Rate the last album you've heard

[matt72582]

This is considered the first stand-up comedy album, even though Mort Sahl did "At Sunset" in 1955, which is now in the Library of Congress (especially since it was recorded and sold without his permission)

http://cdn.discogs.com/N4PQ-no3UHhn_iboTbXG-x5cKik=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-3120434-1316819867.jpeg.jpg

[Swan]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/8d50cd7b-0a05-4a33-a502-63cd85a8c395_zpsjlchdciw.jpg

Nails - Abandon all Life - 3.5+ (with room to grow)

At only 18 minutes long, the sophomore album of grindcore/powerviolence band Nails is full of raw, angry intensity. That's what I want right now and therefore, I really enjoyed this album. With such a short length I blasted through it, but nonetheless spent all 18 minutes sucked into the incredible furiousness of Abandon All Life. Need to check out their debut now.

[Redwell]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A-i7%2B6cHL.jpg

One of my favorite albums by one of my favorite rappers. Nas really comes out of his shell on this follow-up to Illmatic, transcending boom bap and adopting heavier themes and loftier concepts. With these leaps forward, we also begin to notice his questionable ear for beats and his weak hook writing, but those become secondary the more familiar you become with his work. The opening track The Message is a mafioso collage reminiscent of Kool G Rap which samples one of Nas' own lines in a grand display of ego. If I Ruled The World and I Gave You Power are two legendary topical tracks. Affirmative Action is a deep posse cut and the best cut to come out of the short-lived Firm collective. Love this record. 4.5

[Swan]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/e5d77f9a-8c3f-4189-9ba6-cbcf06592387_zpsiqjvybga.jpg

Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive

Terrific saxophonist makes a terrific jazz-funk record. This vinyl was one of the many given to me by my dad, and I'm very happy to have it included in my collection. I had a lot of funk listening to it. A nice blend of the two genres I'm really focusing on exploring right now - jazz and funk.

4

[Swan]

I had a lot of funk listening to it.

You know, that was totally a typo, but I'm just gonna leave it.

[Guaporense]

Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
http://www.ironmaiden.com/thebookofsouls/img/og.jpg

Managed to miss this release from one of my favorite bands of all time. Bad mistake, it's another heavy metal album to top the UK charts in recent years together with Black Sabbath's 13th.

Iron Maiden has stablished itself as the most consistent music band of all time.

[Guaporense]

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0692048040_10.jpg

Early death metal classic. :D

[Guaporense]

south of heaven - slayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY2hMgZ_Ocg

Classic. Slow Slayer and features a Judas Priest cover.

[Guaporense]

Behemoth - The Satanist (2014)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/BehemothTheSatanist.png

Very atmospheric. Liked it a lot, more "melodic" than our usual death metal. Behemoth are pretty good band.

[Guaporense]

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/2/9/0/3290.jpg?4018

Excellent pure thrash metal.

[Guaporense]

https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/56806de5-eeed-4081-9475-d585dc049081/albumcover/unification-4fdb5a6767156.jpg

OMG this album cover sucks. The album rules though, best power metal album of the 1990's.

[AboveTheClouds]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pfiLjL6-HI

Discharge - Hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing. UK82 at it's finest.

[AboveTheClouds]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhItMcaLPeE

ACxDC RULES! Anti Christ Demon Core


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvE75TW7jQo

INFEST!!!

It's been a Powerviolence/D-beat

[edarsenal]

http://eil.com/images/main/Badlands+Voodoo+Highway+574837.jpg

Badlands' Voodoo Highway from 1991. 4.5 serious blues vibe to this rock album with Jake E Lee doing some amazing guitar work

[Guaporense]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/The_Return_of_the_Darkness_and_Evil_coverart.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Demons_%26_Wizards_-_Demons_%26_Wizards_-_Front_Cover.jpg

[cinemajack]

Anti
Rihanna | 2016
2

Blackstar
David Bowie | 2016
4.5

This is Acting
Sia | 2016
3

[Guaporense]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RTZ7fI-wL.jpg

10/10

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/5/8/758.jpg?1752

10/10

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/5/4/254.jpg?4341

10/10

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Nordland_i.jpg

8/10

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Album_Cover_of_Nordland_II.png

8/10

[Guaporense]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Hammerheart.jpg

10/10

[Monkeypunch]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Headquarters_-_The_Monkees.jpg

This is a record that always puts me in a good mood. The Monkees fought against their producers to make this, an entire album where they played their own instruments, chose or wrote their own songs, and the results are loose, fun, and memorable. Best Tracks: "Randy Scouse Git," "You Just May Be The One," and "No Time." 5

[Swan]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/463b3bf9-d590-440b-9bc5-0918c6596ec7_zps27juuowl.jpg

Grimes - Art Angels

So this is like, experimental and pop at the same time, but I feel both those labels are misleading in this case and don't do the album justice. In truth, it's simply an album of well-made, infectiously catchy and energetic songs. I can see myself turning to it when I'm down in the future, because it's quite cheerful.

4+

[cinemajack]

Bottomless Pit
Death Grips | 2016
4.5

The Colour in Anything
James Blake | 2016
4.5

Lemonade
Beyoncé | 2016
4.5

A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead | 2016
4.5

Views
Drake | 2016
2.5

[AboveTheClouds]

http://music.porkrind.org/KMFDM/WWIII/cover.jpg
KMFDM - World War III (2003) 3.5

http://stream.cdandlp.net/osmoseproductions/images/ARESKINGDOMreturn.jpg
Ares Kingdom - Return To Dust (2006) 4.5

http://bigtakeover.com/images/10045.jpg
The Devil's Blood - The Time Of No Time Ever More (2009) 4

http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Disma-Towards-The-Megalith-e1310392522290.jpg
Disma - Towards the Megalith (2011) 3.5

http://mlb-s2-p.mlstatic.com/blasphemy-fallen-angel-of-doom-cd-801311-MLB20508552803_122015-O.jpg
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom (1990) 5

http://www.thoseopposedrecords.com/1318-large_default/pseudogod-deathwomb-catechesis-cd.jpg
Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis (2012) 3.5

[Guaporense]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Blind_guardian_follow_the_blind.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Blind_guardian_battalions_of_fear.jpg

Speed metal classics before BG would help define power metal.

