Cold Enough | 4.5 |
| Saltillo Ganglion | 4.0 |
| Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack | 4.5 |
| Bon Jovi This Left Feels Right | 2.5 |
| Bon Jovi Crossroad | 4.0 |
| Epica The Holographic Principle | 3.5 |
| Opeth Sorceress | 3.5 |
The sense of continuity, cohesion and unity is back. Opeth made an album with a concept, not a
collection of tunes, like PC was. The production is mediocre and damp, but the weird mix makes the
album sound more serious and heavy. Because it is heavy, and the production is not the
only reason for it. Songs like The Wilde Flowers, Chrysalis and Strange Brew are excellently
written, and The Seven Sojourn gives a very warm and moody (ha!) vibe. Songs like Will O' The
Wisp, A Fleeting Glance and Era don't click as much, and I wouldn't mind if they were missing. As
for the rest of the songs, Persephone I & II work as great bookends, and Sorceress II is the best
of the two ballads, with interesting sound effects. It's a new face, yet again, for Opeth, darker
than PC and heavier than Heritage. Is it worth it? Only time can tell for sure, but for now it's a
very entertaining album that has all the elements new Opeth have to show and a fan could want. |
| Mono & The Ocean Transcendental | 3.5 |
| Moby Play | 4.0 |
| Guns N' Roses The Spaghetti Incident? | 3.0 |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II | 3.0 |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I | 3.5 |
| The Caretaker An Empty Bliss Beyond This World | 4.0 |
| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree | 4.0 |
| M.I.A. Arular | 4.0 |
| Gazpacho Bravo | 3.0 |
| Gazpacho Missa Atropos | 4.0 |
| Gazpacho March of Ghosts | 4.5 |
| Gazpacho Tick Tock | 4.0 |
| Steve Roden Forms of Paper | 3.0 |
| Mother Turtle II | 4.5 |
| Steve Roden Stars of Ice | 4.5 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Midnight Radio | 3.5 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Dolores | 4.5 |
| Iced Earth The Dark Saga | 3.5 |
| Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes | 4.0 |
| Iced Earth Dystopia | 3.5 |
| Iced Earth Plagues of Babylon | 2.5 |
| Aenaon Extance | 4.5 |
| Vali Forlatt | 4.0 |
| Vali Skogslandskap | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater A Change of Seasons | 4.0 |
| iamthemorning ~ | 3.5 |
| iamthemorning Belighted | 4.0 |
| Casualties of Cool Casualties of Cool | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project Z2 | 3.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project Transcendence | 3.0 |
| Naked City Naked City | 4.0 |
| Elton John The Road To Eldorado | 4.0 |
| Elton John The Lion King | 4.5 |
| Vanessa Mae The Best of Vanessa Mae | 4.5 |
| Temples Sun Structures | 3.5 |
| Rush Clockwork Angels Tour | 4.5 |
| Edguy Space Police - Defenders of the Crown | 3.0 |
| Saxon Sacrifice | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Catfish Rising | 3.5 |
| HammerFall Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory | 3.0 |
| Tool Opiate | 3.0 |
| Tool 72826 | 4.0 |
| Low I Could Live in Hope | 4.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction | 3.5 |
| The Pineapple Thief Your Wilderness | 4.0 |
| Ulver Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler | 4.0 |
| Ulver Wars of the Roses | 3.5 |
| Slipknot Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. | 3.0 |
| Steve Vai Flex-Able | 3.0 |
| Steve Vai Modern Primitive | 3.5 |
| God Is an Astronaut All Is Violent, All Is Bright | 4.0 |
| We Lost the Sea Departure Songs | 4.0 |
| Mono For My Parents | 4.0 |
| David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars | 4.5 |
| Muse The Resistance | 3.0 |
| Muse The 2nd Law | 3.0 |
| Muse Black Holes & Revelations | 3.5 |
| Muse Absolution | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation BE Live (DVD) | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Ending Themes | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation 12:5 | 3.5 |
| September Code III | 3.5 |
| Fates Warning Theories of Flight | 4.0 |
| King Diamond Abigail | 4.0 |
| Warlord The Holy Empire | 3.5 |
| Vespero Lique Mekwas | 2.5 |
| Testament Dark Roots of Earth | 3.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers The Getaway | 3.5 |
| David Coverdale White Snake | 3.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Legend | 4.5 |
| Gojira Magma | 4.0 |
| Anathema A Sort of Homecoming | 4.0 |
| Om God Is Good | 3.5 |
| Om Advaitic Songs | 4.0 |
| Anathema Judgement | 4.0 |
| Ulver Blood Inside | 3.5 |
| After Forever Decipher | 4.0 |
| After Forever Prison Of Desire | 4.0 |
| Winterhorde Maestro | 4.0 |
| Anathema Weather Systems | 4.5 |
| Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet and Mogwai The Fountain | 4.5 |
| Pomegranate Tiger Boundless | 3.5 |
| Sunn O))) and Ulver Terrestrials | 3.0 |
| Steven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) | 5.0 |
| Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus | 4.0 |
| Stratovarius Eternal | 2.5 |
| Esperanza Spalding Emily's D+Evolution | 3.5 |
| Dead Can Dance Anastasis | 3.5 |
| Dead Can Dance The Serpent's Egg | 4.0 |
| Dead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying Sun | 4.0 |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis | 3.5 |
| Active Member Cosmos Alivas | 3.0 |
| Atmospheres The Departure | 3.5 |
| Colin Stetson Sorrow - Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony | 4.0 |
| Epica The Score: An Epic Journey | 3.5 |
| Epica Retrospect - 10th Anniversary | 4.0 |
| Sieges Even The Art of Navigating by the Stars | 4.0 |
| Anathema Serenades | 2.5 |
| Novembre Ursa | 3.5 |
| Polyphia Renaissance | 3.0 |
| Insomnium Shadows of the Dying Sun | 3.0 |
| BUS The Unknown Secretary | 3.5 |
| Note to Self: Don't forget this. You are not greatly excited about it now, but maybe you'll be one day. Last two songs are killers. |
| Jan Garbarek In Praise Of Dreams | 4.5 |
| Vangelis Hypothesis | 3.5 |
| Vangelis The Dragon | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Ignacio | 2.5 |
| Vangelis La Fête Sauvage | 2.0 |
| King Shaboz 6pm | 3.5 |
| Zakk Wylde Book of Shadows II | 3.0 |
| Active Member Arsenali | 3.5 |
| Active Member Ston Vouvon Tin Eschatia | 3.0 |
