The guitar playing really steals the show on this good album. All the guitarwork adds a lot of emotional depth and a wonderful sense of danger. Nice compositions and tight playing as well. The vocals lack variety though; I keep wishing he would go higher or lower at least once in a while. His tone of voice does add some atmosphere though (not just mindless cookie monster). Not perfect, but I enjoyed my introduction to these O.G.s of death metal.   Aug 30, 2023

This album starts off with a big bang. A lot of great harsh vocals are on this predominately death metal record. Unfortunately, the clean vocals drone on too much and weaken a lot of the tracks. Interestingly, she doesn't have that problem when doing clean vocals louder. Despite the weak point, this album still has a strong haunting mood. All in all, somewhat good.   Aug 30, 2023

This one's mostly rap metal, and track 9 is a brilliant example of how well that can work. Too bad on most other tracks she doesn't achieve the same level of entertaining & charismatic delivery. I think Otep is a better screamer than a rapper. Anyway, nothing's particularly bad. Actually a lot of the rolling nu metal riffs are good.   Aug 30, 2023

The melodies really stay in my head. This is the best I've heard from Nordicwinter yet. The cover art is an extremely evocative French painting. The songs are just long enough to build up to astoundingly impactful moments, and it's a quite hypnotic experience, as depressive atmospheric BM can be when done this well. My pick of the day.   Aug 29, 2023

Good vocals, great vocal melodies, mixed review for the lyrics, good instrumentation, beautiful recording, and some of the songwriting is just excellent. What surprises me about this album is how Filter sounds like a young & vital band while showing the discerning touch of a veteran artist. Not a perfect score, but it will be one of the most memorable albums of 2023. The songs flow so nicely.   Aug 29, 2023

Songs ranging from very good to so-so. I clearly remember Filter getting some airplay in the 90s and 2000s, and it's nice to hear how well they started out, especially with such nice grooves to many of these songs.   Aug 29, 2023

This compilation shows off their variety. The music is a bit unique but still not far from what you expect from post-black metal. Pretty good quality, but maybe too short.   Aug 29, 2023

This is a lot more punky than I thought it would be. Great variety and the recording sounds so right. If you know who Neige is, it'll likely be as good as you expect.   Aug 29, 2023

Great start for a new one-man-band. I'm Captain Obvious here, but it's the cosmic kind of atmospheric BM. Kind of like Mare Cognitum but less prog and more evil. Also, it has a nice air of tragedy to it. Another great artist for me to remember, and that logo is pure brilliance.   Aug 25, 2023

The atmospheric BM songs are very satisfying - I especially love the field recording keeping time with the rhythm early on. The ambient / somewhat dungeon synth interludes are much weaker. Still a memorable EP and, with their new single, I'm really looking forward to the next album.   Aug 25, 2023

Disharmonium is a series, now I learn, and it's 2 gorgeous masterpieces in a row so far. This time it's dissonant black metal, so you might get a shock if expecting atmospheric, but it will be an enjoyable shock. This album is so nightmarish and disturbing but magically it makes me relax even more than the previous one. Track 8 takes a break from dissonance and gets really melodic for a moment. Besides that it's dissonant bliss for 43 minutes.   Aug 25, 2023

The high points of this one are so powerful that I almost feel like giving it a 100/100. Track 4 is definitely a perfect song, so I can see why it was chosen as a single. The blackgaze is so sparkling clean, but the frantic blackened vocals are so lo-fi that the contrast is captivating. Electronica and everything else is great. The overall effect is hypnotizing yet fiery.   Aug 16, 2023

Melancholic in a heartfelt way. Cover art : pure ecstasy. Album title : woops, plural apostrophe. Another quality atmospheric BM album from the absurdly abundant 2021. Well done.   Aug 14, 2023

Wonderful debut. Everything is decent or very good. While the vocals are extremely gratifying I would enjoy it more if he wouldn't try to fit in so many lyrics and focus instead on passion & freaking out. There are some face melting solos - what a nice surprise for an album that is such early-90s worship. The drums are energetic & pulverizing, though I have no clue who's playing them. There are clips of them playing with a drummer on their facebook... Anyway, good stuff.   Aug 9, 2023

