Metal Reviews

1 - Getting Better (The Beatles)
Not the best song out of Sgt Pepper but still nice. Yeah, I love the Beatles.

2 - Inside the Machine (Bruce Dickinson)
You all know it, no comment necessary then.

3 - Salut à toi (Bérurier Noir)
French 80s punk act, this song is a hymn to the oppressed.

4 - Cool Senior High School (Nation of Ulysses)
Great punk act!

5 - Touch of Evil (Judas Priest)
Sooooo good!

6 - Maidrin Rua (The Pogues)
Celtic fever!

7 - The Drappery Falls (Opeth)
One of my fav' Opeth songs. Beautiful.

8 - Help Me (Van Morrison)
The finest Irish soul man.

9 - Universal Traveler (AIR)
French pop/electronic act, cool theme.

10 - English House (Fleet Foxes)
Retro-folk-pop, I love the Fleet.

11 - The Security of Illusion (Saga)
Pop or prog? Those Canadians can do a tune.

12 - This is Radio Clash (The Clash)
Nice song, great band.

13 - Beds Are Burning (Midnight Oil)
The mega-hit from Australia's eco-rockers. A damn good band.

14 - Perdre le Nord (Les Ekorchés)
Quebec punk-metallers, not bad, not great either.

15 - Lost Peacocks (Virus)
Post-metal or something...

16 - Drive (Trevor Dunn)
From his Tzadik album, try it.

17 - White Heat, Red Hot (Judas Priest)
Ok song

18 - Humdrum (Peter Gabriel)
Better in its live version but still a great song from ex-Genesis singer.

19 - You're Welcome (Melt Banana)
Crazy noise-punk from Japan. Entertaining.

20 - Heavy for Everyone (Centenaire)
Psych-folk from France with a singer that reminds me of Robert Wyatt, that's a compliment.

21 - Jane Suck Died in 77 (Denim)
Electro-pop-new wave act from UK. Me likey.

22 - The Mule on the Plane (Beauty Pill)
Quality indie act from USA, on Discord records.

23 - Undone (Peter Hammill)
PH is a genius.

24 - The Observer (The Flaming Lips)
Damn good indie pop!

25 - Robbery, Assault and Battery (Genesis)
From "A Trick of the Tail", great album, great song.

1. Nas - The World Is Yours
Nice little interlude from Nas' best album.

2. Slayerrrr - Circle Of Beliefs
Thrish Mitil. With widdly solos. YEAH.

3. Dream Theater - Ytse Jam (live)
Nice little instrumental from the early days.

4. Alcest - Sur L'autre Rive Je T'attendrai


5. Static-X - Push It (JB's Death Trance Mix)
One of their better songs with some electronic wankery. Meh.

6. December Wolves - Do Not Entry
First time I've listened to this, I think. Programmed drums...

7. Guapo - Five Suns pt II
Awesome King Crimsonny instrumental Prog lot. Reviewed their latest here...

8. Volbeat - Hallelujah Goat
Kickass groovy catchiness. Hallelujah Goat indeed!

9. John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - Little By Little
Old school.

10. Absu - Book Of Splendour
Wooooooooooooo Absooooooooooooooo

11. Alchemist - Eclectic
Love this band. As should y'all.

12. Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Dum dee dum dee dum.

13. Rush - Animate
Great song, if a bit long.

14. Satyricon - A Moment Of Clarity
Back from when it was OK to like them.

15. Hieronymus Bosch - Scoffer Tragedian
Nice little interlude

16. Emperor - Ensorcelled By Khaos
Beauteous chaos from the 'peror lads.

17. The Gathering - Heartbeat Amplifier
Fine until the vocals came on. Could probably get used to them, though

18. Gorguts - COnsidered Dead
Top-notch grunt n'blast

19. Halford - One Will
The Metal God does his thang

20. DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like (pt 4)
Chilled electronica.

21. Deathspell Omega - The Shrine Of Mad Laughter
Unchilled Blak Mettal. Should run through their discog...

22. Mr Bungle - Pink Cigarette
Oddly creepy.

23. Carla Bozulich - Bandera
Nicely experimental country

24. Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation - Freedom Fries
Better than Aerosmith.

25. Nokturnal Mortum - To The Gates Of Blasphemous Fire
Also better than Aerosmith. Slightly silly vocals at times, but still good shizzle.

stfu, bitch.

