After Saurian Meditation, Karl Sanders provides us with a much darker and tribal-sounding album. However, from my point of view, Saurian Exorcisms is not as outstanding as his solo debut album. There are several excellent tracks, but, honestly, some choruses and passages present in the record are not my cup of tea.   Jun 16, 2016

As in Crow'sClaw previous studio album, The Spirit of the Destroyers, in Seven Wonders of the Lotus Land the band displays excellent technique and well-developed musical structures and rhythms. Definitely, a very solid and entertaining instrumental power metal work.   Jun 14, 2016

A hypnotic journey through the immemorial sands of Ancient Egypt.   Jun 9, 2016

I strongly believe that in this album Iron Attack! have outdone themselves. The vocals have been improved and the instrumental work is at a higher level than before, especially the guitar one, which is plainly superb.   Jun 7, 2016

From my point of view, the vocals are quite mediocre in this album. However, the instrumental work is very good, just as I expected from IRON-CHINO. Moreover, the instrumental piece called Queen's Letchi took me by surprise. I found it rather soothing and cooling.   Jun 3, 2016

I thought that this would be a hidden gem. Unfortunately, Renaissance of the Ancient Ka is far from being great. The whole EP is quite boring and lacks technique, vocally and instrumentally, although some lyrics are interesting. On the other hand, it is always nice to have Middle Eastern folk melodies in metal. However, here the same scale patterns are too exploited, and not in an innovative way.   May 14, 2016

It is always a pleasure to listen to Yama-B's voice. This album has good composition and notable guitar work overall.   May 11, 2016

Although Sex Virgin Killer have such scarce discography, they have become one of my favourite Japanese metal bands. Highly recommended stuff.   May 7, 2016

Here, we have again the same problem as in Crimson Red ep ♀: two first tracks which are very nice and pleasant and one last composition that, in my opinion, is extremely bad and pure noise. I do not see the point of adding these songs into both EPs, they only diminish their value.   Apr 30, 2016

The first two songs are quite good, they follow the band's style and are also very influenced by X Japan's early days. Unfortunately, the track Crimson Red ♀ is just a bunch of noise. It ruins the whole EP.   Apr 29, 2016

European 80's hard rock/heavy metal can gift us some really good and unique albums like Wings of Tomorrow. The furious song Scream of Anger is simply superb, a total overwhelming force, and the best track of the album by far.   Apr 26, 2016

A good album and a classic, although it is a little overrated in my opinion. Nevertheless, in British Steel we can find metal hymns like Breaking the Law and great songs such as Rapid Fire or Grinder.   Apr 18, 2016

This is a timeless album. Almost every song of it is an example of heavy metal at its finest. However, I honestly think that Gangland and Total Eclipse are at a lower level than the rest of the tracks, which, except for Invaders, are true masterpieces. My rating corresponds to the original edition (the one without Total Eclipse).   Apr 15, 2016

Overall, Iron Attack! did some nice work here, especially with Iron-Chino's skilled guitar solos. It's also worth mentioning Yu-ta's (Gauntlet) performance on vocals. However, as I said in other albums comments, I'm not very keen on まいなすいょん's singing (4th track), I don't find it good enough. She does a great job on keyboards, but, in my opinion, she should just stay there.   Apr 12, 2016

Concerto Moon takes another step on the ladder to greatness. Following the style of its previous releases, here we find a more complex album and, in several songs, neoclassical metal at its best. I think that this band deserves much more attention from metal lovers. Unfortunately, out of Japan, Concerto Moon is really underrated.   Apr 5, 2016

This album is a perfect example of polished and energetic instrumental power metal accompanied by a great sound production.   Mar 31, 2016

A true and essential heavy metal album.   Mar 29, 2016

"Akróasis" is a ferocious and eclectic album full of excellent technique and well-placed tempo changes.   Mar 27, 2016

In "From Father to Son" we can clearly see an improvement in the instrumental and vocal work. An even better album than the previous one. By the way, the date of this album edition should be July 23rd, 1998, not April 4th, 2000.   Mar 13, 2016

On the whole, every song is quite good, but what makes some of them great are Norifumi Shima's extraordinary guitar solos. "Fragments of the Moon" could be easily defined as a solid and well-crafted neoclassical metal album (this rating corresponds to the October 21st, 1998 special edition released by VAP).   Mar 6, 2016

The drummer and the new vocalist of Shokran are doing some nice work here.   Mar 3, 2016

Master Norifumi Shima and his blistering guitar solos.   Feb 29, 2016

Excellent production and a very nice beginning for 2016's heavy metal.   Feb 14, 2016

I found this by chance, and it turned out to be surprisingly good. A great power metal album with Gothic touches.   Feb 5, 2016

Evil album.   Feb 1, 2016

Magnum opus of heavy metal.   Jan 20, 2016

I am not very fond of some vocals in this album, but the instrumentals are quite good. Besides this, I found the little piece called 天水山を目指す especially pleasant.   Jan 17, 2016

An absolutely praiseworthy and ambitious work by Tobias Sammet. I found very interesting the concept of turning the lyrics into dialogues.   Jan 15, 2016

In True Obsessions, Marty continues showing us his unique sound. However, compared to his previous works, this album is quite worse. The instrumentals and guitar solos are mainly great, but I think that the lyrics are cheesy and generic. The vocals are average, though. Note: a Japanese edition was released the same year in which there are two additional tracks: Shine on Me & Hands of Time.   Jan 4, 2016

