Average Rating: 3.83 Rating Variance: 0.51 Objectivity Score: 64% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAphex Twin Richard D. James AlbumBoards of Canada Music Has the Right to ChildrenBoards of Canada Tomorrow's HarvestDeathspell Omega ParacletusDisillusion Back to Times of SplendorEdge of Sanity CrimsonInterpol Turn on the Bright LightsISIS PanopticonKanye West YeezusNeurosis The Eye of Every StormScott Walker Bish BoschSwans Children of GodSwans The SeerOne of the first albums to truly matter in 2012. Nothing else has left such an impact and nothing else probably will. This album is a delicious bowl of several elements that I simply adore in music and because of that, this album sits as probably my favourite Swans album to date and in my top albums of all time. Michael Gira, you crazy sunnavabitch, don't ever slow down.The Cure DisintegrationThe Magnetic Fields 69 Love SongsThe National BoxerThe National High VioletThe National Trouble Will Find MeThe Smiths The Queen Is DeadWeakling Dead as Dreams4.5 superbAnimal Collective Strawberry JamAnimal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective Centipede HzThis is a serious grower. The key is to give it time.Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92Aphex Twin ...I Care Because You DoBeach House BloomBoards of Canada GeogaddiBurial UntrueBurial KindredCan Tago MagoCannibal Ox The Cold VeinCurrent 93 Thunder Perfect MindDeath Grips The Money StoreDeathspell Omega KenoseDeathspell Omega Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem AeternumDeathspell Omega Veritas Diaboli Manet in AeternumDisillusion GloriaEdge of Sanity Crimson IIElliott Smith Either/OrGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to HeavenGrizzly Bear ShieldsConsistent, Grizzly Bear are not. Like usual, there are the highlights then there is the drag. Theoretically, these guys blow me away but the songwriting itself does little to stimulate. 3.5/5 EDIT: oh shit 4.5/5Immolation Close to a World BelowThis is easily the most "flawless" death metal record out there. The fiery riffs that retain the instability that characterizes an open flame; the destructive drumming that pummels you further into submission; the potent molten production the emphasizes every point this album tries to make; and the vocals that sound like they come straight out of the pit, distorted through the fires of hell. It's all so damn fitting and it makes this one of the most exhilarating and cohesive death metal experiences ever. Other "classic" death metal records have moments that let you come down (or rise up, rather) as they cannot manage the intensity for the full duration of the album. Close to the World Below, however, continues to rape you, your family, your dog, possibly your cats, and every significant other and child you are to ever have for a full 42 minutes...and you'll probably enjoy it.Immolation Majesty and DecayInterpol AnticsISIS OceanicJoy Division CloserJoy Division Unknown PleasuresKamelot The Black HaloKatatonia The Great Cold DistanceLeonard Cohen Songs of Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Songs of Love and HateLil B God's FatherLow I Could Live in HopeMadvillain MadvillainyMy Dying Bride The Angel and the Dark RiverMy Dying Bride The Dreadful HoursNeurosis Through Silver in BloodNeurosis A Sun That Never SetsNeurosis Times of GraceNeurosis Given to the RisingNeurosis Honor Found in DecayThe hate is mislead. If you like Neurosis proper, you'll very much enjoy this. It's what you'd expect, and how is that bad??Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of OrpheusNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Murder BalladsNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Let Love InNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Henry's DreamPortal OutrePortal SwarthScott Walker TiltScott Walker The DriftSwans White Light From the Mouth of InfinitySwans The Great AnnihilatorSwans Soundtracks for the BlindSwans Swans Are DeadTalking Heads Remain in LightThe Angels of Light We Are HimThe Angels of Light How I Loved YouThe Cure PornographyThe Cure FaithThe Flaming Lips The Soft BulletinThe Knife Silent ShoutThe Magnetic Fields HolidayThe Magnetic Fields Get LostThe Mountain Goats TallahasseeThe Mountain Goats We Shall All Be HealedThe Mountain Goats The Sunset TreeThe Mountain Goats All Hail West TexasThe Mountain Goats The Coroner's GambitThe Mountain Goats Transcendental YouthJohn Darnielle, you've done it again! The music is so rich and varied, thanks to the great production and the decision to write as a full band this time around. Right now, I'd say this is their/his best since The Sunset Tree (in terms of being well-rounded all throughout). Too good.The National AlligatorThe National Sad Songs for Dirty LoversThe Velvet Underground The Velvet UndergroundWeezer Pinkerton4.0 excellentAFX Chosen