| Willow Smith Empathogen | 4.0 |
| The Ghost Inside Searching for Solace | 2.5 |
| fun. Aim and Ignite | 4.0 |
| Code Orange The Above | 2.5 |
| Brutus (BE) Unison Life | 4.0 |
| Mol Diorama | 4.0 |
| Ghost Bath Starmourner | 1.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Life Is But a Dream... | 4.0 |
| Sleep Token Take Me Back to Eden | 3.0 |
| Love the beginning and ending segments, the middle was decent but pretty ballad-laden. I wasn't fond of the trap-style sections as they seem to be just randomly tossed in there. Also, wasn't huge on the album's track listing being front-loaded with singles, but I get it for the vibe of the album. Wish they didn't release so many songs ahead of time because I went into it having heard half of the album already. All that aside, this is a really good release. |
| Kingmaker The Cradle | 3.0 |
| I remember being so excited to hear Kyle Galloway was joining Kingmaker, as I was and still am a massive Lakota De Kai fan, but the mix on this otherwise great album is god awful. Kingmaker, if you're out there, please release the stems for this album and let somebody remix it. With a proper mix, this is a rock-solid 4 all day. |
| Metallica 72 Seasons | 2.5 |
| Shrezzers SEX and SAX | 3.0 |
| No doubt that these guys are talented musicians, but almost none of these songs are memorable. Yes, it ?sounds? great, but crystal clear production and buttery smooth vocals can?t carry an entire album. That terribly cringe meme song using the PH beat was an instant skip. Just because a pop-djent band uses a saxophone doesn?t make them the best band in the world. |
| For the Fallen Dreams For the Fallen Dreams | 2.0 |
The definitive album of The New Wave of American Butt Rock. Forget Creed, Nickelback, Trapt, or
any of those other bands that your dad used to blare out of his 88 IROC with T-tops when he'd pick
you up from your moms for the weekend visit. It's all about Wage War, I Prevail, and FTFD, to name
a few. Putting it plainly, this album sucks. The songwriting is lifeless, the lyricism is
cringeworthy, and the vocal performance is mediocre, excluding a few decent singing parts on
select songs. This is the kind of album that was written with the sole intention of getting
massive airplay on SiriusXM and vocal covers on TikTok. I have no doubt that every Jeep Wrangler
owner with a 60-month financing plan at 20% interest will be blasting this album with the doors
removed while driving to the gas station to pick up beef jerky, muscle milk, nicotine patches and
Ibuprofen to stomach his bitch wife's complaining about how he never does anything around the
house since he got that new recliner. |
| Boundaries Burying Brightness | 4.5 |
| The Callous Daoboys Celebrity Therapist | 4.5 |
| Reflections The Fantasy Effect (Redux) | 4.5 |
An impressive debut from a once unknown progressive metal outfit gets a much-needed
makeover. Buster Odeholm’s production elevates Reflections’ first effort to new heights,
reimagining the juvenile yet nostalgic bedroom-studio sound with modern clarity, crisp
vocals, and well-balanced layering. Subtle and clever musical alterations surprise the
listener throughout, proving that this is more than just an average remaster. Reflections
and Odeholm have given fans what they’ve wanted for the last decade: expert-level production
quality for a fantastic debut marred by studio inexperience. |
| Fit for an Autopsy Oh What the Future Holds | 4.0 |
| Volumes Happier? | 4.0 |
| Silk Sonic An Evening with Silk Sonic | 4.5 |
| Spiritbox Eternal Blue | 4.5 |
| Eidola The Architect | 4.0 |
| Turnstile Glow On | 4.0 |
| Kaonashi Never Home | 4.0 |
| Kaonashi Ex-Prayers | 4.0 |
| Kaonashi Why Did You Do It? | 4.0 |
| Kaonashi Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me: Senior Year | 4.5 |
All of Kaonashi's hard work since releasing the Native EP has led up to this moment. Dear
Lemon House... is a compelling reflection of their ceaseless improvement, breathing new
