It is hard to find the albums that can beat this album in crappiness.   May 23, 2023

It is a terrific avant-garde metal album. There are no visible defects from the beginning to the end. This album, in general, has structural similarities to the avant-garde masterpiece, Written in Waters by Ved Buens Ende. It means that each track has its own distinct musical character conjuring a forlorn atmosphere out of bizarre vocals with the jarring guitar works. Overall, it is a stellar piece of avant-garde euphoria.   May 23, 2023

I have never been a fan of live albums due to their lack of capability to demonstrate the music in the way that musicians would like their fans to listen to in terms of mixing and mastering quality. The noise of audiences and the misalignment of instrumentation while performing live have always detracted me from the fine listening experience. This album is not bad at all. It is just a normal live album. But I would rather listen to the originals than this album.   May 22, 2023

Hasard is a spin-off project of 'Les Chants du Hasard'. But the byproduct shows better quality of music than the main project in my opinion. This album, overall, reminds me of the cavernous brutal insanity of Blut Aus Nord. The influence of Deathspell Omega has also been spotted as this album displays the hellish atmosphere in front. In short, it is a good dissonant black metal release.   May 22, 2023

Amorphis is such a band applauded by many for their meticulous musicality. They have successfully offered master-class equivalent music numerous times throughout their career. I think this album is the only blot in their almost immaculate career. This album is not all-around horrible but does not have any moments that be reminiscent of the musical greatness that Amorphis have shown in the past.   May 21, 2023

This album is a bizarre convolution of black metal and avant-garde metal which transcend the expectations that those who love black metal might have. The quirky sense of sophisticated instrumentation offers pulsating riffs and catchy melodies on every single track. The inconsistency of musical structure is the most stood-out characteristic to me, which makes this release sound varied in a well-refined musical manner.   May 20, 2023

This album seems to suffer from simply being a mix of dull and appallingly awkward. Most of the songs aren’t particularly aggressive and fail to make listeners feel the attractiveness of thrash metal. Those songs heavily rely on monotonous simple grooves to carry the guitar rhythm despite their lack of crunch. This album is undoubtedly a disappointing release overall.   May 19, 2023

I had fun listening to this female-fronted speedy metal with vocals that sound like a mumbling cat.... I hope this album is not meant to be serious.   May 19, 2023

This album fails to establish its own originality. All the tracks sound appallingly similar to the other bands in the same category. It would be pointless to evaluate this album track by track due to the replicative nature of the musical structure. This album doesn't have poor quality at all. It's full of catchy melodies. But, it seems like the band tries their best to authenticate their musicality as a metalcore band through this album due to the lack of musical originality.   May 19, 2023

I do not think Alconaut have a good sense of naming their tracks. Even though some tracks of this album are named 'Ascending', the overall quality of this album has 'descended' from their previous effort. The groovy and fuzzy riffs with intermittent shouted vocals sound pretty good on some tracks and make this album look like a sumptuous proggy stoner metal. Especially the trilogy of the songs, 'Ascending' is quite awesome. But overall, it falls short of my anticipation.   May 18, 2023

This album sounds unorthodox and heterodox because it successfully blends thrash, death, and progressive metal elements and turns them into a harmonious musical form. You can easily find how this band unfolds their musical story with the aforementioned different elements in the first two tracks, which may sound a bit monotonous in structure. But it creates the continuation of a grim, dark, and unpleasant atmosphere which adds uniqueness to this album.   May 18, 2023

It is not an easy job to find a successful musical synthesis between Jazz and metal, because they are disparate from each other. Unfortunately, the way that Cypherium tried to flirt with jazz based on metal is not successful in this album. So, you might be disappointed in this release if you expect good metal with jazzy elements like 'Exivious' or 'The Painter's Palette'.   May 16, 2023

Please stop thinking about the black metal past of the Ulver's career. The album itself is a great moody and atmospheric electronica with distinct story-telling vibes. I was so pleased to witness the Ulver's capability to weave a tale of sinister film noir escapades into their music out of the black metal category. The harmonies between the noirish synth sound and the down-tempo beats craft the gloomy and down-in-the-mouth atmosphere.   May 12, 2023

It's a brilliant experimental opus with utterly complicated, and chaotic musical structures. Those who love complexity, craziness and forward-thinking notions of experimentalism would appreciate the efforts of the band. All the tracks sound astonishing in every sense, but the most noticeable characteristic is the non-repetitive musical pattern. With the densely structured chaotic sounds, the theatrically structured sombre melodies strengthen the overall quality of this album.   May 12, 2023

The musical evolution in this album is colossal. By far this album is superior to their previous works which sound meaninglessly repetitive with a lack of idea about how to orchestrate noise and dark ambience into an organised musical form. The proficient use of post-metal style guitar tones and arrangements in this album is just phenomenal, which perfectly crafted the harrowing atmosphere of this album. It is a shame that this band split up after releasing this awesome work.   May 12, 2023