| Active Member Apo tis Ftiaxis Mas Ta Lathia | 3.5 |
| Active Member Skieratsa | 3.5 |
| Active Member Blah-Blasphemy | 4.0 |
| Active Member Fiera | 4.5 |
| Active Member Perasma st' Akroniro | 4.0 |
| The Pineapple Thief Abducting the Unicorn | 3.0 |
| The Pineapple Thief Variations on a Dream | 4.0 |
| Active Member Ston Kairo Tou Allokotou Fovou | 3.5 |
| Active Member Meres Paraxenes, Thavmasies Meres | 4.5 |
| Active Member Apo ton Topo tis Fugis | 4.5 |
| Active Member To Megalo Kolpo | 3.5 |
| Active Member Oi Mythoi tou Valtou | 5.0 |
| Thrice To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere | 3.0 |
| Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool | 4.5 |
| Katatonia The Fall of Hearts | 4.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 4.5 |
| James Blunt Back To Bedlam | 4.0 |
| Vektor Terminal Redux | 4.0 |
| Zakk Wylde Book of Shadows | 4.0 |
| Spiritual Beggars Sunrise to Sundown | 3.5 |
| Haken Affinity | 4.0 |
| Fallujah Dreamless | 3.5 |
| Ne Obliviscaris Hiraeth | 3.0 |
| Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas Mariner | 4.0 |
| iamthemorning Lighthouse | 4.5 |
| Ihsahn Arktis. | 4.0 |
| Lvmen Mondo | 3.5 |
| Psudoku Planetarisk Sudoku | 3.5 |
| Oceans of Slumber Winter | 4.0 |
| Meshuggah Nothing | 3.0 |
| Chaos Chaos Committed to the Crime | 3.0 |
| Coroner Grin | 3.5 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Piano Nights | 3.5 |
| Hypno5e Shores of the Abstract Line | 4.0 |
| The Hooters Nervous Night | 4.0 |
| Myrath Desert Call | 3.5 |
| Myrath Legacy | 3.5 |
| Anthrax Sound of White Noise | 3.5 |
| Anthrax Persistence of Time | 3.5 |
| Anthrax State of Euphoria | 2.5 |
| Anthrax Stomp 442 | 2.5 |
| Anthrax Among the Living | 4.0 |
| Anthrax Spreading the Disease | 3.5 |
| Anthrax Fistful of Metal | 3.0 |
| Geezer Butler Plastic Planet | 2.5 |
| Tony Iommi Iommi | 4.0 |
| Typhoon (USA-OR) A New Kind of House | 4.0 |
| Motorpsycho Here Be Monsters | 4.5 |
| Grand Magus Triumph and Power | 3.0 |
| Catapilla Changes | 4.5 |
| Votum :KTONIK: | 4.0 |
| Planet Of Zeus Macho Libre | 3.5 |
| Naxatras Naxatras | 3.5 |
| Excellent for summer days ( I don't know specifically why, but stoner works better for me when the days are long and hot), the vocal effects help create this psychedelic/spacey atmosphere, the sound is very well mixed and the songs here are pure bliss. Well done! |
| Moondog Moondog | 4.0 |
| Jon and Vangelis Private Collection | 4.0 |
| OSI Free | 4.0 |
| Ulver Perdition City | 5.0 |
| Ulver Kveldssanger | 4.0 |
| Arrayan Path IV: Stigmata | 4.0 |
| Avantasia Ghostlights | 3.5 |
| The Vision Bleak Set Sail To Mystery | 3.5 |
| The Vision Bleak The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey | 3.5 |
| The Vision Bleak The Deathship Has A New Captain | 3.0 |
| The Vision Bleak Carpathia | 4.0 |
| Rotting Christ Rituals | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Live at Donington | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Flight 666 (DVD) | 4.0 |
| Faith No More King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 4.0 |
| Intronaut The Direction of Last Things | 3.5 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Black Earth | 3.5 |
| Bohren und der Club of Gore Sunset Mission | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Darkness in a Different Light | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning A Pleasant Shade of Gray | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Parallels | 4.0 |
| Subsignal Beacons of Somewhere Sometime | 4.0 |
| Avantasia The Mystery Of Time | 3.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers The Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way | 4.0 |
| Ulver ATGCLVLSSCAP | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Voices | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Nil Recurring | 3.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Staircase Infinities | 3.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape | 3.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Transmission IV | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Metanoia | 4.5 |
| Megadeth Dystopia | 2.5 |
| Dream Theater The Astonishing | 2.0 |
| Haven't heard it yet, but I believe people judge too quickly... It's a two hour long album and rpeople complain they can't remember anything... No shit Sherlock... Just give it the time you rwould give to any other record. I;m not saying it's great or anything, I have no idea how it rsounds... Just give it a proper amount of attention...EDIT: The first side has some adventurous songs and some never heard before in a DT album relements. The whole attempt ,though ,suffers from the number of ballads. It loses its power and dynamic. I can see they're trying to make a more song-oriented album, that's also something like a musical, but it's not done properly. The second disc is way worse. The power ballad mode fails to put across ''THE ASTONISHING'' story they aimed for. I'm sorry it's a mediocre album because beneath the mire, may be something astonishing indeed. |
| Porcupine Tree Arriving Somewhere... | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Insignificance | 2.5 |
| Diamonds of Mankind God Is a Woman | 3.0 |
| this is a nice EP and gives promises for the future. Quite smooth and aetheral. Best song on here would be ''the 12th of everyday'', that has some of the best female vocals I've heard in a while. |
| Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles | 4.5 |
| Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine | 5.0 |
| Steven Wilson 4 1/2 | 4.0 |
| This small collection of songs creates an indipendent and satisfying entity that shows Steven Wilson's ability to write moody songs (like the Postcard-y Happiness III, the mellow Year of Plague and the noir Sunday Rain Sets In) but also more agressive tunes, like the magnum opus My Book of Regrets, that finds SW rearranging some of his ideas into something new and beautiful. Vermillioncore is a jazzy intrumental with psychedelic influences and is bound to make the listener move his body in the rhythm. The EP closes with a new version of Don't Hate Me, where SW sings a duet with Ninet Tayeb, who we first listened on Hand.Cannot.Erase. This addition to Steven Wilson's catalogue is certainly a worthy one and works perfectly as a small treat to make the waiting for his next offering a little more bearable. |
