Average Rating: 3.06 Rating Variance: 0.52 Objectivity Score: 91% (Very Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainBlack Sabbath Heaven and HellDeath SymbolicDio Holy DiverDio The Last in LineForgotten Tomb Negative MegalomaniaProbably my fav atmospheric black metal album of all time. The melodies are served as a perfect payoff after enduring the harsh black metal parts. The endings of "Negative Megalomania" and "Blood and Concrete" are probably my favorite music moments of all time (together with the solo on Necrophagist's "Advanced Corpse Tumor"). I remember hearing this the first time shortly after it got released - I was 20 back then, it was a cold winter day and I was on the bus on my way to the university. I can still remember the moment the ending riffs of Negative Megalomania kicked in. 15 years later this gloomy mixture of horror and hope, darkness and light, hate and love still pulls the same emotional strings it did back then. Masterpiece.Immolation Here in AfterOne of the best DM albums of all time. Not a single weak point, every track is an absolute highlight. Perfect mixture of brutality, darkness and somber mood.Judas Priest Screaming for VengeanceMorbid Angel Blessed Are the SickW.A.S.P. The Crimson IdolThe best heavy metal concept album of all time. One of the best heavy metal albums of all time. All tracks stand on their own, all are amazing, but it's best appreciated as a whole. As much as I usually don't give a puck about lyrics and stories in music, here I get engaged even though the story is simple and predictable.4.5 superbAdramelech PsychostasiaAequorea DimThis is brilliant. A perfect post-metal album. Any fan of Agalloch will get blown away. An amazing, balanced mixture of post-metal, folk, doom metal. I can't really think of a better post metal album than Agalloch's legendary Ashes Against the Grain, but this might be it. I got completely blown away. Great sound, perfect production and mixing. I love, that all instruments are distinct and balanced. It's only first half ov January ov 2022 and already such a treat. It's gonna be an amazing year! Gotta come back in some time and see if it's a 5.0 contender. Archspire Bleed the FutureCorpsessed Succumb to Rotan absolute stomper. better than the latest releases from Cruciamentum, Krypts and Incantation. by far the best dm album this year so far. succumb to the cosmic horrors, bitches. Dawn Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)Demigod Slumber of Sullen EyesAn absolute classic. Dark, ominous and simply evil. Quite simple songs when it comes to compositions. A great riff festival. Fabulous sound, production and mixing. Simple is better and less is more.Destroyer 666 Unchain The WolvesHooded Menace The Tritonus BellIced Earth Something Wicked This Way ComesIdol of Fear TrespasserHigh quality dark, atmospheric, progressive metal. Ominous and bleak would be the defining words. It rolls slowly in the rhythm of hypnotic drums. Spacey production coupled with dismal atmosphere make for a suffocating experience. Khemmis DeceiverLake of Tears A Crimson CosmosMorowe Piekło.Labirynty.DiabłyOne of the albums marking the beginning of the new wave of polish black metal, which started shortly before 2010. Older bands, which played more straightforward and primarily "anti-christian-based" sort oft black metal (Infernal War, Besatt, Azarath etc.) got completely obliterated by younger bands with a more open-minded approach (Morowe, Furia, Odraza, Mg?a etc.). Not only style but also lyrics shifted towards a more complex and adult stylistic. Till this day "Komenda" is one of the most visceral musical moments I've experienced. This is disturbing.Mystifier The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't LiveOne of the wildest trips in extreme music. It's as eclectic as it gets but the underlying structures are undeniable. There is a sens of direction within this utter chaos and countless incredible moments scattered throughout this album can be discovered on subsequent listens. The closing track is one of the craziest journeys in music's history. Work of madmen for sure. Lyrically it's a unexpected sidestep into darker and crazier territory, while still staying as blasphemous as it gets. One of the highlights in the history of black metal.Necrophagist Onset of PutrefactionPlaga Magia gwiezdnej entropiiOne of my fav modern black metal releases. Wild, simple, raw and full of ominous melodies. Sentenced The Funeral AlbumThe Ruins of Beverast The Thule GrimoiresI've been debating with myself whether it's a 4 or 4,5. There is so much incredible and wonderful stuff in here. The first and the three ending tracks are simply outstanding. I like the doom/goth elements (which scream Celtic Frost's "Monotheist" to me). But the tracks 2-4, which sum up to 25 minutes are not as good. It's not that they drag, because they've been put in front, so that before they really annoy me the incredible stuff begins. But after a few times they are a chore to get through. Don't get me wrong. If I had to skip almost 40% of any other album I'd say it's a piece of shit. I need to skip more then a third of Grimoires in order to enjoy it, but it's