| Sonata Arctica Clear Cold Beyond | 4.0 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Life Is But a Dream... | 4.5 |
| mewithoutYou [Untitled] | 4.5 |
| Avantasia A Paranormal Evening With the Moonflower Society | 3.5 |
| Ghost (SWE) Impera | 3.5 |
| Trivium In the Court of the Dragon | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Senjutsu | 3.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me Coma Ecliptic | 4.0 |
| Weezer OK Human | 4.0 |
| Weezer The White Album | 4.0 |
| Weezer Everything Will Be Alright in the End | 3.5 |
| Symphony X Underworld | 4.0 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force | 4.0 |
| Clutch Robot Hive/Exodus | 4.0 |
| Clutch Psychic Warfare | 4.0 |
| Soen Imperial | 3.5 |
| Protest the Hero Palimpsest | 4.5 |
| Baroness Yellow and Green | 3.5 |
| Baroness Gold and Grey | 4.0 |
| Metallica S&M2 | 4.0 |
| Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct | 4.0 |
| Delain Apocalypse & Chill | 3.5 |
| Nightwish HUMAN. :II: NATURE. | 3.0 |
| Dethklok Dethalbum II | 4.0 |
| Borknagar Winter Thrice | 4.0 |
| Borknagar True North | 4.0 |
| Shadow Of Intent Reclaimer | 4.5 |
| Shadow Of Intent Melancholy | 4.0 |
| Soilwork Verkligheten | 3.5 |
| Soilwork The Ride Majestic | 4.0 |
| Soilwork The Living Infinite | 4.0 |
| Soen Lotus | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater The Astonishing | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Dream Theater | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Distance Over Time | 4.0 |
| Avantasia The Mystery Of Time | 4.0 |
| Avantasia Ghostlights | 3.5 |
| Avantasia Moonglow | 4.0 |
| Trivium The Sin and the Sentence | 4.0 |
| Amorphis Queen of Time | 4.5 |
| Clutch Book of Bad Decisions | 3.5 |
| Wintersun The Forest Seasons | 3.0 |
| Mastodon Emperor of Sand | 4.0 |
| Opeth Pale Communion | 3.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold The Stage | 3.5 |
| Baroness Purple | 4.0 |
| Baroness Blue Record | 4.0 |
| Mastodon The Hunter | 3.0 |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye | 4.5 |
| Mastodon Blood Mountain | 3.5 |
| Mastodon Leviathan | 3.5 |
| Protest the Hero Pacific Myth | 3.0 |
| Protest the Hero Volition | 4.0 |
| Protest the Hero Scurrilous | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Book of Souls | 4.0 |
| Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork | 4.5 |
| Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures | 3.5 |
| Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 4.0 |
| Wovenwar Wovenwar | 3.5 |
| Clutch From Beale Street to Oblivion | 4.0 |
| Clutch Earth Rocker | 4.0 |
| Sonata Arctica Pariah's Child | 4.0 |
| Queensryche Queensryche | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Halo of Blood | 3.0 |
| Amaranthe The Nexus | 3.5 |
| Wintersun Time I | 4.0 |
| Sonata Arctica Stones Grow Her Name | 3.5 |
| Phantogram Eyelid Movies | 3.5 |
| Imperanon Stained | 3.0 |
| Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech | 4.5 |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day | 3.5 |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager | 4.0 |
| Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini | 4.0 |
| Shadows Fall Retribution | 3.5 |
| Weezer Weezer | 4.0 |
| Weezer Pinkerton | 4.5 |
| AFI Crash Love | 3.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare | 3.5 |
| ISIS Oceanic | 4.0 |
| Bullet for My Valentine Fever | 2.5 |
| Muse The Resistance | 3.0 |
| Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect | 4.0 |
Highly polished and extremely ambitious, but with a little more reserve than their previous releases, The Great Misdirect is Between The Buried And Me's most progressive album to date.
Any BTBAM fans listening to this album will be happy to find that they have strongly retained their style - they are as aggressive and ambitious as ever. However, their death metal antics are more concentrated on The Great Misdirect than their previous albums. Between The Buried And Me have changed their song formula from their black and white genre shifts to a more fluid style. BTBAM were never known for their song coherence, and this album won't change their identity. However, BTBAM have started to ditch their rigid shifts in sound in exchange for more fluent, cohesive advances in sound and style. This makes The Great Misdirect BTBAM's most progressive album to date.