| An Ocean Of Void The Great Escape | 4.5 |
| Earthside A Dream In Static | 4.0 |
| Excellent for a debut, some moments burst with emotion. Technicality and great sound. The guests here are all superb. What is to be said is that it's a bit generic at times and needs time to delve into the tracks, mainly because there's too much going on. Last track is excellent and the vocals do it justice. Expect more from these guys. |
| Baroness Purple | 4.0 |
| Lonely Robot Please Come Home | 3.0 |
| David Bowie Blackstar | 4.0 |
| Karnivool Asymmetry | 3.0 |
| Cloudscape Voice Of Reason | 3.0 |
| T.R.A.M. Lingua Franca | 4.0 |
| Serdce Timelessness | 4.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Act I: The Lake South, the River North | 4.0 |
| SikTh Opacities | 4.5 |
| Faith No More Sol Invictus | 3.5 |
| Anathema A Fine Day to Exit | 4.0 |
| Inner Odyssey Ascension | 4.0 |
| Sarsen Sarsen | 3.0 |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction | 3.5 |
| Ulver Messe I.X-VI.X | 3.5 |
| Katatonia The Great Cold Distance | 4.5 |
| Scale the Summit V | 3.5 |
| Queensryche Condition Human | 3.5 |
| Gazpacho Molok | 4.0 |
| Madrugada Nightly disease | 4.5 |
| Madrugada Industrial Silence | 4.5 |
| Operation: Mindcrime The Key | 3.5 |
| Villagers of Ioannina City Riza | 4.0 |
| Villagers of Ioannina City Zvara/Karakolia EP | 4.0 |
| Klone Here Comes The Sun | 4.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise | 4.0 |
| David Gilmour Rattle That Lock | 4.0 |
| Amorphis Under the Red Cloud | 4.0 |
| TesseracT Altered State | 3.5 |
| Spock's Beard The Oblivion Particle | 3.5 |
| Queensryche Queensryche | 3.5 |
| Alkinoos Ioannidis I Peripeties Enos Proskiniti | 4.5 |
| Estatic Fear A Sombre Dance | 3.5 |
| Anathema We're Here Because We're Here | 3.5 |
| Anathema Alternative 4 | 4.0 |
| The Aristocrats Tres Caballeros | 4.0 |
| The Aristocrats Culture Clash | 4.0 |
| Gramatik Street Bangerz Vol. 3 | 3.5 |
| Riverside Love, Fear and the Time Machine | 4.0 |
| Diablo Swing Orchestra Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious | 4.5 |
| Arcturus La Masquerade Infernale | 3.0 |
| Beardfish Från en Plats Du Ej Kan Se | 3.0 |
| Beardfish The Sane Day | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Book of Souls | 3.5 |
| Leprous Aeolia | 3.0 |
| Green Carnation Light of Day, Day of Darkness | 3.5 |
| maudlin of the Well Bath | 3.5 |
| Beardfish The Void | 3.5 |
| Canvas Solaris Irradiance | 3.5 |
| Phideaux Snowtorch | 4.0 |
| David Maxim Micic ECO | 3.5 |
| Faith No More Angel Dust | 4.0 |
| Anekdoten Until All The Ghosts Are Gone | 3.5 |
| Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I | 4.5 |
| Ghost (SWE) Meliora | 4.0 |
| Apocalyptica Inquisition Symphony | 4.0 |
| Apocalyptica Plays Metallica by Four Cellos | 3.5 |
| Mono Hymn to the Immortal Wind | 3.5 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' | 3.0 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ | 3.0 |
| Destiny Potato Lun | 3.0 |
| David Maxim Micic Bilo | 3.5 |
| David Maxim Micic is a renowned musician in the djent genre. His discography has been proven to be one of the most solid and well executed among his fellow players. He's creative, distinctive, memorable, jazzy and folky. His first EP shows his capabilities, though do not deliver as much as Bilo 2.0 and 3.0. That being said, his debut work is by no means a bad or even a ''just-good'' piece of art, it's damn fine music. Well done DMM. Keep doing whatever the heck you're doing! |
| Huntress Spell Eater | 3.0 |
| 1886 Before The Fog Covers The Mount | 3.0 |
| David Maxim Micic EGO | 3.5 |
| The Beatles Let It Be | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Abbey Road | 5.0 |
| The Beatles Yellow Submarine | 2.5 |
| The Beatles The Beatles | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour | 3.5 |
| The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Revolver | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul | 3.5 |
| The Beatles Help! | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Beatles for Sale | 3.5 |
| The Beatles A Hard Day's Night | 3.5 |
| The Beatles With the Beatles | 3.5 |
| The Beatles Please Please Me | 3.0 |
| Gravestone Doomsday | 2.0 |
| Alkinoos Ioannidis Mikri Valitsa | 4.0 |
| Beardfish Sleeping in Traffic: Part One | 3.0 |
| OST Invisible Ink For Sketching Ghosts | 3.5 |
| Beardfish Destined Solitaire | 4.0 |
| Beardfish Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two | 3.5 |
| Beardfish Mammoth | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Coma Ecliptic | 3.0 |
| Good overall but nothing memorable. The guys are skilled, no doubt, but this offering has nothing much to give. |
| Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me | 2.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus | 2.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors | 4.0 |
| Mr. Bungle Disco Volante | 3.5 |
| Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle | 4.0 |
| Plini The End of Everything | 3.5 |
| Plini Sweet Nothings | 3.5 |
| Heights (UK-Berkshire) Phantasia On The High Processions Of Sun, Moon And | 2.5 |
| Paradise Lost The Plague Within | 3.0 |
| Inner Odyssey Have a Seat | 3.5 |
| While the musicianship is excellent and the melodies are pretty well written, I believe the singer doesn't fit quite much in the whole project. His voice reminds a bit too much of Hetfield and that is a mismatch for the whole Riverside sound they want to achieve. Other than that, it's a very enjoyable album! |
| Exovex Radio Silence | 3.5 |
| Kamasi Washington The Epic | 4.0 |
| Muse Drones | 3.5 |
| Jan Garbarek It's OK To Listen To The Gray Voice | 3.0 |
| Jan Garbarek Mnemosyne | 4.0 |
| Native Construct Quiet World | 4.5 |
| Beardfish +4626-Comfortzone | 4.0 |
| Leprous The Congregation | 4.0 |
| Really challenging album, yet very interesting. A light on its own, but without the variety I wanted it to be. It may be equally good with Coal. I don't think it can reach Bilateral, but they're different in a manner. Strongly recommended. It must be a 4, but I'll let time decide.rEdit: time did its job just fine and gave this album a 4. Who am I to disagree? |
