| 3.5 great |
| 883 La donna il sogno & il grande incubo |
| AC/DC Back In Black |
| AC/DC The Razors Edge |
| AC/DC '74 Jailbreak |
| AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
| AC/DC Highway To Hell |
| Accept Blood of the Nations |
| Ahab The Call of the Wretched Sea |
| Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy |
| Al Di Meola Land of the Midnight Sun |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Lost |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Everything |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Eternal |
| Annihilator Alice in Hell |
| Asia XXX |
| 30 years into their career, Asia release their best rounded album yet. There's a lot of growth power, and it can count on great atmosphere backed by splendid artwork. One of the more unique AOR albums of recent years, sprinkled with light prog-like touches. Even the bonus tracks are good! Unfortunately this is one of those annoying albums where a bonus track has its place inside the standard tracklist. "Reno (Silver and Gold)" was pivotal for my growing appreciation for XXX, because it brought more variety to the platter and felt right at home with the album's flow.rMy highlights: "Tomorrow the World", "Al Gatto Nero", "Reno (Silver and Gold)", "Ghost of a Chance" |
| Autopsy Fiend for Blood |
| Autopsy Acts of the Unspeakable |
| Autopsy Severed Survival |
| Autopsy Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves |
| Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil |
| Axel Rudi Pell Magic |
| Axel Rudi Pell The Crest |
| Axel Rudi Pell Into the Storm |
| Bad Religion Recipe for Hate |
| Bad Religion The Process of Belief |
| Bad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse? |
| Bad Religion No Control |
| Bad Religion Against the Grain |
| Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction |
| Bad Religion The Empire Strikes First |
| Bad Religion New Maps of Hell |
| Bad Religion True North |
| Bad Religion 30 Years Live |
| Billy Talent Billy Talent |
| Billy Talent Billy Talent III |
| Underrated, Billy Talent at their most mournful but also gritty. To me the hate this receives makes no sense at all. Perhaps less immediate than BT2, but whenever someone says that III lacks energy I wonder if they're listening to the right album. |
| Billy Talent Dead Silence |
| Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell |
| Black Sabbath Mob Rules |
| Black Wing ...Is Doomed |
| Blind Guardian Follow the Blind |
| Blind Guardian Tales from the Twilight World |
| Blue Effect Modry Efekt & Radim Hladik |
| Bob Berg Another Standard |
| Borknagar The Olden Domain |
| Boston Don't Look Back |
| Botanist Collective: The Shape of He to Come |
| Breaking Benjamin Phobia |
| Camel Breathless |
| CapaRezza Verità supposte |
| CapaRezza Prisoner 709 |
| Chicago Chicago III |
| Coffincraft In Eerie Slumber |
| Cressida Asylum |
| Dave Matthews Some Devil |
| Death Leprosy |
| Death Scream Bloody Gore |
| Death Spiritual Healing |
| Death Angel The Art of Dying |
| Death Angel The Dream Calls for Blood |
| Death Angel The Bay Calls For Blood |
| Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple |
| Deftones Ohms |
| People ~1:02 into Acid Hologram: fuck Gore, no Stephen riffs || People ~3:10 into Urantia: fuck yes Stephen, you're back |
| Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe |
| Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion |
| Depeche Mode A Broken Frame |
| Depeche Mode Construction Time Again |
| Depeche Mode Exciter |
| Diamanda Galas All the Way |
| Diamond Head Diamond Head |
| Dio The Last in Line |
| Dio Sacred Heart |
| Dio Dream Evil |
| Distruzione Distruzione |
| dredg Leitmotif |
| dredg Catch Without Arms |
| Eglise Église |
| Endlesshade Wolf Will Swallow The Sun |
| Enforcer From Beyond |
| Falconer Northwind |
| Galneryus Vetelgyus |
| Galneryus Resurrection |
| Genesis Nursery Cryme |
| Grendel (ITA) Beowulf |
| Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World |
| Island (CHE) Pictures |
| Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygene |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 |
| John Coltrane John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio |
| Judas Priest Rocka Rolla |
| Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith |
| Juha Kujanpää Kivenpyörittäjä (Tales And Travels) |
| Julian Jay Savarin Waiters on the dance |
| Katatonia Dance of December Souls |
| Katatonia For Funerals to Come... |
| Katatonia Sounds of Decay |
| Katatonia Discouraged Ones |
| Katatonia Tonight's Decision |
| Katatonia Saw You Drown |
| Katatonia The Great Cold Distance |
| Katatonia Dead End Kings |
| Khemmis Hunted |
| Klimt 1918 Undressed Momento |
| Klimt 1918 Just in Case We'll Never Meet Again |
| Korn Korn |
| La Coscienza Di Zeno La Notte Anche di Giorno |
| Le Orme Felona e/and Sorona (2016) |
| Lyle Mays Lyle Mays |
| Mad Fellaz II |
| Mad Fellaz Mad Fellaz |
| Magnum Kingdom of Madness |
| Mastodon Emperor of Sand |
| Mastodon Cold Dark Place |
| Melechesh Enki |
| Miles Davis Ascenseur pour l'echafaud OST |
| Mondocane Project One |
| Motorpsycho Here Be Monsters |
| Napalm Death Apex Predator - Easy Meat |
| Necromandus Necromandus |
| Nile Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka |
| Nile Black Seeds of Vengeance |
| Nile Annihilation of the Wicked |
| Novembers Doom Hamartia |
| Opeth Pale Communion |
| Opeth Deliverance |
| Opeth Damnation |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries |
| Osanna Palepolitana |
| Osanna Palepoli |
| Paladin Charge! |
| Pantera Power Metal |
| Pantera Far Beyond Driven |
| Paradise Lost Medusa |
| Pat Metheny Watercolors |
| Pat Metheny 80/81 |
| Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls |
| Pat Metheny Group American Garage |
| Perturbator The Uncanny Valley |
| Queensryche Operation: Livecrime |
| Queensryche Condition Human |
| Rage Reign of Fear |
| Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
| Renaissance Renaissance |
| Riot Rock City |
| Riot Narita |
| Riot Immortal Soul |
| Riot Inishmore |
| Riot Army of One |
| Riot V Unleash The Fire |
| Rodriguez Coming from Reality |
| Rush Hold Your Fire |
| Rush Counterparts |
| Rush Rush |
| Rush Fly by Night |
| Rush Caress of Steel |
| Rush Roll the Bones |
| Rush Vapor Trails |
| Rush A Show of Hands |
| Satanique Samba Trio Xenossamba |
| Savage Grace Master Of Disguise |
| Schizo Hallucination Cramps |
| Scorpions Lonesome Crow |
| Septicflesh Codex Omega |
| Shady Bug tbh idk |
| Slayer South of Heaven |
| Slayer Show No Mercy |
| Snarky Puppy Sylva |
| Sonata Arctica Silence |
| Sonata Arctica Ecliptica |
| Sonata Arctica Reckoning Night |
| Sorcerer In the Shadow of the Inverted Cross |
| Soundgarden Ultramega OK |
| Soundgarden Down on the Upside |
| Soundgarden King Animal |
| Spettri 2973 La Nemica Dei Ricordi |
| Steve Lukather Ever Changing Times |
| Steve Lukather Santamental |
| Steve Lukather All's Well That Ends Well |
| Steve Lukather Transition |
| Steven Wilson To the Bone |
| Stimming Alpe Lusia |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul |
| The Birthday Massacre Violet |
| The Birthday Massacre Walking With Strangers |
| The Birthday Massacre Under Your Spell |
| The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble |
| The Offspring Smash |
| The Offspring Ignition |
| The Offspring The Offspring |
| The Police Outlandos d'Amour |
| The Police Zenyatta Mondatta |
| The Police Ghost in the Machine |
| Thelonious Monk Misterioso |
| Toto Toto XIV |
The child born from The Seventh One and Mindfields, XIV is a pleasant listen for the old fan that wants a proof of Toto being still alive and quite kicking. I prefer the heavier road they took with Falling In Between, but this is still masterfully played -and it's nice to hear Williams again. Favorite tracks: "Running Out Of Time", "21st Century Blues", "Chinatown" and "Great Expectations", the proggier one. The classy bonus track "Bend" is also notable. The ballads bring this a bit down, but that's often part of the game with this band.