[Guaporense]

http://stream.cdandlp.net/osmoseproductions/images/ARESKINGDOMreturn.jpg
Ares Kingdom - Return To Dust (2006) 4.5

http://bigtakeover.com/images/10045.jpg
The Devil's Blood - The Time Of No Time Ever More (2009) 4

http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Disma-Towards-The-Megalith-e1310392522290.jpg
Disma - Towards the Megalith (2011) 3.5

http://mlb-s2-p.mlstatic.com/blasphemy-fallen-angel-of-doom-cd-801311-MLB20508552803_122015-O.jpg
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom (1990) 5

http://www.thoseopposedrecords.com/1318-large_default/pseudogod-deathwomb-catechesis-cd.jpg
Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis (2012) 3.5

I guess I should start branching out from my old favorite bands. :)

[MovieMeditation]

Lemonade
Beyoncé | 2016
4.5

Views
Drake | 2016
2.5
Also the last two I heard.

Would give Lemonade the same I think. Great album. I would probably give Drake's the same too, but I gotta give it a proper listen first.

[cinemajack]

Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande | 2016
3.5

Also the last two I heard.

Would give Lemonade the same I think. Great album. I would probably give Drake's the same too, but I gotta give it a proper listen first.
I found Views to be too full of cheap-sounding filler. There was no reason for that album to be over eighty minutes long.

[mark f]

4+
http://diymag.com/media/img/Artists/C/Car_Seat_Headrest/_400x400_crop_center-center_75/carseat-headrest.jpg

4
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/45f439f196e2ce8d50242afe7d48735535adb8aa/c=0-0-4000-4000&r=x408&c=405x405/local/-/media/2016/05/08/USATODAY/USATODAY/635983284547965765-Radio-AMoon-Cover-240416.jpg

3.5
http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music49/v4/72/39/30/723930aa-038a-a4f6-bd84-677145cdd545/cover400x400.jpeg
Moonface and Siinai - My Best Human Face

3.5
http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Monkees-Good-Times-legacy.jpg

[Beatle]

http://www.propermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SimonGarfunkelFront.jpg

http://img.wax.fm/releases/2335922/simon-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-1491151.jpeg

rating_5

This is a classic akbum. Love the title track, El Condor Passa, Cecilia (especially!), The Only Living Boy in New York, Bye Bye Love, The Song for the Asking, but most of all it contains one of my fave songs, The Boxer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LFML_pxlY

[Iroquois]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/RunTheJewels3.jpg

4

[Swan]

Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation

http://i.imgur.com/F1npld5.jpg

No rating, but I love this album. So much fun, been listening to it non-stop lately.

[Mr Minio]

^ I'll listen to it today. It better be good!

[jiraffejustin]

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/5879/image/LouvinBrothers_TragicSongsOfLife_325.jpg

Swan says I listen to "geezer music." He's right. I love this old stuff.

5

[Swan]

Along with Bonito Generation, which I still listen to religiously, these are my current go-to albums. Have been loving them a lot.

Mndsgn - Breatharian

http://i.imgur.com/LGyrXSs.jpg?1

Quick to fall in love with this one. Reminds me somewhat of Flying Lotus, and I notice some juke influence in here as well. But Mndsgn is ultimately his own guy, musically. Thank goodness he has quite a few more albums to devour, because I really dug this one. Favorite track is probably "Greendowns Wit 0."

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Shlohmo - Dark Red

http://i.imgur.com/pFnk0KX.jpg?1

This one grew on me over time. At first, I was appreciating it more than enjoying it. Not sure what changed, but I have since fallen in love with it. I love how moody it is, I think, most of all. Picking a favorite track is tough here, because it's such a cohesive album, but if I had to pick one it might be "Meet Ur Maker".

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Blank Banshee - Mega

http://i.imgur.com/AN5NrxV.jpg?1

Really cool album that I have found myself returning to quite a bit. Favorite track is probably "My Machine" - love how he utilizes his voice in that song.

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Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

http://i.imgur.com/tQynsVt.jpg?2

The all-star album of these four. One of my new favorite rap albums of all-time. Brown has such a wild personality that really comes through here, really adds to what is already musically and lyrically fantastic. Also, this dude has drug problems. If that wasn't obvious. :D While Brown's voice was an acquired taste I didn't take to right away (I love it, now), I was immediately drawn to this album musically, especially the percussion. Favorite track would have to be "Ain't It Funny".

[Derek Vinyard]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/StealThisAlbum.png
4.5

God I love this band.

[Mr Minio]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/StealThisAlbum.png
4.5

God I love this band. It would be funny if you were arrested for pirating it. xDDD

[Ultraviolence]

http://en.prophecy.de/out/pictures/generated/product/1/800_600_100/Bethlehem-Bethlehem-Bundle.jpg
Good! But I miss the old extreme volcals and macabre atmosphere!
rating_4

[Redwell]

http://i.imgur.com/XRXzcmQ.jpg
��

[Ms. M]

Fantastic, talented boy!
http://68.media.tumblr.com/cbf4dc7f072a7ab95d55f96ab9f7ce83/tumblr_ogzlsrovaL1vk0yyho1_1280.jpg

[Mr Minio]

Are you from Poland, or something?

[Ultraviolence]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RTZ7fI-wL.jpg

10/10

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/5/8/758.jpg?1752

10/10

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/5/4/254.jpg?4341

10/10

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Nordland_i.jpg

8/10

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Album_Cover_of_Nordland_II.png

8/10
Here's a man with a beautiful taste for music!