| Saturnus For the Loveless Lonely Nights | 4.0 |
| Kamelot Haven | 3.5 |
| Some excellent songs, some great and some decent. Kamelot put out a record that will please any fan, even if it doesn't reach Epica/The Black Halo heights. Kaverik seems to feel nice in his position, the band's performance is excellent and there are new treats and perspectives here and there to make the final product sound fresh. rRecommended tracks:Beautiful Apocalypse,Liar Liar, Revolution, |
| Gavin Harrison Cheating The Polygraph | 4.5 |
| Minsk The Crash and the Draw | 3.0 |
| Anglagard Viljans Oga | 4.0 |
| Gazpacho Night | 4.5 |
| Jack Johnson From Here To Now To You | 3.0 |
| Jack Johnson To the Sea | 3.0 |
| Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static | 3.0 |
| Jack Johnson Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for Curious George | 2.0 |
| Jack Johnson In Between Dreams | 4.5 |
| Jack Johnson On and On | 4.0 |
| Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales | 3.5 |
| Nightwish Endless Forms Most Beautiful | 3.0 |
| Before I conclude to a 3, I want to be fair. I am a bit disappointed. This could have been rexcellent, if only. Floor's vocal abilities are known. Why doesn't she uses them? We have a rreally long disc here, 1h and 18m. If some songs were dismissed, this could have been much rtighter. Of course there are awsome parts, as the opener (much power metal stuff in this) rand the last two songs. On the one hand, the opus in the end is the highlight, on the other rhand, I can't stop thinking how much better it could have been, if some of the narrating was romitted. I find the animal sounds pretty cool, but this is just a shadow of the majestic rthing it COULD HAVE BEEN! Still, maybe it's a grower. Till another opinion surfaces...3.5. |
| Muse Origin of Symmetry | 4.5 |
| Vangelis Earth | 3.0 |
| Cynic Focus | 4.0 |
| Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase. | 5.0 |
| I'm between a 4 and a 4.5 but it's just details that I need to focus on and the final rate rdepends on time. What we have here is an interesting mix, a marrige between Steven Wilson's rproggy and electronic/pop music. The variety this album holds is great, having to show reverything from 70's prog rock to current electronic music. The changes are masterfully rdone, even if it feels a bit weird at times... Conceptually, it's inspiring, musically it's ra bit challenging and Steven Wilson tries new things, even if their number is small. An rexcellent offering, a distinctive release in his discography and a really important one for rthis year. The packaging is superb as well. Check it out, wonderfully crafted. rEDIT: Fuck it, this have aged so well. I'm giving this a 5 for my personal pleasure. |
| Scorpions Return to Forever | 2.0 |
| At last!The final Scorpions album is at the gates! Listen to it before their next last album comes out! |
| Schizofrenia Taste of Blues | 3.5 |
| Gorguts Colored Sands | 3.0 |
| Atheist Elements | 4.0 |
| Sieges Even A Sense of Change | 4.5 |
| Protest the Hero Volition | 3.5 |
| Protest the Hero Scurrilous | 3.5 |
| Control Denied The Fragile Art of Existence | 4.0 |
| The Web i spider | 3.5 |
| McLuhan Anomaly | 4.5 |
| Motorhead Aftershock | 3.0 |
| Motorhead The World Is Yours | 2.5 |
| Motorhead Orgasmatron | 3.5 |
| Motorhead Another Perfect Day | 4.0 |
| Motorhead Iron Fist | 3.0 |
| Motorhead Ace of Spades | 4.0 |
| Motorhead Bomber | 3.5 |
| Motorhead Overkill | 3.5 |
| Motorhead Motörhead | 3.0 |
| Motorhead On Parole | 2.5 |
| W.A.S.P. Inside the Electric Circus | 4.0 |
| W.A.S.P. The Last Command | 3.5 |
| W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P. | 3.5 |
| W.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol | 4.5 |
| Genesis Foxtrot | 4.0 |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute | 4.0 |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium | 3.5 |
| The Mars Volta Amputechture | 4.0 |
| Savatage Handful of Rain | 2.5 |
| Savatage Dead Winter Dead | 3.5 |
| Savatage Edge of Thorns | 4.0 |
| Savatage Gutter Ballet | 4.5 |
| Savatage Hall of the Mountain King | 4.0 |
| Savatage Streets: A Rock Opera | 4.5 |
| Savatage Fight for the Rock | 2.0 |
| Savatage Power of the Night | 3.0 |
| Savatage Sirens | 3.0 |
| Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | 5.0 |
| Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells | 4.0 |
| Renaissance Turn of the Cards | 4.0 |
| Caravan Caravan | 4.5 |
| Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink | 4.5 |
| KISS Crazy Nights | 3.0 |
| Radiohead Kid A | 3.0 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Fire of Unknown Origin | 4.5 |
| Blind Guardian Beyond the Red Mirror | 3.5 |
| Ymyrgar The Tale As Far | 3.0 |
| Anubis A Tower Of Silence | 2.5 |
| Has potentials but the singer is mediocre, the production is far from good and the songs have no special impact on me. Not what I ex[ected by a highly praised band. |
| Indukti S.U.S.A.R. | 3.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication | 5.0 |
| Conception Flow | 3.5 |
| Arcane Known/Learned | 4.0 |
| Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side | 4.0 |
| Kamelot Dominion | 3.0 |
| Kamelot Eternity | 3.0 |
| Kamelot The Fourth Legacy | 3.5 |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber Jesus Christ Superstar: Original Cast | 4.5 |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber Highlights from The Phantom of the Opera | 4.5 |
| Santana Supernatural | 4.0 |
| Moonspell Alpha Noir | 4.0 |
| Rishloo Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth | 4.5 |
| Atheist Unquestionable Presence | 4.5 |
| Vangelis The City | 4.0 |
| Ozric Tentacles Swirly Termination | 4.0 |
| Steve Vai The Story of Light | 4.0 |
| Transatlantic Kaleidoscope | 2.5 |
| Sieges Even Steps | 3.0 |
| Deep Purple Slaves and Masters | 1.5 |
| Blind Guardian Tales from the Twilight World | 3.5 |
| Blind Guardian Follow the Blind | 3.5 |
| Rush Presto | 3.0 |
Utterly disappointed. Thought this was going to be better than their previous Hold Your Fire.
