Khelek

Living in Liverpool, NY USA
Musical interests:

Favourite genres: Melodic Death Metal, Stoner/Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
Favourite bands: Black Sabbath, In Flames, Type O Negative, Dream Theater, Amorphis
All time favourite album: Tough choice, either Clayman by In Flames or No Rest For The Wicked by Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's Heaven And Hell is also up there

I'm human too:

Cool day job: web developer
Hobbies: playing guitar, reading, writing, bodybuilding, video games
Bragging about education/college degrees: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2010

Other stuff I can be proud of: I've been a metalhead for about 8 years now and have met some great people and had some great experiences because of it

REVIEWS

PLAYLISTS

	Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Capitol Records Inc. Grunge/Hard Rock	87 / 100
	Amorphis - Circle Nuclear Blast Melodic Metal with Doom/Folk influences	90 / 100
	Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Vertigo / Universal Western-infused Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	90 / 100
	The Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance Profound Lore Records Atmospheric Sludge/Doom Metal	85 / 100
	Tiamat - The Scarred People Napalm Records Gothic Metal	70 / 100
	Down - Down IV Part I - The Purple EP Down Records Sludge/Stoner Metal	no quote
	Deftones - Koi No Yokan Reprise Records Alternative/Experimental Metal	87 / 100
	Bereft - Leichenhaus The End Records Sludge/Doom Metal	81 / 100
	Witchcraft - Legend Nuclear Blast Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	91 / 100
	Heikousen - Parallels Translation Loss Records Metalcore/Sludgecore/Experimental	80 / 100
	Words Of Farewell - Immersion AFM Records Melodic Death Metal	82 / 100
	Colosso - Abrasive Peace Self-released Death Metal	80 / 100
	Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage Roadrunner Records Groove/Sludge Metal	86 / 100
	Zonaria - Arrival Of The Red Sun Century Media Melodic Death Metal	68 / 100
	Old Man Gloom - No Hydra Head Sludge/Post-Metal	80 / 100
	Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent Nuclear Blast Symphonic Metal	86 / 100
	Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol Century Media Doomy Gothic Metal	85 / 100
	Borknagar - Urd Century Media Symphonic/Folk Metal with Black Metal influences	90 / 100
	Aborted - Global Flatline Century Media Death Metal	70 / 100
	Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light Earache Records Gothic Metal	30 / 100
	Plöw - Bicentennial Picnic EP Self-released Sludge/Doom	no quote
	Black Tusk - Set The Dial Relapse Records Sludge/Stoner Metal	80 / 100
	Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest and the Blackbird Spinefarm Records Doom Metal with Death Influences	73 / 100
	Autumn - Cold Comfort Metal Blade Melodic Gothic Metal	69 / 100
	Dirty Rotten Liars - Dirty Rotten Liars Soundmine MusicWorks Hard Rock/Alternative	90 / 100
	Black Skies - On The Wings Of Time Self-released Sludge Metal	85 / 100
	Amoral - Beneath Imperial Cassette Power/Heavy Metal	79 / 100
	Insomnium - One For Sorrow Century Media Melodic Death Metal	86 / 100
	Eternal Gray - Your Gods, My Enemies Season Of Mist Death Metal	74 / 100
	Nemesea - The Quiet Resistance Napalm Records Alternative Gothic Rock	25 / 100
	Giant Squid - Cenotes Translation Loss Records Sludgy Prog Metal	86 / 100
	Lonely Kamel - Dust Devil Napalm Records Stoner Metal/Rock with Doom influences	67 / 100
