It is a very easy-listening blackened death metal album which can easily appeal to anyone who is not interested in the labyrinthine layered musical structure and favours intuitive and simple-sounding metal. To put it in a scathing-criticism way, this release is scentless and characterless in songwriting. Hence lacking originality is the main problem even though the band seemed trying hard to develop a mystic theme musically as the titles of the tracks say.   Jun 13, 2023

It is a fairly ambitious album. The vast majority of the tracks in this album are heavy and vicious as hell. The problem is some tracks have some minor issues: Those tracks have musical moments that do not suit the soundscape of the album. But the blast-speed drum beats and the thrash metal-inspired guitar works are complementing the drawbacks. To conclude, it is a good old-school death metal release.   Jun 12, 2023

I have mixed feeling over this release. On one hand, I love the weird, chaotic and unhinged soundscapes of this album, resulting in disturbingly layered musical patterns. On the other hand, there are no coherent features at all in both sound and structure, generating warped dynamics that make the overall sound unsettling. It is a good album in general, but Teitan's musical approach needs to be eclectic. I hope Teitan's next effort will be more refined than this release.   Jun 12, 2023

The main musical structure of this album was developed by the proggy mix of shoegaze and post-metal in a blackened death metal way. It does sound like a brilliant formula to make a good-tasting cocktail. Unfortunately, the band's formula does not fit in making a tasty cocktail in my opinion. Some tracks have heavenly moments, but, overall, it is lacking in consistency and originality in both sound and structure.   Jun 12, 2023

It is a death metal classic of Earache Records and my all-time favourite death metal album. I can condense the quality of this album into a single sentence: it is considered one of the most influential albums in the entire death metal scene.   Jun 11, 2023

It's the Byzantine's best work so far. The subsequent release failed to retain the brilliant metal formula that the band developed in this album. It's full of bangers which were crafted by citing the good features of Pantera mainly and some thrash metal bands. They didn't just copy those features, but successfully made variations out of them. The band's melody-making capability is one more thing to be appreciated. To conclude, it's a good album that deserves more attention.   Jun 11, 2023

The first full-length debut album by the quintet from Belgium shows a world of potential in both songwriting and performance. But, it seems like they do not know how to swing their swords yet. The ferocious vocals and the gloomy texture of the guitar sound should be heartily applauded, offering the highly tined vulgarity through a doom vibe. But the entire album sounds so flat in structure. Overall, this album makes me have high hopes for the band's next step.   Jun 11, 2023

It is a disappointing release that has failed to capture the good features of atmospheric black metal. Omega Infinity's approach to utilising black metal elements to develop a quaint ambience with icy soundscapes and cold industrial noise seems just fine, but those efforts have devastated the ablaze vitality that death metal can offer. Overall, the band's attempt to blend black and death metal is unsatisfactory in this album.   Jun 11, 2023

I hoped the music it contains would be as distinguished as its album cover. This album is an average-level post-rock release with industrial metal influences.   Jun 11, 2023

This album shows a perfect musical synthesis of Blut Aus Nord and Deathspell Omega, which made me revere this opus ever since it was released. The Deathspell Omega-esque songwriting style successfully crafts a dark and eerie atmosphere. Reverence also added a slight amount of jazz influence into their sound with Blut Aus Nord-inspired vibe to create a labyrinthine musical layer, resulting in establishing the successful unpredictability of the musical pattern in structure.   Jun 11, 2023

This album displays jaw-dropping technicality at an inhumane level, which is the main strength of this release. But, it's the main drawback of this album at the same time. The eye-popping technical playings by the band don't seem to aim to establish musical integrity but to show off their astonishing calibre for playing instruments. They've done an impeccable job when it comes to performance. But I don't think they've achieved a distinguished level of musical completion.   Jun 10, 2023

The preamble-sounding album title has drawn my attention to give it a serious listen. I think the playfully straight-faced sci-fi storytelling is the charming point of this album. Songwriting-wise, this album is pretty good considering it is the band's first full-length debut release. But this album is seriously lacking in originality. This album keeps evoking me of Monster Magnet's Space Lord during the listen. I hope they can establish their musical identity next time.   Jun 10, 2023

The musicality and technicality that those British blokes have shown in this album is the appallingly downgraded version of Periphery in my opinion. It is another cookie-cutter Djent-based metal album that aspires to look like a good album.   Jun 10, 2023

I cannot understand why the title of this album is Bangers even though there are no tracks considered to be 'bangers'.   Jun 9, 2023

This album portrays extreme insanity by playing a unique blend of progressive wankery supported by intense grindcore with a good dose of truly bizarre vocals thrown in for good measure. The kaleidoscope of musical structure is the most impressive feature of this album. Predicting the structural dynamics of this album is beyond the realms of possibility. Overall, this album offers the experience of an ecstatic state by pummeling beats and the bizarity in sound and structure.   Jun 9, 2023

