This album does a fantastic job at emitting a well-defined mood and just soaking you in it for 30 minutes. Very post-rock, ambient, and art rock vibes here. I suspect some people find this boring and others find it genius. The genius element is there and probably hard to pick up on, so it's not for everyone but it's quite an accomplishment.   Oct 24, 2023

Definitely the best straight black metal album I've heard this year. I especially loved the drumming, but everything is amazing. Each song is burning with evil power, and it's great for playing repeatedly. Almost a perfect score. Major respect to Asagraum.   Oct 22, 2023

The female vocals are pretty fantastic and the band injects life & energy into the songs, which are somewhat good. The lyrics are both weak and silly, and it's really weird how they keep saying 'hermitage' again and again while pronouncing some kind of hybrid between the English and the French word. All in all, good but not very good.   Oct 22, 2023

If you must know, yes the first thing I thought of was Skeletor. Anyway, this album is full of great moments.   Oct 21, 2023

Oh hell yes, Lovecraftian themes expressed so beautifully through musical composition in addition to the words on the album. I learned this was blackened death metal, but I was surprised at how deeply melancholic it is. This fits perfectly with Lovecraft's lonely protagonists who venture out of humanity's sight. There's arcane atmosphere as well. Almost tempted to move it up to 95. Class act all around.   Oct 20, 2023

The singer spits venom & vitriol to depressive melodies and spacious frosty atmosphere. There are lots of great touches, such as simple yet inventive and extremely effective drumming patterns. A very busy one-man-band did a great job here.   Oct 20, 2023

I think I like this one even more than their self-titled. There's just so much life in each song. I find the riffs energizing, and the passionate vocals are 100% genuine. There is constant swearing on this album, which was a rather childish and embarrassing aspect of the nu metal boom, but on this album all the swears just feel completely natural; I can't explain it.   Oct 20, 2023

Damn, I loved this so much. I can tell it's a bit sloppy, but listening to it gives a special effect: it makes you the coolest person in the world. All in all, the music is good / not great, but the coolness factor makes it worth listening to again & again.   Oct 20, 2023

If you're going to sound exactly like Rammstein, you need to write better songs and put more thought into how you play them. The singer imitates Till's voice, but doesn't have anywhere near the vocal power or creative control as him. These are mostly unispired songs, but there are a couple of moments that work well. Average it out and it's an innocuous recording.   Oct 20, 2023

Another great new stoner band to keep track of. The melodies are fantastic. I feel like the singer is missing his chances to freak out and draw nice contrasts between the mellower singing. I see a clear path for these guys to make their music even more excellent.   Oct 20, 2023

It's the band that doesn't want to be called nu metal, and their first album is nu metal. Also it's a very solid album with highlights and interesting changes of pace here & there. Pretty good.   Oct 20, 2023

Led-Zeppelin-worship taken in a more heavy metal direction seems like the perfect strategy for success in the 80s, except almost no bands had the skill & drive to actually achieve that sound. Whitesnake's music is on that level though, and the sound of Coverdale's voice and all the instruments are so fine. Too bad some songs had a little less effort put into them. If everything was as great as Still of the Night, this would be a perfect album.   Oct 20, 2023

Great mix of classic rock and contemporary stoner doom. Songwriting skills and recording are high level. I also like that album cover, but wish it was done a little better. Anyway, I'm glad to discover this band.   Oct 18, 2023

Not a perfect album; some parts bothered me like the awkward chorus on The Bigger Picture. The good parts are so fantastic that this is still a great album though. I was actually considering a lower score until I reached the last track, which is 32% of the album's running time. In the end, a wonderful experience.   Oct 18, 2023

I respect Bathory for bringing metal to new places with this influential album. The lo-fi recording does weaken it a little. Track 7, though, is pure fire. All things considered, pretty good and a nice way to start a legendary career.   Oct 18, 2023

Slamming brutal death metal with a wonderful foreboding feel. I really appreciate how much work went into the sound clips to coordinate with the album's theme and help us imagine the dreadful sci-fi calamity playing out.   Oct 18, 2023

Pretty good thrash, but I can't call any track particularly great. There are some very good moments though. A major drawback is that this album returns to slow acoustic and clean sections way too often, which are so much weaker than the thrashy moments. Nothing particularly bad. Kind of good.   Oct 17, 2023

Eddie's guitarwork and Alex's drumming are fantastic, but Sammy drags down the quality a little. Actually, on the first track he really mimics Dave's approach and this works pretty well. Except for track 1 and Dreams though, Sammy makes it more like so-so mom rock.   Oct 17, 2023

