Average Rating: 3.37 Rating Variance: 0.87 Objectivity Score: 85% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicDeath The Sound of PerseveranceEnslaved HeimdalGalneryus Between Dread and ValorGreen Carnation Light of Day, Day of DarknessHoward Shore The Fellowship of the Ring: The Complete RecordingFew musicians ever hit their mark of brilliance. And of the few that do, even fewer hit it to such a degree that their product is among the greatest music to ever be created. A flawless accompaniment to a flawless film. The greatest film score ever created. Jethro Tull Thick as a BrickOpeth MorningrisePain of Salvation Remedy Lane Re:mixedPsychotic Waltz Into the EverflowSerpent (JPN) xGODxSerpent (JPN) Cradle of InsanitySonata Arctica Clear Cold BeyondIt's really good. Suffocation Pierced from Within4.5 superbAgalloch The MantleAlkaloid The Malkuth Grimoire2015's biggest surprise. We all knew this would be good. No one knew it would be this good. Amorphis Silent WatersAmorphis Tales from the Thousand LakesAtheist Unquestionable PresenceBatushka LitourgiyaBetween the Buried and Me ColorsBetween the Buried and Me Colors [2020 Remix / Remaster]Between the Buried and Me Alaska (2020 Remix / Remaster)Blut Aus Nord The Work Which Transforms GodCryptopsy None So VileDream Theater Images and WordsDream Theater Train of ThoughtEdge of Sanity Crimson IIEpica The Phantom AgonyEpica The Divine ConspiracyEquilibrium SagasFates Warning No ExitFates Warning A Pleasant Shade of GrayFates Warning DisconnectedGojira The Way of All FleshGorguts ObscuraGorod Leading VisionGorod TranscendenceHaggard Eppur si muoveHaken AquariusHeavenly (FRA) VirusIlbeltz Auskan Gabiltz Olatun GainianBrilliant and unique blackened folk metal from the Basque country. Perhaps one of the most underdiscovered albums of all time. Immolation Close to a World BelowJudas Priest NostradamusJudas Priest PainkillerMartyr Warp ZoneMartyr Feeding the AbscessMelechesh EmissariesMeshuggah obZen (15th Anniversary Remastered Edition)Moonsorrow Voimasta ja kunniastaMoonsorrow KivenkantajaNeal Morse Sola ScripturaNevermore The Politics of EcstasyNile Annihilation of the WickedNokturnal Mortum The Voice of SteelA truly beautiful folk/black metal album with a dreamy atmosphere. A superb release on so many levels. The biggest thing stopping this from perfection is the mediocre By Path of Sun. Every other track is sublime. Opeth OrchidOpeth Still LifeOpeth Blackwater ParkOrphaned Land Mabool (The Story of the Three Sons...)A truly unique blend of folk, doom, death, and progressive metal. A classic album that needs to be heard by all fans of any of the above listed genres.Pain of Salvation Remedy LanePain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part 1Psycroptic The Scepter of the AncientsRedemption The Fullness of TimeSimply fantastic musicianship and composition on this album. The vocal melodies in particular are brilliant. A true classic in the progressive metal scene.Replicant Negative LifeWow. Simply wow. This is one of the most unique, creative, groove-busting technical death metal albums released in a long, long time. If these guys aren't on your radar you should put them on right now. Because you'll be hearing about them everywhere very very soon anyway. 2018's easy album of the year thus farRiverside Anno Domini High DefinitionRoyal Hunt ParadoxSabaton Carolus RexFantastic production, amazingly consistent. Surely one of the best albums of 2012.Scritti Politti Cupid & Psyche 85Seventh Wonder Waiting in the WingsUndoubtedly Seventh Wonder's best album to date. Not a single mediocre track on here, in fact nearly all of them are jaw dropping, some of them perfect. Unbelievable virtuosity (but not crossing into wankery) and song writing. Some of the most catchy, but progressive, metal you will ever hear.Sigh Imaginary SonicscapeSikTh Death of a Dead DayTaake Hordalands DoedskvadTheocracy Mirror of SoulsThreshold Wounded LandVirgin Black Requiem - Mezzo ForteWhile Heaven Wept Vast Oceans LachrymoseWuthering Heights Far from the Madding CrowdX Japan Art of Life4.0 excellentAdagio Sanctus IgnisAfter Forever DecipherAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainAghora FormlessAlice in Chains FaceliftAndromeda II=IArch/Matheos Sympathetic ResonanceArsis A Celebration of GuiltAsphyx Last One on EarthAtheist ElementsBattle Beast Battle BeastBetween the Buried and Me AlaskaBeyond Creation The AuraBlack