a proof how good the beginning and the ending are, pure genius.Wedrujacy Wiatr Zorzysta Staje OcmaThis is absolutely amazing. Top notch atmospheric black metal with a lot of acoustic guitar and folk elements. I'm really impressed with how faithfully it reflects the the slavic mythos which are rooted in nature, melancholy and yearning. EDIT: I just got my hand numbered copy 97. This is one of the most beautifully released albums I've ever seen. The illustrations remind me of books my parents used to read me as a child. Amazing trip.Woods of Ypres Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the EarthOne of my forming metal experiences. This was a revolutionary album for me. A frivolous mixture ov many genres incl. doom, stoner, rock, folk and goth, with some black / death metal traces added in which amounts to one of the defining post-metal albums. I love the nicely rounded natural sound, fantastic vocals by David Gold, varied compositions. Each track is distinct and immediately recognizable.4.0 excellent1914 Where Fear and Weapons MeetAbyssus Death RevivalSound, composition, production = 100% OSDM. No gimmicks, no nonsense, no thrills OSDM. All Obituary fans will shit their pants.Accept Balls to the WallAngel Dust BleedArcturus Sideshow SymphoniesBehemoth SatanicaBenediction ScripturesCadaveric Fumes Echoing Chambers Of SoulCeltic Frost MonotheistCosmic Putrefaction Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed OnesCruciamentum Charnel PassagesDan Swano MoontowerDark Meditation Polluted TemplesWhat a shocker! I couldn't believe, that this is a debut album. This is some great musicianship, classic heavy metal compositions, passionate, but not over the top vocalist. Had they released this in the 80' this would be a classic today. I'm blown away (note to self: gotta check later if it's a 4,5).Darkthrone Eternal HailsDawn of Solace Flames of PerditionDesecresy Unveil in the AbyssDessiderium AriaDestroyer 666 Call of the WildDevoid of Life Embracing EmptinessDormant Ordeal The Grand Scheme of ThingsA surprisingly solid record. Modern thoughtful death metal. Lyrics maybe a tad pretentious, but still a step above the average. Quite a few memorable and haunting moments. Nice.Druid Lord Relics of the DeadSlow, stomping and relaxing old school doom/death. Rough sound, slow tempo, no thrills.Epiphanic Truth Dark Triad: Bitter Psalms to a Sordid SpeciesEximperitus... SahrartuA very nice mixture of Nile and Blood Incantation. Sound maybe even too similar to Nile. Apart from that it's a really good technical death metal album, with loads of atmosphere and good pounding. Highly recommended.Glacier (USA-OR) The Passing of TimeGoatchrist PythagorasThe Death of Pythagoras is one of my fav tunes of all time. Such a crazy ride through time, history and music genres with hook after hook.Harakiri for the Sky MaereHaunted Shores VoidIced Earth The Glorious BurdenIdol of Fear Grave ApertureIronmaster Thy Ancient FireAn extremely good debut album. Fans of Swedish sound and Bloodbath should be very pleased.King Woman Celestial BluesMalevolent Creation WarkultMalignant Altar Realms of Exquisite MorbidityMastodon Hushed and GrimMega Colossus RiptimeMystifier GoetiaA classic of occult metal. Raw, simple, evil and sincere.Necrot MortalNite Voices of the Kronian MoonOdraza RzeczomOpensight Mondo FictionGreat piece of progressive metal. It often strays into rock, blues and even jazzy territories. Great vocal performance. I'm a fool for this sound. Drums and bass are so juicy and clearly emphasised and yet not overwhelming. Music rolls steadily through the whole thing and is filled with groove. It's a relaxing experience if you wanna lay back but it has so much going on, that you can lose yourself in the intricacies if you're in the mood for that. It's silly how easy it is to fall in love with this one.Possessed Revelations of OblivionA tad too long for it's own good. This is a nice restoration of mid 80' music sensibilities and style with modern production. Any fan of old school thrash/death should be satisfied.Sanguisugabogg Tortured WholeSepultura QuadraShining (SWE) VI - KlagopsalmerShub Niggurath The Kinglike Celebration (Final Aeon on Earth)Sinister Cross the StyxSpectral Wound A Diabolic ThirstStormkeep Tales of OthertimeSulphur Aeon Gateway to the AntisphereSvartidaudi Revelations of the Red SwordThe Ruins of Beverast Rain Upon the ImpureThumos The RepublicTomb Mold Planetary ClairvoyanceTower Shock to the SystemFirst half is incredible. Second a bit weaker, but still a fantastic heavy-metal experience.Undead Existential HorrorUndeath It's Time...To Rise From the GraveVisigoth Conqueror's OathVoivod Synchro AnarchyThis album is a bit more accessible then the previous (which doesn't mean, that The Wake was not accessible). There are a lot of catchy melodic/rhythmic moments, which I really appreciate, they help to distinguish between the tracks better. Apart from that it's your typical Voivod: celebration of maths in music, praise of asymmetry, ode to the currents of cosmos. Musicianship is beyond any standards. It's also admirable, that they can show off those skills within coherent, structured and comfortable