James

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Living in ... Cardiff, Wales
Musical interests:
  • Favourite genres: I'll give anything a shot, but I suppose I'm mostly into black metal and out-there avant-metal.
  • Favourite bands: Tool, Dream Theater, Manilla Road, Ulver, Sigh, The Mars Volta, Kayo Dot
  • All time favourite album: Neutral Milk Hotel-In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (totally un-metal!)
I'm human too:
  • Cool day job: Still a lowly high school student.
  • Hobbies: I'm very much into comic acting.
  • Bragging about education/college degrees: ...
Other stuff I can be proud of: Erm, I came second in the Welsh Public Speaking championships, does that count?
WARNING: REVIEWS MAY CONTAIN OUT OF DATE OPINIONS. I am human, after all.
REVIEWS
PLAYLISTS

Burzum - Hliðskjálf
Misanthropy
Dark Ambient
38 / 100 Archive review
Live Report - Mastodon: Bristol, 17/02/2010
Live Gig
no quote
Midlake - The Courage Of Others
Bella Union
Psych-Folk
82 / 100
Liturgy - Renihilation
20BuckSpin
Black Metal
91 / 100 Surprise of the month
Dyst - Do You Miss Any Bricks?
Self-released
Metalcore
no quote
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.
Drone/Folk/Black Metal
89 / 100 Surprise of the month
Sigh - Scenes From Hell
The End Records
Symphonic Black Metal
82 / 100
Sigh - Infidel Art
Cacophonous Records
Black Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Jesu - Opiate Sun
Caldo Verde Records
Doom/Shoegaze
no quote
Baroness - Blue Record
Relapse Records
Progressive Sludge Metal
86 / 100
Darkthrone - Ravishing Grimness
Moonfog Productions
Black Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Gnaw Their Tongues - All The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity
Crucial Blast
Noise, Black Ambient
84 / 100 Surprise of the month
Saviours - Accelerated Living
Kemado Records
Stoner Metal
87 / 100 Surprise of the month
A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
Mute Records
Noise Rock
85 / 100
Devil Doll - Dies Irae
Hurdy Gurdy Records
Gothic Progressive Metal
83 / 100 Archive review
Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
Victory Records
Progressive Metalcore
78 / 100
Live Report - Blackhole/Strike Anywhere/Protest The Hero: Cardiff, 02/12/09
Live Gig
Merrimack - Grey Rigorism
Osmose Productions
Black Metal
75 / 100
Converge - No Heroes
Epitaph Records
Metalcore
94 / 100 Archive review
Jesu - Infinity
Avalanche
Drone/Ambient/Shoegaze
52 / 100
The Fall Of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Equal Vision Records
Progressive Post-Hardcore
78 / 100
Immortal - All Shall Fall
Nuclear Blast
Black Metal
89 / 100 Major event
Darkthrone - Goatlord
Moonfog Productions
Blackened Death Metal
87 / 100 Archive review
Wooden Shjips - Dos
Holy Mountain
Psychedelic Rock
66 / 100
Slagmaur - Von Rov Shelter
Osmose Productions
Black Metal
63 / 100
Lifelover - Pulver (Reissue)
Osmose Productions
Depressive Black Metal
87 / 100
Burzum - Burzum
Deathlike Silence Productions
Black Metal
CLASSIC
Behemoth - Evangelion
Nuclear Blast
Death Metal
92 / 100 Album of the month
Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
Temporary Residence Limited
Post-Rock
32 / 100
L'Acephale - Stahlhartes Gehause
Parasitic Records
Avant-Garde Black Metal
92 / 100 Album of the month
Sigh - Scorn Defeat
Deathlike Silence Productions
Black Metal
98 / 100 Archive review
Suicide Silence - No Time To Bleed
Century Media
Deathcore
65 / 100
Dyst - Derailed
Self released
Post-Hardcore
no quote
Ogre - Plague Of The Planet
Shadow Kingdom Records
Doom Metal/Hard Rock
85 / 100
Inhuman Hate - Merciless Misanthropic
Obscure Abhorrence
Black Metal
52 / 100
Benighted In Sodom - In Hora Maledictus- Part I
Obscure Abhorrence
Black Metal
84 / 100 Surprise of the month
Behemoth - The Return Of The Northern Moon
Pagan Records
Black Metal
no quote Archive review
Ex Deo - Romulus
Nuclear Blast
Symphonic Death Metal
82 / 100 Surprise of the month
Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts
Battle Kommand Records
Black Metal
no quote
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Warner Bros. Records
Progressive Rock
86 / 100
Manilla Road - Into The Courts Of Chaos
Black Dragon
Epic Metal
84 / 100 Archive review
Current 93 - Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
Durtro
Psychedelic Rock/Metal
77 / 100
El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Cryptomnesia
Rodriguez-Lopez Productions
Experimental Rock
79 / 100