Instead, the band creates a bland, ''happy go lucky'' lp, with little to offer. The only songs I
found tolerable were Scars and Available Light, maybe even The Pass. These three, with the help of
some tremendous bass lines, save this album from falling into mediocrity. |
| Vangelis Sex Power | 3.0 |
| Atheist Piece of Time | 3.5 |
| Fates Warning Perfect Symmetry | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Awaken the Guardian | 3.5 |
| Fates Warning Night on Brocken | 3.0 |
| Fates Warning No Exit | 3.5 |
| Sieges Even Life Cycle | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Direct | 4.5 |
| Blind Guardian Battalions of Fear | 3.5 |
| Deep Purple The House of Blue Light | 3.0 |
| Rush Hold Your Fire | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Crest of a Knave | 3.5 |
| A very chill album, where JT return to form. Relaxing tracks, interesting guitar work and Ian's well known flute, creating an -if not satisfying- adequate album. Tracks like Budhapest, Farm on the Freeway and Said She Was A Dancer stake out for being really good, and Steel Monkey also catches our attention for all the wrong reasons. Yet, JT, on their 16th album, show they still have some aces up their sleeve. |
| Yes Big Generator | 2.0 |
| I initially gave this a 3, because I had not that much of a problem listening to it.But after a while I realized I couldn't remember anything and I had absolutely no need to relisten to it. I forced myself and then again I had the same feeling of apathy and blundness. Avoid. |
| Rush Power Windows | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Invisible Connections | 1.5 |
| Vangelis Soil Festivities | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Falling Home | 3.5 |
| After a serious health problem, PoS's mastermind Daniel G. has returned. Before starting working officially on their new material, they create a nice copilation of old songs (including two 'new' ones), that works pretty good as a warm up. They cover previous material, softening their sound and adding a nice jazzy and bluesy vibe, crafting a hearty release that keeps us busy until their next studio album. |
| Pain of Salvation Scarsick | 3.0 |
| Pain of Salvation One Hour by the Concrete Lake | 3.5 |
| Pain of Salvation Entropia | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Road Salt Two | 4.5 |
| Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth | 4.5 |
| Vangelis Chariots Of Fire | 4.0 |
| Vangelis Mask | 4.0 |
| Kansas Song for America | 4.0 |
| Kansas Masque | 3.0 |
| Kansas Kansas | 4.5 |
| Gentle Giant Free Hand | 4.5 |
| Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste | 4.0 |
| Deep Purple Perfect Strangers | 3.5 |
| Deep Purple Burn | 4.0 |
| Gentle Giant The Power and the Glory | 4.5 |
| Gentle Giant Three Friends | 3.5 |
| Major Parkinson Twilight Cinema | 3.5 |
| Grand Magus The Hunt | 3.5 |
| Machine Head Bloodstone And Diamonds | 3.5 |
| Machine Head The Burning Red | 2.0 |
| Megadeth Countdown to Extinction | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Endless River | 3.0 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 | 5.0 |
| Frank Zappa Hot Rats | 4.5 |
| Jeff Loomis Plains of Oblivion | 3.5 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 | 4.5 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 | 4.0 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven "Pastoral" Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 | 4.0 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 | 4.5 |
| Haken Restoration | 3.5 |
| London Grammar If You Wait | 4.0 |
| Camel Dust and Dreams | 3.0 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B♭, Op. 60 | 4.0 |
| Tenacious D Rize of the Fenix | 3.5 |
| Tenacious D The Pick of Destiny | 4.0 |
| Tenacious D Tenacious D | 4.0 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E♭ “Eroica” Op. 55 | 3.5 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 | 4.0 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 | 3.5 |
| Vangelis Heaven and Hell | 4.0 |
| Vangelis Beaubourg | 1.5 |
| Vangelis China | 4.0 |
| Vangelis Spiral | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Recordings | 3.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Voyage 34: The Complete Trip | 3.5 |
| System of a Down Hypnotize | 3.5 |
| System of a Down Mezmerize | 4.0 |
| System of a Down Steal This Album! | 3.5 |
| System of a Down System of a Down | 3.0 |
| System of a Down Toxicity | 5.0 |
| Steven Wilson Insurgentes | 4.0 |
| Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning | 4.0 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Storia di un minuto | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Division Bell | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason | 3.0 |
| Nightwish Century Child | 3.5 |
| Nightwish Wishmaster | 3.5 |
| Nightwish Oceanborn | 4.0 |
| Nightwish Dark Passion Play | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Cryptic Writings | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Youthanasia | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 5.0 |
| Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Endgame | 4.0 |
| Death Individual Thought Patterns | 4.0 |
| Death Human | 4.5 |
| Death Symbolic | 4.0 |
| Death The Sound of Perseverance | 4.5 |
| Death Spiritual Healing | 3.5 |
| Death Leprosy | 3.5 |
| Death Scream Bloody Gore | 3.0 |
| Burst Lazarus Bird | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath The Eternal Idol | 2.5 |
| Black Sabbath Seventh Star | 3.0 |
| Black Label Society Catacombs of the Black Vatican | 3.0 |