for the listener compositions, without resorting to selfish and ultimately boring instrumental masturbation.Wolves in the Throne Room Primordial ArcanaI was avoiding it for a few months. I feared of another immense disappointment (and also had a shit-tone of other stuff to listen to). Yesterday I finally turned it on. How lucky I was to do so. Wonderful album. Atmospheric black metal at it's finest. Perfectly balanced between black metal guitars, atmospheric passages and melancholic melodies. Loving every second of it.Worm Foreverglade3.5 greatAequorea TellurianAeviterne The Ailing FacadeAllegaeon DamnumAskalaphos March of the DamnedBattle Beast Circus of DoomBehemoth Thelema.6Black Death Cult DiasporaBlack Mass (USA-MA) WarlustBlack Sites UntrueBlaze Bayley War Within MeBlut Aus Nord The Work Which Transforms GodBootes Void C.O.L.D.Brood of Hatred The Golden AgeCarcass Torn ArteriesCarnal Savagery Scent of DeathCeleste Assassine(s)Convulse World Without GodCorpsegrinder CorpsegrinderCrescent (EGY) Carving the Fires of AkhetCryptic Hatred Nocturnal SicknessProduction could be a little bit less boggy/dim/muffled (just a little bit sharper). Those beefy riffs deserve a little bit more in terms of sound, but I understand that this was a creative decision.Cryptosis Bionic SwarmDark Millennium Acid RiverDeath Was Looming I Am...Deathspell Omega ParacletusDeeds of Flesh NucleusDeep Purple Whoosh!Deprived Existence Deprived ExistenceDevourer RaptusDiminished Empires The Dawn of FailureDisfuneral Blood Red TentacleEmperdia Vicious CycleVery high quality stuff. I think this should please fans of the more ambitious and creative side of metal. Nice mixture of modern thrash / doom served in a progressive sauce. Very good musicianship, solid production and a really huge chunk (66 minutes!) of quality music. Normally I'd say this is way too long but actually this rolls so smoothly I didn't even notice as it came to the end.Entombed Same DifferenceEreb Altor VargtimmanThe more they stray from folk into black metal, the better it gets. Nice, enjoyable album.Ethereal Shroud TrisagionEucharist I Am the VoidFalls of Rauros Key to a Vanishing FutureFragments Of Lost Memories DivagateFulci Tropical SunFuneral Mist DeiformGenocide Pact Genocide PactGojira FortitudeGrand Harvest Consummatum EstGreen Lung Black HarvestVery relaxing and laid back but moody enough. Drags a bit towards the end, but never looses quality.Hangman's Chair A Lonerwhoa. this was really relaxing. the first half of the album was pretty boring, but the second is dreamy and spacey. if there is something as dream rock, than this is it.Hath All That Was PromisedHaunter (USA-TX) Discarnate AilsHumanotone A Flourishing Fall in a Grain of SandHypocrisy WorshipImmolation Acts of GodI revisit this over a month later and am still disappointed. This is a solid DM album, this is a poor Immo album.In Solitude The World. The Flesh. The DevilInferi (USA) Vile GenesisISIS OceanicJourney into Darkness Infinite Universe Infinite DeathKissin' Dynamite Not The End Of The RoadKonvent Call Down The SunKvaen The Great BelowLalu Paint the SkyMare Cognitum Solar ParoxysmMaule MauleMgla GrozaMind Patrol Milking the MassesMorowe SMortiferum Preserved in TormentMortiferum Disgorged from Psychotic DepthsMystifier Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia15 minutes too long. Way too much Rotting Christ and too little good old Mystifier. At times I thought this was more of a tribute album. Experimentation, insanity and wildness of old school albums is almost completely gone. Even with all those flaws it's an enjoyable melodic black metal in style of the early Greek scene.Nameless Mist Nameless Mist IINite Darkness Silence Mirror FlameVery basic modern heavy metal, with fun vox as the distinctive feature.Non Est Deus ImpiousVery melodic, but it drags a bit towards the end. Lyrics are silly and as blasphemous as a kindergartner can be but who listens to bm for lyrics? Gotta call a doctor for them.Novarupta Carrion MovementsObsequiae The Palms of Sorrowed KingsPerihelion Gnosis Syzygial SummoningPestilectomy From Vulnerable To FuneralPillorian Obsidian ArcSadistic Demise Cannibalistic UrbanisticReally good death metal. Solid throughout. Only disappointing thing is, that guys didn't have the balls to leave it at 32 mins, which would be enough, as those are some really great 32 mins. The two covers at the end make it too long and are two worst tracks.Saidan Onryo II: Her Spirit Eternalmost sput users are like this https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/036/523/cover.jpgSanhedrin (USA-NY) Lights OnSaqraruna Under the Light of MountainsSchizophrenia (BE) Recollections of the InsaneVery solid debut album. Guys know what they play and how to play it. If they can expand upon this and find their own niche, they could develop to a noteworthy band. For now they're a bit too constrained and too tightly adhering to their idols music.Septicflesh Modern PrimitiveYs. It's Septicflesh. It's pretty damn gd as usal.Sin Starlett Solid Source of SteelTasty old school heavy metal. Amazing artwork. It dragged a bit towards the end, but still had quite some fun.Soliloquium