LordsAgalloch Pale FolkloreAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainAgalloch The WhiteAJJ People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest PeopleAJJ Knife ManAnathema JudgementAnathema Alternative 4Anathema We're Here Because We're HereAnimal Collective FeelsAnimal Collective Fall Be KindAphex Twin DrukqsArcade Fire FuneralAutechre Tri RepetaeBeach House Teen DreamBoards of Canada The Campfire HeadphaseBurial BurialBurial Truant/Rough SleeperConverge Jane DoeConverge All We Love We Leave Behindcool m/Cryptopsy None So VileDan Swano MoontowerDeath Grips ExmilitaryDeath Grips No Love Deep WebDeathspell Omega Si Monvmentvm Reqvires CircvmspiceDeathspell Omega Mass Grave AestheticsDeathspell Omega DroughtDeltron 3030 Deltron 3030Depeche Mode ViolatorDevin Townsend Project AddictedDorDeDuh Dar De DuhA thoroughly impressive black metal record in 2012? Wot!? But all in deservedness, this is rthe best "metal" album that could ever come out of 2012...so far. Ingenious songwriting, an rengulfing atmosphere , folk instrumentation that is the complete opposite of tacked ron....etc. There is so much I could praise about this boy. It's not one to miss.El-P Cancer 4 CureElliott Smith XOElliott Smith Elliott SmithEnslaved RIITIIRGodspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!Not too bad, pretty good. Yeh, sounds like GY!BE alright. But the thing is it kind of ends without feeling finished. Incomplete. But good enough, regardless of the usefulness of those drone tracks.Grizzly Bear Yellow HouseHave a Nice Life DeathconsciousnessISIS Mosquito ControlA fantastic EP. When the band were straight sludge, they went HARD. Not much in the metal realm gets heavier, dirtier, as vital, and more confrontational than these here four songs.LCD Soundsystem Sound of SilverLCD Soundsystem This Is HappeningMassive Attack MezzanineMorbid Angel Altars of MadnessMorbid Angel CovenantMy Dying Bride A Map of All Our FailuresNeurosis Souls at ZeroNeurosis Enemy of the SunNeurosis SovereignNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!Nick Drake Pink MoonNOISIA Split The AtomOpeth Still LifePassion Pit GossamerThis is some really gorgeous pop shit. Can't bring myself to give it more than 4, but 4 is still a nice thing to have, so stfu Angelakos don't jump out that window pls im sorryPaul Banks BanksPortal VexovoidRammstein MutterRammstein Liebe Ist Für Alle DaSwans FilthSwans My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the SkySwans We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our HeadThe Cure The Head on the DoorThe Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss MeThe Cure WishThe Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsThe Flaming Lips Clouds Taste MetallicThe Flaming Lips EmbryonicThe Magnetic Fields iThe Magnetic Fields DistortionThe Magnetic Fields The Charm Of The Highway StripThe Mountain Goats Get LonelyThe Mountain Goats Heretic PrideThe Mountain Goats Nothing for JuiceThe Mountain Goats All Eternals DeckThe Smiths The SmithsThe Smiths Meat Is MurderThe Smiths Strangeways, Here We ComeThe Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt3.5 greatAgalloch The MantleAgalloch Marrow of the SpiritAnathema A Natural DisasterAnathema Weather SystemsAnimal Collective Sung TongsArcade Fire Neon BibleArcade Fire The SuburbsBADBADNOTGOOD BBNG2Bloc Party FourBob Dylan TempestCloud Nothings Attack on MemoryConverge Axe to FallDavid Byrne and St. Vincent Love This GiantDeftones Koi No YokanDevin Townsend Project Deconstructionthis album has farts and lots of farts the farts are probably the best part they are pretty funny and add to the overall song and sometimes all it takes is the right fart in the right place and this festival of farts is probably a really good example of that. A lot of fun farts to be had to this fartin' good album! I wish I could give this album a fart out of 5 but unfortunately I cannot so here is a 3.5Devin Townsend Project EpicloudHonestly, this needs more fart jokes otherwise can't 5Edge of Sanity Purgatory AfterglowEdge of Sanity The Spectral SorrowsEditors The Back RoomEditors An End Has A StartEditors In This Light and On This EveningElliott Smith Figure 8Ensiferum EnsiferumFlying Lotus Until the Quiet ComesPretty good, but COME ON. Be a little individualistic people; the hype is running this thing through limits it doesn't provide.Gaza No Absolutes in Human SufferingGojira L'Enfant SauvageGrizzly Bear VeckatimestInterpol Our Love to AdmireInterpol InterpoliNTRiKeT The WoodsISIS CelestialJens Lekman I Know What Love Isn'tKendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d cityKiller Mike R.A.P. MusicKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingKlatu MutualLa Dispute WildlifeLeonard Cohen I'm Your ManLeonard Cohen Ten New SongsLeonard Cohen Old IdeasMgla With Hearts Toward NoneMorbid Angel Blessed Are the SickMorbid