life into a music scene that's often over-saturated by artists who are afraid to try new
things. This album is a magnificent blend of post-hardcore, mathcore, progressive, emo,
and alternative, and is complemented by a wide variety of diverse styles that would be
too long to list. Every member of the band shines on this album, whether it be Peter's
heartfelt lyricism and exceptionally unique vocal style, Alex and Roger's enchanting
guitar-work, August's infectiously smooth bass lines, or Pao's jaw-dropping drum
compositions. Kaonashi's debut album with Equal Vision Records is a must-listen. |
| Mario Judah Whole Lotta Red (Part 1) | 3.5 |
| Mario Judah is one of the most promising up-and-coming artists in the popular music scene. His viral and absolutely diabolical track "Die Very Rough" put him on the map initially. Now, we've been blessed with "Whole Lotta Red (Part 1)", a stylistic and titular homage to the upcoming and long-awaited Playboi Carti album. The lead single "Bih Yah" is a complete departure from the Mario Judah we came to know and love, displaying his stylistic versatility and dynamic songwriting. |
| Enter Shikari Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible | 4.0 |
| Orthodox (TN) Let It Take Its Course | 4.5 |
| i can?t get enough of this. it?s terrifying, unsettling, heavy, and refreshing. orthodox really outdid their last effort with ?let it take its course.? |
| Issues Beautiful Oblivion | 3.5 |
| Knocked Loose Laugh Tracks | 3.5 |
| Issues Headspace | 3.5 |
| Issues Issues | 3.0 |
| Issues Black Diamonds | 3.5 |
| Left Behind 2014 Singles | 3.0 |
| Left Behind Seeing Hell | 3.5 |
| Left Behind Death, Take Me | 3.5 |
| Varials Absolution - Split | 3.5 |
| Secret Keeper Secret Keeper | 4.0 |
| Secret Keeper Ghost | 3.5 |
| Secret Keeper Losing Sleep | 4.0 |
| Crooks Are We All The Same Distance Apart | 4.5 |
| Myka Relocate The Young Souls | 3.5 |
| Myka Relocate Lies to Light the Way | 3.5 |
| Varials Failure // Control (Deluxe) | 4.0 |
| Tides of Man Empire Theory | 3.5 |
| The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness | 4.0 |
| Reflections The Color Clear | 5.0 |
| Reflections exi(s)t | 4.0 |
| Reflections The Fantasy Effect | 4.0 |
| Varials Failure // Control | 4.0 |
| Kaonashi Native | 4.0 |
| Varials Recollection | 3.5 |
| Saviour Once We Were Lions | 4.0 |
| Saviour First Light to My Death Bed | 4.0 |
| Yuth Forever 10 Code | 4.0 |
| Yuth Forever Freudian Slip | 3.5 |
| Yuth Forever Extortion | 3.0 |
| Barrier Eventide | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Dance Gavin Dance | 4.5 |
| The Acacia Strain Coma Witch | 4.0 |
| The Contortionist Language | 4.5 |
| Volumes The Concept of Dreaming | 4.0 |
| Volumes Via | 4.5 |
| Volumes No Sleep | 4.5 |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer | 4.5 |
| Years Since The Storm Hopeless Shelter | 4.0 |
| Hundredth Let Go | 4.0 |
| Incendiary Cost of Living | 4.5 |
| Backtrack Darker Half | 4.0 |
| The Word Alive Life Cycles | 3.5 |
| Polyenso One Big Particular Loop | 4.0 |
| Oceana Birth.Eater | 4.0 |
| Oceana The Tide | 3.5 |
| Agraceful The Great I Am | 4.0 |
| Glass Cloud Perfect War Forever | 3.5 |
| Glass Cloud The Royal Thousand | 4.0 |
| Vanna The Few and the Far Between | 4.5 |
| Shai Hulud Reach Beyond the Sun | 5.0 |
| Infant Annihilator The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution | 4.0 |
| Shadows Fall The Art of Balance | 4.5 |
| letlive. Fake History (Re-Release) | 4.5 |
| Miss Fortune A Spark To Believe | 3.5 |
| Kublai Khan TX Balancing Survival and Happiness | 4.0 |
| Structures Life Through a Window | 3.5 |
| Vocal range is average but still sweet, guitar work is on par with the last album. I dig it |
| Counterparts The Difference Between Hell and Home | 4.5 |
| Counterparts Prophets | 4.0 |
| I See Stars The End of the World Party | 1.5 |
| The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation | 4.0 |
| The Wonder Years Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing | 4.0 |
| The Wonder Years The Upsides | 3.5 |