SoulsearchingVery nice and balanced mixture of extreme music, some softer doom, and (sadly not as well done as the other stuff) atmospheric rock in style of later Anathema or maybe Katatonia. A lot of memorable moments and melodies. The "clean" parts are a bit underwhelming but still.Solstice (UK) White Horse HillSothoris WpiekłowstąpienieSpaceslug MemorialSteel Bearing Hand Slay In HellTop notch thrash/death/black in vein of Destroyer 666 and Aura Noir. Old school, riff based, no-nonsense, straightforward music.Stortregn ImpermanenceSuffering Hour The Cyclic ReckoningSwallow the Sun MoonflowersSwarm Chain Looming DarknessKhemmis clone band. Quite a lot of stuff to work on, but for debut it's good enough.Tension (DE) DecayThe Mist From the Mountains Monumental - The Temple of TwilightThe Spirit Cosmic TerrorThe Troops Of Doom Anthichrist RebornTome of the Unreplenished EarthboundTony Martin ThornsTrauma Field From Wounded SoilAh... So near and yet so far. So many beautiful moments, so many strokes of genius and yet at the end the whole thing is a few big steps away from greatness. There were moments when they took me to some amazing places with melodies and mood only to abruptly throw me back down to earth with some bad transition or awful / cringy lines (both when it comes to lyrics and vocals itself). It's a real disappointment that such a good material can get spoiled by minor elements. But I guess that's the thing that separates the good from the great.Tyrannus (UK) UnslayableUltra Silvam The Sanctity of DeathAh yes. Short, aggressive, wild and tight. Nothing amazing, but a step above average for sure.Vanum LegendVeilburner Lurkers in the Capsule of SkullSome obvious Mayhem (Chimera and Grand Declaration of War era) inspirations pop-up now and then. Nicely layered and structured compositions. Ultimately doesn't fit my taste, but still gotta admit - this is some really good songwriting and musicianship.Venator (AT) Echoes from the GutterViande L'Abime Dévore les ÂmesVicious Knights Alteration Through PossessionVinterland Welcome My Last ChapterVorga Striving Toward OblivionWarpath (DE) Disharmonic RevelationsWatain The Agony and Ecstasy of WatainWiegedood There's Always Blood at the End of the RoadWindfaerer Breaths of Elder DawnsWode Burn in Many Mirrors3.0 goodAbomnium Of Time and Dying StarsAbsolva Fire in the SkyAenigmatum DeconsecrateAeons A Tragic EndAgresiva Pánico EscénicoAlunah Strange MachineAmorphis HaloThis is Amorphis as lukewarm as it gets. All the signatures are there but somehow milder. The whole thing's diluted and softened. Even the energetic melodic moments which should hook, don't. There's not a single stroke of brilliance, not a single surprise, not a single stand out track. I guess that I got used to the formula. The template, which was set on "Eclipse" and developed to perfection on "Under the Red Cloud" got spread too thin. Time to expand the template or change it altogether, which of all bands Amorphis can do well. Maybe it's time to incorporate some death metal again? That would be nice.Amoth The Hour of the WolfAndavald Undir SkyggðarhaldiArktotus Black VeinsBa'a EgrégoreBastard (USA-MO) Rotten BloodBastard Priest Under the Hammer of DestructionBevar Sea The Timeless ZoneMan are those vocals awful. I love them! The beginning of the first track got me hooked enough to go through the whole thing. Solid stoner/doom.Black Mass (USA-MA) Feast at the Forbidden TreeBlackslash No Steel No FutureBlastanus BeyondBleed This Earth The Slow DeclineBloodbath The Arrow of Satan Is DrawnBlut Aus Nord Disharmonium - Undreamable AbyssesThe whole album is one big ass whirlpool of darkness, with very little dynamic and stylistic variation. Reminds me of Avow in that matter - one trick pony. Apart from that there's very little black metal to be found here, way less than on most previous albums.Cantodea Dianthus EvanescenciaA fairly good attempt at post black / shoegaze. Atmosphere is there, solid lingering riffs are there. What hurts are the absurd vocals which add nothing. Apart from that a nice relaxing time.Centinex The PestilenceChaos Invocation Devil, Stone & ManChronomancy Shadows in AtlantisCraniotomy Ripped Out by ViolenceCrowbar Zero And BelowCryptivore Celestial ExtinctionCultic Of Fire and SorceryDark Funeral We Are the ApocalypseDeadSquad CatharsisDeafheaven Infinite GraniteDeathbell A Nocturnal CrossingIf I'd judge music by the artwork this would be a 5/5. Alas music was a bit too predictable and boring.Deathspell Omega The Long DefeatDeficiency WarentaDeserted Fear DoomsdayDestruction DiabolicalDestruction doing Destruction things. Nothing to get excited about and nothing to criticize. Listen once or twice and forget.Dom Zły RytuałDvne Etemen ÆnkaElegeion Plight of the HereticEnforced Kill GridEternity's End Embers of WarFaceless Entity The Great Anguish of RaptureFather Befouled Crowned in VeneficumFelled The Intimate EarthFostermother The OceanFreaks and Clowns We Set the World On FireFuneral Mist HekatombGloson The RiftGodflesh StreetcleanerGodless Truth Godless TruthGolgothan Remains Adorned in RuinGrafvitnir Tunes of Sitra AhraHammr Eternal PossessionPrimitive, straightforward