Average Rating: 3.82 Rating Variance: 1.11 Objectivity Score: 70% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAt the Drive-In Relationship of CommandPerfect variation, perfect transitions within and between songs, and music written with intellect but executed with instinct. With everything played and sung on the album being being done in a way that just felt right at that very moment, the album is a true-as-can be visceral, unrestrained journey through the human heart and soul. With nothing out of place, and nothing missing, Relationship of Command is nothing less than perfection.Between the Buried and Me ColorsWhat do you get when you take a cornucopia of creativity, incredible musicianship and songwriting ability, and elaborate storytelling lyrics, and run all three with an amazing, speaker-breaking energy for 64 minutes? You get Between the Buried and Me's Colors, and possibly my favorite album of all time. - This album is a long journey, but not a daunting one. There may be three songs over 10 minutes long, but every single note is potent, and every passage has a point. You're never bored because every part of each song is strong, which makes the following part, be it a refrain, bridge, build-up, breakdown, or solo, even stronger. Speaking of solos, the clean jazzy ones in "Ants of the Sky" are pretty amazing, and the epic shredfest that closes "White Walls" gives Dave Murray a run for his money. - And who keeps saying this album isn't coherent? Come on! Like I previously said, every part of the album is on here for reason, and contributes to keeping the listener enthralled the whole way through. The way it manages to be so unique and progressive, and still so up-close and personal at the same time, floors me every time I listen to it. This album moves me in a way few others do. Every heavy part crushes, every clean melody soars, but most importantly, every note makes its way into your brain, and from there, into your heart. It did it to me, anyway.rBetween the Buried and Me Colors_LiveBlack Sabbath Heaven and HellCircle Takes the Square As the Roots UndoConverge Jane DoeJane Doe is hands-down, the most emotionally involving album I have ever heard. But even if it didn't have that going for it, I'd still probably give it a 5 just for the songwriting, and how perfectly all the riffs and rhythms blend together. And let's not forget how it revolutionized extreme music, either.Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting VegetablesDeath SymbolicEminem The Marshall Mathers LPEminem The Slim Shady LPIt took me a whiiiiile to decide between a 4.5 and a 5 on this one. But I decided that since it was the album that put Eminem on the map, and because of its originality, hilarity, and just sheer brilliant rhyming...it's nothing less than a classic.Eminem The Eminem ShowIron Maiden PowerslaveIron Maiden The Number of the BeastKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingMatchbox Twenty Mad SeasonMetallica Master of PuppetsMetallica Ride the LightningNas IllmaticNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaRadiohead Kid AKid A is the soundtrack to the world that just may be coming to us. A world where gaining information is the main objective, a world that's run by soulless robots. And that's why, until that world finally arrives, this album will always sound like it's from the future.Radiohead OK ComputerI am now convinced that this album is inherently a flawless masterpiece, and that the only reason it's not considered this unanimously is because some people just haven't realized it yet. But they will. Eventually.The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating InfinityThe Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisOption Paralysis is still just as experimental and unique as Ire Works, but it does it so much more gracefully. This album is just a smooth, but still incredibly intense, musical adventure from start to finish. And it'll definitely stand the coming test of time.The Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThis album is 10 songs of entrancing, intricate, dissonant goodness.The Mars Volta Frances the MuteOh, what the hell. Frances, you get a 5. Seriously, though, figuring out what the hell is going on at all in this album takes a while, let alone absorbing all of it. But once you crawl inside the epic, joyously pretentious atmosphere, it is sooooo worth it.4.5 superbAutopsy Severed SurvivalBetween the Buried and Me AlaskaBetween the Buried and Me The Great MisdirectMoved up from a 4. This album did grow on me, but it's just not gonna be as good as Colors. At a 4.5 is where it's gonna stay.Black Flag DamagedBlack Sabbath Black SabbathBoston BostonBotch We Are the RomansCounting Crows This Desert LifeDeath Individual Thought PatternsDeath Humandredg El CieloExplosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead PlaceFuneral Diner The UnderdarkGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to HeavenIt's so close to a 5, sooo close... just not quite there yet...Iron Maiden Somewhere in TimeIron Maiden Piece of MindYes, the instrumental break in Where Eagles Dare is a bit too long, and To Tame A Land does lose steam at some parts. But it's not enough to drag the rest of this masterpiece down.Iron Maiden Brave