Sabbath 13By no means a bad record, just a tad generic. rBlind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-EarthBlind Guardian Imaginations from the Other SideBlotted Science The Machinations of DementiaCaladan Brood Echoes Of BattleCandlemass Epicus Doomicus MetallicusCeltic Frost To Mega TherionDan Swano MoontowerDeath Individual Thought PatternsDeath HumanDecapitated Organic HallucinosisDecapitated Winds of CreationDeicide DeicideDemilich NespitheDevin Townsend Ocean Machine: BiomechDisillusion Back to Times of SplendorDream Theater AwakeDreamscape End of SilenceDying Fetus Destroy the OppositionEdge of Sanity CrimsonEmperor In the Nightside EclipseEnsiferum EnsiferumEnsiferum IronEnsiferum From AfarEpica Design Your UniverseEpicenter SubversionEquilibrium Turis FratyrEvergrey In Search Of TruthFates Warning Awaken the GuardianFates Warning FWXGalneryus Under the Force of CourageI just can't keep up with these guy's releases. But this is a strong album. Gojira From Mars to SiriusGojira Possessed (as Godzilla)Haken VisionsHeavenly (FRA) Dust To DustA bit bloated. There are a few songs that hinder the album's overall quality but at 70 minutes, there IS a healthy amount of good material here. And the material that's good isn't just good. It's jaw dropping. (for the record, the first half is by far stronger than the second.)Herbst9 The Gods Are Small Birds, But I Am The FalconOne full hour of dark, twisted, brooding evil. Immortal Sons of Northern DarknessInfected Mushroom Converting VegetariansJethro Tull AqualungJethro Tull Minstrel in the GalleryJethro Tull Heavy HorsesJohn Arch A Twist of FateJudas Priest Sad Wings of DestinyKing Goat ConduitMastodon LeviathanMastodon Blood MountainMastodon Crack the SkyeMelechesh The EpigenesisMeshuggah obZenMeshuggah NothingMeshuggah ImmutableNazgul De Expugnatione ElfmuthNecrophagist EpitaphNecrophagist Onset of PutrefactionNevermore Dead Heart in a Dead WorldNevermore Dreaming Neon BlackNightwish Century ChildNightwish OnceNile Those Whom the Gods DetestObliveon From This Day ForwardObscura CosmogenesisOpeth WatershedOpeth DeliveranceOrion's Reign Nuclear WinterSome really interesting songs on this epic power metal debut. The choruses are catchy as fuck and the instrumentalists are awesome. Only problem is originality; there's nothing new here. But that's not a bad thing necessarily. Orion's Reign takes an already kickass forumla and perfects it.Outworld OutworldPestilence Testimony of the AncientsPestilence SpheresProtest the Hero KeziaProtest the Hero FortressPsychotic Waltz Demo 1986 (as Aslan)Psycroptic The Inherited RepressionQueensryche Operation: MindcrimeRavi Shankar Three RagasThe appeal of certain albums and alas entire types of music, is often meant to be derived in far different ways than most Westerners are used to. This is one of such albums. These aren't three songs, these are three ragas. And trying to listen to them as the former will only lead to disappointment and confusion. The listener is meant to bask in the flowing river of astounding musical display put on by Shankar. The listener is meant to enter something of a meditative trance when listening to this. As vague and pretentious as this may come across, the listener must become the sitar. If Three Ragas is listened to in such ways, then it won't sound merely like pointless repetitive sitar twanging (as I've heard mentioned elsewhere online). Shankar is a musicians musician, and this remains true even if not at all versed in traditional music. The skill is utterly mind-numbing. Redemption Snowfall on Judgment DayRevocation RevocationTheir best release so far. A nice fusion of styles from their previous two albums with some new stuff thrown in. Riverside Second Life SyndromeRoyal Hunt Moving TargetRoyal Hunt Show Me How To LiveRoyal Hunt release some of their best material since Paradox.Sabaton The War To End All WarsSavatage Streets: A Rock OperaSeventh Wonder Mercy FallsSikTh The Trees Are Dead and Dried Out, Wait for Something WildSpawn of Possession CabinetSuffocation Hymns From the ApocryphaSunless Rise PromoSymphony X The OdysseySymphony X V: The New Mythology SuiteSymphony X Twilight in OlympusSymphony X The Divine Wings of TragedyThe Contortionist ExoplanetThe Sword Warp RidersTheocracy As the World BleedsTherion TheliThreshold SubsurfaceThreshold CloneThreshold Critical MassTriptykon Melana ChasmataVanden Plas Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)Visions