EDIT: It's a grower for sure, hard 3.5. Could have been more with another rocker in the middle. |
| Toto Toto |
| Toto Turn Back |
| Toto Fahrenheit |
| Toto The Seventh One |
| Toto Kingdom of Desire |
| Toto Toto XX |
| Despite the compilation status, this is full of new tracks except for a few live recordings. Contains some really interesting material like "Mrs. Johnson" which mood changing throughout the song will surely leave speechless those who still consider the band as nothing more than a simple pop rock act. |
| Toto Absolutely Live |
| Toto Falling in Between Live |
| Toto Live At Montreux 1991 |
| Turbowolf The Free Life |
| Seems they wanted to step up their game everywhere. Tight, unpredictable songs, improved vocal melodies, short and sweet runtime... and obviously infectious riffs from front to back. Quirky and full of curveballs. A madly catchy album with plenty of balls, at times instrumentally it sounds almost apocalyptic ("Last Three Clues"' chorus) and wasteland-esque. The t/t is particularly excellent and features all the things I opened this paragraph with (except it's the longest song), not to mention that it flows seamlessly into the surprisingly emotive "Concluder". I'm so glad that they finally delivered the great album I knew they had in them. Now, let's see what comes. Favorite songs: "No No No", "Very Bad", "Last Three Clues", "The Free Life", "Concluder", + everything else to a smaller degree really. Check this out. |
| Ultra-Violence Deflect the Flow |
| Ulver ATGCLVLSSCAP |
| Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar |
| Usurpress The Regal Tribe |
| Utopia Todd Rundgren's Utopia |
| Van Halen Fair Warning |
| Van Halen Van Halen |
| Van Halen Women and Children First |
| Vektor Terminal Redux |
| Vhol Vhol |
| Vhol Deeper than Sky |
| Visigoth The Revenant King |
| Watchtower Concepts of Math: Book One |
| White Ward Futility Report |
| Witherfall Nocturnes and Requiems |
| Yes Yes |
| Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans |
| 3.0 good |
| 883 Hanno ucciso l'uomo ragno |
| 883 Nord sud ovest est |
| A Day To Remember Bad Vibrations |
| AC/DC High Voltage |
| AC/DC Powerage |
| AC/DC For Those About To Rock We Salute You |
| AC/DC Flick Of The Switch |
| AC/DC Ballbreaker |
| AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip |
| Accept Accept |
| Accept I'm a Rebel |
| Accept Russian Roulette |
| Accept Stalingrad: Brothers In Death |
| Accept Objection Overruled |
| Accept Predator |
| Accept fans should check this out, especially gems like "Run Through the Night". This album features bassist Peter Baltes taking lead vocals in three songs and surprise, they aren't ballads! Overall it's a rather heavy offering, accompanied by an adequately punchy production. |
| Accept Blind Rage |
| Ahab The Boats of the Glen Carrig |
| Aimee Mann Mental Illness |
| Al Di Meola Splendido Hotel |
| Al Di Meola Electric Rendezvous |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Only The Ocean Knows |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Hearts Of Light/Blossoms |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Try Not To Love Everything You Destroy |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Trust EP |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Morfine EP |
| Anderson/Stolt Invention of Knowledge |
| Angles 9 Disappeared Behind the Sun |
| Anvil Anvil Is Anvil |
| Anvil Hard 'n' Heavy |
| Asia Silent Nation |
| Asia Alpha |
| Asia Asia |
| Autolux Pussy's Dead |
| Autopsy Macabre Eternal |
| Autopsy Shitfun |
| Autopsy The Headless Ritual |
| Autopsy Skull Grinder |
| Autopsy The Tomb Within |
| Autopsy Puncturing the Grotesque |
| Ava Luna Infinite House |
| Avenged Sevenfold Sounding the Seventh Trumpet |
| Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold |
| Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare |
| Avenged Sevenfold Diamonds in the Rough |
| Avenged Sevenfold Live At The Grammy Museum |
| Axel Rudi Pell Mystica |
| Axel Rudi Pell Kings and Queens |
| Axel Rudi Pell Nasty Reputation |
| Axel Rudi Pell Black Moon Pyramid |
| Axel Rudi Pell The Masquerade Ball |
| Axel Rudi Pell Circle of the Oath |
| Axel Rudi Pell Magic Moments - 25th Anniversary Special Show |
| Axel Rudi Pell Made in Germany |
| Axel Rudi Pell Knights Call |