[Ultraviolence]

http://ma.cdnmonster.com/files/al/4LM/Q3oa0ZTlSs.jpg
10/10
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/0d/96/46/0d9646c4507cd651937907acd9b220a8.jpg
08/10

[Camo]

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

https://s18.postimg.org/azkqmr2ux/wegotit.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/737eqrhv9/)

4

[Nestorio_Miklos]

McCoy Tyner - Nights of Ballads & Blues 5

I went to Vinyl con and managed to buy 1976 re-release. It is near-mint. There is a slight damage to sleebe otherwise it's a great copy.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Nights_of_Ballads_%26_Blues.jpg

[Ultraviolence]

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2016/05/East-West.jpg?w=600&h=0&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89
09/10
INSANE

[Iroquois]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Led_Zeppelin_-_Coda.jpg

I've long since left my Zep phase, yet I felt compelled to revisit this. Can't really bring myself to outright hate it but "Wearing and Tearing" really is the only track that comes across as decent.

2

[Swan]

Been getting more into black metal (and depressive black metal) lately, still a noob with it but here are two that have especially resonated with me.

Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss - 5

http://i.imgur.com/F4eg3Kk.jpg?1

Easily the greatest black metal album I've heard yet. I have listened to Burzum's album Filosofem before and while I like that one a lot, this one resonates with me more due to it's incredible, wintery atmosphere. It's rare and blissful to be transported in your mind by an album to the degree I am listening to this one.

Forgotten Tomb - Songs to Leave - 4

http://i.imgur.com/T0SRrGB.jpg?1

In my search for depressive black metal, this one stood out from the pack and stuck with me for some reason. I really love the vocals on it. Of course, the great thing to me about black metal and why I've been so interested in it is the dark atmosphere that tends to go hand-in-hand with it. Something as bleak as this really sticks with me, even if I'm not particularly depressed myself.

[re93animator]

Been getting more into black metal (and depressive black metal) lately, still a noob with it but here are two that have especially resonated with me.


Cool! Emperor is my favorite of the early Norwegian crop, though I love the experimental tendencies that came out in a lot of mid-late 90's bands (Arcturus, Solefald, Diabolical Masquerade, Sigh, etc.).

[Ultraviolence]

Forgotten Tomb - Songs to Leave - rating_4

http://i.imgur.com/T0SRrGB.jpg?1

In my search for depressive black metal, this one stood out from the pack and stuck with me for some reason. I really love the vocals on it. Of course, the great thing to me about black metal and why I've been so interested in it is the dark atmosphere that tends to go hand-in-hand with it. Something as bleak as this really sticks with me, even if I'm not particularly depressed myself.

One of the best depressive black metal album ever!

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fZenBDs5m0U/maxresdefault.jpg
rating_5
Pure art!

[TYTD]

32277
rating_5

Its my 2nd favourite album of all time, bittersweet, dark and some absolutely gorgeous arrangements :)

[cat_sidhe]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/8/1/8/381803.jpg?2347


Ulcerate -Vermis
Got the tip to listen to this kiwi death metal band from Candlemass-Per. HE WAS NOT WRONG, cool ****.

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fIJva5KExFA/hqdefault.jpg
Yakuza soundtrack (2005)
Hell yeah!
10/10

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/8/1/8/381803.jpg?2347


Ulcerate -Vermis
Got the tip to listen to this kiwi death metal band from Candlemass-Per. HE WAS NOT WRONG, cool ****.

I'll check this out!

[Ultraviolence]

https://i0.wp.com/www.metalinjection.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Slayer_Repentless_Cover.jpg
08/10

[Joel]

Ulver’s The Assassination of Julius Caesar is pretty top notch. Currently the only album on my itunes for a week now.

[Ultraviolence]

https://open.spotify.com/album/31Tq7nFq4nstjqQlQ7gzGH
http://img.soundtrackcollector.com/cd/large/Sonatine_198347.jpg
10/10
A beautiful soundtrack for a beautiful movie!

[jiraffejustin]

Revelate (Eric Strickland; 2015) - 3

Cabin Fever (Corb Lund; 2012) - 4

All or Nothin' (Nikki Lane; 2014) - 4

High Top Mountain (Sturgill Simpson; 2013) - 5

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (Sturgill Simpson; 2014) - 5

I'm Not the Devil (Cody Jinks; 2016) - 5

This Highway (Zephaniah OHora; 2017) - 4.5

Traveller (Chris Stapleton; 2015) - 4.5

Trophy (Sunny Sweeney; 2017) - 4

Felony Blues (Jaime Wyatt; 2017) - 3.5

Sonic Ranch (Whitey Morgan; 2015) - 4

Way Out West (Marty Stuart; 2017) - 4

Honky Tonk Till I Die (Eric Strickland; 2012) - 4

Old Highs and New Lows (Hellbound Glory; 2010) - 5

Highway Queen (Nikki Lane; 2017) - 3.5

[Swan]

Todd Rundgren's newest album, White Knight is CRAP.

Vince Staples new album, Big Fish Theory is GOLD.

[AboveTheClouds]

https://img.discogs.com/0qVDHYxrDxNZ5fAroF4hzRv8ddY=/fit-in/599x606/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-10101439-1491638024-9246.jpeg.jpg

Caverne - Aux Frontieres du Monde (France, 2015)

Solid French black metal, with a very rural atmosphere, somewhat in step with countrymen Baise Ma Hache and Peste Noire.


4

[Guaporense]

Imaginations from the Other Side (1998)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AB_zVyuAEDk/maxresdefault.jpg

By Inheritance (1988)
https://img.discogs.com/hxL80KkWNyq7ZxA8RLQf-5mKQFU=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1212509-1379421073-4890.jpeg.jpg

Listening to these two albums for over a decade and I still go back to it from time to time. Specially good to relax while driving over long trips.