and aggressive. Punk elements are obvious but every track is fully anchored in the black/speed metal territory. Even with the short runtime of 30 mins it gets a bit tedious towards the end.Hate Gods Face Inocenteone of craziest albums i've heard in a while. loads of potential and sadly loads of bullshit as well. just focus on black metal and drop the ambient shit.Havukruunu Uinuos Syömein SotaHelioss Contre ma lumièreHibria Me7amorphosisHydra (PL) Beyond Life and DeathHyperia Silhouettes of HorrorIllvilja Endless RiversImpending Doom HellbentIn Solitude SisterIncandescence Le Coeur de l'HommeInerth VoidInfant Annihilator The Battle of YaldabaothInsineratehymn DisembodiedISIS CelestialIzthmi Leaving This World, Leaving It All BehindKaamos Warriors Spirit from the VoidKing Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Omnium GatherumLanzerRath An Infinite InstantLaw of Contagion Oecumenical Rites for the AntichristLethargie Failed Escape StrategiesLicho CiuciubabkaLifvsleda Sepulkral DedikationLunar Blood Twilight InsurgencyManimal ArmageddonMarrasmieli Martaiden mailtaMastiff Leave Me The Ashes Of The EarthMental Cruelty A Hill to Die UponMind Erasure ConniveJust throw all the "story building" away (intros, outros, interludes and all the other useless shit that nobody cares for) and you get a 40-42 minutes long good quality black/death album with lots of melody.Mithras On Strange LoopsMoongates Guardian The Wind Over DaleMystifier WiccaNecrophagous In Chaos AscendNequient Darker than Death or NightNightrage Abyss RisingNoltem Illusions In The WakeA lukewarm post black metal attempt. Everything's been done before and much better and exciting. Destined to fall into obscurity.Obsidian Sea PathosObsidian Shrine Bloodshed Under the Black StarOddland VermilionOld Night Ghost LightOndskapt Dödens EvangeliumPath of Might Deep ChromePersefone MetanoiaPhenomy Syndicate of PainThis band is tagged as "thrash" which is misleading. This is a modern metal album which incorporates thrash, lots of *core elements, heavy metal, melodic metal with some progressive traces here and there. Most of the album is average at best. The 3 finishing tracks stand out and save it from mediocrity. Especially the instrumental 8th track and the following song are top notch modern metal. The less core in their music, the better it gets. Guys should drop this useless *core shit. They can play high quality metal, why bother with some submusic?Portal AvowIf somebody told me, AVOW is the soundscape of hell, I wouldn't have arguments to disagree. This sounds like made by the devil to torment the souls in hell. Apart from that it's a one trick pony and at some point it starts to drag af.Power Trip Nightmare LogicToo much HC for me to digest easily. Even with the short runtime it's mundane and repetitive as puck. The HC riffs are simply so shitty and overdone. Plus for organic sound and production.Pungent Stench Been Caught ButteringPyrexia Gravitas MaximusQuell (USA-CA) The Kvlt Is DeadRe-Machined Brain DeadPoor man's Udo on vocals. Do all German heavy metal vocalists sound the same? Apart from that competent heavy metal.Rivers of Nihil MonarchyCore elements bring down this otherwise solid prog-death metal. Great stuff gets disturbed by meaningless breakdowns.Saxon Carpe DiemEvery time I thought "okay, enough, there's nothing going to happen anymore" something happened and kept me going. I've never got into Saxon and this can't change it but it's still good heavy metal.Scalpture FeldwärtsScorpions Rock BelieverSentient Horror Rites of GoreSepulchral (ES) From Beyond The Burial MoundSerpentshrine Allegiance to the MythShadow Of Intent ElegyWhat a shame. This could've been a great album. But it's so immature and at moments so cringy that I had to skip tracks. When I heard "Of fury" I almost puked and said "no! Fak it, bring back the fakin' danger in the music!". In the end I skipped the track and got hit by "Intensified Genocide" which is borderline tech-death metal (imagine Archspire but with way more melody but less tech-death). If this band matures and plays melodic-tech-death, they could get far. For now, there's too much teenage-angst in this stuff and I'm regrettably too old for this shit. Nevertheless I wish those guys all the best.Shape of Despair Return to the VoidShattered Sigh Through Dark VeilsSidious Blackest InsurrectionSilverlane Inside Internal InfinitySunczar Bearer Of LightSvrm Червів майбутня здобичTerzij de Horde In One Of These, I Am Your EnemyThe Black Temple Draped in DecayThe Final Sleep Vessels of GriefThe Flight of Sleipnir EventideThe Last of Lucy MokshaThe Risen Dread Night HagPretty nice album. Has quite a few nice moments, but nothing that would stand out. Those young guys fall prey, as many other young bands do, to the stupid idea, that putting more tracks on an album makes it more attractive. Well, it does not. If they had trimmed this one to 30-35 minutes the whole thing would benefit. But as it is, it's still enjoyable.The Ruins of Beverast Unlock the ShrineThe Ruins of Beverast Foulest Semen of a Sheltered EliteThe Scum The HungerThe Silent Wedding The Ego PathThe Spirit Of Clarity and Galactic StructuresThis