About Me :
▸ I have been an active user of Metal Storm and Prog Archives since 2012, but the Metal Kingdom is my favourite nowadays. For your information, I am an enthusiastic fan of !T.O.O.H.!, Akercocke, Between The Buried And Me (BTBAM), Carcass, Dan Swanö, Death, Dødheimsgard, Dream Theater, Edge of Sanity, Igorrr, Judas Priest, Khonsu, Opeth, Pantera, Shining, The World Is Quiet Here (TWIQH), and Vektor.

▸ I am an ardent and staunch prog-metal maniac. Even though I am leaning towards tech and the extreme side of prog-metal at this point in time, I have been hugely influenced by eclectic, symphonic, and neo prog-rock musicians like Gentle Giants, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Marillion, Rush, and Yes. But my musical taste is a bit more complicated to be described in a single phrase.

▸ For more details, my musical Xanadu is the music based on a labyrinthine progressive metal structure with a sophisticated mixture of unconventional avant-garde metal approach and leviathan doom / black metal atmosphere. My journey to the metal world is to find out the albums that can offer those features.

▸ Although I used the term 'labyrinthine' above, it does not mean that I always favour unnecessary musical intricacy. I believe that simplicity overpowers intricacy. At the same time, I do not like musical oversimplification in both sound and structure either. It is a matter of greater or less degree of how a musician integrates plural, distinct and various musical elements into a harmonious or musically sensical form.

▸ I am a guy who would like to be an audiophile but does not have the auditory capacity to be the one. I also love to collect my favourite music in various formats such as vinyl, CD, and Hi-Res digital audio files.

▸ I am bilingual in English and Korean.
영어와 한국어 모두 가능한 이중화자 입니다.

▸ I listen to a targeted album at least twice before I leave a comment or review on it.
한 엘범당 최소한 두번은 듣고 코멘트나 리뷰를 작성합니다. 저의 코멘트나 리뷰는 주관적 입장에서 작성되며 다수의 의견과 다를 수 있습니다. 저의 음악적 성향은 위의 글을 참고하시기 바랍니다.

▸ The standard for an average album is a score of 70.
평반의 기준은 70점입니다.

▸ I take into account genre characteristics and the musical history of a particular band when making a rating.
평점을 매길 때 장르적 특성과 특정 밴드의 음악적 이력을 고려합니다.

Ratings (based on the rating standard of Metal Kingdom) :
★★★★★ (On the scale of = 100)
▸ Masterpiece in every sense.
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★★★★☆ (On the scale of 95 to 99)
▸ Near perfection. Could be considered iconic or epic in a certain genre.
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★★★★ (On the scale of 90 to 94)
▸ Excellent. Deserved to be on the list of veritable awesomeness.
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★★★☆ (On the scale of 85 to 89)
▸ Great. Deserved to earn a spot in your glorious collection.
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★★★ (On the scale of 80 to 84)
▸ Good. Pleased to see if added to your collection.
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★★☆ (On the scale of 75 to 79)
▸ Above the average. Deserved to be given a listen and your attention.
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★★ (On the scale of 70 to 74)
▸ Average. Give a listen if you are a fan.
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★☆ (On the scale of 65 to 69)
▸ Disappointing. Could be yawn-inducing.
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★ (On the scale of 60 to 64)
▸ Bad.
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☆ (On the scale of 50 to 59)
▸ Very bad. May cause the degradation of your hearing capacity.
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(On the scale of 40 to 49)
▸ Abomination.