I guess I am getting close minded now that I can't get into anything different. Although I have been listening to these bands that I wasn't before:

http://www.metalblade.com/us/mainpics/king-of-asgard.jpg

http://www.metalblade.com/falconer/img/falconer.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fhuq-5AZYBI/maxresdefault.jpg

Swedish melodeath is like the standard bearer of modern metal. They are good but I always go back to my old favorites. Well, I guess I will get tired of them at some point....

[Guaporense]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/463b3bf9-d590-440b-9bc5-0918c6596ec7_zps27juuowl.jpg

Grimes - Art Angels

So this is like, experimental and pop at the same time, but I feel both those labels are misleading in this case and don't do the album justice. In truth, it's simply an album of well-made, infectiously catchy and energetic songs. I can see myself turning to it when I'm down in the future, because it's quite cheerful.

The cover looks like a manga book cover.

[Guaporense]

Also listened to those satire metal albums:

https://www.kickante.com.br/sites/default/files/styles/content_big/public/media/capa-cd-novo_final.jpg?itok=r0FZTFAI

https://www.kickante.com.br/sites/default/files/styles/content_big/public/media/capa_71.jpg?itok=9fHBq6k3

Really funny but not great musically. But their 13 genres of rock and metal song was pretty funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyZEoG5mozI

Although you have to be Brazilian and speak Portuguese to understand the cultural references (lots of references to classic Brazilian country and folk songs).

[Guaporense]

http://www.nuclearblast.de/static/articles/126/126535.jpg/1000x1000.jpg

BEST ALBUM EVER. 100/100. It likes, lower the scores of all other albums ever made a bit. :D And the funny thing is that it was made by a group of Finnish young adults. :D

It's like Slayer: they are 55-60 years old whose all best songs were written when they were 20 to 25 years old.

[jiraffejustin]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Brothersandsistersallmanbrother.jpg
Brothers and Sisters (The Allman Brothers Band; 1973)
3

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Mamatried.jpg
Mama Tried (Merle Haggard; 1968)
4.5

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Presents_His_30th_Album.jpg
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album (Merle Haggard; 1974)
4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Ironman.jpg
Ironman (Ghostface Killah; 1996)
4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/In_the_Court_of_the_Crimson_King_-_40th_Anniversary_Box_Set_-_Front_cover.jpeg
In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson; 1969)
5

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Bitches_brew.jpg
Bitches Brew (Miles Davis; 1970)
4.5

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Maiden_Voyage_%28Hancock%29.jpg
Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock; 1966)
4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Ozzy_Osbourne_Diary_of_a_Madman.jpg
Diary of a Madman (Ozzy Osbourne; 1981)
3.5

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Willy_and_the_poor_boys.jpg
Willy and the Poor Boys (Creedence Clearwater Revival; 1969)
4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/NicoChelseaGirl.jpg
Chelsea Girl (Nico; 1967)
4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/The-Queen-is-Dead-cover.png
The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths; 1986)
4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Jimi_Hendrix_-_Electric_Ladyland.jpg
Electric Ladyland (The Jimi Hendrix Experience; 1968)
5

Sadly, I can't post the original album art here because of tittays.

[delage]

Was listening to Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie's self-titled album released this year. I thought it lazy and lacking spark on the first listens, but it grabs you more on each listen (McVie's songs more than Buckingham's, though). Not a patch on good ol' Fleetwood Mac days, but listening Christine McVie on a new record was something I thought would never happen.

[Ultraviolence]

Forgotten Tomb - "We Owe You Nothing" (2017)
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/7/0/3/670310.jpg?1448
A total let dawn!
rating_2

Autopsy - Severed Survival (1989) [Reissue/Remaster 2009]
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/615TvnBWQFL.jpg
Still the best Autopsy work to date!
rating_4

Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet (1995)
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3883460194_10.jpg
Incredible at every possible way!
rating_5

Mayhem - Chimera (2004)
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/8/3/7/38378.jpeg?0543
Very different from they early works but that's actually a good thing!
Incredible piece of art!
rating_5

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/5/4/254.jpg?4341
Black Metal greatness!
rating_4_5

ORG Lounge - Has It Come to This? (2003)
https://img.discogs.com/eBJglduhIHtepWwh821CmJFGkL0=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-302593-1251117320.jpeg.jpg
They best work! I like to put this in my car while I'm driving!
rating_5

Deep Forest - Music Detected (2002)
https://img.discogs.com/RhhSJIu9WWZCekPpZVfoP84yij0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1889194-1326349358.jpeg.jpg
So great! How to not feel good with this atmospheric work?
Can´t choose between this and the Self-Titled album.
rating_5

Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare (2014)
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/0/5/3/405335.jpg?4956
rating_3

[Mr Minio]

Forgotten Tomb - "We Owe You Nothing" (2017) Songs to Leave is a masterpiece. Sad to see how they ended up.
Autopsy - Severed Survival (1989) [Reissue/Remaster 2009] Mental Funeral and Macabre Eternal (!) are better.

[Ultraviolence]

Songs to Leave is a masterpiece. Sad to see how they ended up.



Mental Funeral and Macabre Eternal (!) are better.

Yeah, Songs to Leave is one of the best "Depressive Black Metal" albums ever imo!

Mental Funeral is great.
I can't remember the last time I heard Macabre Eternal, it's been a long time, I remember that I hated but I'll check it out again.

[Swan]

Not sure how to rate these, so I won't, but these are the albums I've been listening to a lot lately.

Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise

https://i.imgur.com/EeixdLb.png

Listening to a lot of Jaar, particularly his debut and Nymphs. Thing I love about Space is Only Noise is how immensely playful much of it is.

Nicolas Jaar - Nymphs

https://i.imgur.com/ajh4FDG.jpg?2

Nymphs is just as good, and maybe even more sonically interesting, than his debut. I still have yet to explore his other albums in full, which I intend to do.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

https://i.imgur.com/URU8Gg0.jpg?1

Perhaps the greatest and most innovative of our current electronic music geniuses.