Nocturnus - The Key
Earache Records
Death Metal
CLASSIC
Current 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky
Durtro
Neofolk, Experimental
90 / 100 Archive review
Obituary - Darkest Day
Candlelight
Death Metal
85 / 100 Major event
Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
Profound Lore Records
Post Punk/Black Metal
76 / 100
The Devin Townsend Project - Ki
InsideOut Music
Progressive Rock/Metal
87 / 100
Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second
Self-released
Avant-Progressive Rock
85 / 100
Jamie Saft - Black Shabbis
Tzadik
Death/Doom/Drone Metal
58 / 100
Isis - In The Absence Of Truth
Ipecac Recordings
Post-Metal
92 / 100 Archive review
Foudre Noire - The Dark Gods
Obscure Abhorrence
Black Metal
88 / 100 Surprise of the month
Venetian Snares - Filth
Planet Mu
Breakcore, IDM
66 / 100
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Vertigo
Heavy Metal
CLASSIC
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
Vertigo
Hard Rock
48 / 100 Archive review
Beherit - Engram
Spikefarm Records
Black Metal
68 / 100 Major event
Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor
De Profundis
Black Metal
86 / 100
Peste Noire - La Sanie Des Siecles-Panegyrique De La Dengerescence
De Profundis
Black Metal
98 / 100 Archive review
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
Southern Lord
Black Metal
86 / 100 Major event
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Reprise Records
Psychedelic, Progressive Sludge Metal
97 / 100 Album of the year
Skaldic Curse - World Suicide Machine
Dark Essence Records
Black Metal
80 / 100
Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
Noise Records
Avant-Garde Metal
CLASSIC
October Falls - The Womb Of Primordial Nature
Debemur Morti Productions
Melodic Black Metal
79 / 100
Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid
Wounded Love Records
Black Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Nachtmystium - Worldfall
Candlelight
Psychedelic Black Metal
no quote
Kathaaria - The Complex Void Of Negativity
End All Life Productions
Progressive Black Metal
82 / 100 Surprise of the month
Manilla Road - Out Of The Abyss
Black Dragon
Epic Thrash Metal
87 / 100 Archive review
Toby Driver - In The L..L..Library Loft
Tzadik
Experimental, Drone Doom
72 / 100 Archive review
Fauna - Rain
Aurora Borealis
Black Metal
93 / 100 Album of the month
Absu - Absu
Candlelight
Blackened Thrash Metal
87 / 100
Manilla Road - Mystification
Black Dragon
Epic Metal
85 / 100 Archive review
Lifelover - Konkurs
Avantgarde Music
Depressive Black Metal
83 / 100
John Zorn - The Crucible
Tzadik
Experimental Rock, Free Jazz
85 / 100
Horna - Sanojesi Aarelle
Debemur Morti Productions
Raw Black Metal
43 / 100
Pride Tiger - The Lucky Ones
Powerage Records
Hard Rock
83 / 100 Surprise of the month
Ulver - Perdition City
Jester Records
IDM, Trip-Hop
95 / 100 Archive review
Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Chaining The Katechon
Norma Evangelium Diaboli
Progressive Black Metal
no quote
Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Matador Records
Experimental Hardcore
89 / 100
Lethargy - Purification
Powerage Records
Hard Rock/Metal
70 / 100
Manilla Road - The Deluge
Black Dragon
Epic Metal
96 / 100 Archive review
The Red Shore - Unconsecrated
Siege Of Amida
Deathcore
77 / 100 Surprise of the month
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Moonfog Productions
Black Metal
CLASSIC
Head - Save Me From Myself
Warner Bros. Records
Nu-Metal
7 / 100 Crap of the month
Virus - The Black Flux
Season Of Mist
Avant-Garde Metal
73 / 100
Live Report - Opeth and Cynic- Bristol, 21st November 2008
Metal Reviews
no quote
Winterfylleth - The Ghost Of Heritage
Profound Lore Records
Black Metal
86 / 100 Surprise of the month
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Anthem/EMI
Hard Rock/ Progressive Rock
no quote Archive review
Manilla Road - Metal
Roadster
Hard Rock
68 / 100 Archive review
Viking Skull - Doom, Gloom, Heartache And Whiskey
Powerage Records
Heavy Metal
72 / 100
Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
Peaceville Records
Death Metal
74 / 100
Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags
Peaceville Records
Punk / Black Metal
48 / 100
Absu - Tara
Osmose Productions
Blackened Tech-Thrash
94 / 100 Archive review
Striborg - Foreboding Silence
Displeased Records
Black Metal
72 / 100
Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Enemies List
Black Metal-Influenced Indie Rock?