White Mountain The Final SorrowThorn Yawning DepthsTomb Mold Primordial MalignityToundra HexTrenches ReckonerTristitia DoomysticTymo The Art of a ManiacUndeath Lesions of a Different KindUnleashed No Sign of LifeVampirska Vermilion Apparitions Frozen in Chimera TwilightVanir SagasVektor Terminal ReduxVerikalpa TunturihautaVermord Nostalgic PredictionsVile Rites The AgelessVimur Transcendental ViolenceVirocracy EcophagiaVoidCeremony Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional...Vulcano Stone OrangeWarfist TeufelsWatain Casus LuciferiWilderun EpigoneWintaar DeathentranceWinterfylleth The Mercian SphereWinterMoonShade Eternal Haunted ShoresWithermoon A Testament to Our WillWormwitch Wolf Hex2.5 average40 Watt Sun Perfect LightTowards the end it dragged. For my taste 20 minutes too long. I'm not an expert in this kind of music, but I couldn't tell any difference between the songs, for me they are all the same. Apart from that nice atmospheric slow rock.A Pale December Death PanaceaAbstracted Atma ConfluxAcid Mammoth Under Acid HoofAcid Mammoth CaravanAcranius Mercy DeniedThis is high quality deathcore, which is a testimony to how limited and useless this genre (and for that matter most other cores) is. I heard some Morbid Angel "Domination" vibes here and there, probably because "Domination" incorporates the whole deathcore within excerpts from a handful of tracks. This album is 90% breakdowns and 10% some cliche det metal riffs. Candy store sort of brutality.Aegrus The Carnal TemplesAeons ConsequencesAethereus LeidenAiracobra Midwestern SteelAnatomy of I The Los(t) Angered SessionAnde VehemenceAnnihilator Metal IIAquilla Mankind's OdysseyArd Take Up My BonesI was lied to. It says doom, but it's some goth-doom mixture with a clearly dominant goth part. Boring af.Arkaik Labyrinth of Hungry GhostsAstral Tomb SoulgazerAtlantean Kodex The Course of EmpireBenthik Zone ΕἴδωλονBlack Label Society Doom Crew Inc.Blood Torrent Void UniverseCarnage of Children Darkness WithinChimera (PL) Gloria MortisConduction The Future Detached from YouHas its moments, but ultimately I've got overwhelmed by metalcore/nu-metal ingredients and teenage angst in the lyrics. But hey, most bands that claim they're "groove metal" are like that, so nothing out of the ordinary. Sound is nice, compositions mostly make sense.Craven Idol Forked TonguesCrusade of Bards Tales of the Seven SeasCryptworm Spewing Mephitic PutridityCrystal Ball CrysteriaCult of Luna The Long Road NorthBloated beyond belief. Most songs could easily be compressed by >50% and nothing of significance would be lost. It's "atmosphere building" without any purpose, without any climax or payoff. Deceptive depth to inveigle simpletons. Nearly 70 minutes of hollow pondering with a few minutes of meaningful musical development.Darvaza Ascending Into PerditionDawohl LeviathanDeathcrush (ITA) Under Serpents ReignDeathhammer Electric WarfareI've heard this only like a 1E10 times before, done better, 40 years ago.Der Weg Einer Freiheit NoktvrnDescent Order of ChaosDesolate Shrine Fires of the Dying WorldDevoured Elysium Void GraveDissentience Empire AnatomyDream Theater A View from the Top of the WorldEmerald Sun Kingdom of GodsEnragement AtrocitiesEradication of the Unworthy Infants Change Is GoodEscaping Aghartha CroakEt Moriemur Tamashii No YamaEyes of the Living Fear Comes KnockingFacing Fear Marginal MetalGhost (SWE) ImperaGlemsel ForfaderGomorran Excerpts from the Dark AgeGorebringer Terrified Beyond MeasureGunjack (ITA) The Third ImpactWhy does it need to happen again and again and again and again. Why do smaller bands need to flood their albums with so much useless material. Why do they need to dump every shitty song they come up with on their albums? Why? This could've been decent had it been trimmed down to 30-35 minutes. There's simply not enough good material to make it any longer. It's even more surprising taking into account, that this is a pure Motorhead rip-off. Overkill, Bomber or Ace of Spades where all about 35 minutes long, which for such a simple music is more than enough. The music meanders between old school Motorhead and some generic modern heavy metal. The vocalist is a try-hard Lemmy impostor (which at moments sounds pretty damn well). This album should have started with the ending track (Lie of God) to get listeners hooked and then ended 5-6 tracks later. Maybe next time they'll get it right.Helslave From the Sulphur DepthsIlium (AUS) Quantum Evolution EventImminent Sonic Destruction The Sun Will Always SetInner Missing Dead LanguageIntonate Severed WithinIselder Metel du gwir cymreigIsvara The Harrowing of HadesKarmanjaka Gates Of MuspelKrig AnthroposKuoleman Galleria Armon LoppuKuolemanlaakso KuusumuKYOTY IsolationI know it's supposed to be "atmospheric music", but you can make atmospheric music without being boring as fuck. A few minutes stand out and are fun, but rest is simply some lingering notes without much purpose.Lawnmower Deth Blunt CuttersLichtblick AbkehrMechina VenatorMeslamtaea WeemoedsklankenMetal Cross Soul RipperMidnight Let There Be WitcheryMosaic (DE) HeimatspukMuert HaeresisMustasuo HiljaisuusNear Death Condition