As far as Grindcore goes, it's pretty standard. Not really special.   Jan 26, 2024

Great, great album that is unfortunately brought far down by the worst track the band ever wrote. The rest of the material on here is some of their most creative, mixing Gothic Doom with Alt Metal, Avante-Garde Metal, and more.   Jan 26, 2024

Don't get why this one is so maligned, sounds just like all their other albums.   Jan 26, 2024

To me, this was a huge step down in Morbid Angel's riff crafting ability. These songs just don't have the same hooks as before. It's all quite brutal, but not memorable. Most of it still manages to be strong, but there are also a plethora of atrocious interludes, as had become the norm for the band...   Jan 26, 2024

Plagued by inconsistency. Plenty of fantastic tracks, equally as many that are quite poor. Definitely worth it for the career highlights though.   Jan 26, 2024

Metallica have always been good at covers, and here they display that quite well. Unfortunately, there's just too much mediocre material here. Not quite Metallica's fault, just that they chose to cover some... boring or mediocre songs. But almost every song here is at least on par with the original.   Jan 26, 2024

Much of what I hate in this style of Metal is present here. Riffless, repetitive chugging. Absolutely void of emotion or feeling. Dissonance, discordance, unpleasantness.   Jan 26, 2024

Often hailed as his magnum opus, this album is full of hits, but also inconsistent across it's 14 tracks. Too many of them are quite bad, but the highlights are indeed phenomenal.   Jan 26, 2024

An atrocity of a band totally lost, without identity, experimenting directionless with no goal in mind. On the plus side, it's kind of interesting because of how wack it is.   Jan 26, 2024

Another great album, filled with catchy anthems, impressive musicianship and interesting songwriting. HAs all the hallmarks of great Progressive Power Metal.   Jan 26, 2024

Boring, even by this band's standards. The songs just go nowhere and offer little. Over and Over averts this, being catchy and having some feeling.   Jan 26, 2024

King just does too much with his vocals on this one. He needs to tone it back. A few tracks become too cringey to enjoy. There's also gold here though, liberal Thrash and Gothic influence in these songs, "The Exorcist" being the best the band ever did.   Jan 26, 2024

Great album displaying the debut of Khan's vocals. Unfortunately, neither Khan nor the band had truly found their sound yet, so it's a transitional album. Regardless, underrated for what it is.   Jan 26, 2024

This was a huge surprise given their prior track record. Yeah, I like this one better than the debut, by a long shot! Great record.   Jan 26, 2024

The vocal definitely take some getting used to. But the music is really great, especially when they get doomy on penultimate track "Solitary Death in Nocturnal Woodlands."   Jan 26, 2024

Insanely heavy, dense, and evil. However, the songs do lack individual identity.   Jan 26, 2024

This album saw the band start to focus on ballads between the powerful psuedo Thrash USPM tracks. Of course it's backed by a strong concept story. But, the songwriting is still lacking in places.   Jan 26, 2024

One of the band's most aggressive albums at times, after-into opener "Push" pushes the limits of how heavy this cheesy Power Metal band can get. Of course, it's also full of Pop Metal classics like "Hey Lord!"   Jan 26, 2024

I found this much weaker than the previous album. Relies purely on epic sound, and not so much in the way of fantastic classic riffage. Still a good album, but it disappointed me.   Jan 25, 2024

Sacrifice for Honor is probably the best song they'd done at the time. Incorporating some Dungeon Synth influences was a strong point. Still, none of the band's albums have truly impressed me.   Jan 25, 2024

Without a doubt the strongest album they had released at the time. It's powerful, aggressive, yet catchy, and also an entertaining concept album. Despite having a few of the band's peak tracks, it also has scattered poorer tracks as well, in fact opening the album with a dreadful 2+minute intro. So, it lacks front to back playability.   Jan 25, 2024

Meaty Funeral Doom that focuses more on old-school Death Doom riffs than standard Funereal atmospherics. Good stuff.   Jan 25, 2024

Phenomenal dark Prog Metal, with Gothic and Power Metal undertones. Full of passion, energy, and melancholy. Nearly perfect debut, not sure why it receives middling reviews!   Jan 25, 2024

Quite standard Melodeath, bordering on Gothic or folky in places, but not enough to really set it apart. Still a strong record.   Jan 25, 2024

Inconsistent and far too goofy for my liking. There are a few good ideas here, but they are overwhelmed by the seemingly random experimentation and directionless density.   Jan 25, 2024

