NWOTHM is going stronger than ever, and here's a bright new band for everyone to take note of. No negative points here. I just hope to see them do the exact same thing and keep perfecting it. Also, I'll bet they will. Also, that album cover is fantastic.   Oct 14, 2023

Perfect recording on this gorgeous album. It has old school death metal melodies with more contemporary gurgling guttural vocals. Love the theme, love that this is merely the start of the career of a very young band. Thank you Blayne Smith for featuring these guys.   Oct 14, 2023

I expected it to be good, but I didn't know there was going to be some top-tier black metal on it. Also, Aleah Stanbridge is on track 5 - another great point. Respect to Swallow the Sun for producing so much soulful music with melancholy and fury.   Oct 14, 2023

Great new artists everywhere these days, and Kryss debuts with a fully developed sound and total pro instrumentation. Great atmospheric BM. If the album title sounds like so many other bands, they're deceiving you, because these guys uniquely have some heavy metal & doom moments woven in, and it gets a bit post-rock for more variety. Strong in both evil & sadness. Happy me.   Oct 14, 2023

Good songs played well. Also, I'm curious if track 5, Dire Necropolis, is about the film Alien: Covenant.   Oct 13, 2023

Pure energy and an amazing sound. Even the darker tones feel bright to me somehow. So this is what excellent deathgrind sounds like, huh? I'm really impressed. The best thing I heard today.   Oct 13, 2023

Very good war metal, but The Light-Devouring Darkness is noticeably better. Anyway, respect to Archgoat for another great album.   Oct 13, 2023

Huge cathartic conclusions with an exhilarating black metal sound make for some great highlights on this album. I'm taking some points off for too much spoken word and taking too much time to build the tension with airy post-rock. Skip some parts and this is clearly a 90/100 or even maybe 95/100. In the end, I still consider myself lucky to have experienced it.   Oct 13, 2023

A good satisfying short album if you skip the talking after the bonus track. Also, I appreciate the album cover and theme being about injustice.   Oct 13, 2023

Great compositions, good instrumentation, & mid-tier lyrics. I love the style; sometimes there's not enough goth in gothic metal, but this album really delivers with the romantic mood and chilly dark atmosphere I was hoping for.   Oct 13, 2023

Raise Your Banner and Trophy Hunter are just wonderful songs. Most of this album, though, is filler with amateurish lyrics, too much singing, and forced choruses with babbling melodies. The overproduced nature of the recording makes the flaws nice and clear. Of course that means the instruments are crystal clear too, but isn't it cheaper to just do a critique on the lyrics and singing melody and fine tune it a little? Of course that is a cool album cover though.   Oct 12, 2023

Very good war metal here, but those song titles and the album title are just some of the coolest in metal history. Should I increase the score for that reason?   Oct 12, 2023

This album really astounded me today, and I just can't stop saying that album title in my head. The reason some of us find something so special about war metal is that bands like Revenge put in the effort and perfect the sub-genre's sound so thoroughly.   Oct 12, 2023

Gorgeously heavy stoner sludge from Dvne here! I like this even more than Asheran. My favorite of the day. Now I'm looking at their discography and wishing it had more. Do you remember Sonic the Hedgehog tapping his foot?   Oct 12, 2023

Pretty good. Some melo death and a little melodic metalcore. Overall the same level as In Flames's 2023 album, but Sunholy has more consistent quality on the vocals.   Oct 12, 2023

Venymysgourvleydh's tracks are very lo-fi, but not with that fuzzy staticky raw sound. They really sound like a psychotic state, but the recording quality does detract a little. Collier d'Ombre's tracks are a little better, and they follow the atmospheric BM formula. Track 4 does have a nice heavy-metal-sounding intro.   Oct 12, 2023

There are many great songs on this album, though some are just somewhat good. Frozen in Time, in particular, is giant triumph of songwriting & delivery. Good work by a very good duo.   Oct 11, 2023

This is a great musical journey. There is a lot of piano music on this, so it might not be for all metal fans. At times, it is the same style as Leave, and the depressive BM sections are huge culminations. I really liked the whole experience.   Oct 11, 2023

Massive emotional impact for me. This atmospheric BM does mix in some death metal as well. Anyway, Veritas is the best thing I heard today. Highly recommended.   Oct 11, 2023

This one starts off well, and gets even better very quickly. If feel first wave and second wave influences, and the last track is a staggering atmospheric BM song. Noticeably more powerful than their 2021 album. Styggdom is a real delight.   Oct 11, 2023

Energetic music with a fun theme. The vocals aren't my style, but I can stop thinking about that and recognize everything is done well here.   Oct 11, 2023

I was blown away by how perfect everything sounds. Cold, evil, and everything I could hope for.   Oct 7, 2023

Good songs, great recording except the vocals are a little too loud, and amazing charisma & delivery by Elena as always. Also, this album does a good job of keeping all the songs strong - more consistent than many Infected Rain albums. I was already a huge fan of Elena, but she's refined her vocal skills and sense of melody even further. All in all, somewhat commercial but still very good.   Oct 7, 2023

I find all the elements nice, and I really love their style, but I wasn't getting enough passion & impact. A lot of songs are more hard rock than metal, and that got me thinking how their style is very similar to The Cult's. As a coincidence, She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult then came on the radio and showed me how this style can have so much passion that it's hard to believe. Good but not great for Downhearted.   Oct 7, 2023

Insane drumming, and the constant lightspeed tempos are soothing as war metal often is. I still don't know much about deathgrind, but I'll need to educate myself. This EP is extremely exciting music, and the cover art complements it wonderfully.   Oct 7, 2023

I had a hunch it would be just okay, but this is just fantastic. It puts me in a cold hazy zone and I can just feel the tragic vibe. An extremely pleasant surprise. For me, this artist came out of nowhere and handed me the best thing I listened to today. Great job Eclipsus.   Oct 6, 2023

Oh, it's so nice of them to share an actual photo of one of their parties. Of course this is very fun music.   Oct 6, 2023

Very well-played if you ask my ears. Also, it runs through the whole variety of post-black metal - a wash of hazy distortion, heavy cathartic metal with powerfully harsh vocals, soothing floating melodies, & hypnotizing ambient parts. I'm making another note to check a band's earlier albums now.   Oct 6, 2023

I'm glad I found out about this project. Everything on this album is noice.   Oct 6, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.   7 days ago

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.   7 days ago

very good album by Sepultura. Also, the front cover of Arise is excellent.   5 days ago

20세기의 끝을 알리는 멜데스의 걸작이다. 끝내주는 멜로디 하나로 메탈을 좋아하지 않거나 입문하는 사람들에게도 권해볼만한 작품   5 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.   5 days ago