Of Atlantis TrinityWhile Heaven Wept Of Empires ForlornWhispered Shogunate MacabreWilderun Olden Tales and Deathly TrailsWintersun WintersunWintersun Time IMet and shattered every expectation. A grandiose, over-the-top release, while remaining incredibly mature. rOnly complaint is the album length. It just feels a tad underwhelming when you are only left with ~35 minutes rof metal. Yngwie Malmsteen TrilogyZero Hour The Towers of Avarice3.5 greatAdagio Archangels in BlackAde SpartacusNot remarkably original. Think if Nile ditched Ancient Egypt for Ancient Rome. Agalloch Pale FolkloreAgalloch The WhiteVery refreshing mixture of folk and dark ambient. Alestorm Captain Morgan's RevengeAlice in Chains DirtAndromeda Extension of the WishAquilus GriseusAugury Fragmentary EvidenceBathory Blood Fire DeathBathory HammerheartBlackguard Profugus MortisBlind Guardian A Night at the OperaBrymir Breathe Fire to the SunBurzum Daudi BaldrsThough I understand where the hatred for this album comes from, I will say that it is one that you have to "get" to enjoy. Daudi Baldrs takes the listener through the tortured, dungeonous mind of a Norwegian arsonist and murderer. Though the sounds on this album are of the dreadful quality, a tone is achieved and manages to convey sadness, anger, and torment--and in some way the low quality MIDI sounds work in the album's favor. Never have I heard such minimalism instill so much darkness in my ears. I am in the vast minority when I say that I fully understand what Vikernes was trying to do with this album (though that's not to say anyone is wrong for disliking it). There is only one serious gripe to be made, and that is the pure repetition that is found. Once you hear the first 30 seconds (and often less) of a song you have essentially heard the rest of it. Strangely (and as with the low quality MIDI samples) this repetition somehow works in the album's favor, but when some songs approach 10 minutes long, even I can admit that these melodies have overstayed their welcome. Carach Angren Where the Corpses Sink ForeverBrilliant symphonic black metal matched by an equally brilliant concept. Music doesn't really break new ground but it practically masters the niche. "It's hard to breathe within this thick cloak of sulphurius mist, conjuring slaughtering soldiers into sickening silhouettes." (most memorable part on the album)Carcass Surgical SteelFeels like a mix between Necroticism and Heartwork. Some fantastic material on this record, but I can't help but feel it's just 47 minutes of the same thing. Celtic Frost MonotheistCeltic Frost Into the PandemoniumCircus Maximus The 1st ChapterCryptopsy The Book of Suffering - Tome 1Decrepit Birth PolarityDecrepit Birth Diminishing Between WorldsDiablo Swing Orchestra Pandora's PinataDisillusion AleaDream Theater OctavariumDream Theater Black Clouds and Silver LiningsDream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a MemoryDreamscape 5th SeasonDying Fetus Reign SupremeEdge of Sanity Purgatory AfterglowEnslaved Axioma Ethica OdiniEpica Consign to OblivionEquilibrium RekreaturEquilibrium ErdentempelFairly simple and straightforward music, but Equilibrium have released their funnest and happiest sounding ralbum. They've also upped their folk influences to the max, and make no mistake, the music is still epic/huge r(just in smaller doses). Uns'Rer Floten Klang is also one of the best things I've ever heard. Evergrey Recreation DayEvergrey The Inner CircleFates Warning The Spectre WithinFates Warning Perfect SymmetryGojira The LinkGojira Terra IncognitaGorod NeurotripsicksHannes Grossmann The Radial CovenantImmortal At the Heart of WinterJoseph Magazine Night Of The Red SkyJudas Priest FirepowerJudas Priest Screaming for VengeanceMarillion Misplaced ChildhoodMartyr Hopeless HopesMelechesh EnkiMeshuggah IMeshuggah KolossMeshuggah The Violent Sleep Of ReasonMindwork EtereaNevermore Enemies of RealityNightwish WishmasterNocternity OnyxObliveon NemesisObscura OmniviumOpeth DamnationPestilence Consuming ImpulsePestilence Resurrection MacabrePestilence DoctrinePsychotic Waltz BleedingQueensryche The WarningRevocation NetherheavenSabaton Coat of ArmsSabaton The Art of WarSavatage Gutter BalletSavatage Hall of the Mountain KingSeventh Wonder TiaraSonata Arctica Pariah's ChildSonata Arctica SilenceSpiral Architect A Sceptic's UniverseSuffocation Effigy of the ForgottenSymphony X Paradise