	The Cleansing - Feeding The Inevitable Deepsend Records Death Metal	68 / 100
	Nightrage - Insidious Lifeforce Records Melodic Death Metal	88 / 100
	Totimoshi - Avenger Volcom Bluesy Alternative Rock with Stoner influences	65 / 100
	Rwake - Rest Relapse Experimental Sludge Metal	85 / 100
	Superchief - Corporate Dynamite Self-released Stoner Metal/Hard Rock	84 / 100
	Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) Nothing / Interscope Records Alternative Metal with Industrial influences	79 / 100
	Communic - The Bottom Deep Nuclear Blast Power/Prog Metal	85 / 100
	Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth Self-released Technical Death Metal/Thrash	84 / 100
	All Shall Perish - This Is Where It Ends Nuclear Blast Deathcore	77 / 100
	Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors E1 Music Alternative Metal/Rock with Prog influences	85 / 100
	Gallery - Anno Exitum Self-released Sludge/Doom	82 / 100
	In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading Century Media Alternative Metal influenced by Melodeath	55 / 100
	Autumn - My New Time Metal Blade Gothic Metal	78 / 100
	Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times Nuclear Blast Melodic Metal with Folk influences	90 / 100
	Hugenelk - Hugenelk Self-released Bluesy Stoner Metal	78 / 100
	Across Tundras - Sage Neurot Recordings Sludgy Country/Western Stoner Metal	75 / 100
	Thinning The Herd - Oceans Rise St. Mark's Records Stoner Metal/Hard Rock	74 / 100
	Ponamero Sundown - Rodeo Electrica Transubstans Records Stoner Metal	84 / 100
	Mercenary - Metamorphosis Prosthetic Records Melodeath with Modern Rock influences	72 / 100
	Caliber 666 - Blood Fueled Chaos Ibex Moon Records Death Metal	67 / 100
	Weedeater - Jason...The Dragon Southern Lord Stoner Sludge Metal	85 / 100
	Solitude Aeturnus - Adagio Massacre Records Doom Metal	93 / 100
	Darkest Hour - The Human Romance E1 Music Melodic Death Metal	68 / 100
	The Very End - Mercy & Misery SPV Melodic Death Metal	61 / 100
	Meltgsnow - Black Penance Pulverised Records Gothic Heavy Metal	70 / 100
	TotorRo - TotorRo EP Self-released Instrumental Metal/Rock	no quote
	Place of Skulls - As A Dog Returns Exile on Mainstream Records Bluesy/Southern-influenced Doom Metal	83 / 100
	Monster Magnet - Mastermind Napalm Records Stoner Metal/Rock	68 / 100
	God Dethroned - Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross Metal Blade Aggressive Melodic Death Metal	82 / 100
	Roareth - Acts I-VI The Maple Forum Sludge/Drone Metal	68 / 100
	Dismal Lapse - Eon Fragmentation Deepsend Records Brutal/Tech Death Metal	82 / 100
	Suidakra - Auld Lang Syne Last Episode Melodic Death/Folk Metal	86 / 100
	Orwell - Endeavors Zero Budget Records Melodic Death Metal	76 / 100
	Downspirit - Point Of Origin Metalville Modern Rock/Metal with Power Metal elements	35 / 100
	King Giant - Southern Darkness Self-released Southern-infused Stoner Metal	78 / 100
	Spiritual Beggars - Return To Zero InsideOut Music Stoner Metal	83 / 100
	Fireball Ministry - Fireball Ministry Restricted Release Stoner/Hard Rock	75 / 100
	Propane Propane - Propane Propane Planetfuzz Records Stoner/Doom Metal	76 / 100
	Malevolent Creation - Invidious Dominion Nuclear Blast Death Metal	76 / 100
	Elvenking - Red Silent Tides AFM Records Melodic Power Metal	69 / 100
	Burial Chamber - Left To Decay Self-released Death Metal	78 / 100
	Atrocity - After The Storm Napalm Records Folk Metal	74 / 100
	Quest For Fire - Lights From Paradise Tee Pee Records Stoner/Psychedelic Rock	86 / 100
	Helmet - Seeing Eye Dog Work Song Grungy Alternative Metal	72 / 100