Not a good record, but not nearly as bad as many make it out to be. At the very least, it definitely has some interesting and unique aspects to it, and the songs maintain a bit of Thrash energy rather than falling to total chuggy Groove. Messy, but not without merit.   Jan 25, 2024

Everyone complains about the vocals. Well, I much prefer this vocalist because he actually says the lyrics instead of growling indiscernibly. The music is still great, but unfortunately not nearly as good as the masterpiece BDM of the previous work.   Jan 25, 2024

Bolt Thrower's first drop in quality since their steady rise to power. It's still a great album, but the significant Groove Metal influence here results in Bolt Thrower's already samey songs being even more one note.   Jan 25, 2024

This thing was too bloated and just not heavy enough for me. Really, there's very little focus on the "Metal" aspect, with the emphasis being placed on the theater-esque performances and concept. That would be fine, if any of the performances were particularly memorable, but most often they aren't, and have trouble keeping my attention for these long runtimes.   Jan 25, 2024

군터 베르노의 부재가 오히려 곡의 diversity가 증가하는 방향으로 귀결되어 조금 변화된 VP를 느낄수있다. 그 와중에 코어는 전혀 흔들리지 않고 너무나 탄탄한 장르의 전형을 보여주는 뛰어난 앨범이다. 이들 특유의 늘어짐이 가끔은 지루하기도 하지만, 이정도 내공에 이정도 앨범을 찍어내는 이들은 결코 없으므로, 이제 당연히 명예의 전당에 입성해야 한다.   May 10, 2024

군제대 후 이 앨범을 듣고 충격을 받았던 기억이 생생...토비아스의 천재성이 드러난 앨범 바이올린을 전공했던 큰 애가 요즘도 가끔 연주하는 "Vain Glory Opera"   Apr 25, 2024

간만에 듣는 수작 프로그레시브 젠트 앨범. 개인적으로 프록을 좋아하지 않음에도 불구하고 리프가 살아있고 복잡한 연주보다는 분위기나 리듬이 강조되어 듣는 재미가 배가 되었다. 보컬이 그로울링이었더라면 취향 100점 짜리 앨범이 되었지 않을까라는 생각도 드는 앨범.   Apr 29, 2024

전작 "Cowboys from Hell" 에 이은 연타석 홈런...얼터가 판치기 시작하던 때 꿋꿋이 버텨 준...   Apr 30, 2024

very good album by Vanden Plas. These prog metallers know how to make a good album.   May 1, 2024

DT와 더불어 가장 활발한 활동을 하는 스틸 얼라이브 프록메탈 밴드로 영국의 대표밴드 스래쉬홀드와 더불어 독일을 대표하는 프록메탈밴드로 아주 훌륭한 연주력과 작곡력이 이번 앨범에도 퍼포먼스에 광을 내고 있다   May 3, 2024

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

리치가 베이스를 1–3, 6를 연주했다. 그 외의 스튜디오는 밥 데이즐리 연주. 어렸을 때에는 1,5를 굉장히 좋아했었는데 문제는 5를 라센 시기에는 듣질 못했었다. 지금은 오히려 4번 같은 곡이 애청곡이 되었다. 앨범으로 기준으로도 1,2집보다 더 좋아했던 기억이 있다. 8번은 역시나 디오의 또 다른 보컬 맛을 느끼기 좋은 곡. 디오 재적시의 앨범은 영원할 것 같다.   Apr 20, 2024

3인조 코로너의 전 앨범 특히 2,3,4집을 좋아합니다. 옛날에 3집을 LP로 구입했었는데 속지에 시계, 스위스, 큰 글자로 '그로테스크' 라고 적힌 기억이.. 이후 90년대 중후반에 걸쳐서 전 앨범을 시디로 하나씩 모았죠. 30년간 신보를 안 내고 재결성 후에 아직도 활동하는 것도 특이한데, 그만큼 고정팬들이 많다는거 거겠죠.   Apr 25, 2024

올해의 명반!   Apr 28, 2024

카르카스 앨범 중 최고 명반이 아닐까!!!   Apr 30, 2024

Absolute crushing, heavy as fuck!   May 3, 2024

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

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

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

20세기의 끝을 알리는 멜데스의 걸작이다. 끝내주는 멜로디 하나로 메탈을 좋아하지 않거나 입문하는 사람들에게도 권해볼만한 작품   7 days ago

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.   7 days ago