Death metal purists, fear not. Our favorite North Carolina axemen shred to death on this album. The drumming is arguably better than it's ever been, and Tommy's vocals retain the same balance of aggression and melody we've known him for. While this is more progressive than earlier releases, BTBAM do not sacrifice quility for accessibility.
For the fans who may have not been able to stomach BTBAM's earlier style, they may find themselves reborn into the band with The Great Misdirect. For all others, everything you know and love about BTBAM is retained and applied with a more stylistic and progressive tone.
And Swim to the Moon, it's just... yes. |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica The Days of Grays | 3.0 |
| In Flames Lunar Strain | 3.5 |
| ISIS Wavering Radiant | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 3.0 |
| Iluvatar Iluvatar | 2.5 |
| Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings | 4.0 |
| Sum 41 Does This Look Infected? | 3.5 |
| The Audition Self-Titled Album | 2.0 |
| Basshunter LOL | 3.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors_Live | 4.0 |
| Heaven and Hell The Devil You Know | 3.0 |
| O.A.R. In Between Now And Then | 4.0 |
| O.A.R. The Wanderer | 3.5 |
| Queensryche American Soldier | 3.5 |
| Old men living in the shadows of their former selves? This album should have been the one to cast Queensryche into utter irrelevance. Instead, they wrote their most mature and arguably most emotional album to date. It's an album for the patient, progressive lovers of music out there, and takes a good straight listen from top to bottom to appreciate the melodies, moods, and styles that describe the love, sorrow, and emotional strength it takes to be a soldier in war. The musicianship is excellent, being far from overdone yet enough to prove these guys still have sparks of genius somewhere in those noggins. It's progressive, paced and meaningful. If you thought Empire and Promised Land were anything near enjoyable, I'd recommend a buy for this. |
| Clutch Blast Tyrant | 4.5 |
| Cynic Traced in Air | 3.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet | 4.0 |
| U2 U218 Singles | 3.5 |
| X Japan Blue Blood | 3.0 |
| AFI I Heard a Voice CD | 3.0 |
| This is a good release from a band who are at their peak of their popularity after more than a decade of trying to break into the mainstream. The band's performance, fronted by Davey's excellent vocals, is pretty good to say the least. The tracklist caters to a new generation of fans, with most of the tracks appearing off of their latest two albums, Sing The Sorrow and Decemberunderground. Although the performance was well above average, that's about all this disc's got for it. Makes for a damn good listen for fans of their recent works, others won't find this all too interesting. As a big fan, this is my current CD rotation, so if you're like me I'd recommend a buy. |
| Opeth Still Life | 4.5 |
| Metallica Death Magnetic | 3.5 |
| Wintersun Wintersun | 4.0 |
| Fair to Midland Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True | 4.5 |
| Opeth Damnation | 3.5 |
| Opeth Watershed | 4.0 |
| Testament The Formation of Damnation | 3.5 |
| Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons | 4.5 |
| Toto Toto IV | 3.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica Winterheart's Guild | 3.5 |
| Lupe Fiasco The Cool | 3.0 |
| Nirvana In Utero | 3.0 |
| Nightwish Once | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Live After Death (DVD) | 5.0 |
| Protest the Hero Fortress | 4.0 |
| In Flames A Sense of Purpose | 2.5 |
| The Audition Champion | 3.0 |
| In Flames Reroute to Remain | 3.0 |
| O.A.R. Stories of a Stranger | 3.5 |
| Soundtrack (Film) Dumb and Dumber | 3.5 |
| Nightwish Dark Passion Play | 3.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow | 3.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold | 3.0 |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.0 |
| Dethklok The Dethalbum | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica Silence | 4.0 |
| AFI Answer That and Stay Fashionable | 3.0 |
| AFI Very Proud of Ya | 3.0 |
| AFI Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes | 3.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors | 4.5 |
| John Lennon Lennon Legend | 2.5 |
| Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper | 3.5 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 | 4.5 |
| Symphony X Paradise Lost | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | 4.5 |
| Absolutely excellent album. This album avoids the pitfalls of many other thrash albums, which include unbearable vocals, recycled uninspired riffs, and unattractive shred-fests. Obvious Black Sabbath influences help Megadeth do their share in making Metal the giant of all music, and this album helps roll Megadeth to what is now the most consistent band in Thrash. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? is borderline perfect, with very little that should displease the listener. |
| Sonata Arctica Ecliptica | 4.5 |
| Queensryche Greatest Hits | 4.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Tribute | 5.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral | 3.0 |
| Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil | 4.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen | 5.0 |
| This album will always remain among my favorites of all time. This album is the epitome of metalcore - all aspects of performance are executed with nothing less than perfection. Avoiding the popular trend to scream and churn out heavy, uninspired riffs, A7X puts life into all their songs and will assault you with some of the best riffs you have ever heard. The combination of riffs in "Second Heartbeat," from the intro to the solo, simply cannot be competed with. Shadow's vocals, which are often a topic of debate, are a hit or miss. I believe they fit the bill perfectly, as Shadows explores the soft side of his voice as much as his brutal scream. The main aspect of this album that makes it a classic is that it's truly memorable. The music is one of a kind, and the musiciansnip in every song on this disc is unexpectedly brilliant. A7X set the metalcore bar with Waking the Fallen, and in my opinion it has yet to be beaten. |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Rock in Rio | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave | 5.0 |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality | 4.5 |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Christmas Attic | 4.0 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Odyssey | 4.0 |
| Behemoth Demigod | 4.5 |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning | 5.0 |
| Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Death on the Road | 4.5 |
| Skid Row Skid Row | 4.0 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan Greatest Hits | 4.5 |
| Metallica Master of Puppets | 5.0 |
| Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper | 4.5 |
| Metallica St. Anger | 2.5 |
| In Flames Come Clarity | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Something Wild | 4.0 |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All | 4.5 |
| Trivium Ember to Inferno | 4.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Rock in Rio (DVD) | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Piece of Mind | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 4.5 |
| Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet? | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Risk | 2.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz | 4.5 |
| Bruce Dickinson Tyranny of Souls | 4.5 |
| This album was a total shock for me. The cover art didnt appeal to me one bit, but the only reason I ended up buying this is because of my undying love for Iron Maiden, hoping this would sound similar. Bruce explored the genre of American hard rock/metal, and this outcome is just plain old rockin' awesome! No one can deny the small Maiden influence on the guitar work, but theres plenty of originality here. I recommend this for anyone who likes the rock genre. Standout track for me is Devil on a Hog (vocals, riffs, solo, all orgasmic!) |
| Metallica Metallica | 3.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails With Teeth | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Octavarium | 4.0 |
| Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The X Factor | 3.5 |
| In Flames Used & Abused...In Live We Trust | 4.0 |
| Slayer Reign in Blood | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Greatest Hits: Back to the Start | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 3.5 |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 3.5 |
| Trivium Ascendancy | 4.0 |
| Bruce Dickinson The Chemical Wedding | 4.5 |
| James LaBrie Elements Of Persuasion | 2.5 |
| Weird Al Yankovic Poodle Hat | 3.5 |
| Weird Al Yankovic Running With Scissors | 4.0 |
| System of a Down Steal This Album! | 3.5 |
| Metallica S&M | 4.5 |
| Muse Absolution | 4.0 |
| AFI Sing the Sorrow | 4.5 |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 3.5 |
| Children of Bodom Hatebreeder | 5.0 |
| Black Label Society Mafia | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Edward the Great | 4.0 |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death | 4.5 |
| System of a Down Mezmerize | 4.0 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at the El Mocambo (Live Video) | 5.0 |
| AFI The Art of Drowning | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 4.5 |
| AFI Black Sails in the Sunset | 4.0 |
| As I Lay Dying Shadows Are Security | 3.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Sounding the Seventh Trumpet | 3.5 |
| System of a Down Hypnotize | 4.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Prince of Darkness (Box Set) | 3.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears | 3.5 |
| Nirvana Nevermind | 4.5 |
| Metallica Some Kind of Monster | 2.5 |
| AFI AFI | 4.5 |
| Children of Bodom Trashed, Lost & Strungout | 3.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis | 4.0 |
| Jeff Beck Blow by Blow | 4.5 |
| Protest the Hero Kezia | 5.0 |
| AC/DC Powerage | 3.5 |
| System of a Down System of a Down | 4.0 |
| System of a Down Toxicity | 4.0 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Warmness on the Soul | 3.5 |
| Black Sabbath Black Sabbath | 4.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon | 3.5 |
| AFI Behind the Times | 3.5 |