| BABYMETAL Metal Resistance |
| Bad Religion Generator |
| Bad Religion The Gray Race |
| Bad Religion The Dissent of Man |
| Bill Evans and Jim Hall Undercurrent |
| Billy Talent Afraid of Heights |
| Bjork Vulnicura |
| Black Label Society Sonic Brew |
| Black Sabbath 13 |
| Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy |
| Black Sabbath Never Say Die! |
| Black Sabbath The Eternal Idol |
| Black Sabbath Headless Cross |
| Black Sabbath Dehumanizer |
| Black Sabbath Cross Purposes |
| Black Tower The Secret Fire |
| Blind Guardian Beyond the Red Mirror |
| Borknagar Winter Thrice |
| Breaking Benjamin Saturate |
| Breaking Benjamin We Are Not Alone |
| Breaking Benjamin Dear Agony |
| Breaking Benjamin Dark Before Dawn |
| Breaking Benjamin Ember |
| Camel Rain Dances |
| CapaRezza CapaRezza?! |
| Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion |
| Cattle Decapitation The Anthropocene Extinction |
| Cherry Five Il Pozzo dei Giganti |
| Chicago Chicago VI |
| Clan of Xymox Days of Black |
| Cold Body Radiation The Orphean Lyre |
| Coroner Death Cult (demo) |
| Daft Punk Homework |
| Daft Punk Discovery |
| Deadlock The Arrival |
| Death Angel Killing Season |
| Death Angel Sonic German Beatdown – Live in Germany |
| Death Angel The Evil Divide |
| Deep Purple Shades of Deep Purple |
| Demetori 愧人贖悪 ~Evil People as the True Object of Salvation~ |
| Depeche Mode Delta Machine |
| Depeche Mode Speak & Spell |
| Depeche Mode Spirit |
| Dio Master of the Moon |
| Dio Killing the Dragon |
| Dio Lock up the Wolves |
| Division Speed Division Speed |
| Doctor Smoke The Witching Hour |
| Drab Majesty The Demonstration |
| DragonForce The Power Within |
| DragonForce Maximum Overload |
| Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite |
| Dream Theater Awake |
| dredg Orph |
| Drowning the Light From the Abyss |
| Egoist Extra Terrestrial Biological Entities |
| Elf Elf |
| Emily Jane White They Moved in Shadow All Together |
| Enforcer Into The Night |
| Enter Shikari The Mindsweep |
| Esperanza Spalding Emily's D+Evolution |
| Europe War of Kings |
| Europe Wings of Tomorrow |
| Exumer The Raging Tides |
| Fates Warning Theories of Flight |
| Fear Factory Genexus |
| Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas Feeling of Unity |
| Fire! She Sleeps, She Sleeps |
| Galneryus Phoenix Rising |
| Galneryus Under the Force of Courage |
| Game Over Crimes Against Reality |
| Gehennah Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die |
| Genesis From Genesis to Revelation |
| Ghost (SWE) Meliora |
| Goblin Rebirth Goblin Rebirth |
| Grand Magus Grand Magus |
| Grand Magus Monument |
| Grand Magus Sword Songs |
| Greenrose Faire Feed the Flames |
| Greg Graffin Millport |
| Hamferd Támsins likam |
| Hexvessel No Holier Temple |
| Hexvessel Dawnbearer |
| Hexvessel Iron Marsh |
| High Spirits Motivator |
| Hiki Saturday Calm |
| Hyperion (ITA) Dangerous Days |
| Il Castello di Atlante Arx Atlantis |
| Infected Mushroom Friends on Mushrooms (Deluxe Edition) |
| Infected Mushroom Converting Vegetarians II |
| Iron Maiden No Prayer for the Dying |
| Iron Maiden The X Factor |
| Iron Maiden Virtual XI |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death |
| Iron Maiden The Final Frontier |
| John Coltrane Dakar |
| John Coltrane Coltrane (Prestige, 1957) |
| John Coltrane The Last Trane |
| John Coltrane Lush Life |
| Kamasi Washington The Epic |
| Kansas The Prelude Implicit |
| Karcavejia L'essere e il credere |
| Karcavejia Formiche |
| Katatonia Jhva Elohim Meth |
| Katatonia Viva Emptiness |
| Katatonia Dethroned & Uncrowned |
| Killer Boogie Detroit |
| Klimt 1918 Comandante |
| A simple EP that contains the song "Comandante" off Sentimentale, plus the electronic remixes of "Once We Were" and "La notte" (originally on Sentimentale too). For what it is, it's a respectable release. I especially like the remix of "La notte", which now becomes shorter and very bouncy. Also it's like 3$ on Bandcamp. |
| Korn The Paradigm Shift |