| The Wonder Years Get Stoked on It! | 2.5 |
| The Story So Far While You Were Sleeping | 3.5 |
| The Story So Far What You Don't See | 4.0 |
| The Story So Far Under Soil and Dirt | 4.5 |
| Black Tongue Falsifier | 3.5 |
| Balance and Composure Separation | 4.0 |
| Balance and Composure The Things We Think We're Missing | 4.5 |
| Falling in Reverse Fashionably Late | 1.5 |
| Sylar Cutting the Ties | 3.0 |
| Sylar Deadbeat | 4.0 |
| Sylar To Whom It May Concern | 4.0 |
| Like Moths to Flames When We Don't Exist (Deluxe) | 4.0 |
| Childish Gambino Because the Internet | 4.0 |
| Drake Nothing Was the Same | 3.5 |
| Beartooth Sick | 4.0 |
| The Plot In You First Born | 4.0 |
| The Plot In You Could You Watch Your Children Burn | 3.5 |
| After the Burial Rareform | 4.0 |
| After the Burial Forging a Future Self | 3.5 |
| After the Burial In Dreams | 4.0 |
| After the Burial Wolves Within | 3.5 |
| After the Burial Rareform (Re-release) | 4.5 |
| Attack Attack! Attack Attack! (Deluxe Reissue) | 4.0 |
| Attack Attack! If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords? | 1.5 |
| Attack Attack! This Means War | 3.0 |
| Attack Attack! Attack Attack! | 3.5 |
| Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly | 2.0 |
| Asking Alexandria Life Gone Wild | 2.5 |
| Asking Alexandria From Death to Destiny | 3.0 |
| Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream | 3.5 |
| Asking Alexandria Reckless and Relentless | 4.0 |
| Northlane Hollow Existence | 3.5 |
| Northlane Singularity | 4.5 |
| Northlane Discoveries | 4.0 |
| Parkway Drive Don't Close Your Eyes [Reissue] | 3.5 |
| Parkway Drive Deep Blue | 4.0 |
| Parkway Drive Atlas | 4.0 |
| Parkway Drive Horizons | 4.0 |
| Parkway Drive Killing with a Smile | 4.0 |
| August Burns Red Lost Messengers: The Outtakes | 3.0 |
| August Burns Red Leveler | 4.0 |
| August Burns Red Rescue & Restore | 4.5 |
| August Burns Red Constellations | 4.5 |
| August Burns Red Messengers | 4.0 |
| August Burns Red Thrill Seeker | 3.5 |
| Breakdown of Sanity Perception | 4.0 |
| Breakdown of Sanity Mirrors | 4.5 |
| Breakdown of Sanity The Last Sunset | 4.0 |
| Every Time I Die The Burial Plot Bidding War | 3.0 |
| Every Time I Die Hot Damn! | 3.5 |
| Every Time I Die Last Night in Town | 3.0 |
| Every Time I Die Gutter Phenomenon | 4.5 |
| Every Time I Die The Big Dirty | 4.5 |
| Every Time I Die Ex Lives | 4.0 |
| Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic | 4.5 |
| Whitechapel Recorrupted | 3.0 |
| Whitechapel Our Endless War | 2.5 |
| Whitechapel Whitechapel | 4.0 |
| Whitechapel A New Era of Corruption | 4.5 |
| Whitechapel This Is Exile | 4.0 |
| Whitechapel The Somatic Defilement (Remaster) | 3.5 |
| Whitechapel The Somatic Defilement | 3.5 |
| Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News | 4.0 |
| La Dispute Untitled | 3.5 |
| La Dispute Vancouver | 4.0 |
| La Dispute Rooms of the House | 4.5 |
| La Dispute Wildlife | 4.5 |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair | 4.5 |
| Being as an Ocean Dear G-d | 4.5 |
| Animals As Leaders The Joy of Motion | 4.5 |
| Serianna Inheritors | 4.0 |
| Serianna Define Me | 3.5 |
| Not as powerful as their debut record "Inheritors", but Serianna came back with a solid I, the Breather-esque sophomore album that any metalcore fan can bang their head to. |
| I Am Abomination Jaw Dropper | 2.5 |
| I Am Abomination The Passion Of The Heist | 3.5 |
| I Am Abomination To Our Forefathers | 3.0 |
| I Am Abomination Let The Future Tell The Truth | 4.0 |
| Turnstile Step 2 Rhythm | 4.0 |
| Ion Dissonance Breathing Is Irrelevant | 4.0 |
| The Acacia Strain 3750 | 4.5 |
| The Color Morale Know Hope | 4.5 |
| The Color Morale My Devil In Your Eyes | 3.5 |
| The Color Morale We All Have Demons | 3.0 |
| The Acacia Strain Money For Nothing | 2.5 |
| The Acacia Strain Above/Below | 4.0 |
| The Acacia Strain The Dead Walk | 3.5 |
| The Acacia Strain Continent | 4.0 |
| The Acacia Strain Wormwood | 4.0 |
| The Acacia Strain Death Is the Only Mortal | 3.0 |