	Black Messiah - First War Of The World AFM Records Viking/Folk Metal	79 / 100
	Ion Dissonance - Cursed Century Media Grindcore/Deathcore with Brutal Death influences	84 / 100
	On Thorns I Lay - Orama Holy Records Doomy Epic Gothic Metal	90 / 100
	The Sorrow - Blessings From A Blackened Sky Drakkar Metalcore	66 / 100
	Rwake - Voices Of Omens Relapse Records Experimental Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal	86 / 100
	Unearth - The March Metal Blade Melodeath inspired Metalcore	60 / 100
	Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian Metal Blade Heavy/Power Metal	93 / 100
	Down - NOLA Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. Stoner Metal	92 / 100
	Borknagar - The Archaic Course Century Media Folk/Black Metal	90 / 100
	Early Man - Death Potion The End Records Heavy Metal	74 / 100
	Ancient Rites - Dim Carcosa Hammerheart Records Viking/Folk Metal	90 / 100
	Ephemeral Sun - Harvest Aorta Unsigned Proggy Instrumental Rock	80 / 100
	Early Man - Closing In Matador Records Heavy Metal	69 / 100
	Before The Dawn - The Ghost Locomotive Music Gothic Metal with Melodeath influences	79 / 100
	Gaza - He Is Never Coming Back Metal Blade Groovy Death Metal with Grindcore influences	82 / 100
	Laethora - The Light In Which We All Burn The End Records Death Metal	86 / 100
	Lake of Tears - Forever Autumn Black Mark Melodic Doom/Gothic Metal	95 / 100
	Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery Relapse Records Metalcore with Brutal Death elements	61 / 100
	Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain Earache Records Stoner Metal with Doom influences	CLASSIC
	Gaza - I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die Black Market Activities Grindcore/Metalcore	80 / 100
	Lake of Tears - A Crimson Cosmos Black Mark Melodic Doom Metal	85 / 100
	Sleep - Volume One Tupelo Records Stoner/Doom Metal	86 / 100
	Godsmack - The Oracle Universal/Republic Modern Rock/Heavy Metal	65 / 100
	Before The Dawn - 4:17 am Locomotive Music Gothic Metal with Melodeath influences	78 / 100
	Amorphis - Tuonela Relapse Records Melodic Metal with Progressive/Melodeath influences	89 / 100
	Woe Of Tyrants - Threnody Metal Blade Melodic Death Metal	60 / 100
	Year Long Disaster - Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed Volcom Stoner/Hard Rock	87 / 100
	Fates Warning - Night On Brocken Metal Blade Heavy Metal	80 / 100
	Saint Vitus - Born Too Late SST Doom Metal	CLASSIC
	Before The Dawn - My Darkness Locomotive Music	74 / 100
	Savatage - Gutter Ballet Atlantic Heavy Metal with Symphonic elements	85 / 100
	Reverend - World Won't Miss You Charisma Records Heavy Metal with Thrash influences	75 / 100
	Giant Squid - Metridium Fields The End Records Sludge/Experimental Prog Metal	77 / 100
	Crimson Glory - Strange And Beautiful Atlantic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	70 / 100
	Weedeater - Sixteen Tons Crucial Blast Sludge/Stoner Metal	85 / 100
	Orange Goblin - Coup De Grace Rise Above Stoner Metal	74 / 100
	Savatage - Fight For The Rock Atlantic Heavy Metal	68 / 100
	Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was Nuclear Blast Melodeath Folk Metal	85 / 100
	...And Oceans - The Symmetry Of I - The Circle Of O Season Of Mist Symphonic Black Metal (disc 1) / Dark Ambient (disc 2)	89 / 100
	Carcass - Necroticism – Descanting The Insalubrious Earache Records Death Metal with Grindcore influences	CLASSIC
	Savatage - Power Of The Night Atlantic Heavy Metal	92 / 100
	Orange Goblin - The Big Black Rise Above Stoner Metal	84 / 100