They deserve an award for album title, track titles, & theme. This sub-genre gets some hate even from metalheads, but Blastocystia shows a sincere love for their music, and this comes through on the fantastic instrumentation. I absolutely loved every second of this album; even the pig squeals were fun. Album of the day without a doubt.   Oct 17, 2023

Good quality straight black metal with a very very strong sense of drama.   Oct 17, 2023

You can get lost in the hazy dreariness for the whole 43 minutes. There are a few standout moments of gorgeous emotional release. The vast majority of the time, I'll say it's good but not great.   Oct 17, 2023

Surprise of the day. Great energy, and they keep focus throughout the whole album - no filler. The vocals are really uncomfortable to listen to in a few places, but I get the feeling that this is intentional. I still don't know if I understand what sasscore is. To me this feels like indie rock like Sleater-Kinney. Anyway, I'm impressed.   Oct 17, 2023

This luscious sound really brightened up my morning. Though it doesn't get into deathcore territory, it still might feel somewhat thall - I did get a lot of wide-open & desolate moments within this djent adventure into the microchip adventure. Whether or not people want to use that buzzword for this, The Dark Atom's music is a treat as always.   Oct 16, 2023

Great grindcore with a lot more melody injected into the song structure than I tend to hear. It's still not quite an everyday genre for me, but now I learn that Gridlink is the kind of grindcore I should've tried first; it just feels so great to hear their music.   Oct 14, 2023

NWOTHM is going stronger than ever, and here's a bright new band for everyone to take note of. No negative points here. I just hope to see them do the exact same thing and keep perfecting it. Also, I'll bet they will. Also, that album cover is fantastic.   Oct 14, 2023

Perfect recording on this gorgeous album. It has old school death metal melodies with more contemporary gurgling guttural vocals. Love the theme, love that this is merely the start of the career of a very young band. Thank you Blayne Smith for featuring these guys.   Oct 14, 2023

I expected it to be good, but I didn't know there was going to be some top-tier black metal on it. Also, Aleah Stanbridge is on track 5 - another great point. Respect to Swallow the Sun for producing so much soulful music with melancholy and fury.   Oct 14, 2023

Great new artists everywhere these days, and Kryss debuts with a fully developed sound and total pro instrumentation. Great atmospheric BM. If the album title sounds like so many other bands, they're deceiving you, because these guys uniquely have some heavy metal & doom moments woven in, and it gets a bit post-rock for more variety. Strong in both evil & sadness. Happy me.   Oct 14, 2023

Good songs played well. Also, I'm curious if track 5, Dire Necropolis, is about the film Alien: Covenant.   Oct 13, 2023

죽어버린 남자다움에 오함마로 심폐소생을 시키는 앨범. 멈췄던 심장이 그들의 리프와 드럼을 따라 다시 뛰기 시작한다.   Nov 1, 2024

스래쉬 음반을 언급할 때 항상 다섯 손가락 안에 꼽는 앨범...모든 곡이 베스트일 정도로 완벽하다. 개인적으로 Stronger Than Hate을 가장 좋아한다.   Nov 6, 2024

85-90, 예전에 빽판으로 즐기던 음반. 운이 좋게 다시 시디로 구입하게 들어보게 되었다. 지금 이 시점에서는 좋게 들렸고 시원시원했다. 녹음은 거칠긴 하나 가끔 너무 갑갑한 믹싱이 되어 있는 메탈음반이 많은데 차라리 이런 식으로 만드는게 낫다 싶다. 1,2집도 언제인가는 구해지지 않을까 생각해본다.   Oct 30, 2024

어쿠스틱 기타, 첼로, 플루트 등을 이용하여 녹음한 어쿠스틱 사운드의 작품이다. 그러나 표현하고자 하는 사운드의 방향성 자체는 무겁고 진지하다. 멜로디가 약간 서늘한 냉기를 품고 있다. 더운 여름에 들으면 시원함을 느낄 수도 있지만 대체로 가을의 분위기에 잘 어울린다. 커버아트와 음악의 매칭이 절묘하다.   Nov 4, 2024

90-95. 이 시기의 블가 앨범들은 다 좋은 듯. hansi의 보컬을 더 느끼고 싶어서 사모으기 시작한 앨범인데 그렇다고 나랑 맞는 음악을 하는 밴드가 아닐 수 있었지만 지금까지 몇번들어본 결과는 만족스러운 행진 중이다. the eldar같은 곡은 지금의 나에게는 최고의 곡. 인트로+본곡 같은 스타일로 중복이 되는데 큰 단점같지는 않다. 조화롭게 잘 넘어갔다.   Nov 8, 2024