| Black Label Society Order Of The Black | 3.5 |
| Black Label Society Sonic Brew | 3.0 |
| Black Label Society Shot to Hell | 3.5 |
| Black Label Society Mafia | 3.0 |
| Black Label Society Hangover Music Vol.6 | 4.5 |
| Black Label Society The Blessed Hellride | 4.5 |
| Black Label Society 1919 Eternal | 4.0 |
| Black Label Society Stronger Than Death | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues | 3.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence | 3.5 |
| Baroness Yellow and Green | 4.5 |
| Baroness Blue Record | 4.0 |
| Baroness Red Album | 3.5 |
| Ayreon The Final Experiment | 3.5 |
| Ayreon The Theory of Everything | 3.5 |
| A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step | 3.5 |
| Ne Obliviscaris Citadel | 4.5 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix I, Vigilante | 4.5 |
| Machine Head Burn My Eyes | 3.0 |
| Machine Head The More Things Change... | 3.0 |
| Machine Head Through The Ashes Of Empires | 3.5 |
| Machine Head The Blackening | 4.0 |
| Machine Head Unto The Locust | 4.0 |
| Tool 10,000 Days | 3.5 |
| Fates Warning The Spectre Within | 3.5 |
| Delain April Rain | 3.0 |
| Delain Lucidity | 3.5 |
| Rush Grace Under Pressure | 4.0 |
| Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime II | 3.0 |
| Queensryche Promised Land | 3.5 |
| Queensryche Empire | 3.5 |
| Queensryche The Warning | 4.0 |
| Queensryche Rage for Order | 4.0 |
| Anathema Distant Satellites | 3.5 |
| Leprous Bilateral | 5.0 |
| Leprous Tall Poppy Syndrome | 3.5 |
| King Crimson Beat | 2.5 |
| King Crimson Three of a Perfect Pair | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull War Child | 2.5 |
| Jethro Tull A Passion Play | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Benefit | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Stand Up | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull This Was | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull A | 2.0 |
| Jethro Tull Stormwatch | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Heavy Horses | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Under Wraps | 2.0 |
| Yes Drama | 3.5 |
| Yes Tormato | 2.5 |
| Yes Time and a Word | 3.5 |
| Yes Yes | 3.0 |
| Swans To Be Kind | 3.5 |
| Lunatic Soul Lunatic Soul | 3.5 |
| Lunatic Soul Walking on a Flashlight Beam | 3.0 |
| Slipknot .5: The Gray Chapter | 3.0 |
| Kamelot Poetry for the Poisoned | 3.0 |
| Kamelot Ghost Opera | 4.0 |
| Dimmu Borgir Abrahadabra | 4.0 |
| Rotting Christ Aealo | 4.5 |
| Rotting Christ Kata Ton Demona Eaftou | 4.5 |
| Rishloo Terras Fames | 3.0 |
| September Code 2 smiles ago | 3.5 |
| Camel Stationary Traveller | 3.5 |
| Jan Garbarek Wayfarer | 3.5 |
| Goat Commune | 4.0 |
| Atomic Rooster Headline News | 3.0 |
| Whitesnake Saints and Sinners | 3.0 |
| Whitesnake Come An' Get It | 3.5 |
| Rush Signals | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Final Cut | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Ummagumma | 2.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Coda | 3.5 |
| Camel The Single Factor | 3.0 |
| King Crimson Discipline | 3.0 |
| Could never digest the sound of this album. Consider it to be seriously overhyped and I actually only like the t/t and Matte Kudasai. The vocals are quite interesting as well, really theatrical, but that's just that. Of the least favourites off their discog. |
| Camel Nude | 3.0 |
| Jan Garbarek Eventyr | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door | 4.0 |
| Kansas Monolith | 2.5 |
| Camel I Can See Your House From Here | 3.5 |
| Whitesnake Trouble | 3.5 |
| Whitesnake Snakebite | 4.0 |
| Jan Garbarek Photo with Blue Sky... | 3.5 |
| Camel Breathless | 3.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome | 3.5 |
| Kansas Point of Know Return | 4.0 |
| Jan Garbarek Dis | 4.0 |
| Camel Rain Dances | 4.0 |
| Kamijo Symphony of the Vampire | 3.0 |
Honestly guys, I just can get into this. Musically it's indeed excellent a 4.5/5. I'd much prefer
this in an instrumental version. But it's the other astpects of this I can't embrace. The
hyperbbolic approach in style is too much for me, thematically (I won't say lyrically, I don't
understand a word) it's a bit... odd? Vampires and French revolution, and Medieval Times and
Renaissance... The band's view on them is so fairytale-ish that I can't take them seriously. Heck,
I can't take Epica seriously most of the times now, and I believe these fellas have more cheese in
their music. Vocals are tolerable I guess, I will attribute my suspension in the fact that I'm not
familiar with the language. rHowever, in all honesty, I'd give this a 3, maybe a 3.5 for the
excellent music. |
| Led Zeppelin Presence | 4.0 |
| Kansas Leftoverture | 4.5 |
| Camel Moonmadness | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti | 4.0 |
| Jan Garbarek - Bobo Stenson Quartet Dansere | 3.5 |
| Camel The Snow Goose | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Starless and Bible Black | 3.0 |
| King Crimson Red | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Live Evil | 4.0 |
| Camel Camel | 4.0 |
| DragonForce The Power Within | 2.5 |
| DragonForce Ultra Beatdown | 3.0 |
| DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 3.0 |
| DragonForce Sonic Firestorm | 3.5 |
| DragonForce Valley of the Damned | 3.0 |
| Accept Stalingrad: Brothers In Death | 3.5 |
| Accept Blood of the Nations | 4.0 |
| Scale the Summit The Migration | 4.5 |
| Suicidal Angels Bloodbath | 3.0 |
| Suicidal Angels Sanctify The Darkness | 3.5 |
| Suicidal Angels Dead Again | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite | 3.5 |