Ascent From the MundaneYears of listening to this kind of shit taught me not to care about vocals much, but this burfing (mixture of burping and barfing) got on my nerves fast. Vox remind me of Anima Hereticae but somehow even worse. Addition of all 3 instrumental interludes is useless and forced. There were moments I though I was listening to poor man's Domination.Nekrodeus AsbestNihility Beyond Human ConceptsNocturnal Graves An Outlaws StandNocturnal Prayer Mutilation on the Bed of WinterOAR The Blood You CraveOmnioid 22022022Ouranos Voir La LumièreOxygen Destroyer Sinister Monstrosities Spawned...Party Cannon Volumes of VomitPensees Nocturnes Douce FangePhreneticis Maze of TimeProscriptor McGovern's Apsu Proscriptor McGovern's ApsûPurgatory (DE) Apotheosis of Anti LightRevenge (COL) Venomous VengeanceSacrilega The Arcana SpearScream Maker BloodKingWhy df does it need to be that long? Why would you do that to yourself? Just trim the filler, leave the best you could come up with and throw the rest away. There is descent material for 35-40 minutes, but it simply drowns and gets lost in a sea of mediocrity. There were moments, where I got really hooked and I was genuinely enjoying myself. But I'm not going to listen to this again in order to find those few scattered sparkles of pleasure.Seremonia NeonlusiferShield of Wings UnfinishedSidus Atrum Spiral of LifeSlytherin Tales of Hogsmeade VillageWay too much bim-bam-bim-bam, and too little guitars going brrrr. There is definitely a lot of potential here. The song compositions are sadly the weakest part of it all. Sound, production, vocals, atmosphere are all there, but the songs just don't seem right.SoulLine Screaming EyesApart from embarrassing lyrics pretty decent melo-death.Speckmann Project Fiends of EmptinessSpirits Of Fire Embrace the UnknownStar Eternal AtlasEverything is very average here. Apart from cringe, it's extremely strong in that regard. I have no idea how a grown up man can come up with such bullshit.Stratuz Osculum PacisSuper Satan CelestialTe Ruki Marako Te RukiTenebro L'Inizio Di Un IncuboTersivel To the Orphic VoidThe Silver Ward of RosesThorium DanmarkThrashock Flags of HateToby Knapp From the AetherTypical lukewarm guitar-shred masturbation. Incredible technique, blazing speed, amazing musicianship and no emotions. He'd get along with Paul Wardingham.Tokyo Blade FuryFor the first few tracks it's bearable, but then it starts to drag. And then it goes on, and on, and on, and on... Why does it need to last for almost 80 minutes? 15 Tracks, each lasting about 5 minutes, each and every one almost the same. Towards the end it gets unbearable. Who needs a 80 minutes long heavy metal album anyway. The Number of the Beast or WASP are 40 minutes long and manage to deliver more emotions in one track than this one in the whole 80 minutes.Tormentor Tyrant Tormentor TyrantTuskar MatriarchUlcerate Stare Into Death and Be StillVanaheim Een Verloren VerhaalVehemence (FRA) OrdaliesVeonity Elements of PowerVeriteras Shadow of DeathVio-Lence Let the World BurnVomitrot Rotten VomitWerewolves What A Time To Be AliveExtremely repetitive, derivative and ultimately boring. Not a single moment of creativity present.Worship the Pestilence In Time of Plagues and ObscurityZyphra Fuego prohibido2.0 poorAbysmalist Vile PossessionAge of Apocalypse Grim WisdomAs Flesh Decays Dead City CathedralBeyond Grace Our Kingdom UndoneHas it's moments, like the solo on Fearmonger, but apart from that it's boring af. Shit that's been heard a million times before somewhere else, but done better. Sound a bit flat, but nicely rounded.Beyond the Structure ScrutinyBhleg FäghringBoss Keloid Family the Smiling ThrushCelestial Shadows Beyond the First VeilCreeping Flesh ...And Then the Bombs CameCulak Holy TempestDakhma (SUI) Blessings of AmurdadDefechate UnboundedThey start off with the two strongest tracks which have some interesting stuff going for them but quickly fall into complete mediocrity. There are some quirks in the production that I cannot understand. Sometimes bass nicely fills in the background (e.g. track 1) sometimes it's obnoxiously pushed to the front (e.g. track 7). The production is all over the place. Track 3 sounds as if it was from another recording altogether. Destined for obscurity. I found the death'n'roll attempt in track 8 to be hilariously bad.Firmament The Ætheric PathwayFractal Generator MacrocosmosThis is incredibly boring and derivative. Sound is generic af. They try to be Blood Incantation but fail miserably. Almost unbearable.Fury (UK) Born to SinGeneration Kill MKUltraHanging Garden Neither Moth nor RustI don't know what this is all about. I know the drill: doom turns into goth turns into rock turns into pop-rock. Well known procedure for many bands (Anathema, Katatonia, Paradise Lost). Some do it better other worse. Some come back to doom (Paradise Lost) others abandon metal completely (Anathema). Same thing here, but this is really poor, derivative and ultimately boring af.Hath Of Rot And RuinHeavenfield We Bringaþ Wræþþe uppan HlafordaIron Mountain (US-MI) Of Flesh and BoneKill All the Gentlemen Black CanvasKimaera ImperivmKrvvla XLord Agheros