Album Rating: 5.0

Although I dearly like Orphaned Land, this is an excellent review. I've noticed some of Cocaine's complaints in the songs that are currently released: Steven Wilson's production is too sterile, at least on this listen. OL said this would be their heaviest...I don't think so. Yet.



It's the "Yet", of course...

Album Rating: 2.0

I think he just mixed it, he didn't produce it - so all the bloatedness you talk about is probably the band's fault.

I see two problems with this review. The first one is the date it appeared which means that the reviewer didn't have much time to "consume"

What are you saying "what" to?

Album Rating: 1.0

Not exclusively, on. It's on the producer to help weed out bad ideas. Quality control. It's the producers job to provide input and Wilson did none of this. Rumours are that he essentially did little more than mix it and left "production" up to the band. If true, it's still his fault. Blame the band for having a lack of direction but part of the producer's job is helping them find their focus.



Sorry, I should have worded it differently. I completely agree with you though. Wilson can be pretentious as fuck.



this review, i find it hard to believe it will be a 2



Ahhhh.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/orphaned-land/557321-tastes-differ.html

They don't like the review. :D

Album Rating: 2.0

Let's see, a bunch of overly pretentious, prog-metal loving people read a review which trashes a metal album which has numerous progressive qualities to it...... of course they are going to say the review is terrible.

Album Rating: 3.0

We all know Tyler hates Prog-Metal.

Album Rating: 2.0

And we also all know that Tyler HATES this band.

Album Rating: 4.0

we all know tyler is a dick

Album Rating: 2.0

breaking news: self-righteous nerds who haven't heard the album have a problem with me disliking it.



A note to any of said nerds reading these comments: this isn't progressive metal. Nothing progressive about it.

i'm going to say this but you already know it completely pointless but bored so i will..you are a great reviewer

Album Rating: 1.0

Coke's reviews are more credible than 90% of anything else I read out there and 153% more credible than ultimatemetal combined!!!!!!!

Album Rating: 2.0

I checked your math Wizard and I got 156% more credible

Album Rating: 1.0

We also forgot to multiply that by 1203.3743984893.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

awesome review dude

Album Rating: 2.5

Was anyone aware that these guys are coming to Toronto in March?? Not on their myspace nor their official site...I found it on Ticketmaster.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/10004424B18B649C?artistid=1396366&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

and here:

http://www.inertia-entertainment.com/main.htm

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm afraid to listen to this now.

Album Rating: 2.0

It's worth a listen, but it gives off such a sense of false hope. It's like one grand-standing build-up that doesn't go anywhere. I was so bored until The Path Part 1 came on, when I was like, "this rules", and then I went back to being bored again as soon as it finished.

another excellent review, wish you wrote more of them. some people are just not man enough to say exactly what they think and dumb down their reviews; this is why i enjoy reading yours

Album Rating: 5.0

Cocaine: Enlighten me slightly. Usually in a "progressive" review, the usual way to say the music is bad is to say it's not actually progressive.



How, then, do you define the word? Is it a musical style or a musical philosophy of "progressing"? It seems as if there would be no such thing as bad progressive music if it were the latter, since any bad music would not be "progressive".



Read the latest review on the Encyclopedia Metallum for "Images and Words" ("Progressive") for more on this. This review and yours raise an interesting and deep point.