LostThe Sword ApocryphonThreshold Extinct InstinctThreshold HypotheticalThy Primordial The Heresy of an Age of ReasonThy Primordial At the World of Untrodden WonderWhile Heaven Wept Sorrow of the AngelsWhispered Thousand SwordsWilderun Sleep at the Edge of the EarthWuthering Heights SaltThe Mad Sailor = the greatest feel-good metal song of all time.Yes FragileYngwie Malmsteen Rising Force3.0 goodAiumeen Basoa Iraganeko Bide MalkartsutikAlestorm Sunset on the Golden AgeAmorphis Under the Red CloudAngel Dust BleedAtheist Piece of TimeAtlantean Kodex The White Goddess (A Grammar Of Poetic Myth)Augury Illusive Golden AgeBathory Under the Sign of the Black MarkComus First UtteranceCruachan The Living and the DeadCryptopsy Blasphemy Made FleshDark Moor The Hall of the Olden DreamsDarkwater Calling the Earth to WitnessDeath SymbolicDecapitated The NegationDecapitated NihilityDesultor Masters of HateDisillusion GloriaDissection Storm of the Light's BaneDominici O3, A Trilogy Part 3Dream Theater Systematic ChaosDream Theater Six Degrees of Inner TurbulenceDream Theater Falling into InfinityDream Theater A Dramatic Turn of EventsDying Fetus Grotesque ImpalementDying Fetus Stop at NothingEmyn Muil Túrin Turambar Dagnir GlaurungaEnsiferum Victory SongsEquilibrium WaldschreinIt's good but nothing groundbreaking. Though, who would expect otherwise given the nature of this EP?Fates Warning Theories of FlightFates Warning ParallelsGorod Process of a New DeclineHalcyon Way Building the TowersHeavenly (FRA) Carpe DiemThere's two or three standout tracks here while the rest are forgettable. If you can get passed the senseless, shameless, cringeworthy Queen worship on tracks 3 and 5 then it may be worthy a listen. Infected Mushroom Army Of MushroomsInfected Mushroom Vicious DeliciousJames LaBrie Elements Of PersuasionJethro Tull Songs from the WoodJudas Priest JugulatorMastodon Once More 'Round the SunMeshuggah Catch ThirtythreeMeshuggah ChaosphereMeshuggah Destroy Erase ImproveMoonsorrow VerisäkeetNevermore This Godless EndeavorNevermore The Obsidian ConspiracyNightwish OceanbornOpeth Pale CommunionOrphaned Land All Is OneThis is Orphaned Land watered down and commercialized. All is One lacks the atmosphere, ambition, and musical variance found on their previous two works. This is nothing more than a collection of pretty decent tracks.Osaka Punch Voodoo Love MachinePain of Salvation In the Passing Light of DayPestilence ObsideoPsychotic Waltz MosquitoPsychotic Waltz The God-Shaped VoidRedemption This Mortal CoilSabaton Primo VictoriaSeventh Wonder The Great EscapeShadow Gallery Room VShadow Gallery TyrannySigh Gallows GallerySigh Hangman's HymnSikTh OpacitiesStamina PerseveranceSuffocation Breeding the SpawnSymphony X The Damnation GameThe Last Successor The Last SuccessorTool Fear InoculumWarlord The Holy EmpireWindir ArntorWinglord The Chosen OneX Japan Dahlia2.5 averageAgalloch Marrow of the SpiritIt's definitely a grower album. This is Agalloch's darkest material and is accented very well by the album's warm, organic production. Musically, Marrow contains unique, satisfying moments but unfortunately, they're a bit too scattered. As well, the album is bookended by two unnecessary and tedious tracks, the first of which isn't that bad but the last track--To Drown--is almost completely unredeeming and if not removed from the album entirely, could have easily been cut down by 7 minutes. Alestorm Black Sails at MidnightAlice in Chains Alice in ChainsBlackguard FirefightGeneric metal paired with epic symphonic leads. There is good material on this disc, but those looking for something original will not find it on Firefight.Carach Angren LammendamCarach Angren Death Came Through a Phantom ShipCryptopsy CryptopsyDecrepit Birth Axis MundiWhat is with half of the runtime being taken up by covers? Dying Fetus Wrong One to Fuck WithReally, really surprised by this, especially after hearing the less than remarkable singles. This is quintessential Dying Fetus, in that the band have finally struck the balance right. Things are incredibly techy this time around, yet the album is absolutely dripping with groove. Everything that made Destroy the Opposition great is pretty much here. Nothing is self-servingly technical or showy; the music is almost always accented with crushing groove and purposeful progressions-- and you don't have to search to find those moments like you have to with other of the