KoinèMainbrain JawbreakerMartyr (NL) Planet MetalheadMegadrone Transmission II: Jovian EchoesMeyhnach Miseria de ProfundisMinneriket Gjennom Meg Går Ingen Til HvileMizmor Wit's EndMormant de Snagov Exquisite Aspects of WrathMors Principium Est Liberate the Unborn InhumanityMystic Circle Mystic CircleReturn of a band that nobody wanted and nobody needed. Those guys are still stuck in the first half of the first decade of the third millennium, which was not the best time for metal. The closing track is such a cringefest - once I heard "saaaaaaaatan... luuuuuuuuuuuuucifer... saaaaaaaaaaaatanic mistress" and then "one two three four five SIX SIX SIX" I couldn't handle it anymore. What a piece of shit. Just put this shit band to rest already.Needless The Cosmic CauldronNervochaos All Colors of DarknessNight Cobra Dawn of the SerpentObscura A ValedictionOver the Under Red AlbumPlague Bearer Rise of the Bubonic DeathPraise the Plague The Obsidian GatePurgamentorum Rituale DoloremRejuvenation CrystallineSirens Bay In the Shadow of the LighthouseInstrumental blackgaze inspired by Burzum and Alcest. It lacks the raw simplicity of Varg's music. It's also nowhere near the alluring and haunting melodies of Alcest. Boring af.Slackjaw Vicious CycleAh, this kind of shit again. Call yourself "groove metal" play mallcore and sing "fuck you and I mean it" and still take yourself seriously. So strong, so passionate, so daring.The Devils of Loudun Escaping EternityTomhet (CAN) Blissful EscapismTruculency The Dome CollectorUseless and derivative. An absolute creative desert. Underdeveloped musicianship. You can throw it on top of the "metal tough guys" heap, which by now could reach the moon. Amateurish stuff by armatures. For lovers of guitars so down tuned, that you cannot tune them any lower and vocals straight out of ass.Venom Prison ErebosThe production is extremely clean but the sound is generic. I like how it's balanced but vocals are a bit too loud for my taste, I get that they're the focus though. They try hard to summon any kind of emotions. Whether it's solos, chick ripping her heart out or those silly song conclusions - it's all disposable and artificial. The second part of "Comfort of Complicity" had potential (really nice solo leading to some interesting melodies) but towards the end they went overboard with melodies and the chick should've just stfu and let the guitars linger. "Pain of Oizys" is hilarious, what a mess - as YellowVoid mentioned it's incoherent at best. This is a calculated product, lacking any kind of creativity or artistry, an amalgamation of modern metal cliches. They tried to appeal to a broad range ov audiences, which lead to those chaotic compositions full ov abrupt changes. No direction, no identity, no style. Second half ov the album is almost unbearable, it's so incoherent. All the band members would make great session musicians, but on their own they got lost. Complete lack of focus is my biggest problem with this album.WAIT (USA) The End of NoisePretentious. Boring. Awful vocals. I barely made it to the end.Worm Shepherd Ritual HymnsXicution For the World Beyond1.5 very poorAbbath Dread ReaverCan't judge this on a musical level, because I couldn't hear anything among the piss-poor production.Bloodthrone Phoenix of DestructionOh man is this bad. A steaming pile of shit. Sound is bad, music is bad, vocals are awful.Fumigation Structural ExterminationLegendarium Under the Spell of DestructionMusic is extremely derivative and boring. Sound is poor and muffled. Vocal performance... WTF was this guy thinking?Once Human Scar WeaverGuest from a cringe nu-metal band - check Pretentious, senseless lyrics - check Call yourself "groove metal" - check Insert all cliche *core riffs you can find - check Try to sound like Gojira, while not having fraction of their talent - check Make it as loud as possible - check Incoherent compositions all the way - check Over years many bands have worked on perfecting this recipe. This is the pinnacle of this hard work. An unlistenable piece of shit.Riverwood (EG) Shadows And FlamesWTF is this shit? Dovahkiin? My cringe was extreme. I couldn't listen anymore. The music was mediocre at best anyway.Shards of a Lost World Parafer1.0 awfulDagoba By NightThere were those silly "childilized" female "vocals", which reminded me of the German cvlt techno group. And man did I get a chill down my spine. I was sure that fucking Scooter gonna jump out at me and fucking ask how much is the fish. And fuck! With this crazy inflation I'd have no idea what to say. How this mallcore found it's way to metal archives is beyond my comprehension. Only for mallcore fanatics.Genophobic Perversion ConversationalistThe age we live in brought a lot of possibilities. But it also brought a lot of shit.Glasya AttarghanI wasn't able to listen to this. The story part is cringe beyond redemption. ahahaha, this is so funny. Mob comes to bash me for not being able to endure a guy saying a silly story as if it was a matter of life and death. Let's go! Common ya wankers, let's have some fun with the epic Assafartan and his mistress, aahahahah.
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