| August Burns Red Thrill Seeker | 4.0 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Trilogy | 4.0 |
| Crash Test Dummies God Shuffled His Feet | 4.0 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Inspiration | 4.0 |
| Steely Dan Aja | 5.0 |
| I'm a fair classic rock fan, but mostly Im the kind of guy that has metal blasting on his ipod all day. But when I heard this, I was really blown away at the musical brilliance behind this album. It would be very hard for me to explain myself, this is like a mix of Dream Theater composition and Pink Floyd style with some jazz horns. It's not just another album, it was a showstopper for me. This band has more talent than almost any other band Ive ever heard. Aja is a stand-out track for me, it has to be my favorite classic rock song of all time. Give this a try or atleast download a song |
| Lamb of God Sacrament | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time | 4.5 |
| Metallica Reload | 2.5 |
| AFI All Hallow's E.P. | 4.5 |
| This is easily my favorite EP of all time. The musicianship is great and in some sense I find it is AFI's writing at best. This is a perfect balance between AFI's old fast-paced punk roots and their current gothic, progressive style. A definite must have for punk fans. Stand-out track for me was Totalimmortal, though all 4 songs are incredibly addicting. |
| Boston Boston | 4.5 |
| Megadeth The System Has Failed | 4.0 |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela Rodrigo y Gabriela | 4.0 |
| AFI Decemberunderground | 2.5 |
| Dimmu Borgir Stormblåst | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Score | 4.5 |
| HIM Dark Light | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark | 3.5 |
| The Rolling Stones Black and Blue | 4.0 |
| The Rolling Stones Forty Licks | 4.0 |
| The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang | 3.0 |
| The Beatles 1 | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Revolver | 3.5 |
| Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet | 3.5 |
| Metallica Load | 3.0 |
| Dan Fogelberg Nether Lands | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death | 4.5 |
| When it comes to great old bands making great new music, no one does it better than Iron Maiden. A Matter of Life and Death proves that the legendary British metal band are still all about making the best music on the planet. Every song contains the standard fresh, galloping riffs, juicy bass lines, and soaring vocals that the band has always been known for - however Maiden show that they progress as songwriters by writing 10 progressively-epic songs that make most rock today seem laughable. This album also reflects their ability to play live - their supporting tour for this album included playing the album in full. It was impressive how so much energy packed into this recorded album can be amplified even greater when played live. The record itself is fantastic - but when played live... stunning. Either way, this only proves that Maiden hasn't left their long legacy in the dust just yet, theyre still here to stay. This is more than great music, this is a continuation of the greatest legacy in metal history. |
| Fear Before The Always Open Mouth | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden Killers | 3.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me Alaska | 4.5 |
| Cradle of Filth Thornography | 4.0 |
| Shadows Fall The War Within | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti | 5.0 |
| Bullet for My Valentine The Poison | 4.0 |
| Unearth III: In the Eyes of Fire | 3.5 |
| Electric Light Orchestra Greatest Hits | 4.5 |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King | 4.5 |
| Trivium The Crusade | 3.0 |
I only have a few important words to say about this album.
If no one has ever heard previous Trivium, or any Metallica, the average rating would be higher. Much higher. If Metallica released this same album, it would have a pretty high rating. Unorginality has become too much of a factor. I still find this pleasing to my ears, and I don't see why I shouldn't judge the music by the music I hear. |
| Dimmu Borgir Death Cult Armageddon | 4.0 |
| Cradle of Filth Midian | 4.5 |
| The Faceless Akeldama | 4.0 |
| In Flames Soundtrack to Your Escape | 3.5 |
| DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 3.5 |
| Wings Band on the Run | 4.0 |
| Opeth Blackwater Park | 5.0 |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II | 4.0 |
| Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime | 5.0 |
| Queensryche Queensryche EP | 4.5 |
| All That Remains The Fall of Ideals | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica Reckoning Night | 4.5 |
| Guns N' Roses Live Era '87-'93 | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton Slowhand | 3.5 |
| Slayer Hell Awaits | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 4.5 |
| Kalmah Swamplord | 4.5 |
| Kalmah Swampsong | 4.0 |
| AC/DC T.N.T. | 4.0 |
| Burzum Hlidskjalf | 2.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness | 3.0 |
| Paul Gilbert Get Out of My Yard | 4.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine | 4.0 |
| Sonata Arctica Unia | 4.0 |
| Megadeth United Abominations | 3.5 |
| Symphony X The Odyssey | 3.0 |