Once more then, just to be in with the crowd...

1. Apocalyptica - Harmageddon
An awesome song from an awesome album, before they started getting in mediocre vocalists to ruin everything

2. Miyavi - Ashita Tenki ni Naare
This guy's generally considered batshit, but his acoustic stuff like this is brilliant.

3. Old Man's Child - Felonies of the Christian Art
The bald dude from Dimmu does things better on his own to be honest.

4. Sanguinus - Ouraborous
A half decent local band until the split up.

5. Lumsk - Ormin Lange
Proggy folk metal.

6. Darkthrone - Canadian Metal
I'm not that much of a fan of Darkthrone, this song's kinda funny though.

7. Lake Of Tears - Cosmic Weed
Lake of Tears are fucking excellent!

8. Amorphis - Two Moons
Sweet opener for that album.

9. Mario Galaxy Orchestra - Rosetta's Comet Observatory 1
Mario Galaxy has a great soundtrack .

10. Flood of Rain - Karmatic
Aussie dude who makes some awesome electronica/metal. Kinda split the two of them into separate bands now, but check him out.

11. Changer - Recaptured Insanity
Not too sure what to make of this. It's alright though.

12. Dååth - Subterfuge
Not bad, one of the better American bands to surface in recent years.

13. Dissonant - Lust
Pretty cool Israeli death/prog band.

14. Iron Maiden - Rainmaker
New Maiden stuff's alright too.

15. Eths - Atavhystérie
Probably one of my favourite albums now, great song from it.

16. DGM - Eternity
Prog power at its best .

17. Iced Earth - Burning Times
Ya know, I really need to listen to these guys more often.

18. Rammstein - Mien Teil
Loved Reise, Reise. Every song on it was brilliant.

19. Fellsilent - Double Negative
Pretty good Meshuggah worship.

20. Ishiwatari Daisuke - Feedback
Opening theme from Guilty Gear XX. Aother game with an awesome soundtrack.

21. Ishiwatari Daisuke - Haven't You Got Eyes in Your Head
So much so that it gives me two songs from it in a row...

22. Mercenary - New Desire
This album wasn't a patch on 11 Dreams, but still good nonetheless.

23. Angantyr - En Falden Kriger
Tin can tastic....

24. Therion - Summer Night City
An awesome cover song .

25. Trama afonA - Forgiando Gli Echi (Intermezzo)
Ambient stuff. Really good too.

Nokturnal Mortum better than Aerosmith?

Whatever... I think Zad's trying to piss a few people off.

Well it's working because I'm positively enraged!!

A new one with comments then.

1 Mar de Grises - Onírica
The best song on the album, excellently written and executed. I can't the girls I've enchanted with this one

2 Aura Noir - Swarm of Vultures
AN's earlier works are nothing short of excellent, especially this live outtake. Unsettling dissonance.

3 David Gilmour - Deafinitely
From his first solo album, I think. An instrumental interlude before the last song on the album kicks in, psychedelic hammond and guitar leads trading off for four minutes and a bit. Fun.

4 IXXI - Sectarian Trance
I find the album a bit strange, not much substance to it, all over the place in a bold but not entirely succesful way. This song is a showcase for it, bounding over several genres.

5 Solefald - Where Birds Have Never Been
Excellent band, excellent album, nothing more to add.

6 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (part 3)
I tend to skip most of The Wall, too much interludes and storytelling bits.

7 Ulver - Dead City Centres
Ulver's best, but I've gotten bored with it. Fun to put on on a rainy night with a glass of whiskey at hand, though.

8 Skymning - ProKill
Opening song to a fantastic album. Industrial metal without any electronica or samples, perhaps a bit too 'coreish for some.

9 Karl Sanders - Luring the Doom Serpent
A fantastic track, especially the percussion part lives up to the track's name perfectly. Great for having sex to, as well.

10 Volbeat - Maybellene I Hofteholder
Yegh, I regret buying this, too commercial.

11 Nasum - Ett Inflammerat Saar
A fairly standard Nasum song (which means it's excellent), shame about the crappy production.

12 Deathspell Omega - Procreation Endemic
From Manifestations 2002, which in my opinion holds the best tracks from DsO's pre-SMRC period.

More to come later.

Don't be chucky. He acts like an idiot but he still a pretty cool guy.

He's got a good heart. I think I can move past this.