Jamie XX - In Colour

https://i.imgur.com/zZtm7Ka.png

Despite having a track or two I'm not crazy about, overall this album is very enjoyable, with some songs, like "SeeSaw," that I downright love.

Forest Swords - Compassion

https://i.imgur.com/430CfYs.jpg?1

Fantastic album, need to check out more of this guys stuff 'cause he's a great producer.

[Ultraviolence]

Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

https://i.imgur.com/URU8Gg0.jpg?1

Perhaps the greatest and most innovative of our current electronic music geniuses.


Great album!

[Ultraviolence]

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1899031661_10.jpg
Tribute to my favorite band ever.
rating_4

[Mr Minio]

Darkthrone - Panzerfaust - 3.5

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/5/3/653.jpg?5332

Their best! The riff in Hans siste vinter is fun to play, but my hand is a bitch when it comes to tremolo picking.

[Mr Minio]

I also believe that given more listens, this CD may grow on me, but the question is: Will I desire to return to this inhospitable, frost-bitten world? Time will tell. Update: It certainly grew on me. A 4.5 album and one of the best black metal albums ever. That being said, since posting this I also watched a couple of Varg YouTube videos from his channel and came to a conclusion he's an idiot. Figures an idiot can be a great artist, too.

Velvet STHAP IT 20 REPPS AND ITS GROWIN

[Velvet]

I really love all these obscure albums everybody listens too. Im such a music pleb

[Mr Minio]

If everything that isn't on the radio is obscure for you, then yeah, I guess all albums here are obscure.

[Cynema De Bergerac]

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/music/f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e/albumcover/bad-58b69aecaafbc.jpg
5

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/music/f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e/albumcover/thriller-59b3a67bce69c.jpg
5

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/music/f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e/albumcover/history-past-present-and-future-book-i-disc-2-history-contin-59b3a667bf996.jpg
5

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/music/f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e/albumcover/dangerous-588c92285a165.jpg
4.5

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/music/f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e/albumcover/off-the-wall-55589fa6dcf74.jpg
4

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/music/f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e/albumcover/invincible-57ef430773087.jpg
3.5

[Cynema De Bergerac]

Hate to cut the pattern of underrated music while bringing in something more mainstream.

And yes, 'Bad' was his best album. :yup:

[Iroquois]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/St_Vincent_-_Masseduction.png

Masseduction - St. Vincent

Probably need a few more listens to really determine its strength and how it ranks against her other albums, but for now I think it's an alright listen. "Hang On Me" is a good opener, "Los Ageless" is a stand-out, and "Smoking Section" definitely threw me for a loop.

3

[Monkeypunch]

There is a LOT of stuff I've never heard of on here. But here;s what I've been listening to:

Rush - All The World's a Stage - 2112 era live album, worth listening to for some virtuoso playing. "Bastille Day" and "Anthem" are my favorites on this. 4.5

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang - Four Foot Shack - Ever wanted to know what Primus would sound like as a bluegrass band? Wonder no more. This album is pretty fun, but I don't think I'll go back to it very often. 3.5

Primus - The Desaturating Seven - Primus goes full Prog Rock on this, and it is glorious. Discordant, silly, and brilliant. 5

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Lime and Limpid Green EP - Sean Lennon and Les Claypool cover some psychedelic classics like Pink Floyd and King Crimson on their second CD together, and it's a trip. Masterful. 5

GWAR - The Blood of Gods - GWAR can never die, and this album proves it. New lead scumdog, Blothar the Berzerker turns in a respectable first effort, and the songs are crass, vile, and hilarious, as always. Best tracks: "El Presidente," "Swarm," and "F***this Place."4

[Ultraviolence]

http://www.angrymetalguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Persefone_aathma_cover.jpg
rating_2_5

https://i2.wp.com/www.metalinjection.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/718_SAMAEL_CMYK.jpg?fit=3000%2C3000
rating_2

http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/electricwizardbloodycd.jpg
rating_4

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61EI7qrXD5L._SX355_.jpg
rating_4

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0953020250_10.jpg
rating_4_5

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1509739310_10.jpg
rating_5
One of the bests of 2017!!

http://assets.teamrock.com/image/80d9c115-e612-4e03-8871-3060704f9c22?w=800
rating_5
I fu***ng love this!

[Ultraviolence]

http://www.themonolith.com/wp-content/uploads/Zeal-and-Ardor-%E2%80%93-Devil-Is-Fine-album.jpg
The most challenging album of the year!
rating_5

[matt72582]

Rodriguez - Searching For Sugar Man [Soundtrack]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywBE3wf55bM&t=226s

[jiraffejustin]

South of Heaven (Slayer) - 3.5

Slayer are kind of OG Edgelords, but despite some of their corny lyrics their music still sounds really good.

Hall of the Mountain King (Savatage) - 4

I listened to this while running, so maybe I'm overrating it. That said, I really enjoyed it and it made my running (jogging, let's be real) go by seemingly faster. I dug the fantasy bullsh*t stuff about the White Witch and the Mountain King.

[Ultraviolence]

Shining
X - Varg utan flock
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/7/8/8/678845.jpg?3006
rating_3_5

[cat_sidhe]

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2575559421_10.jpg

4.5 if I'm feeling conservative. But I'm not :D so 5

Well, it's Ulver. I'm not wrong... :lol:

[Mr Minio]

The most challenging album of the year! Hardly. And the mix of spirituals with black metal is fresh, but just a gimmick, while the music isn't anything great.