band's albums. Also incredibly consistent with very little to no filler--again, a great achievement for the band. Quite easily their best album since Destroy the Opposition.Dying Fetus Descend into DepravityFalkenbach AsaFates Warning Night on BrockenFates Warning Long Day Good NightFates Warning Inside OutGentle Giant OctopusGorod A Perfect AbsolutionGorod The OrbHaken The MountainHeathen Foray Armored BardsInto Eternity Buried in OblivionJudas Priest British SteelMastodon Emperor of SandMoonsorrow Jumalten aikaNokturnal Mortum VerityObscura AkróasisOpeth Ghost ReveriesPestilence ExitivmHow many more meh albums in a row are needed before I finally give up on this band? Psychotic Waltz A Social GraceQueensryche EmpireRiverside Rapid Eye MovementSabaton HeroesThere are a couple of unique moments/experimentations on this disk. There's the folky To Hell and Back. rThere's the pounding vocals on Far From the Fame. There's also the song Ballad of the Bull, (obviously) a rballad but it's unlike any ballad the band have done and wouldn't be too out of place on an X Japan CD. rUnfortunately, besides these isolated moments, I found myself saying "haven't I heard this song before?" way rtoo frequently. Just listen to the first five seconds of Aces in Exile and then the first five seconds of Smoking rSnakes. It's almost offensive. It's not even the fact that the material is familiar, it's the fact that the material is rmediocre and familiar. Carolus Rex was so refreshing because the concept was fresh and so was the music to rmatch it. I think Sabaton needs to consider ditching WWII for longer than just one album.rEasily their worst album (not counting Metalizer)SikTh The Future In Whose Eyes?Strapping Young Lad CitySummoning Minas MorgulSymphony X IconoclastTaake Kong VinterTeramobil Multispectral SupercontinuumThe Sword Age of WintersThreshold March of ProgressWhile Heaven Wept Suspended at AphelionA bit too heartfelt and cheesy at times. Just not enough riffing. Not enough epic. Wintersun The Forest Seasons2.0 poorAbhorrent (USA-TX) IntransigenceAlestorm Back Through TimeArchspire The Lucid CollectiveAugury ConcealedBattle Beast Bringer of PainBlackguard So it BeginsCynic Traced in AirDagoba Post Mortem Nihil EstDecapitated AnticultDisillusion The LiberationDream Theater When Dream and Day UniteDreamscape Trance-like StateDying Fetus Killing on AdrenalineEnsiferum One Man Armyugh Epica OmegaBleh Fates Warning Darkness in a Different LightOne of my most noteworthy disappointments in music. I can't believe I waited 10 years for this. Fates Warning finally release something worth passing up.Gojira MagmaGojira FortitudeGorod A Maze of Recycled CreedsSuch an insanely tight sound on this album, even for Gorod's standards. The production is also amazing. Unfortunately, many of the songs themselves just aren't very good. Hypocrisy VirusImmortal Pure HolocaustIn the Woods... OmnioJethro Tull War ChildJethro Tull StormwatchLost Horizon A Flame to the Ground BeneathMichael Pinnella Enter The Twelfth GateYes, as a keyboardist, I do see merit in the musicianship of this release. However, the songwriting is incredibly unfocused and there are essentially no coherent ideas present throughout the album. Pinella has released a record that proves his virtuosity, but he needs to work on refining song structures and album pacing.Moonsorrow Viides luku - HävitettyObscura RetributionObscura DiluviumNothing really I can say that Jacquibim didn't already better, but I will nonetheless add to the pot. Diluvium did not arrive as a sucker punch. It's a continuation from the mess that began on Akroasis. Genuine thoughtlessness begets songwriting that is indulgent without having earned the right to be so. Despite the phenomenal production, we have music that conveys little of substance. It wanks and it plods and it sweeps and it plods and it blast beats and it plods and it plods and it plods and it plods. Obscura throws in every measure of technicality they can muster until they go red in the face; they keep this up for fifty minutes, and at the end of it all you wonder if they had ever stopped to ask themselves "should we write in one good riff?"Opeth HeritageOpeth My Arms, Your HearsePestilence HadeonBig shame. No matter how much Mamelli pumps up his projects on social media, no matter how many times he claims he's created a revolution, a modern masterpiece, no matter how many times he conjures excitement