1. Judas Priest - Eat me Alive

So long since I last listened to this record. My first ever Judas Priest.

2. Paganizer - Heal Not Your Wounds

Damn cool Swedish Death Metal

3. Wizard - Ressurection

Great tune, great album.

4. The Mars Volta - Ilyena

One of my favorites from that one

5. Death - Cosmic Sea



6. Amon Amarth - Avenger

Pretty cool song from a dull band.

7. Slough Feg - Nasty Hero

Not the best song on the new album, but it's slough feg damn it.

8. Deftones - Digital Bath

One of my first ever albums was white pony so I guess I liked it back then at least.

9. Tony Hernando - Side Effects

Crap shred shit.

10. The Batallion - Prove Your Pain

God this band is so cool!

11. Halford - Wrath of God

Very cool album. Underrated as well

12. In Flames - Behind Space `99

Meh

13. Serenity - All Lights Reversed

fun power metal

14. Iron Maiden - Paschendale

Fun Iron Maiden. Fuck the haters.

15. Rush - The Spirit of Radio

Yay! Rush!

16. Equilibrium - Wurzelbert

one of the surprises last year for me. brilliant album

17. Bruce Dickinson - The Tower

One of the coolest on Chemical Wedding

18. Thin Lizzy - Dublin

Win

19. Cloudscape - Cloaks & Daggers

Meh, it's okay I guess.

20. The Monolith Deathcult - Army of the Despised

Cool death metal from Holland (I think)

21. Sodom - Electrocution




22. Seventh Wonder - Not an Angel

Not as good as their last one this. OK song.

23. Grand Magus - Wheel of Time

Oh man this album is so damn awesome

24. Slough Feg - Bi-polar disorder

Awesome.

25. Megadeth - Good Mourning/Black Friday

awesome ending

1. Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
non-live version is meh

2. Overkill - Horrorscope
fuckin thrash

3. Angel Dust - Gambler
before they went all fruity power metal

4. I - Cursed We Are
I is very cool, like Motorhead if they were vikings.

5. Pantera - Sponge Bob Square Pants Theme
wtf? pretty cool though

6. Blin Guardian - Under the Ice (live)
I don't even know this song

7. Overkill - Long Time Dyin'
for newer Overkill, this is still damn cool

8. Evile - Schizophrenia
wow, still overrated

9. Comecon - Wash Away the Filth
old school death metal!

10. Legion of the Damned - Bleed For Me
skip

11. Cryptic Slaughter - Speak Your Piece
not bad, but they have much better

12. Witchery - Crossfixation
this newest album is so boring

13. Kreator - System Decay
never liked anything from this album

14. Carnivore - Jesus Hitler
wow!! fuckin eh!!!

15. Tankard - Farewell To A Slut
words not needed to describe the awesomeness of this song

16. Metallica - The Wait
kinda boring

17. Sodom - Proselytism Real
black thrash? who cares. awesome? hells yes.

18. Pyramaze - Arise
only got this to hear Barlow, yawn...

19. Poobah - She's That Kind of Lover
70's Zeppelin worship done hella right! singers a bit of a goof though

20. Celtic Frost - Nocturnal Fear
amazing

21. Iced Earth - The Awakening
haven't listened to this since it was released

22. Tankard - Close Encounter
one of the weaker tracks on this album, but still awesome

23. Running Wild - Warchild
pirates!!

24. Death - Trapped in a Corner
perfect

25. Destruction - Rippin' You Off Blind
they don't need Schmier to be awesome




pretty good list methinks, some weak tracks but overall pretty good.

1 - Ella Fitzgerald "Manhattan"
You can't go wrong with Ella.

2 - Genesis "Counting Out Time"
Cool pop song from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Great album).

3 - Sense Field "One More Time Around"
The only bearable emo-pop/rock band. Actually, I love 'em.

4 - Hellhound "Warriors of the Rising Sun"
Meh. Quite boring aggressive power metal.

5 - Pink Floyd "Wot's... Uh the Deal?"
I like when Pink Floyd turn down the spacey-edge like on that little ditty from 1972's Obscured by Clouds.

6 - Fugazi "Long Division"
That song is just... GREAAAAT!

7 - Aereogramme "Wood"
Nice indie/post rock.

8 - Arno "I'm not into Hop"
The belgian Tom Waits, kinda...