New WorldIron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh SonKing Crimson RedOpeth DamnationA 4.5 seems a bit generous, but a 4 seems too low. I wish I could give this like, a 4.3 or something. It's a really good album, let's just leave it at that.Pink Floyd Wish You Were HereThe good parts are so damn good, but when it loses steam, it really sticks out. For me, anyway. It'll probably turn into a 5 soon enough.Psyopus Our Puzzling Encounters ConsideredRadiohead The BendsRaekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Slayer Reign in BloodVital Remains Let Us PrayYes Close to the EdgeThe title track doesn't lose steam for 18 fucking minutes. This album paints quite the prog-rock picture. Descriptive, thoughtful lyrics, awesome musicianship, and beautifully arranged vocal patterns, it's all here, man. Check this shit out if you haven't heard it yet.4.0 excellentA Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of RhythmAnberlin CitiesBetween the Buried and Me The Silent CircusChildren of Bodom Something WildChildren of Bodom HatebreederConverge Axe to FallCounting Crows August And Everything AfterDeath Scream Bloody GoreDeath LeprosyDecapitated NihilityDecapitated The NegationEminem RecoveryFall Out Boy Take This to Your GraveFear Before The Always Open MouthInterpol Turn on the Bright LightsIron Maiden The Final FrontierLye By Mistake Fea JurMassacre From BeyondMastodon Crack the SkyeMetallica Kill 'Em AllNirvana In UteroParamore Riot!Of course, this album is not better than albums by better bands I've given lower ratings, but by the standards of mainstream pop-punk/alternative, this is an excellent record. Even the one filler track ("Miracle") is still catchy as hell. Hayley Williams's voice soars on every song, and has to be one of the best, most listenable voices I've heard in popular music for a long time. And the album's instrumentation is often pretty simple, but is still entertaining and serves its purpose well. Also, this album just feels more...real than other albums in its category. While the actual music is not exactly wildly original, it's still executed with an irresistibly fun energy, that you just cannot help but sing along to. Psyopus Ideas of ReferenceRadiohead AmnesiacThe Contortionist ApparitionThe Contortionist ExoplanetThe Faceless AkeldamaThe Faceless Planetary DualityThe Rolling Stones Beggars BanquetUnderoath Define the Great LineWhitechapel A New Era of CorruptionA New Era of Corruption is an original, fun, and of course, heavy deathcore album we may actually remember in 5 years.Yes Fragile3.5 greatBorn of Osiris The New ReignBorn of Osiris A Higher PlaceCannibal Corpse Eaten Back to LifeEminem RelapseFall Out Boy From Under the Cork Tree'K, I'm trying to my previous rating explanation by writing a new one...is it gonna work..lolFall Out Boy Infinity on HighFall Out Boy Folie a DeuxLamb of God SacramentMatchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like YouMetallica ...And Justice for AllMunicipal Waste Massive AggressiveMy Morning Jacket Evil UrgesOpeth DeliveranceParamore All We Know Is FallingPrimus They Can't All Be ZingersThe Mars Volta AmputechtureToxic Holocaust An Overdose of Death...Underoath They're Only Chasing SafetyVeil of Maya [id]This album absolutely overflows with potential. I have a feeling Veil of Maya are going to be great someday.Wren Rainy Days3.0 goodCannibal Corpse Evisceration PlagueLinkin Park Hybrid TheoryMatchbox Twenty Exile on MainstreamMunicipal Waste The Art of PartyingPanic! at the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat OutRadiohead Pablo HoneyRumpelstiltskin Grinder Living For Death, Destroying the RestThe Color Morale We All Have DemonsThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksThis album is overall pretty good, with a few really good songs, but a lot of the time, it's experimental to the point of sounding jagged. And the short, mathy songs (Fix Your Face, Lurch, 82588, a few others) don't really have as much of an identity as say, Panasonic Youth, or Good Neighbor, from Option Paralysis.2.5 averageAlesana The EmptinessBring Me The Horizon Count Your BlessingsThis album is the epitome of meh. The entire album is strictly mediocre, with the exception of the surprisingly emotional acoustic instrumental "15 Fathoms, Counting," and the riffing and soloing in the last track, "Off the Heezay."Children of Bodom BlooddrunkMatchbox Twenty More Than You Think You AreMudvayne Lost and FoundPsyopus Odd SensesSlipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses2.0 poorBeastie Boys Licensed to IllUneven, cheesy, and too much yelling. The rhymes are simplistic and boring, and the beat for 'Girls' is one of the worst hip-hop beats I've ever heard.Bring Me The Horizon Suicide SeasonEminem EncoreIf it weren't for Like Toy Soldiers and Mockingbird, this album would be an absolute turd.1.5 very poorNickelback All the Right Reasons1.0 awfulAsking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreambrokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It!DragonForce Inhuman RampageHinder Extreme BehaviorKesha AnimalSoulja Boy Souljaboytellem.comSoulja Boy iSouljaBoyTellEmWaking The Cadaver Perverse Recollections Of A Necromangler
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