The issue of Icelandic orthography was the most difficult thing to deal with when learning about this band, because the gorgeous music they create is an enormous pleasure to listen to. This blackened death metal record is great for playing over and over again. The Úlfúð members deserve a great deal of respect. My pick of the day.   Dec 16, 2024

This was one of the brightest spots from my trancecore Friday. It does lean a bit more toward the classic metalcore sound, and the result is very pleasing. Even though metalcore is one of my least favorite styles, if it's done this well I'll still enjoy it.   Dec 16, 2024

I find it sad that some of the guitar melodies and beats work all right, but the vocal melodies are all annoying. A bit painful for me to listen to. Some people just need to realize that writing vocals isn't just throwing a ton of words in whatever random tone you come up with first.   Dec 16, 2024

Trancecore seems t be infected with bad vocals, but We Came as Romans avoid that chasm very well with Darkbloom. The clean vocals are well done and refreshingly straight-forward in style. The songs have some real passion and the recording is very good. Overall, pretty good album.   Dec 16, 2024

Track 6 is pretty good, but the rest of the album is not, especially with those clean vocals - they're just too weak and whiny.   Dec 16, 2024

A lot of this album is acceptable, but those awful autotune sounds just transform it into garbage. Maybe some people feel that autotune is a sign of the times, and they want to feel current, but I'm sure hindsight will judge this type of vocals very harshly. It's a shame, because the hyperactive futuristic soundscape is somewhat nice at times, but not good enough to make it recommendable.   Dec 16, 2024

Pretty solid release to start their career with. I don't quite find the signature Epica sound on this one, but that took some years to create.   Dec 16, 2024

So I've been giving trancecore a try recently. It turns out to be a sad & junky sub-genre. This Thotcrime album is mostly trancecore, and it turns out to be some of the best I've heard so far from this style. Good job, Thotcrime.   Dec 16, 2024

Good underground album by a band that quickly advanced to the top tier of metal.   Dec 16, 2024

Good debut studio album from Hazemaze.   Dec 16, 2024

I really love A Bleaker Sun, and Not Nothing is nicely reminiscent of Mikael's work with Cemetery Skyline.   Dec 16, 2024

So it's all covers, and they're all slowed down and made kind of freaky. It works out well with everything except Eleanor Rigby, which is so-so.   Dec 16, 2024

There's a bunch of really nice moments, but I find the album as a whole memorable for the wrong reason: the many flaws just keep popping into my head. With so many singers on one track, did we really need 2 recordings of Elyze singing different parts at the same time? A tiny bit of critical thinking combined with common sense could fix all these problems.   Dec 16, 2024

Very dramatic melodies on this excellent album. The medieval flare and swordplay sound effects at the end sound exactly like an 'I love you' to Caladan Brood - a fully understandable sentiment.   Dec 16, 2024

Of course this is a ton to listen to at once. The black metal is all excellent, and track 13 is a massive epic piece that I really loved, and I think you'll understand that I wasn't expecting much from the ambient tracks. Anyway, I'm glad I've kept Nahtrunar on my radar.   Dec 16, 2024

I find track 7 and a few other pretty weak or flawed, but there are enough moments where everything is working just fine, and I remember why trance metal can be so refreshing.   Dec 11, 2024

I was really spellbound by this EP, but yeah their full-length is even better.   Dec 11, 2024

Great thrash with harsh vocals. Thanks again to Blayne at Banger TV for the recommendations.   Dec 11, 2024

I caught up with November's Blaynecore today, and this one was the best listen. I wonder if the feeling I get from this album activates the same brain cells that the smell would if I opened up a 400-year-old coffin. The whole thing is so dank, and track 3 is even better than the rest. You don't want to miss this one, for real.   Dec 11, 2024

Pretty solid speed metal. Good first length from Inverted Cross.   Dec 11, 2024

Every song starts with fantastic sound with tons of atmosphere, but unfortunately the compositions seem not to make any point. I felt like I was hearing a sampler. I'll say this material has the potential to be worked into a top-tier album. Tons of potential here.   Dec 11, 2024

Awesome debut. It's easy to hear how Mare Cognitum ws becoming one of the best atmospheric BM artists.   Dec 11, 2024

With these one-man-bands, it's easy for me to doubt myself: I start thinking the artist can't be as good as I remember, but now I listen to this ambitious album and discover I was right all along. Some nice heavy metal influence, probably jazz too. There's a good amount of variety juxtaposing the BM. The clarinet & saxophone parts add a great deal as well.   Dec 11, 2024

I started feeling like this recording is more of a reenactment of music heard in the past, not a musical performance. A narrative frame aided by the field recordings & other sounds.   Dec 11, 2024

Cool EP by Primus. Still coming up with musical ideas.   Dec 11, 2024

Not as many great songs as Pork Soda, but Glass Sandwich was a fantastic & creepy surprise. Of course track 3 is a masterpiece.   Dec 11, 2024