[mark f]

Nils Frahm Spaces 4 - Intimate yet intense collection of Frahm originals, mostly done live, with some intimations of Phillip Glass but totally true to his personal muse. Hard to believe that one man could utilize so many different sounds and emotions alone on stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aln6DztAsMQ&index=7&list=PLPaztBWnatcgOiUgQgY6d--alqDCIA5uP
Ayalew Mesfin Hasabe (My Worries) 3.5 - Ethiopian folk, soul and groove from a protest singer who was banned for 13 years from music by the then-Communist regime for singing about personal freedom. Reflective of other African music of the era of the 1970s but filtered through Meslin's unique voice and vocals. Listening to his more-upbeat tracks, it's easy to see why he was considered the James Brown of Ethiopia. Here's one of his more contemplative tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mPX4v98cRw

[jiraffejustin]

Less Wise Modified - Cody Jinks (2010/2017) - 5

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41pLa--pi4L._SS500.jpg

You won't like it if you don't like country music, but if you do like country music, but you also get tired of modern country music, this album is for you. Thankfully Cody Jinks is becoming more well known, but he still isn't really a blip on the radar of most music fans on the internet. I think he is a tremendous songwriter and has the voice to fit the material. He's what country music needs, and this is a reissue of an early album that adds some production value to an album that was already good, but benefited from some added crispness of sound.

Wrangled - Angaleena Presley (2017) - 5

https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/Angaleena-Presley-1487352516.jpg

I could start this out with the same sentence as I did for the Jinks album. One of my favorite things in country music is the album that gives the middle finger to Nashville and whoever else might need it. This album is a big FU to Nashville, and hits on some social issues that are not often found in modern country music. I was totally enthralled by this album on first listen, so perhaps I overrated it. I'll be sure to revisit it start to finish at some point to double-check.

Muddy Waters - Redman (1996) - 3.5

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music60/v4/f9/e0/5b/f9e05b84-044c-d574-058d-a73380e8f31a/dj.jivhntse.jpg/1200x630bb.jpg

Redman is tremendously talented as an MC, he's a joy to listen to. He goes hard, he gets grimy, and it just sounds like you want hardcore rap to sound like. Lyrically he's also very talented. His albums, from what I've heard, tend to feature very good beats. So, what keeps this from being a classic record? The skits. Just take those things out of there and you have an amazing album. So many skits, and they aren't funny and don't add anything the music itself doesn't take care of.

Blind Baby Has It's Mothers Eyes - Les Rallizes dénudés - 5

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PhJRkTZ7THk/Tfflja_C8jI/AAAAAAAAAGY/IXUjZgPfD1s/s1600/LesRallizesDenudes-BlindBabyHasItsMothersEyes.jpg

I'll just give everything five stars, because I am easy to please. I listened to this because I saw it when I looked this band up on Apple Music after looking at Mr Minio's RYM page. Turns out he's a big fan of this band, but he rated this one about a popcorn and a half lower than me. I'm guessing this album is much more accessible than the ones he is in love with. This album is great though, with simple drums and a very enjoyable bassline as a foundation to support some crazy guitar noise sh*t that would be what Jimi Hendrix would be into if he went mad before he died. Also sounded like The Stooges if they were more experimental. I have a hard time with ratings, because how in the world do I compare this with Cody Jinks and Angaleena Presley who I love for totally different reasons? Neither of those two country albums have the musical audacity of this album, neither of them are as hypnotic, but they are equals in my eyes. It's weird to compare and contrast them, because I am talking about why one is as good as the other, but I don't really have anything bad to say about the three of them. I also don't know why I feel as though I have to preface or justify my five star rating of country music. Hopefully I can get out of that mindset.

[Guaporense]

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3784482608_10.jpg

coolest album cover ever!

[Mr Minio]

Blind Baby Has It's Mothers Eyes - Les Rallizes dénudés - rating_5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTsPdivH4BI
he rated this one about a popcorn and a half lower than me. I'm guessing this album is much more accessible than the ones he is in love with. I listened to many, many, many of their bootlegs and felt kind of funny granting all of them very high ratings.
coolest album cover ever! This looks like Cthulhu f*cked Game of Thrones.

[Ultraviolence]

Hardly. And the mix of spirituals with black metal is fresh, but just a gimmick, while the music isn't anything great.

I found it challenging 'cause I hate the mixing of non metal music. And I liked all the songs. :rolleyes:

[Iroquois]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/This_Nation%27s_Saving_Grace.jpg

R.I.P.

5

[Mr Minio]

I found it challenging Listen to Hijokaidan's The Noise. Now that's challenging.

[Ultraviolence]

Listen to Hijokaidan's The Noise. Now that's challenging.

I'll

[cat_sidhe]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/This_Nation%27s_Saving_Grace.jpg

R.I.P.

5

My fav album of theirs.

[Iroquois]

I used to think so, but I could easily swap it out for a number of other albums from their peak period. My current pick would be Grotesque, though I've also been wondering if it could be Perverted by Language or Wonderful and Frightening.

[cat_sidhe]

I used to think so, but I could easily swap it out for a number of other albums from their peak period. My current pick would be Grotesque, though I've also been wondering if it could be Perverted by Language or Wonderful and Frightening.

I have a major soft spot for The Infotainment Scan. LOOOOVED their Lost in Music cover.

[Mr Minio]

I'll 24 hours of harsh noise, noise, noise rock etc. HAVE FUN

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/1/4/8/11485.jpg
rating_5
My favorite demo tape ever.

[Ultraviolence]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0197/1326/products/Closer_-_Joy_Division_grande.jpg?v=1481403557
★★★★

http://d26lpennugtm8s.cloudfront.net/stores/147/844/products/angra-omni1-5fcf0f5dc8dfda997a15180187644066-640-0.jpg
★★★

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61RheCyIOaL._SX355_.jpg
★★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://jamesostafford.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/155-black-sabbath-never-say-die.jpg
★★★★★
Another Sabbath masterpiece!

[Ultraviolence]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/2/23/The_x_factor_-_iron_maiden.jpg
★★★
Some Blaze Bayley crazy!