It is a stellar piece of musical integration in Anamnesi's career. In the three previous works prior to this album, Anamnesi put more musical weight on the side of crafting a unique ambience. But, in this album, Anamnesi changed his musical path, heading towards an all-in-one style of black metal which Anamnesi calls 'solar metal'. This album is full of vivid portrayals of a ritualistic act of worshipping solar. Overall, It is a brilliant work with 'solar' spirituality.   May 11, 2023

You would be chuffed with the shitload of fun offered by this release. Pryapisme are at the peak of their power. Their eccentric songwriting skills are fully bloomed and supported by brilliant instrumentation. All tracks sound phenomenal. Especially, track 4, 6 and 10 are the essence of avant-garde metal with the eerie sound of the electronic beats and Jazzy grooves. The omnipresent keyboard work and programming make the sound of this album more abundant and varied.   May 9, 2023

It would be viewed as extremely nitpicky if I look for something to complain about the quality of this album. It is the beginning of the glorious trio in Akercocke's career. The rest of the trio is, of course, Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone and Antichrist. The gruff vocals and distorted guitar works make every single track sound mysterious. Especially the muddy guitar tone with incredible heaviness helps craft the unorthodox and unique atmosphere of this album.   May 8, 2023

Fabulous doom metal album as beautiful as its album cover. The acoustic passages and desperate/melancholic storylines are stunning in this album, making this release distinct and special compared to the other releases in the same category. This album is the best at demonstrating lachrymose, disheartened, and doleful emotions in the most beautiful way.   May 7, 2023

It is a tough task to live up to the fans' high expectations if a band released a masterpiece before and is on the verge of releasing a successor. Akercocke successfully responded to those immense expectations in this album. Like its predecessor, it triumphs where many other black and death metal albums usually fail: musical experimentation. The instrumentation to execute the structural experimentation in this album is amazing by combining progressive composition techniques.   May 6, 2023

It is a bit weird to see that Season of Mist has released an album which is not associated with extreme metal. So I had a stereotype against this album before I gave it a listen. But, I was wrong. It is a tasty album with musical references to Vola and Caligula's Horse. Each track is distinct from one another using different tones, which is the strong point of this release compared to other albums categorised in Djent. But somewhat overly emotional to my taste in some tracks.   May 6, 2023

This release is one of my all-time favourite blackened doom metal albums. Dolorian's first effort was blackened doom euphoria and their second effort was a sophisticated doom instrumentation at its finest form. Voidwards is the perfect mixture of those two previous works, establishing their originality in both sound and structure. I feel like I take a long meditative journey to the internal place where I can ease my subconscious desires for the utmost gloominess.   May 6, 2023

This release is a dynamic, polished and brilliantly made sophomore effort that capitalises on the obvious potential in Sermon's debut album. It is undoubtedly among the year's best underground offerings so far. The epic closer, 'Departure', is the highlight of this album. Apart from that track, there are no memorable musical moments in general. Overall, it is a solid next-generation prog-metal album with a post-metal flavour.   May 5, 2023

I feel like I got ripped off by its cover which looks like a decent psychedelic influence would overflow the entire album. This release kicks off with bluesy doom riffs and some tracks end up with the feelings of mellow psychedelic jamming session. The main problem is that the lethargic and unhypnotic rhythms are constantly repeated till the end of the album, which does not help stimulate your brain to get high. It is a bit enervated and not impressive stoner work to me.   May 5, 2023

This album kicks off in such uncompromisingly thrash fashion, which is a bit different style compared to their previous releases. Then it shifts into the prog thrash style, but it is totally different from the styles that the successful prog thrashers like Mekong Delta, Coroner or Voivod do. Overall, it is not an overly complicated or aggressive release, but it sounds a bit modest and has no distinct characteristic to distinguish itself from other thrash albums.   May 4, 2023

The band’s name and the title of the album say it all... This album sounds like apocalyptic rottenness. You can find a high level of ferocity, brought by energizing riffs with a punkish groove, a varied vox of extreme brutality. It might sound good from the perspective of a typical grindcore lover. But the musical structure of this album is too simple. Hence, too predictable. There's nothing to compliment, but ferocious and insane brutality would be appreciated by many.   May 4, 2023

Despite the long break since Lurk released their third effort, Fringe, back in 2016, their formula to craft music has barely changed. The band's speciality, explaining the feeling of repulsion, took a place in this album again in a monotonous way. If you enjoyed their previous releases, you would love this album. But, overall, this album is a scentless normal release in my opinion.   May 4, 2023

This one is quite a solid black metal album. There's nothing bad in performance and songwriting. But I can't find anything unique at the same time due to the lack of musical dynamics. It's a little bit of a shame that this release is the outcome of eight-year-long hiatus.   May 4, 2023

I give a higher rating each time I listen to this album. I love the hellish atmosphere of this release. The Chat Pile's depiction of pure/inherent anger and social deviance for vengeance is brilliant.   May 4, 2023

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.   7 days ago

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