	Engraved Disillusion - Desolate EP Self-released Melodic Death Metal	no quote
	Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling Metal Blade Heavy Metal	90 / 100
	Mnemic - Sons Of The System Nuclear Blast Groove Metal with Melodeath elements	70 / 100
	Orange Goblin - Time Travelling Blues Rise Above Stoner Metal	84 / 100
	Savatage - Sirens Metal Blade Heavy Metal	90 / 100
	Tenebris - Only Fearless Dreams Morbid Noizz Productions Symphonic Death Metal	80 / 100
	Coronatus - Fabula Magna Massacre Records Gothic Metal with Folk elements	77 / 100
	Obliteration - Nekropsalms Fysisk Format Doomy Death Metal	80 / 100
	Woods of Ypres - Woods IV: The Green Album Practical Art Records Melodic Gothic Metal	60 / 100
	Crimson Glory - Transcendence Roadrunner Records Heavy / Power Metal	89 / 100
	Milking The Goatmachine - Back From The Goats Anstalt Records Brutal Death Metal with Grindcore influences	55 / 100
	Behemoth - Satanica Avantgarde Music Blackened Death Metal	92 / 100
	White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 Geffen Records Heavy / Groove Metal with Industrial influences	CLASSIC
	Eluveitie - Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion Nuclear Blast Folk/Acoustic	83 / 100
	White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 Geffen Records Heavy / Stoner Metal	81 / 100
	Katatonia - Night Is The New Day Peaceville Records Atmospheric Dark Rock/Metal	91 / 100
	Tenebris - The Odious Progress Baron Records Doomy Death Metal	71 / 100
	Priestess - Prior To The Fire Indica Stoner/Hard Rock	85 / 100
	Beyond The Sixth Seal - Earth And Sphere Lifeforce Records Melodic Death Metal	80 / 100
	December - The Lament Configuration Earache Records Metalcore	68 / 100
	Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Kscope Progressive Rock	94 / 100
	Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine Epic Records Rap Metal	96 / 100
	Emmure - Goodbye To The Gallows Victory Records Metalcore	45 / 100
	Karnivool - Sound Awake Cymatic Records Alternative Rock with Progressive tendencies	86 / 100
	Karnivool - Themata MGM Distribution Alternative Rock/Metal	83 / 100
	Helmet - Aftertaste Interscope Groovy Alternative Metal	95 / 100
	The Beyond - Crawl EMI Progressive Rock	74 / 100
	Solitude Aeturnus - Through The Darkest Hour Pavement Music Doom Metal	90 / 100
	Leaves Eyes - Njord Napalm Records Symphonic Gothic Metal	87 / 100
	Caliban - Say Hello To Tragedy Century Media Metalcore	60 / 100
	Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun Snapper Music Progressive Rock	91 / 100
	Seventh Void - Heaven Is Gone Big Vin Records Doomy Hard Rock / Metal	74 / 100
	Amoral - Show Your Colors Spinefarm Records Melodic Power Metal	71 / 100
	Skinless - Foreshadowing Our Demise Relapse Records Brutal Groovy Death Metal	92 / 100
	Havayoth - His Creation Reversed Hammerheart Records Gothic Metal	90 / 100
	Ebony Tears - Tortura Insomniae Black Sun Records Folky Melodic Death Metal	88 / 100
	Mercenary - Architect Of Lies Century Media Melodic Death Metal	84 / 100
	DevilDriver - Pray For Villains Roadrunner Records Groovy Melodic Death Metal	72 / 100
	Nemesea - In Control Self-production Gothic / Alternative Metal	69 / 100
	Nightrage - Wearing A Martyr's Crown Lifeforce Records Melodic Death Metal	87 / 100
	Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return Victory Records Melodic Death Metal	79 / 100
	Orange Goblin - Frequencies From Planet Ten Rise Above Spacey Stoner / Doom Metal	81 / 100
	Nothingface - Skeletons TVT Records Alternative / Nu-Metal	88 / 100