[Ultraviolence]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/0/09/Virtual_xi_-_iron_maiden.jpg
★★★★
Second and last album with Bayley. Really liked!

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/0/6/9/506985.jpg?5315
★★★★
A departure from the old style! Very great.

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.cmdistro.de/images/products/large/56023_635155448513778898.jpg
★★★★★
Perfect compilation!

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/4/8/1/6481.jpg?0413
★★★★
A terrifying debut!

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/9/9/1/599189.jpg?0049
★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/1/3/2/613230.jpg?2705
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/8/9/5/8895.jpg?5316
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/7/7/2/177264.jpg
★★★★

[Mr Minio]

Batsumi - Batsumi (1974) - rating_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIHNXGRy4ag
During the brutal era in South African history known as Apartheid, the minority-white ruling party forcibly moved millions of black South Africans from their homes to segregated areas, stripping them of their citizenship and reassigning them to tribal Bantu status. But even in the face of this outrageous oppression, South African music thrived. Artists like pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand), and multi-instrumentalist Hugh Masekela gained fame both within the country and beyond. But Ibrahim and Masekela were the exceptions, rather than the rule. Because they both lived and toured abroad, it was easier for their music to get attention. For local South African musicians, operating under the threat of state violence, breaking through to European and American audiences was much harder.

From this difficult environment came the self-titled debut from Soweto band Batsumi, one of the region’s most unusual and lush jazz albums. First reissued by UK/South African label Matsuli in 2011, and recently re-pressed on clear vinyl, Batsumi sits alongside the Asiko Rock Group’s album and Mor Thiam’s Drums of Fire as true crate-digger classics—exceptionally rare albums that far exceed the hype generated by their scarcity. Batsumi was inspired by the Black Consciousness Movement of the late 1960s, which was led by anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko, whose writings and famous slogan “Black is Beautiful” sought to empower black South Africans. The movement was an assertion of pride, and Batsumi’s raw, indigenous jazz is filled with the same sense of serene self-love that Biko preached.

By the early 1970s, the two major anti-Apartheid parties—the Pan Africanist Congress and the African National Congress—had been outlawed by the ruling National Party, and were operating underground. Batsumi leader and guitarist Johnny Mothopeng’s father had been the president of the Pan Africanist Congress and was subsequently imprisoned. The younger Mothopeng saw Black Consciousness as a way to “keep the fires burning.” That heat and resilience can be heard throughout Batsumi.

Batsumi was released in 1974 on the Records & Tapes imprint, a subsidiary of Satbel. Yet in an all-too-familiar pattern, Records & Tapes—a white-owned company—paid the band next-to-nothing, and barely promoted the album. Still, Batsumi was incredibly popular on tour, and for years played to large crowds at festivals and stadiums across South Africa. Batsumi doesn’t sound like afro-spiritual jazz in the vein of Alice Coltrane or Pharoah Sanders. Instead, it’s more beguiling and weightless; its five tracks flow seamlessly—blending flutes, saxophones, winding bass and soulful vocals into a gorgeous suite of nuanced melody. Most of the band couldn’t read or write sheet music, and learned to play by ear instead. Their saxophone player, Themba Koyana, listened to jazz legend Charlie “Bird” Parker until he sounded just like him. Throughout the album, the band sounds equally relaxed and intense, as if they knew their music meant a great deal to the community it served. On “Lishonile” and “Anishilabi,” in particular, Batsumi is both free and electrifying.

According to Mothopeng, the studio sessions were brisk, moving quickly from one track to the next. The band rehearsed and memorized the core melodies of each song, then stretched them out and let them wander during the recording sessions. On the album’s longest tracks, “Lishonile” and “Itumeleng,” the group launches into propulsive blasts before settling into expansive grooves, allowing the wind instruments to hover around the bass and drums before vocal chants arise. “Emampondweni” and “Mamshanyana” are loose and floral, recalling some of the more swinging sides of the Canterbury scene and Sly Stone’s freewheeling cuts on his Stone Flower label. The final track—the radiant “Anishilabi”—feels especially remarkable: a joyous clarion call of courage.

Perhaps the most unique element of Batsumi is the way it blends jazz and South African indigenous folk music. The vocals are in Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and Shangaan, and the lyrics cover a broad range of topics: heroes (“Moshanyana”), ancestry (“Empondoweni”), and providing for one’s family (“Itumeleng”). Unlike their contemporaries Dashiki Poets (http://www.3rdearmusic.com/hyarchive/hywhere/hywhere13.html)—who also made indigenous jazz, but wrote more explicitly political lyrics—Batsumi are less didactic. Their music is still political, but it uses poetry and grace to achieve its rhetorical goals rather than anthem and slogan. For Mothopeng and the other members, singing unapologetically in native languages while fusing indigenous folk music and jazz was inherently political, a musical confirmation of dignity. Twenty years after the fall of Apartheid, Batsumi remains sublime and transformative, and its resonance hasn’t faded at all over the years.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/19/batsumi-feature/

[Iroquois]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Drones-wlbtratboyewfb.jpg

The Drones - Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By

5

[Mr Minio]

The Drones Their I See Seaweed is pretty solid!

[Iroquois]

It sure is - probably my second-favourite of theirs and the rest are of pretty consistent quality as well.

[TheUsualSuspect]

http://www.realclearlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Fleetwood-Mac-Rumours-0207-800x800.jpg

4.5

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/1/71.jpg?1722
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/0/8/0/508035.jpg?1920
★★

[Ultraviolence]

http://www.insularisrecords.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/3/1306927-children-of-bodom-blooddrunk.jpg
★★★★
The best COB album imo.