9 - Valkyrie "Green Highlander"
Old school heavy metal, not bad.

10 - Aquaria "Firewings"
A sub-Angra kind of band but still pretty enjoyable if you like that kind of thing (I do).

11 - AIR "Le Soleil est Près de Moi"
Cool moody trip-hop/electro pop from that French band.

12 - Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill"
No my fav' from the Gab' but still a good song.

13 - Ali Farka Touré "I Go Ka"
African folk/blues, me likey.

14 - Judas Priest "Rock Forever"
Meh.

15 - Heaven & Hell "Bible Black"
Best song from the album. The only one that can become a classic, imho.

16 - Chroma Key "S.O.S. (Sun Orange Small)"
Boring synth pop from ex-Dream Theater keyboardist.

17 - Dredg "Information"
From their latest and poorest album, s'okay but nothing to call home about.

18 - Elliott Smith "Baby Britain"
Stellar folk pop from this dearly missed artist. Great song too.

19 - Robot Lords of Tokyo "Belly Full of Greed"
Funny stoner metal but just funny.

20 - King's X "Stay"
It's okay but I still like their earlier material better.

21 - Wild Horses "In the City"
Robbo's post Thin Lizzy & Motörhead project. Commercial hard rock, not bad but not great either.

22 - The Beatles "Come Together"
A classic.

23 - Lyle Lovett "Who Loves You Better"
He's about the only country-related artist I can stomach. Good song.

24 - Alamaailman Vasarat "Luola"
Cool avant-garde polka from this Finnish band.

25 - Peter Gabriel "Here Comes the Flood"
G E N I U S ! ! !


I've had worst lists... Not very metal though.

Christ, was hoping this thread was dead.

1. The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night
barely listen to these guys, only have a singles collection. This seems ok, however.

2. Psycroptic - Slaves Of Nil
woo tech death from darn undah. Great stuff.

3. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Tent
I get a weird kind of pleasure from knowing that I'm probably the only one who genuinely likes these guys. Stefan checked them out back in the day and couldn't stand it. Probably.

4. Fanisk - III
National Socialist Black Metal! The cover for this album has a black sun, making me think it was all cool and shit until I realised the black sun was censoring a swastika! The music's decent though, all atmospheric and shit and twelve fucking minutes long.

5. Alice In Chains - Junkhead
Neato song.

6. Cypress Hill - Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk
Even more neato song!

7. Melvins - Teet
From a classic album. Great stuff

8. Chequerboard - 20th Century Artillery
Melodic instrumental stuff. Never properly listened to these guys.

9. To-Mera - Phantoms
OTT Prog Metal stuff, with lady vocalyst. Good good.

10. Queens Of The Stone Age - Battery Acid
Never heard this song before, nice to know they're still tough on the listener.

11. Acrimony - In Other Wor(l)ds
Doooooooooooooooom. From their split with Church Of Misery, great stuff.

12. Ethernal - Colossus
Random British Black Metal. Better than average, I hope the band gets it together and goes somewhere.
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13. Regina Spektor - That Time
Female singer-songwriter that's actually pretty cool. Not ashamed of this at all.

14. Anaal Nathrakh - Submission Is For The Weak
Yeah, the goat is down with the extreme all right.

15. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Christ, not listened to this in years. Still all catchy and shit.

16. Anacrusis - Still Black
Thrash!

17. Alec Empire - Gotta Get Out
Atari Teenage Riot dude gone solo.

18. Miles Davis - Concerto De Aranjuiz (Part One)
Culture, bitches.

19. Cruachan - Bloody Sunday
Didn't know I had this. S'okay.

20. Stonesour - Blue Study
Haven't listened to this in a while. OK catchy rock stuff.

21. Ministry - Breathe
Great track from TMIATTTW.

22. Akercocke - Seduced
Riffs!

23. Manes - My Journal Of The Plague Years
Great stuff.

24. Fear Factory - Dead Man Walking
More metal than their album stuff of the time.

25. Burzum - Chanelling The Power Of Souls Into A New God
Ambience!

More varied than I was expecting. Good show!

Taste not Waste.

Meaning?

Zad knows what I mean.

Me sorry good sir, If zad know s'all cool... Me thinking Mr a public forum. My mistake...

The Ministry album is called The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste. Mr. Zadok thinks it's Waste, I was correcting him.

D'oh!