다른 말이 필요 없는, 스래시 메탈 역사상 최고의 앨범. 특히 Holy Wars는 들을 때마다 내 정신을 한 발씩 더 고양시킨다.   Nov 22, 2024

best album of all time.   Nov 24, 2024

'그래! 이게 1987년의 스래쉬였어! 미국에 이런 밴드가 엄청 있었다고!'라 할 만한 사운드를 들려주고 있다. 질주와 리듬감, 거기에 유려한 솔로. 듣다보면 1987년 당시 기준으로... Metallica의 제임스 헷필드가 더욱 거칠어지고 Megadeth의 데이브 머스테인이 더욱 단순, 폭력적이었더라면, 즉 둘이 안 헤어졌더라면 이런 앨범이 나왔지 않았을까 하는 생각도 있다.   Dec 2, 2024

가장 위대한 헤비메탈 밴드의 가장 위대한 앨범, 누군가 나에게 헤비메탈 첨 들어볼려고 한다고 하면 이 앨범을 주저하지 않고 들이밀것이다.   Dec 8, 2024

존 사이크스, 이 한 앨범을 그의 음악인생 최대역량으로 불살라 버렸다, 하드롹 역사 불멸의 앨범. 그럼에도 반덴버그는 Here I go again의 뜨거운 한 소절 솔로만으로도 사이크스의 위대한 업적을 일부 가려버렸다.   Dec 8, 2024

bathory 특유의 어두운 쓰래시의 맛이 후기에 완성시킨 바이킹 메탈과의 혼합된 작품. 가오 잡는 바이킹메탈이 아닌 바이킹을 정말 잘알고 좋아하던 블랙/쓰래시 밴드의 작품이라고 보면 된다. 앨범 제목부터가 가오에 지배되었고 a fine day to die라는 명곡이 탄생했다. 남자의 앨범이에여ㅎㅎ   Dec 9, 2024

설명이 필요한가 ? 헤비메탈이 무엇인지 알려주는 궁극의 앨범   Nov 19, 2024

아주 좋다. 그동안 AILD 앨범을 정주행하면 타이틀곡 포함 몇곡을 제외하고는 별로였던 경우가 많은데, 이 앨범은 오히려 싱글 이상으로 앨범 퀄리티가 뛰어나다. 듣기도 좋고 AILD 전매특허 메탈코어를 잘 즐길 수 있는 수작이나… 이 라인업이 고작 3년만에 해산되었다는게 아쉬울 뿐이다. 앞으로 이들의 미래는 어떨지, 그야말로 Through Storms Ahead할지 궁금하다.   Nov 21, 2024

자기가 제일 잘 하는 것을 담아낸 앨범   Nov 21, 2024

심포닉 블랙의 진수를 보여준 앨범...개인적으로 이들 앨범 중 가장 많이 듣고 좋아하는...   Nov 22, 2024

What a killer debut from Candlemass.   Nov 22, 2024

85-90 원래 마지막이라고 생각해서 그랬는지 뭔가 진짜 떠나는 사람 분위기에 심혈을 기울인 음반으로 느껴짐. 과거로 돌아가는 느낌도 꽤 나고 괜찮았다.   Nov 22, 2024

such a legendary album.   Nov 24, 2024

만듦새가 상당히 좋은 북유럽 근본 파워메탈로, 파워메탈 명맥유지 수호자들이 세계 곳곳에 흩어진 바이킹의 후예들을 오딘의 이름 아래 결집시킵니다. 영화음악을 방불케하는 온갖 효과들의 웅장함과 신화속 거인들의 발걸음같은 드럼 밸런스가 압권입니다. 발키리보이스가 주도하는 질서를 따라 이그드라실의 수려한 자태에 도사린 이야기들을 만나러갑니다.   Nov 26, 2024

본격 멜데스래쉬 후기 크리에이터의 시작을 알리는 앨범 마지막 곡이 맘에 든다.믹싱 장인 앤디스냅의 믹싱도 굿   Nov 30, 2024

여전히 Opeth는 Opeth입니다. Ghost 앨범을 기점으로 서서히 희석되기 시작한 데스메탈의 색채가 거의 20여년의 시간을 지나 다시 돌아왔습니다. 간단히 비교하자면 In Cauda Venenum 앨범에 Watershed 스타일을 한 스푼 넣은듯합니다 10집 이후부터 보여준 아트 록 적인 Opeth의 음악과 Damnation 앨범 이후의 스타일이 조화로이 엮여진 여전히 Opeth 라는 이름에 걸맞는 작품입니다.   Nov 30, 2024

80-90 크로스오버 스래쉬 밴드는 많이 갖고 있지 않은데 이 밴드는 좀 더 날카로운 면이 많은 듯. 2008~2011년도부터 리마스터본에 plague ep가 더 들어가는데 2011년도 버전은 odeon 라이브에서 일부 곡을 더 넣어줘서 총 24곡이 들어간다. 앨범 타이틀이 game over이지만 game over는 이 앨범에 들어가지 않는다   Dec 4, 2024

95-100 이만한 앨범이 어딨을까? 긴말이 필요없는 필청, 필구 앨범이다. 이들의 최고 앨범이 아닐까 싶다.   Dec 6, 2024

위대한 헤비메탈 밴드의 가장 위대한 업적   Dec 8, 2024