Angel DominationMount Eerie Ocean RoarNachtmystium Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2Nachtmystium Silencing MachineNeurosis and Jarboe Neurosis and JarboeOld Man Gloom NOOpeth Blackwater ParkOpeth My Arms, Your HearseOpeth WatershedOrphaned Land Mabool (The Story of the Three Sons...)Passion Pit MannersPerfume Genius Put Your Back N 2 ItRoyal Headache Royal HeadacheSwans The Burning WorldThe Chariot One WingFun and enjoyable record but my only two problems lie with the lack of a decent amount of memorability and the fact that this is pretty much one-sided in terms of emotional and musical presentation. But I guess since I'm no hardcore aficionado, I am not one to prefer a one-topping pizza. Although, this is better than most (if not all) hardcore albums that I've heard this year. The best song is First, where they masturbate to Ennio Morricone for a good portion of the song. Speak is kind of cringe-worthy. Tuff guy music/5The Cure Seventeen SecondsThe Magnetic Fields RealismThe Magnetic Fields Love At The Bottom Of The SeaThe Tallest Man on Earth Shallow GraveTindersticks The Something Rain3.0 goodAgalloch Faustian EchoesAtoma SkylightBlut Aus Nord 777 - CosmosophyBlut Aus Nord still being dull as shit 60% of the time, now with poorly executed clean vocals. Fuck this trilogy, start doing something sonically stimulating again.Bon Iver For Emma, Forever AgoBon Iver Bon Iver, Bon IverDeftones White PonyDeftones Diamond EyesFleet Foxes Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes Helplessness BluesFrank Ocean channel ORANGEGojira The Way of All FleshIhsahn EremitaJapandroids Celebration RockKamelot SilverthornKatatonia Dead End KingsI was really hoping to like this...but this is like water. It's tasteless, doesn't stick, not very viscous at all (streamlined beyond memorability), and all interesting ideas that do exist are diluted and ineffective. Although, it has its moments and I can still find enjoyment in this aqueous attempt at a significant album.Leonard Cohen The FutureMeshuggah KolossMorbid Angel Formulas Fatal to the FleshNe Obliviscaris Portal of IOpeth DamnationOpeth Ghost ReveriesOpeth HeritagePavement Crooked Rain, Crooked RainPropagandhi Failed StatesThis boy is pretty fun, like a good ol' game of catch on amphetamine. Unfortunately, it's still not the mind-blowing/special experience you were hoping for.Purity Ring ShrinesRage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineRush Clockwork AngelsI really enjoyed the shit out of this when it first dropped. I was never a Rush fan, but this impressed me. Originally, I would have had this album sit at ALMOST a 4.5, but as time continued its natural progression along with more follow-up listens to this supposed masterpiece, the thing grew tired and I soon was left with the feeling I get from most generic pieces of modern rock that are hailed as magna opera or modest masterpieces...dry and bored. I will probably admit that it was the hype that sucked me into convincing myself that I initially thought this was worth my top 5 of the year, but oh man, I sure was a silly cunt. I don't even like this band! Still a good/fun album tho, despite its lack of depth or innovation, so it gets a nice and solid 3 (relax, fanboys). It's a shiny modern hard rock record (not prog) that is worth a couple of spins and might be decent for a company picnic or something.Steven Wilson InsurgentesSteven Wilson Grace for DrowningTame Impala LonerismThe Antlers HospiceThe Antlers Burst ApartThe Ruins of Beverast Foulest Semen of a Sheltered EliteThe Tallest Man on Earth There's No Leaving NowThe xx xxTool LateralusTool ÆnimaUlver Childhood's EndWintersun Time ISpeaking in regards to the topic of Time: I grew up.2.5 averageArghoslent Incorrigible BigotryArghoslent Hornets of the PogromDeathspell Omega Inquisitors of SatanGrimes VisionsOpeth MorningriseOpeth DeliveranceParadise Lost Tragic IdolThe Gaslight Anthem HandwrittenThis album is like gay butter, and I'm a knife that just wants something exciting to cut into. This does not deliver that excitement and leaves me in a state of boredom as I know that every slice I take into that bar of butter will be as gay as the last.The Shins Port of MorrowThe xx CoexistTitus Andronicus Local BusinessTyler, the Creator Goblin2.0 poorA Place to Bury Strangers WorshipBetween the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future SequenceEnsiferum Unsung Heroes"Boring, bland, and uninspired. One can only wonder how this is the same band responsible for songs like Hero in a Dream and Iron." - That was Jari.Korpiklaani ManalaEvery time I'm fresh out of jokes and I need to impress people, I always put on some Korpiklaani. Seems to do the trick.Morbid Angel HereticMorbid Angel Illud Divinum InsanusNecrophagist Epitaph1.0 awfulCryptopsy The Unspoken King
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