78 / 100
Grim Landscape - Satan Leads My Sword
Satanic Sounds
Black Metal
80 / 100 Surprise of the month
Krallice - Krallice
Profound Lore Records
Black Metal
93 / 100 Album of the year
Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: Book Of Angels Volume 9
Tzadik
Klezmery Avant-Jazz Rock
83 / 100
Brown Jenkins - Dagonite
Moribund Cult
Black Metal
no quote
Ulver - Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
Jester Records
Avant-Garde Metal, Electronic
81 / 100 Archive review
Gregor Samsa - Rest
Kora
Post-Rock, Ambient
91 / 100 Album of the month
Pro-Pain - No End In Sight
Candlelight
Hardcore, Groove Metal
78 / 100
Obituary - Left To Die
Candlelight
Death Metal
no quote
Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose Of Death
Relapse Records
Blackened Thrash Metal
82 / 100
Omnium Gatherum - The Redshift
Candlelight
Melodeath
69 / 100
Metallica - Metallica
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Heavy Metal
83 / 100 Archive review
Metallica - Garage Inc.
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Covers a la Metallica
no quote Archive review
Rush - Hemispheres
Anthem/EMI
Progressive Rock
97 / 100 Archive review
Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner
The End Records
Sludgy Alt-Metal
78 / 100
Sothis - De Opresso Liber
Candlelight
Symphonic Black Metal
75 / 100 Surprise of the month
Paysage D'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
Kunsthall Productions
Black Metal
92 / 100 Archive review
Manilla Road - Invasion
Roadster
Jammy Hard Rock
74 / 100 Archive review
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Volumes III & IV: Air & Earth
Vagrant
Experimental Rock/Acoustic Rock
86 / 100
Boris - Smile
Southern Lord
Noise-Rock
87 / 100
Miseration - Your Demons-Their Angels
Lifeforce Records
Brutal Melodeath
83 / 100
Deathspell Omega - Manifestations 2000-2001
Northern Heritage
Black Metal
no quote
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vol. I + II: Fire & Water
Vagrant
Post Hardcore/Experimental Rock
77 / 100
Strapping Young Lad - City
Century Media
Industrial Metal
CLASSIC
Woods of Ypres - Woods III: The Deepest Roots And Darkest Blues
Krankenhaus
MTV Black Metal
12 / 100 Crap of the month
Opeth - Orchid
Candlelight Records
Opeth Metal
79 / 100 Archive review
Sapremia - With Winter Comes Despair
Open Grave Records
Old-School Brutal Death Metal
82 / 100
Vargsang - Werewolf Of Wysteria
Undercover Records
Raw Black Metal
83 / 100
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Lava
Progressive Hard Rock
73 / 100 Archive review
Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
Unique Leader Records
Technical Death Metal
92 / 100 Album of the month
Striborg - Autumnal Melancholy
Displeased Records
Depressive Black Metal
86 / 100
Colour Haze - All
Elektrohasch
Stoner Rock
81 / 100
Kalmah - For The Revolution
Spikefarm Records
Speed/Power/Melodeath
83 / 100
Xasthur - A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors (Reissue)
Hydra Head
Depressive Black Metal
no quote
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Victory Records
Progressive Metalcore
91 / 100
Kataklysm - Prevail
Nuclear Blast
Deathcore (Emphasis on the Death)
68 / 100
Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Part I
Century Media
Psychedelic Black Metal
87 / 100
Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie
Nuclear Blast
Blackened Death Metal
63 / 100
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Iron Glory Records
Epic Metal
CLASSIC
Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons
Constellation
Experimental Rock
95 / 100 Album of the month
Pyramids - Pyramids
Hydra Head
Erm...?
47 / 100
Maudlin Of The Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Dark Symphonies
Avant-Garde Metal
95 / 100 Archive review
Hollenthon - Opus Magnum
Napalm Records
Symphonic Melodeath
86 / 100
Darkspace - Darkspace III
Avantgarde Music
Black Metal
85 / 100 Surprise of the month
Maudlin Of The Well - Bath
Dark Symphonies
Avant-Garde Metal
95 / 100 Archive review
Judas Iscariot - Heaven In Flames
Red Stream
Black Metal
92 / 100 Archive review
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
Relapse Records
Electro Metal
77 / 100
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Hydra Head
Jazzy Avant-Rock
89 / 100
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Underground Operations/ Vagrant
Progressive Metalcore
87 / 100
Eluveitie - Slania
Nuclear Blast
Folk/Melodeath
84 / 100
Nyktalgia - Peisithanatos
No Colours Records
Depressive Black Metal
86 / 100
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
Universal/Republic
Progressive Rock
96 / 100 Album of the month
Ulver - Bergtatt
Head Not Found
Folky Black Metal
CLASSIC
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Moribund Cult
Depressive Black Metal
93 / 100 Album of the month
Manilla Road - Voyager
My Graveyard Productions
Epic Metal
55 / 100
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