| Rainbow Stranger in Us All | 3.5 |
| Dio The Last in Line | 3.5 |
| Dio Holy Diver | 5.0 |
| Deep Purple Fireball | 3.5 |
| Deep Purple Machine Head | 4.5 |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock | 4.0 |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple | 3.0 |
| Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn | 3.5 |
| Deep Purple Shades of Deep Purple | 3.0 |
| Whitesnake Whitesnake | 4.0 |
| Whitesnake Slide It In | 3.5 |
| Whitesnake Ready An' Willing | 3.5 |
| Whitesnake Lovehunter | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds | 3.5 |
| Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster | 4.0 |
| Atomic Rooster Nice 'N' Greasy | 4.0 |
| Atomic Rooster Made In England | 3.5 |
| Goat World Music | 3.5 |
| Slipknot All Hope Is Gone | 3.0 |
| Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses | 4.0 |
| Slipknot Iowa | 3.5 |
| Slipknot Slipknot | 3.5 |
| Trophy Scars Holy Vacants | 4.5 |
| Gazpacho Demon | 4.5 |
| Empyrium The Turn of the Tides | 2.5 |
| How,when,where,who! Please, LORD, let this be a folk manifestrEDIT: Yeah, expected it to be different, but hey, there are some great tunes here, so I dig it but not much. |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV | 5.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin | 4.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only One | 3.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to... | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator The Aerosol Grey Machine | 3.0 |
| Comus To Keep From Crying | 3.0 |
| Atomic Rooster In Hearing of Atomic Rooster | 3.5 |
| Atomic Rooster Atomic Roooster | 4.0 |
| Atomic Rooster Death Walks Behind You | 4.5 |
| Jan Garbarek Esoteric Circle | 3.5 |
| Riverside Memories In My Head | 3.5 |
| Ulver Shadows of the Sun | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd Meddle | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd More | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 3.0 |
| David Maxim Micic Bilo 3.0 | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Up the Downstair | 3.0 |
| Porcupine Tree On the Sunday of Life | 2.5 |
| Tool Lateralus | 5.0 |
| Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus | 4.5 |
| Megadeth The System Has Failed | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Risk | 1.5 |
| Megadeth Th1rt3en | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Super Collider | 2.0 |
| Aphrodite's Child It's Five O'Clock | 4.0 |
| Aphrodite's Child End Of The World | 4.0 |
| Opeth Morningrise | 3.5 |
| Opeth Orchid | 4.0 |
| Opeth Pale Communion | 3.0 |
| Okay, I am not sure whether this is better than Heritagte or not. I enjoy it a lot but I believe Heritage was more diverse than this one. Maybe 5 listens are not yet enough (they were a little bit hasty tbh). It's definately the most different thing they've ever composed and it's definately not a bad album. But, it lacks the sense of coherence and unity, and I find there are some fillers. |
| Jan Garbarek - Bobo Stenson Quartet Witchi-Tai-To | 4.5 |
| Jan Garbarek Sart | 3.0 |
| Jan Garbarek Afric Pepperbird | 2.5 |
| Jan Garbarek Officium | 4.0 |
| Jan Garbarek Rites | 4.5 |
| Ghost (SWE) Opus Eponymous | 3.5 |
| Ghost (SWE) Infestissumam | 4.0 |
| Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime | 5.0 |
| Queensryche American Soldier | 2.0 |
| Queensryche Dedicated to Chaos | 1.0 |
| Queensryche Frequency Unknown (Tate's Queensryche) | 1.0 |
| Spiritual Beggars Earth Blues | 4.0 |
| The Lost Poets Insubordia | 3.5 |
| Camel Mirage | 5.0 |
| Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse | 4.0 |
| Storm Corrosion Storm Corrosion | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Lizard | 4.0 |
| King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon | 4.0 |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King | 5.0 |
| Comus First Utterance | 4.5 |
| Bon Jovi Lost Highway | 3.0 |
| Bon Jovi Have a Nice Day | 3.0 |
| Opeth Deliverance | 3.5 |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.5 |
| Opeth Watershed | 4.0 |
| Scorpions Acoustica | 3.5 |
| Scorpions Sting in the Tail | 3.0 |
| Scorpions Unbreakable | 3.5 |
| Scorpions Moment of Glory | 4.0 |
| Scorpions Face the Heat | 2.5 |
| Scorpions Crazy World | 3.0 |
| Scorpions Savage Amusement | 3.5 |
| Scorpions Pure Instinct | 2.0 |
| Scorpions Eye II Eye | 1.5 |
| Scorpions Love At First Sting | 4.5 |
| Scorpions Blackout | 4.5 |
| Scorpions Animal Magnetism | 3.5 |
| Scorpions Lovedrive | 4.0 |
| Scorpions Taken by Force | 4.5 |
| Scorpions Virgin Killer | 4.0 |
| Scorpions In Trance | 4.0 |
| Scorpions Lonesome Crow | 3.5 |
| Nightwish Imaginaerum: The Score | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Virtual XI | 2.0 |
| Jethro Tull Aqualung | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick | 4.5 |
| Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree The Incident | 3.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Signify | 3.5 |
| Blackfield Blackfield IV | 3.0 |
| Blackfield Blackfield II | 4.0 |
| Blackfield Blackfield | 4.0 |
| Eloy Ocean | 4.5 |
| Saturnus Saturn in Ascension | 2.5 |
| Saturnus Veronika Decides to Die | 4.0 |
| Saturnus Martyre | 4.0 |
| Saturnus Paradise Belongs to You | 4.5 |
| Metallica Death Magnetic | 2.5 |
| Metallica St. Anger | 1.0 |
| Metallica Master of Puppets | 4.0 |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Forbidden | 2.5 |
| Black Sabbath 13 | 3.0 |
| Black Sabbath Tyr | 3.5 |
| Black Sabbath Headless Cross | 3.5 |