Pretty average album overall. A lot of the lyrics are so immature, but there are some enjoyable parts to the music.   Dec 11, 2024

The quality goes up and down during the album, but still a very refreshing and very Devy record to listen to.   Dec 9, 2024

Good hardcore punk with a bit of heaviness and positive moods and melodies a bit like pop punk to balance it out.   Dec 9, 2024

게임 매드무비에 넣을 곡이 더 생겼다 밴드 연주 작살난다 보컬리스트가 러셀 엘런같이 노래 개 잘한다 빠른 멜로디인데도 노래를 단단하고 웅장하게 잘 부른다. 있어야 할게 다 있는 파워 메탈의 정석   Mar 15, 2025

언제 들어도 좋은 심포닉 파워 메탈계의 명반   Mar 13, 2025

아무래도 이 1집에서는 많은 이들이 Sweet Child o' Mine을 꼽겠지만, 내게 있어서 이 앨범 최고의 곡은 절대적으로 Nightrain이다. 밴드의 정체성, 색깔, 연주력 등을 한 번에 대변해주는 곡이랄까. 심지어 가사까지 말이다. 같이 늙어간다는 말이 어울리겠지만, 그때의 열정 속에서 Nightrain을 외치고 연주를 하던 그들의 모습은 정말로 젊음의 영웅이자 양아치였다.   Mar 19, 2025

다시 살아난 폼은 떨어질 줄 모르고, 진짜 좋은데.. 정말 좋은데.. 짙게 드리운 어둠이라기에는 너무 명징하다. 컨셉에 맞는 분위기와 강약 조절을 좀만 더 했다면 명반 반열로 올라가는건데, 듣기 좋아서 더욱 그 한끝이 아쉽다.   Mar 30, 2025

I'm pretty sure this is the best debut in history. Sonata Arctica immediately does what they do best and the result is amazing. "FullMoon" is a great song.   Mar 11, 2025

Great album but not at the level of the debut in my opinion. The band tries a bit of progressive direction with pretty good results, although some songs are quite weak. The end of the album is great. Good job Sonata!   Mar 11, 2025

DT caught my attention with their previous album and this one confirms my thoughts on them. I´m not so fond of their old stuffs but these 2 keep me on my feet and I will go back to them regularly.   Mar 12, 2025

Awesome album one of my favourite thrash albums.   Mar 30, 2025

모던 파워 메탈 특유의 대중지향적이고 댄서블한 면이 분명 있으나 선을 넘어버린 다른 밴드 만큼 과하지 않고 적당하다. 앨범 후반부가 좀 아쉽긴 하지만, 그래도 이들의 앨범 중에선 이 앨범이 가장 마음에 듦.   4 days ago

Wintersun combines about 10 different genres with great success on this album. A perfect album, in the top 20 of all time.   4 days ago

Like "Silence", only 1000 times better. The band's absolute best album. Not all the songs are masterpieces, but the best ones are incredible and the atmosphere of the album is epic.   Mar 11, 2025

그 나이에 이게 데뷔앨범 이라는게 믿기지 않는다...다만 이때 모든 힘을 쏟은 것일까...ㅠ   Mar 12, 2025

모든 사운드가 사악하다.   Mar 12, 2025

Probably Judas Priest's most commercially successful album, and it's extremely good. The song material is brilliant, and if we forget the existence of "Pain And Pleasure" and "Fever", it's perfect. The "Hellion/Electric Eye" duo is still one of the greatest opening tracks in metal history. The production is tuned to exactly the level that a band of this class should have. And then there's Rob Halford. Absolutely phenomenal, a top-3 Priest album for me.   Mar 13, 2025

이시기에 나온 데스메탈 앨범들을 생각해보면 이들은 진짜 못해도 혼자서 20년을 넘게 앞서갔다.   Mar 13, 2025

90-95 이미 3집부터 이들의 음악은 헤비하고 꽤 프로그레시브의 주제의식을 가진 앨범들로 발전해갔다. 앨범커버는 dc 코믹스와 마블에서 유명한 Ethan Van Sciver의 그림이라고 한다. 일본반은 2번의 어쿠스틱 버전이 더 들어가 있다. 윙어의 진가는 이미 전작부터 보여줬고 깊이 있는 음악을 보여주는 것이 딱 내가 원하는 그런 밴드이다.   Mar 13, 2025

슬로바키아의 세풀투라. 89점.   Mar 13, 2025

Rainbow leaves classic hard rock behind with their second album and begins to create the beginnings of the genre that would later be called power metal. The song material is practically perfect and the album features perhaps the strongest band line-up in history. The last two songs are pure masterpieces. If melodic old-school heavy metal with incredible vocal performances interests you, now you know where to look. Legendary!   Mar 15, 2025

Excellant Amorphis album.   Mar 15, 2025