Undeniable in it's crushing power. It's more great old school death metal from them, and absolutely a contender for album of the year. Much like Blackbraid did this year, this current old school artist came back with their 2nd album displaying even more powerful music and rose to the top of their sub-genre. With Crypta as well, I kinda felt it coming. Anyway, however much recognition they get from this will not be enough. Pure metal mastery.   Aug 6, 2023

I get lots of 'hell yeah' when I listen to this. I think the singer could work on projecting some more. The songs are all very good, but I have a feeling they'll find a way to something even greater in the future, and I hope they make it a longer album when they get there. Still very good & nasty instrumentation with a haunted atmosphere. Thick dark mud.   Aug 6, 2023

Beautiful album on the softer side of metal. Also, it feels more gothic and less doom to me. Anyway, this one has a truly unforgettable sound, and an hour & 20 minutes of it.   Aug 6, 2023

Come and Get Me Sucker is the chorus of the year so far. The nasty bluesy heaviness blew me away. There is tons of buzz around this album, but I doubted I would like it as much as all that just because it sounded too good to be true. Well, lucky me - I enjoy it even more than it's reputation promised. These songs energize me tons, and it's a thought-provoking experience as well. Total masterpiece.   Aug 4, 2023

Really beautiful moments from start to finish. I can't find anything negative to say about this album. Some of their other albums feel more powerful to me, so I'll give it a 90 to leave space for the ones I liked even more.   Aug 4, 2023

This one really caressed my mind with dark despair and made it inviting to hit replay. Whenever there is modern or urban black metal, I have this strong suspicion that it's gonna be really bad, but then time & time again it ends up sounding so good to me. Anyway, these songs are interesting and quite captivating.   Aug 4, 2023

They fully captured the essence of what makes thrash fun on this album. These guys produce so much music in so many genres that I just can't keep track. Now this album takes the music industry by storm, and I can see why. Good job guys.   Aug 4, 2023

The songs range from great to so-so, but even the so-so ones put a smile on my face. After 45 years of band activity, they're able to keep this extremely youthful sound, no faking, nothing forced, nothing weak. I'm impressed.   Aug 4, 2023

I consider it good / not great. Maybe this will be an essential album to the biggest deathcore fans out there. Anyway, the last track is a great conclusion to the album. Also, all the famous guests help add a lot of vocal variety, so there's a bunch of highlights.   Aug 4, 2023

I'll call this one very close in quality to the purple album. Ooo boy the highlights of this album are pure bliss. Those Smashing-Pumpkins guitar tones, that monumentally gratifying voice, and those raw riffs. So much to enjoy.   Aug 4, 2023

The album cover is cool, but I take the music inside 1 million times more seriously than that cover. Sometimes music hits the right tone so perfectly that it's deeply aesthetic in terms of the art how to best play the material, and it's gratifying on a primitive level as well. This album does both of those. I just love every single second of this one.   Aug 2, 2023

Very very well played songs. It's quite the tour of all the tricks & trademarks of black metal. I really wish they saved some of those musical ideas for the future, and developed some of these songs into longer compositions that have larger payoffs. There's so much potential here I won't be surprised if a future album from them ranks at the top of the Melodic Black Metal chart.   Aug 2, 2023

Thick meaty guitar tone for the win. As recommended by Banger TV, and the recommendation paid off wonderfully. This is exciting and inspiringly extreme music, and I don't need to add 'only if you're into this genre' etc. Also, you have enough time in your day to try this EP.   Aug 2, 2023

I expected good and I got even better. I didn't know I'd find such high quality going back this far. Immensely good vibes fill the album as is usual for these fantastic musicians. Each album has its own flavor, and I'll remember The Discovery as one of their albums to replay frequently.   Aug 2, 2023

I tried hard to like this and I found moments here & there where everything is working nicely for me. Especially the segments that can pass for straight-up punk. There's no single song that I'm 100% positive about. The bad parts are sometimes extremely painful - especially the vocals on We Got This. In the end, I dislike it, but I thought I was going to dislike it much more strongly. Emphasize the positive!   Aug 1, 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