| Black Sabbath Born Again | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Mob Rules | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Never Say Die! | 2.0 |
| Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy | 3.0 |
| Black Sabbath Sabotage | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Vol. 4 | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid | 5.0 |
| Black Sabbath Black Sabbath | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Dream Theater | 2.5 |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Falling into Infinity | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Final Frontier | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The X Factor | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden No Prayer for the Dying | 2.5 |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Piece of Mind | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Killers | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden | 4.5 |
| Yes 90125 | 3.5 |
| Yes Relayer | 4.0 |
| Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans | 4.5 |
| Yes The Yes Album | 3.5 |
| Yes Close to the Edge | 4.5 |
| Yes Fragile | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part 1 | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Remedy Lane | 4.5 |
| Pain of Salvation Be | 5.0 |
| David Maxim Micic Bilo 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Typhoon (USA-OR) White Lighter | 4.0 |
| Typhoon (USA-OR) Hunger and Thirst | 4.5 |
| Mastodon Remission | 3.0 |
| Rush Clockwork Angels | 4.5 |
| Rush Permanent Waves | 4.5 |
| Rush 2112 | 4.0 |
| Rush Rush | 3.5 |
| Rush Fly by Night | 3.5 |
| Rush Caress of Steel | 4.5 |
| Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 3.5 |
| Mastodon Leviathan | 4.5 |
| Rishloo Eidolon | 4.0 |
| Empyrium A Wintersunset | 3.0 |
| Empyrium Songs of Moors and Misty Fields | 2.5 |
| Empyrium Weiland | 4.5 |
| Empyrium Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet | 4.0 |
| Samsara Blues Experiment Waiting For The Flood | 4.0 |
| 7 for 4 Diffusion | 3.5 |
| Delain The Human Contradiction | 3.0 |
| Mekong Delta In a Mirror Darkly | 3.0 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix White Light Generator | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings | 2.5 |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Octavarium | 3.0 |
| Haken The Mountain | 4.5 |
| Haken Visions | 3.0 |
| Haken Aquarius | 4.0 |
| Curved Air Air Conditioning | 4.5 |
| Curved Air Second Album | 4.0 |
| Curved Air Phantasmagoria | 3.5 |
| Curved Air Midnight Wire | 4.0 |
| Curved Air Air Cut | 4.5 |
| Curved Air Airborne | 3.0 |
| Yes Going for the One | 3.0 |
| W.A.S.P. Helldorado | 2.0 |
| Bigelf Into The Maelstrom | 2.0 |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All | 3.5 |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All | 4.5 |
| Metallica Metallica | 4.0 |
| Metallica Reload | 2.5 |
| Metallica Load | 2.0 |
| Epica The Quantum Enigma | 4.0 |
| Epica The Classical Conspiracy | 4.5 |
| Scorpions Fly to the Rainbow | 5.0 |
| Scorpions Humanity: Hour I | 3.5 |
| Nightwish Angels Fall First | 4.0 |
| Nightwish Once | 4.5 |
| Nightwish Imaginaerum | 4.0 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix A Love of Shared Disasters | 3.5 |
| Crippled Black Phoenix The Resurrectionists / Night Raider | 4.5 |
| Tuomas Holopainen Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge | 4.5 |
| Opeth Damnation | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator World Record | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff | 4.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Still Life | 5.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Road Salt One | 4.5 |
| Need Orvam: A Song for Home | 4.5 |
| September Code Remembering Mirrors | 4.5 |
| Leprous Coal | 4.0 |
| Kamelot Karma | 4.0 |
| Kamelot Epica | 5.0 |
| Buckethead Monument Valley | 3.5 |
| MaYaN Quarterpast | 4.0 |
| Aphrodite's Child 666 | 5.0 |
| Vangelis Fais Que Ton Rêve Soit Plus Long Que La Nuit | 3.0 |
| Rishloo Feathergun | 4.5 |
| MaYaN Antagonise | 3.5 |
| King Crimson Islands | 4.5 |
| Kamelot The Black Halo | 5.0 |
| Kamelot Silverthorn | 4.0 |
| Opeth Still Life | 4.5 |
| Opeth Blackwater Park | 5.0 |
| Opeth Heritage | 4.5 |
| Mastodon Blood Mountain | 4.5 |
| This is the unseen masterpiece of Mastodon. Excellent. |
| Mastodon The Hunter | 4.0 |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye | 5.0 |
| Epica Requiem for the Indifferent | 3.5 |
| I am between 3 and 3.5, but some moments in it, like Karma, Monopoly..., Requiem's intro and the last half of Avalanche make me say it's a 3.5... Anyway, decent album... |
| Epica Design Your Universe | 4.5 |
| Epica The Divine Conspiracy | 4.5 |
| Epica Consign to Oblivion | 4.0 |
| Epica The Phantom Agony | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Awake | 5.0 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 5.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Deadwing | 5.0 |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways | 4.5 |
| Riverside Shrine Of New Generation Slaves | 4.0 |
| Riverside Anno Domini High Definition | 5.0 |
| Riverside Rapid Eye Movement | 4.5 |
| Riverside Second Life Syndrome | 4.5 |
| Riverside Out of Myself | 4.0 |
| Rush A Farewell to Kings | 4.5 |
| Rush Hemispheres | 5.0 |
| Rush Moving Pictures | 5.0 |
| Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here | 5.0 |
| Pink Floyd Animals | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Wall | 5.0 |
| Vangelis Albedo 0.39 | 4.0 |
| Vangelis Antarctica | 4.0 |
| Vangelis 1492: Conquest of Paradise | 5.0 |
| Vangelis Mythodea | 5.0 |
