A gorgeous shoegaze album. I guess Damián is putting all the black metal songwriting into Trhä these days. Also, it's nice for an artist to do a lot of blackgaze and post-BM, but then show us they actually understand what straight-up shoegaze is. The vocals are just astounding. That doesn't mean I can tell who's doing which vocals though, and I don't particularly need to know to enjoy this.   Nov 11, 2024

I don't quite like the songwriting or the clean vocals, but I still can't go negative on this album. The pro musicianship does make it listenable, but on balance it ends up being an innocuous experience.   Nov 11, 2024

Yes very nice, and I'm not surprised that Integrity and their peers created a whole style of music. Metalcore actually started in a very good place. Also, it's a place with more in common with hardcore punk than more recent bands have. I'll be glad to try any Integrity album in the future.   Nov 11, 2024

Good very emotional songs, and I didn't get any of that melodic metalcore cringe. Good work by Poison the Well.   Nov 11, 2024

Very good and very solid. The drummer surprised me because I tend to think of 80s heavy metal as a sea of simple percussion. Really really not the case here.   Nov 11, 2024

The last track really blew me away, but the whole thing is very fun music.   Nov 11, 2024

Very good music here. With that album cover, remember there's some other sub-genres too - not just black metal.   Nov 11, 2024

All that soloing surely helped this become such a smash at the closing of the 80s. I find the style of their 1985 album a bit more enjoyable, but this one is also well played with tons of energy and great melodies.   Nov 11, 2024

So I learned that this serial killer / mass murderer theme is something they've been doing since the beginning. Very good early album from one of the best bands out there today.   Nov 11, 2024

Pretty good. I like how it's very heavy metal and traditional doom, while also keeping some traditional Japanese culture in the vocal delivery. At the same time, the vocals are the weak point because they need project more or resonate more... something needs to be more.   Nov 11, 2024

Good industrial album, and nice to learn of this artist who switches between quite different kinds of music apparently. Bear in mind, the first track will be unlistenable to most humans. The rest of the album is a real pleasure though. Don't abandon ship, maybe just switch to track 2.   Nov 11, 2024

Pretty good music here. The vocals were the weak point for me.   Nov 11, 2024

Crazy energy on this short album. rateyourmusic needs to learn the difference between cybergrind and industrial metal. It wasn't what I was searching for, but I appreciated the energy.   Nov 11, 2024

I wasn't expecting the brilliance & expertise I heard on Pleonectic, their 2023 release. Hacking the Holy Code was really decent, however. Good industrial songs and some good symphonic BM as well.   Nov 11, 2024

I was trying to have an industrial Tuesday last week, and this one gave me the dystopian atmosphere I was really craving. The ambient element is well-crafted and infectious. That submarine-feeling sound in the mix really affects me. The mechanical-feeling metal instrumentation is great too, and everything fits together perfectly. Extremely glad I gave this band a try.   Nov 11, 2024

Definitely more than 50% groove metal. Also not so good. Well, a little good.   Nov 11, 2024

Very different kind of music this time for Gaerea. Not quite as good as Mirage, but still a good listen.   Nov 11, 2024

Nice doomgaze here from Outlander. I can't say anything about the slowcore sub-genre out of ignorance, but anyway this album was a good & spacey chance to chill out. The cover photo also sparks my imagination.   Nov 11, 2024

Lots of crazy influences in this nice album in addition to tech death. It's mathy and dissonant too. Of course this combo makes it extreme.   Nov 11, 2024

So last week I had a mathcore Monday, and this quick EP had enough manic energy in it to leave a real impression.   Nov 11, 2024

Rather good, but as for the heaviness there is no rather; it's as heavy as ten elephants.   Nov 11, 2024

Some say this is early mathcore, but anyway, I find it noticeably better than Botch, so it was good news. Nice hardcore feel to it, and nothing negative to say about this one.   Nov 11, 2024

I remember when the closing title track was a new single on the radio - it was a nice memory that really stuck around. Now I find it's still great, but I'm starting to love track 2 more than I used to. Just like this album concludes in style, the band concluded their bold career with brilliance by releasing this great album.   Nov 11, 2024

Cool EP by Primordial Serpent. Track 2 was especially nice.   Nov 11, 2024

I used to play this album very very frequently. Now, after a bunch of years for a break, I'm amazed to find even more quality in it than I used to. All instruments including voice are just so phenomenal, the songs are inventive and expertly written, and the lyrics are crazy visceral while having true thought put into them. Even more of a flawless victory than you can get in Mortal Kombat (1992 Style).   Nov 11, 2024

The score from the movie Halloween but covered. The original music was by John Carpenter, the director, and it's a major highlight of film history. Ulver can't go wrong with the iconic main theme, but the quality doesn't quite stay at the same level all the way through this album. Still, it's cool to see Ulver do something like this.   Nov 4, 2024

Just learned about this band, and I'm very excited to catch up with them. Great black metal with some death metal for variety. Dark and gorgeous.   Nov 4, 2024

The gothic metal of this album really hit the spot for me. Even the softer moments don't feel like filler. Thank you Tribulation.   Nov 4, 2024

Not a good album. Actually very disappointing considering how their 2015 album was pretty good. This time there's not enough djent. Instead they wrote very weak emotionless & boring verses. Yeah the choruses are better in comparison, still nothing I'd call good. Even a bit overproduced. Overall, it's a bad album.   Nov 4, 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