and makes fans get their hopes way up that something brilliant and fresh is on its way, he lets. Everyone. Down. This guy cannot make music anymore. Actually, I wanted to briefly note that to me his past three albums have been totally listenable. They're filled with groove and quality riff writing. I'm in the minority and that's fine. But the problem is when he claims he's crafted something totally new. And it just so happens that this new album is not just the same deal (x10), it simply is more or less unredeeming. For once, the horde of claims of genericism--to a fault--towards modern Pestilence is something I agree with. His talk has been confirmed useless and untrustworthy. The weirdest thing is that after three decades of making music you'd think, just for himself, that he'd be craving freshness,-- to create something totally new. Yet clearly he does not. And this is fine; he's completely entitled to create the art he wants to create. He's content to dial it in, and I'm not here to claim that he's wrong. I just don't want to listen to his music.Redemption I Am The StormRivers of Nihil Where Owls Know My NameRoyal Hunt A Life to Die ForImagine listening to what would equate to 46 minutes of Show Me How to Live b-sides. Stale. Sabaton The Last StandSeventh Wonder The TestamentShadow Gallery Carved In StoneVery, very inconsistent album. Cloying, saccharine, material. Even though both those descriptors apply to all of the band's albums, this one does them worse than the rest. One of Shadow Gallery's worst, easily. Shadow Gallery Digital GhostsSonata Arctica The Ninth HourSummoning Oath BoundSummoning StrongholdThe Sword Used FutureTheocracy Ghost ShipThreshold PsychedelicatessenWuthering Heights To Travel For Evermore1.5 very poorCruachan FolkloreDark Moor Ars MusicaDecapitated Blood MantraDecrepit Birth ...And Time BeginsSterile, devoid of character, abysmal production. Atrocious. One of the worst albums in the genre I have ever had the displeasure of hearing.Dream Theater Dream TheaterDreamscape EverlightDying Fetus War of AttritionEdge of Sanity The Spectral SorrowsEnsiferum Unsung HeroesGojira L'Enfant SauvageGorod Kiss The FreakMy hunch is that this was just a fun little experiment for Gorod and little more. Because if this is a reflection of their sound to come, we're in trouble. Kiss the Freak sounds exactly if a bunch of musicians decided to tally a list of the most cliche, overused, unoriginal tropes in thrash metal, and then proceed to incorporate every one of said tropes in an attempt to make a thrash metal record of their own. Generic thrash. Generic thrash. That's all this is. They've done nothing unique with the thrash formula. They didn't integrate it. They emulated it. And the only question I'm left wanting to ask is: why? Opeth SorceressRedemption Long Night's Journey Into DayBad in all the ways bad prog metal is in 2018. Boring, cliched, derivative, uninspired, lazy, sorry excuse for a record. Despite never having any claim to originality, Redemption were once a band that cut through the mire of an endless sea of contemporaries by offering a heavy- hitting, yet emotive brand of prog metal with a remarkable penchant for melody and grounded song-writing. That Redemption is not the Redemption featured on this album. Instead we have a Redemption chasing its own tail, so caught in its own formula, uninterested in playing a single note off the beaten path. This is an album that makes no statement. It's redundancy distilled to its purest form. Abysmal.Stamina System of PowerSummoning Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your FameThreshold Dead ReckoningX Japan Blue Blood1.0 awfulAdagio LifeIs this a sick joke? Cryptopsy The Unspoken KingDecapitated Cancer CultureEnsiferum Two PathsThe list of mistakes this album makes is staggering. What an embarrassment. If my pain fetishist tendencies flare up this month I'll give a shot at expressing how I feel about this album in review form. Equilibrium ArmageddonEquilibrium RenegadesMaroon 5 JordiMorbid Angel Illud Divinum InsanusThe only album that has literally made me let out laughter.Threshold For The JourneyComing from a diehard of some of their previous material: Threshold needs to die already. Hopefully next time around they'll decide against releasing the same album eight times in a row (with each iteration being worse than the last).
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