| Here Korn sound more like seasoned musicians having fun in the studio (and the documentary is proof) without the limitations of trying to satisfy a particular fanbase. It's not the usual bleak Korn sound. The soaring chorus of Mass Hysteria is a perfect example, or the tender section in Punishment Time, or the "crazy shaman" chanting in Lullaby for a Sadist, the mechanical-sounding bridge of What We Do... there are memorable moments distributed in every song. How to say it, it sounds like Korn, yes, but an adult version of the band. One that isn't afraid to let some instrumental colour slip into the angst. Perhaps, one thing I can say is that in a sense there are too many brief interesting moments sprinkled throughout, in the sense that most of them -as welcomed as they are- should have been developed more. Like the thrashy harsh bit in Paranoid and Aroused for example; the harsh vocals in general feel rushed because they are always brief and scattered. Anyhow this is easily one of their most solid albums, and for me easily the best since Issues (Serenity included). |
| Lancer Second Storm |
| Good stuff for a jam but originality is doubtful. Just a random example: intro riff to "Steelbreaker" may put off some people because it sounds a lot like Maiden's "Be Quick Or Be Dead". Some choruses are too squared. My highlight would be the 10 minutes long prog epic "Aton", a really strong track. |
| Le Madri degli Orfani La Grande Abbuffata |
| Leo Ieiri 20 |
| Leo Ieiri Leo |
| LiSA Launcher |
| Lorde Melodrama |
| Loreena McKennitt Lost Souls |
| Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus |
| Ludovico Einaudi Le Onde |
| Lyle Mays Street Dreams |
| Magnum Magnum II |
| Magnum Chase the Dragon |
| Magnum Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies |
| It doesn't break any ground but it's built to be as enjoyable as possible, succeeding. Not complex but it isn't painfully straightforward either, and it works nicely as a full listen as it fulfilled greatly the task of accompanying my movements for quite some days. The title track, "Afraid of the Night" and "Quiet Rhapsody" are probably my favorites, especially the title track which chorus is just irresistible. On the other hand, "Your Dreams Won't Die" can be -predictably- a bit boring (lovely bridge though!). Still, Catley with his 68 years offers a strong vocal performance that saves the day. |
| Magnum Lost on the Road to Eternity |
| Maroon 5 Songs About Jane |
| Max Pezzali Astronave Max |
| Maze of Sothoth Soul Demise |
| Megadeth Youthanasia |
| Megadeth Cryptic Writings |
| Megadeth United Abominations |
| Megadeth Endgame |
| Merciful Nuns A-U-M IX |
| Messa Belfry |
| Metal Church XI |
| Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct |
| Miles Davis Birth of the Cool |
| Mostly Autumn Sight of Day |
| Motorhead Motörhead |
| Mustasch The True Sound of the New West |
| Myrath Legacy |
| Native Construct Quiet World |
| Nightmare Ultimate Circus |
| Nile What Should Not Be Unearthed |
| Nile Ithyphallic |
| Nile At The Gate of Sethu |
| Numenorean Home |
| Once and Future Band Once & Future Band |
| Opeth Sorceress |
| Overkill The Grinding Wheel |
| Pantera Reinventing the Steel |
| Paradise Lost Believe In Nothing (Remixed/Remastered) |
| It does indeed achieve one thing: make the album sound more metal. However, the price paid is a sound that is also flatter and more plastic. Busy moments like the snare-heavy parts of "Sell It to the World" sound annoyingly flat and the songs sound at times muffled (just listen to the drums in "Divided"...). Still, the remix deserves credit for drawing me to this album, which turns out isn't bad at all, albeit stiff and formulaic. Ultimately I'd say there isn't a winner between this and the original, it depends on how gross you find modern productions to be. Props for the new artwork, though they could have at least kept the original font. Favorites: "I Am Nothing", "Mouth", "Illumination", "Control", "Never Again". |
| Pat Metheny New Chautauqua |
| Pat Metheny Rejoicing |
| Pendulum Immersion |
| Perfume Cosmic Explorer |
| Pink Floyd More |
| Plini Handmade Cities |
| Powerwolf Return in Bloodred |
| Powerwolf Lupus Dei |
| Powerwolf Preachers of the Night |
| Praying Mantis Legacy |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Emotional Tattoos |
| Queensryche Queensryche |
| Queensryche Tribe |
| Queensryche Q2K |
| Queensryche Live Evolution |
| Queensryche The Art of Live |
| Rage The Devil Strikes Again |
| Rage Perfect Man |
| Rage Seasons of the Black |
| Ram Jam Ram Jam |
| Rancid ...And Out Come the Wolves |