	Blood Red Throne - Souls Of Damnation Earache Records Death Metal	83 / 100
	Akrea - Lebenslinie Drakkar Melodic Death Metal	72 / 100
	Amorphis - Skyforger Nuclear Blast Progressive Melodic Metal	95 / 100
	Ion Dissonance - Minus The Herd Abacus Recordings Mathcore / Groove Metal	82 / 100
	Marilyn Manson - The High End Of Low Interscope Alternative Rock / Metal	63 / 100
	Demonical - Hellsworn Cyclone Empire Groovy Death Metal	84 / 100
	Ion Dissonance - Solace Abacus Recordings Mathcore / Grindcore	83 / 100
	Misery Speaks - Disciples Of Doom Drakkar Doomy Melodeath	74 / 100
	Black Sabbath - Forbidden I.R.S. Records Heavy Metal	65 / 100
	Black Sabbath - Mob Rules Warner Bros. Records Heavy Metal	CLASSIC
	Black Label Society - Sonic Brew Spitfire Records Hard Rock / Heavy Metal	92 / 100
	Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals Nothing/Interscope Records Modern Alternative Metal	89 / 100
	Nothingface - Violence TVT Records Alternative / Nu-Metal	82 / 100
	Darkness By Oath - Fear Yourself Cyclone Empire Melodic Death Metal	78 / 100
	Dope - Felons And Revolutionaries Epic Records Industrialized Nu-Metal	20 / 100
	Ion Dissonance - Breathing Is Irrelevant Willowtip Math / Grindcore	79 / 100
	Goblin Cock - Come With Me If You Want To Live Robcore Records Stoner / Doom Metal	85 / 100
	Fireball Ministry - The Second Great Awakening Nuclear Blast Stoner Metal / Hard Rock	73 / 100
	Goblin Cock - Bagged And Boarded Absolutely Kosher Records Stoner/Doom Metal	78 / 100
	Helmet - Monochrome Warcon Groovy Alternative Metal	90 / 100
	Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra Music For Nations Stoner Metal	94 / 100
	Hybrid Viscery - Regression Kasamata Records Grindcore	70 / 100
	Lamb of God - Wrath Epic Records Groovy Melodic Death Metal	75 / 100
	God Forbid - Earthsblood Century Media Melodic Metalcore	65 / 100
	Luna Mortis - The Absence Century Media Power / Thrash inspired Melodic Death Metal	82 / 100
	Adagio - Archangels In Black Listenable Records Progressive Symphonic Metal	85 / 100
	Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant Neurotic Records Technical Death Metal	88 / 100
	Helmet - Size Matters Interscope Groovy Alternative Metal	89 / 100
	This Ending - Dead Harvest Metal Blade Melodic Death Metal	80 / 100
	Seance - Awakening Of The Gods Pulverised Records Death Metal	90 / 100
	Zonaria - The Cancer Empire Century Media Melodic Death Metal	65 / 100
	Nine - Killing Angels Deathwish Inc. Groovy Hardcore	55 / 100
	Zeraphine - Traumaworld Drakkar Gothic / Alternative Rock	78 / 100
	Woe Of Tyrants - Kingdom Of Might Metal Blade Melodic Death Metal	92 / 100
	Silentium - Seducia Dynamic Arts Records Gothic Metal	68 / 100
	Callejon - Zombieactionhauptquartier Nuclear Blast Metalcore	45 / 100
	Archons - The Consequences Of Silence Cryogenic Records Melodic Death Metal	70 / 100
	Crowpath - One With Filth Willowtip Grindcore	79 / 100
	Stigma - When Midnight Strikes! Pivotal Rockordings Grind Influenced Deathcore	75 / 100
	Daath - The Hinderers Roadrunner Records Industrial/Death Influenced Metal	55 / 100
	Bloodsimple - Red Harvest Reprise Records Thrashy Alternative Metal	70 / 100
	Tiamat - Amanethes Nuclear Blast Gothic Metal	78 / 100
	Catamenia - Eskhata Massacre Records Melodic Black Metal	85 / 100
	Flowing Tears - Thy Kingdom Gone Ascendance Records Gothic Metal	88 / 100
	All Shall Perish - Awaken The Dreamers Nuclear Blast Melodic Deathcore	87 / 100
	Year Long Disaster - Year Long Disaster Volcom Hard Rock	82 / 100

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