This album is an assorted gift set that contains all the horrendous musical features of metal you can imagine.... I have tried my best to find at least a single feature that might sound positive to my ears, but it was a waste of time.   Jun 9, 2023

This album released by the quartet from NZ is quite interesting. The most impressive about this album is the band's songwriting capability. The fusion of different styles and structures in a bittersweet form of death metal is fascinating. If you are sick of listening to cookie-cutter death metal albums these days, this album would be a great pleasure. The downside is that the later tracks are a bit deviated from the musicality that the early tracks have marvellously developed   Jun 9, 2023

Do you have any idea how to turn idiocracy into a metal form? This album would give you the answer. For my own sake, I cannot recommend this album to anyone. Steva La Conhiala, the frontwoman of this band, does her job at the 'Okay' level, but I have no idea what the rest of her bandmates are doing in this album. In short, this album is a complete disaster in songwriting, production, originality, and performance.   Jun 9, 2023

It's a great atmospheric black metal album. Klabautamann is at the peak of their power in this album which outperforms their previous efforts in every aspect. Musically speaking, this album sounds more fluid, quirky and dynamic. The feature I love the most about this album is that this release sounds more creative and interesting as it goes towards the end. This is the main reason why I revisit this album quite often up until now even though it was released over a decade ago.   Jun 9, 2023

In my opinion, those who criticise this album for its slow tempo are not fans of doom metal for sure. Disliking this album will be totally fine with me. But the tardy tempo in structure and sound is one of the musical characteristics of doom metal. Most people tend to talk about the first track of this album. But the tracks like 'A Funeral Request' and 'Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain' are also the jewels of this album.   Jun 9, 2023

I'm often mesmerised by the unique features of this album. The overall musicality reminds me of Morbus Chron's Sweven album. But this album sounds more discordant with a pure death metal approach compared to Sweven. It is a bit of shame that the peculiar sound characteristics shown in the early tracks of this album slightly go away as it goes to the end. But I'm so sure that it is an absorbing album with a unique metal spirit from the beginning to the end.   Jun 9, 2023

I cannot just simply say that this album is monotonous in structure. It is worse than that. This release is the prime example of using simplicity as a musical technic in the worst imaginable way.   Jun 8, 2023

This album would be the optimum answer for the seekers who are looking for something weird and chaotic. This album is a landmark opus drawn based on progressive metal, metalcore and math metal with a banquet of bombarded technical playing. Apart from the fantastic technicality, the two different vocal styles employed by SikTh in this album sound fascinating, making this album sound more interesting. To conclude, this album is one of my all-time favourites.   Jun 8, 2023

This album is one of the most underrated melodic black metal albums of all time. The reason why this album has been neglected in the metal community is that this album was released when the genre, melodic black metal, was young. It means that the genre itself at that time was as pure as virgin territory. Probably this album does not sound as ideal as modern-day black metal albums, but this release is a journey of true imagination with hallucinating atmosphere.   Jun 8, 2023

To me, Rob Zombie is the metal form of Justin Timberlake. Like Justin's music, this album is full of somewhat sexy and easy-to-grasp melodies with modest hardness. I loved this album when I was a teenager. This album is recommended for those who are on the verge of exploring the metal world.   Jun 8, 2023

I'd rather call this album 'dissonant death metal' than technical death metal. Some tracks like 'Taufbefehl' is a bit simple in structure to be tagged as 'technical'. But It doesn't mean that this album isn't technical enough. Some tracks are played with Ulcerate-esque technical level of musicianship. Those who love the musical combination of dissonance and brutality would appreciate Nightmarer's effort. Overall, this album is a good album with engaging sound characteristics.   Jun 8, 2023

I am so sorry to say that I have come to a decision that I will defy to participate in the 'congregation' of Metal Church due to the unsatisfied quality of this album.   Jun 8, 2023

This one is the epitome of the death metal with pure brutality. I'm still listening to it quite often whenever I need something appalling, vulgar, or atrocious in my mind. By the way, I had to deduct the score a bit due to the poor quality of mixing and mastering.   Jun 8, 2023

This is the metal album that can make you move your shoulders up and down. The speed and aggressiveness of this release would exhilarate you. If you are a big fan of hardcore, you would love this album. It is a good album in its genre category but sounds too monotonous to me.   Jun 8, 2023

1990년도에 대체 무슨 일이 있었길래... rust in peace, painkiller, spiritual healing, cowboys from hell까지... 가슴이 웅장해진다. 나머지 앨범들도 손에 꼽을 정도로 좋아하는 앨범이지만 거의 모든 곡이 취향 저격인 앨범은 이것 밖에 없다.   May 7, 2024