| Ranger Knights of Darkness |
| Ranger Where Evil Dwells |
| Raubtier Pansargryning |
| Solid album, with an aggressive and epic feeling with an industrial flavour. "Panzarmarsch", "Raptor" and "Innan loven faller" are probably the best tracks, with "Raptor" being my personal favourite. It's also nice to hear a few guitar solos in some songs. Nothing really special, but they do sound good to hear. Take "Brander" as an example. |
| Ravensire The Cycle Never Ends |
| Reale Accademia di Musica Reale Accademia di Musica |
| Renaissance Illusion |
| Richard Bona and Mandekan Cubano Heritage |
| Riot Born in America |
| Riot The Brethren of the Long House |
| Riot Sons of Society |
| Riot Through the Storm |
| RUFUS DU SOL Bloom |
| Rush Test for Echo |
| Rush Feedback |
| Sadist Hyaena |
| Sadus Elements of Anger |
| Sadus Out for Blood |
| Satan's Hallow Satan's Hallow |
| Sawthis Fusion |
| Saxon Battering Ram |
| Schizo Sounds of Coming Darkness |
| Schizo Rotten Spiral |
| Show Me A Dinosaur Show Me A Dinosaur |
| Sia 1000 Forms Of Fear |
| Sigh Graveward |
| Skinny Puppy Cleanse Fold and Manipulate |
| Skinny Puppy Remission |
| Skinny Puppy Bites |
| Skinny Puppy Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse |
| Slayer Divine Intervention |
| Snarky Puppy Culcha Vulcha |
| Sodom In the Sign of Evil |
| Sonata Arctica Unia |
| Sonata Arctica The Days of Grays |
| Sonata Arctica Pariah's Child |
| Sonata Arctica The Ninth Hour |
| Don't be fooled by the two singles, which also open the album. This is the closer the band have been to their classic sound in, well, more than a decade. In fact, The Ninth Hour can be seen as the sequel to Reckoning Night, which it also recalls through "White Pearl, Black Oceans Part II". Also, a few tracks see double bass galloping really close to albums like Silence, see "Rise a Night" for reference. All in all I don't think this is a particularly impressive album (try to digest all of its 62 minutes and tell me), but surely a step in a direction that can appeal to every kind of fan. |
| Soundgarden Louder Than Love |
| Stark Naked Stark Naked |
| Steve Lukather Lukather |
| Steve Lukather Luke |
| Steve Porcaro Someday / Somehow |
| Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase. |
| Steven Wilson 4 1/2 |
| Stratovarius Eternal |
| Studio Killers Studio Killers |
| Styx The Mission |
| Sundara Karma Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect |
| Symphony X The Damnation Game |
| Symphony X Underworld |
| System of a Down System of a Down |
| System of a Down Toxicity |
| System of a Down Steal This Album! |
| System of a Down Mezmerize |
| System of a Down Hypnotize |
| Tal Wilkenfeld Transformation |
| Thank You Scientist Stranger Heads Prevail |
| The Beatles Please Please Me |
| The Beatles With the Beatles |
| The Beatles Beatles for Sale |
| The Birthday Massacre Pins and Needles |
| The Birthday Massacre Hide and Seek |
| The Birthday Massacre Superstition |
| The Black Queen Fever Daydream |
| The Necks Unfold |
| The Offspring Ixnay on the Hombre |
| The Offspring Americana |
| The Offspring Splinter |
| The Police Synchronicity |
| TheNightTimeProject Thenighttimeproject |
| Toto Toto IV |
| Toto Tambu |
| Toto Through the Looking Glass |
| Turbowolf Turbowolf |
| Turbowolf Two Hands |
| Ultra-Violence Wildcrash |
| Ultra-Violence Privilege to Overcome |
| A bit too long for its own good, but not devoid of great moments. The most interesting cut is probably the closing "Ride Across the Storm" with its black metal-like intro. |
| Unreal City (Italy) Il paese del tramonto |
| Unruly Child Unruly Child |
| Van Halen Van Halen II |
| Van Halen Diver Down |
| Van Halen 1984 |
| Van Halen 5150 |
| Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge |
| Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth |
| Venomous Concept Poisoned Apple |
| Venomous Concept Retroactive Abortion |
| Venomous Concept Kick Me Silly - VC III |
| Virgil and Steve Howe Nexus |
| Visigoth Final Spell |
| Walknut Graveforests and Their Shadows |
| Weather Report Black Market |
| Weedeater Goliathan |
| Weeping Silence Opus IV Oblivion |
| Witchwood Handful of Stars |
| Yanagi Nagi Follow My Tracks |
| Yes Talk |
| Yes Tormato |
| Yes 90125 |
| Yes Time and a Word |
| Yes Fly from Here |
| Yes Keystudio |
