This album was a nice unexpected surprise. I, without any major expectations, listened to it and was blown away. Then I googled the lineup, and guess what? Robert Lowe! I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me even though I thought "man, this band's vocalist sings just like the guy from Candlemass." Even though the instrumental parts are lighter than Candlemass, It's just plain greatness.   Aug 8, 2015

This... is freaking amazing! This just blew my mind. I was out of words by the thought that how a Technical Death Metal album could be this rapturous. Riffs, techniques, keyboards, you name it, they've got it.   Aug 6, 2015

Very fierce, violent, aggressive, brutal and intensely intense. But the best part is, that it's just so much fun. Let the headbangs ensue!   Aug 6, 2015

I, unknowingly, overly speed up my bike when I'm riding with this album on the playlist. I sometimes even miss red lights and almost perform a 360 no-scope on a vehicle with my body. That is just how much this album pumps me up.   Aug 6, 2015

Awesome! It's simply a blessing to be able to listen to this album while doing nothing but displaying physical indications of well-executed eupnea.   Aug 6, 2015

Very artistic, very exquisite and very well done. It emanates a thing that Opeth has for the longest time never showed; maturity. The songs are the finished archetype of their sound.   Aug 6, 2015

Great work! I'd happily take this improvement. Definitely shows more emphasis on the rock aspect of Opeth's sound. The best thing? They no longer muddle and mix up heavy and non-heavy parts, and that was really awful to hear on their early work.   Aug 6, 2015

Hmm, a nice rendition of Opeth's heaviness, which has gone more lighter than their previous work. I'd say that's some improved work, though I still can't approve the sudden clean vocals cutting in on heavy parts/after growling vocals. Seems so awkward! (I'll be complaining about this for a few more albums, obviously.)   Aug 6, 2015

The heaviness per album curve that Opeth drew since setting different ways with Nihilist(aka Entombed) in the early '90s has constantly been dropping down. I believe this is the last record they released where Opeth actually exhibited any Death Metal influneces. The proggy songs are quite nice but Opeth confuses Metal with Acoustic Rock once again.   Aug 5, 2015

Opeth are definitely getting better through the years. Though there's nothing trailblazing shown on this album, it feels like a continuation of the sound Opeth went for on Damnation.   Aug 5, 2015

Definitely better than Blackwater Park, with lots of appealing riffs and great growling vocals, Still having a hard time standing when the songs alternate between Death Metal and Progressive Soft Rock.   Aug 5, 2015

Awesome badass heavy melodic riffs desecrated by soft vocals and acoustic guitar sounds. I cringed at the 7:20 mark on the song Bleak when Mikael sang with a really soft tone while on the background there was so much heavy stuff. Really, Mr. Åkerfeldt?   Aug 5, 2015

The album starts off really heavy, and then it drops down to a bunch of limp acoustic guitar parts where it loses all the power. I'm sure that's intended on the band's part, but i just couldn't get whay they wrote the songs like that. Though the songs are not bad at all, the nosy acoustic parts that interrupts the badass heavy bits don't really make sense.   Aug 5, 2015

Sodom's not-so-great live album. I don't know what's wrong; the recording quality or the actual performance, but it wasn't appeasing to listen to at all.   Aug 5, 2015

Grind/Death done in a much cleaner and classy way, still never losing the brutality. Super clear recording quality too. Napalm Death never puts out no weak records!   Aug 4, 2015

Another pretty nice mix up of Death Metal and Grindcore. What makes this album shine is the groovy, headbang-inducing amazing riffs.   Aug 4, 2015

Definitely an excellent Napalm Death release! It shows more of a Death Metal style than Grindcore(perhaps Deathgrind?). It has a high pull-in value where you easily get sucked in listening to this album.   Aug 4, 2015

This feels like a very "refined" Immolation. The album is very intense, integrating multiple guitar lines which flow seamlessly through a full individual song.   Aug 4, 2015

A 3-streak of remarkable releases. Destruction's third effort is more balanced towards a heavy, bulky sound that has the razor-sharp guitar sounds turned down a notch. They've got some mad skills tho.   Aug 4, 2015

Man, this is a unique band. Their sophomore album, Eternal Devastation, shows some of the freshest work that Thrash Metal has ever offered. The thrashy riffs, amazing solos with great techniques from time to time, and a distinctive guitar tone that would later be used by Swedes all make this album a great one.   Aug 4, 2015

The bands that fall into the "Teutonic Thrash" category all have their own color and style. These guys show more of a techincal and speedy-riff oriented sound along with relatively high toned vocals. That style, along with beastly riff writing skills, is what makes this band one of the four giants of German Thrash.   Aug 4, 2015

Most Napalm Death releases pump me up no matter how much I listen to it. This album, Fear, Emptiness, Despair, shows a rather organic/organized sound, but still is no exception.   Aug 3, 2015

Looove the Death Metal influences on this album. Not only have the songs become longer, but they wrote songs that seem more like a full body as opposed to the disoriented, partitioned short songs they wrote before.   Aug 3, 2015

One of the reasons artists go for EP releases is because they know that their fans want quality over quantity. This release was a very nice move on Immolation's part because there clearly are some improvements compared to the predecessor.   Aug 3, 2015

This is how you do Death Metal. You get sucked in as you listen to this album. Very immersive and creative.   Aug 3, 2015

This would've been a very fine album if some other Death Metal band released it, but it's a downer for an Immolation album. They definitely need more creative brains to break up the usual style they've conformed to.   Aug 3, 2015

I just love Gorguts and how they're so weird and technical and experimental and awesome at the same time. No other way to put it.   Aug 3, 2015

The early Gorguts style was really alike what had been going on in the Death Metal scene, circa 1991. The sound Gorguts is famous with isn't yet exhibited, and it's rather a standard OSDM feeling. Nevertheless it's really well made and enjoyable.   Aug 3, 2015

This album is really strange, because as I was listening I could definitely say that the songs were good but none of the songs were actually memorable. Even after a few more listens I still got the same feeling. Weird! Maybe it's because their groovy change of style is too banal.   Aug 2, 2015

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