드디어 이들의 약점이었던 절제된 기타솔로가 어느정도 해금되었습니다. 지난 앨범도 만족스러웠는데 역시나 이번에도 실망하지 않게 해주네요. 나이가 들어감에 따라 내가 좋아하는 밴드들도 하나둘씩 늙어가고 멤버들도 세상을 떠나는 걸 보니 매우 슬프네요. 반덴플라스는 계속 음악활동 왕성히 해주었으면 좋겠습니다   May 8, 2024

너무 탄탄하다. 40년 가까이 축적된 음악성이 드러난 앨범...연주, 곡 구성, 녹음 등 나무랄 부분이 없다.   May 10, 2024

밀레니엄 시기의 소위 '팝수성' 가득한 사운드로 청자를 타격한다. 특기할만한 것은 그 타격 지점이 RATM도, Limp Bizkit과 Korn, Slipknot도 내딛지 않았던 공간이라는 사실.   May 10, 2024

천재라 불렸던 자들은 진짜 총기가 불을 뿜는 때가 있다. 이시절의 나가쉬가 그랬다. 전작과 너무 다른 이앨범으로 전작에 버금가는 놀라운 사운드를 만들어냈다. 일렉트로니카와 익스트림을 섞어 부대찌개처럼 절묘한 융합의 새로운 맛을 냈다. 이렇게 세기말을 통과했던 이들은 너무 빨리 미래로 넘어갔다. 25년이 넘어도 여전히 미래적이다.   May 14, 2024

이때의 모습을 그리워하는 건 나뿐이진 않을 듯...   May 16, 2024

시간이 지날수록 앨범의 가치가 살아나는 작품. 코지파웰의 드러밍이 기가막힌 글램롹의 좋은 본보기.   7 days ago

이름값에 걸맞는 앨범. 특히 유럽 내에서 그들의 인기는 타의 추종을 불허한다. 처음부터 끝까지 단단한 구성과 강력한 연주가 여전하다. 하지만 들은 후 이렇다할 임팩트나 싱글지향적 멜로디 부재의 한끝이 아쉽다.   May 5, 2024

개인적으로 이 앨범을 그렇게 좋아하지 않는다. 이 앨범이야 말로 방향성이 애매했던 프로듀싱과 작곡으로 생각보다 안좋네 라고 생각했던 앨범. 물론 메탈 갓이 주다스의 시그니쳐로 쓰이기는 한데 이 곡도 애매하다. 브레이킹 더 로나 리빙도 맘에 안들고 물론 관중과 싱어롱할때는 좋긴 하다고 생각은 하지만 말이다. 75-80점.6번 8번이 의외로 좋다.   May 8, 2024

MR. Dio , He should be in HEAVEN now...   May 10, 2024

very good album by Sepultura. Also, the front cover of Arise is excellent.   May 12, 2024

예측불허의 사운드에 넋이 나가며 회원님들의 코멘트에 적극 동감하는 바이다.   May 12, 2024

20세기의 끝을 알리는 멜데스의 걸작이다. 끝내주는 멜로디 하나로 메탈을 좋아하지 않거나 입문하는 사람들에게도 권해볼만한 작품   May 12, 2024

이 앨범 그냥 시대를 관통했습니다. 2030 고독사가 늘어나고 점점 사람들과의 관계가 멀어져 가는 요즘 시대에 살아가는 우리들에게 받아야할 위로를 이 앨범이 하나의 동화처럼 들려주기 때문입니다. 그리고 이 앨범의 모티브가 된 실화는 현 우리나라의 문제점을 그대로 나타나는 게 더 소름돋습니다.   May 12, 2024

Excellent disc. Despite not surpassing its predecessor, it is a sensational album. The Last in Line is one of Dio's greatest classics.   May 14, 2024

미국 밴드를 유럽 스타일의 밴드로 만든 건 샤샤 패스의 힘이 아닐까 한다. 본격적인 이들의 전성기 시작~   May 17, 2024

락/메탈의 시대 흐름에 따른 트렌드의 변화를 가장 적나라하게 보여주는 앨범. 메탈헤드 모두가 수긍할 만한 스타일의 음악은 아니지만 당시 Slayer도 Public Enemy도 좋아했던 나에게는 최고의 앨범 중 하나였다.   May 18, 2024

이럴거면 차라리 슬레이어 새 앨범을 내시는 게...   May 18, 2024

만약 "드림시어터"의 음악으로 본 다면 이 앨범은 DT중 가장 쳐지고 가벼운 음반이 될 것이다, 만약 드림시어터의 "음악"으로 본 다면 이 앨범은 재즈,블루스 등을 잘 버무려 본인들만의 스타일을 접목시켜 만들어낸 이색적인 작품이 될 것이다. 물론 호불호가 당연히 있을것이다. 하지만 이 앨범은 망작이라는 평가를 받기에는 수려한 곡들이 가득가득 들어차있다.   May 18, 2024