95-100 2024년까지 나온 오케스트라와의 협연 음반 모든 것을 통틀어 최고다. 다 어설픈 편곡때문에 그냥 원곡 듣고 말지 라는 생각이 드는 반면 이 음반은 최소 제대로 만들어진 영화음악 하나 들었다 할 정도로 편곡자체가 매우 잘 되어 밴드와 오케스트라가 제대로 융화 예상과 달리 스튜디오로 앨범을 냈지만 dvd 2disc를 사면 라이브 시디가 포함되어 있는 듯 하다.   3 days ago

85- 90 채스틴의 기타가 바삐 움직인다. 당시의 다른 기타리스트와는 다른 맛이 있다. 레더 레온은 참 좋은 보컬같다라고 생각을 또 하게 되었다.   Oct 27, 2024

라센은 일본 빅터에서 받아 동일하게 12번 "Rainy Nights"이 더 들어가 있다. 앙그라 초기는 의외로 많이 듣지 않아 생각보다 익숙하지 않은 면이 있다. 현재는 이 정도 점수를 주고 다음에 또 감상하면서 고쳐보도록 하겠다   Oct 28, 2024

Their most representative album of the eighties, full of innovation and class, with forceful themes and a benchmark in style for the hard rock genre, in fact it is their best-selling work to date! My personal precise rating is (94/100) Faves: Criyng In The Rain and Don´t Turn Away!   Oct 30, 2024

완벽하다. 지금와서 painkiller 정도의 힘을 기대하는 것은 무리지만 관록과 경험으로 영그러진 놀라운 앨범을 냈다. 엔지니어링도 크게 한몫했다.   Oct 31, 2024

옛 모습이 그립다. 그래도 화이팅!   Nov 1, 2024

조금도 기대안했었는데….훌륭합니다!!   Nov 1, 2024

온갖 괴생물체들이 꿈틀거리는듯한 아트워크의 세계관이 펼쳐지며..끈적이는 불협화음 데스 사운드에 빨려든다.   Nov 6, 2024

The album finds Blood Incantation returning to their death metal roots with renewed psychedelic vigour, eager to tear apart familiar metallic ideas   Nov 6, 2024

80-90. 메킹 커멘트를 보고 얼라이브를 베스트 대용으로 해도 된다는 의견에 2,3를 사게 되었는데 1,3에만 rock and roll all nite가 있다는 것을 다시 여기서도 알립니다. 이번에 사게된 앨범이 일본반 shm-cd 규격인데 음질이 나쁜게 아니지만 2보다는 살짝 거친게 아닌가 싶다. 아직까지는 얼라이브 시리즈+일반 스튜디오 베스트 조합으로 끝낼 생각.   Nov 6, 2024

85-90 기본적으로 2010년 이후 이들의 앨범이 특별히 구리다고 생각이 든 적이 없다. 이번 앨범은 기다려도 라센이 안나와서 결국 수입반을 샀다. 전체적인 곡 수준, 연주 수준 모든게 긍정적 방향이다.   Nov 6, 2024

85-95. 5번은 후기 대표곡. 커버한 밴드가 sodom , megadeth, helloween, Jorn 등이 있다. 필 라이엇이 안죽었다면 사이크스가 백사로 과연 넘어갔을까 하는 생각과 씬 리지가 꽤나 터프한 느낌도 갖게 되는 과정이었는데 이 미래가 재미있었겠다 라는 생각이 드는 앨범.   Nov 6, 2024

Very good work on guitars,a tight rhythm sectionand lots of keyboards effects the way only FATES WARNING teached to play !   Nov 7, 2024

훌륭한 데뷰. 1집을 꼭 사야 할까라는 생각으로 살다가 이제야 얻어걸린 느낌으로 사게 되었다. 물론 1집을 필수라고 여기지 않았지만 후회도 없다. 보컬이 멤버들보다 나이가 10여살 많은 걸로 기억하고 게디리의 좀 더 듣기 좋은 버전이라고 생각이 든다. 다만 믹싱이 마음에 들지 않아서 살짝 밋밋하다. 보컬과 드럼이 살짝 뒤로 간 느낌.리믹스가 절실하나 과연?   Nov 7, 2024