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/3/5/9/235987.jpg?1016
★★★★

[Guaporense]

http://st.cdjapan.co.jp/pictures/l/13/00/KICS-1749.jpg?v=1

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JeTiSvUctxE/VxyRS5SV_cI/AAAAAAAACeg/ttiAJikq5xAEQklGHJ8164GhwizOPIsCACK4B/s1600/cover.jpg

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/files/2018/01/judas-priest-firepower.jpg?w=630&h=630&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89

Judas Priest in 2018 sounds just like Judas Priest in 1978! :eek: They are like an institution of heavy metal: they explain to each generation that comes: this is how heavy metal is supposed to sound like. :cool:

[Guaporense]

https://www.generasia.com/w/images/9/96/Versailles_-_Holy_Grail_promo.jpg

These guys know how to dress in a discrete fashion. ;)

[re93animator]

Clint Ruin (Foetus) & Lydia Lunch - Don't Fear the Reaper - 9/10
Don't care too much for Lydia Lunch's vocals, but I really like the grittier version of this song. The rest of the EP is really cool too. 2nd track gives me Ministry vibes, 3rd is a nice, customarily Thirlwell jazz tune, and 4th is an awesome noisy Beatles cover.:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evE49NClb7I&t=802s

[GrantD2]

http://www.rap-up.com/app/uploads/2018/03/logic-bobby-tarantino-2.jpg

7/10

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yVIRcnlRKF8/maxresdefault.jpg
★ ★ ★ ★
Terrifying

http://www.nuclearblast.de/static/articles/268/268283-1.jpg/1000x1000.jpg
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Incredible!

[Ultraviolence]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Carbonized/KatOld.jpg
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/1/5/161562.gif?5332
(demo tape)
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/8/8/35888.JPG
(EP)
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/9/3/393.jpg?3409
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/6/1/9/7619.jpg?2514
(EP)
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/9/2/392.jpg
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/9/2/692.jpg?4600
(EP)
★★★★★

https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/61ed9c9c-79eb-4e8f-8015-bd599ac0ab49/hdmusiclogo/katatonia-50766f6828029.pngChange of logo (my favorite), change of style.

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/9/5/695.jpg?1028
(EP)
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/9/1/391.jpg?0313
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/9/0/390.jpg?0508
★★★★


https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/8/9/389.jpg
(EP)
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/3.jpg?5204
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/0/9/16093.jpg
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/7/9/8/67986.jpg
(Compilation + Live show)
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/1/1/101159.jpg?2832
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/4/8/2/148293.jpg
(Live album)
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/4/9/5/249544.jpg
★★★★

http://www.katatonia.com/content/themes/katatonia/images/logo.png
Another change, another style.

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/4/2/3/342331.jpg?0551
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/7/9/7/379717.jpg?5031
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/7/0/1/570160.jpg?1534
★★★★

[Sedai]

Katatonia! Great band. Saw them live last year - was an excellent show!

Meanwhile: Last full album I listened to was...

Insomnium - Winter's Gate

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/16.-Insomnium-Winters-Gate.jpg

4

[jiraffejustin]

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/kacey-musgraves-golden-hour.png?w=640
2.5

Pretty disappointing, but I feel like this could be a launching pad for something really great from Kacey. I am a fan of her first two albums, particularly her last one, but this one is missing something. I hate the drums in it, but the music choices aren't all doing it for me. I am fine with her trying to go more pop and spacey, but I think it's missing something and doesn't really sound as unique as I think Kacey is going for. "Space Cowboy" is tremendous though.

I listened to Kanye's MBDTF again, still 5

[resopamenic]

This great, 4.5
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Krzysztof_Komeda_-_Astigmatic.jpg

[resopamenic]

3
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0000/694/MI0000694449.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

[Mr Minio]

Pharaoh Sanders - Karma - rating_3 "The Creator has a master plan.
Making her understand Sanders is the man.
The creator has a working plan.
She didn't love it, cuz it's not from Japan.
The creator makes but one demand.
Listen it again, let your taste expand!"

[resopamenic]

Pharaoh Sanders - Karma - rating_3 "The Creator has a master plan.
Making her understand Sanders is the man.
The creator has a working plan.
She didn't love it, cuz it's not from Japan.
The creator makes but one demand.
Listen it again, let your taste expand!""o my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limit of possible"

[Ultraviolence]

https://img.discogs.com/Fkp4T4pwvGuFEQ8H8xQLgDlj-aE=/fit-in/600x592/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-372997-1360266429-1708.jpeg.jpg
★★★★½

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/4/5/0/545064.jpg?1019
★★★★★
Impressive!

[pahaK]

Walpyrgus - Walpyrgus Nights

First half of the album is flawless but three of the last four songs are rather mediocre. Still tempted to say 4/5.

Edit: Maybe 3.5/5 is more correct as I often skip the last half of the album.

[pahaK]

Arrayan Path - Dawn of Aquarius

Slightly progressive power metal with nice bass lines. 4.5/5

[pahaK]

Abigor - Fractal Possession (2007)

One of the best black metal albums. Very technical and unique sound. 5/5

[pahaK]

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)

I don't listen country music that much but this album is really good. 4.5/5

[jiraffejustin]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Chris-stapleton-from-a-room-volume-2.jpeg
From a Room: Volume 2
3

More of the same from Chris Stapleton. It's good, but doesn't really stand-out the way Traveller did. If you like that album though, you'll dig both From a Room albums. This album along with the other From a Room suffers a bit from samey-ness.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81mURVljvVL._SY355_.jpg
Diamonds & Gasoline by Turnpike Troubadours
3.5

I can't wait to really get into their discography, because I feel like something great is probably there. This album has good music, good singing and really interesting lyricism. The problem with the album is that a lot of the songs kind of blend together, but even if a lot of them feel the same, at least the are good songs that sound the same.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71V9jLSkzzL._SY355_.jpg
Purgatory by Tyler Childers
4

This album is anchored by a couple of songs that are really fantastic, and the rest of the album carries enough of their own weight not to drag it down. Unlike the previous two albums, this album's strength is that the stand-out tracks are different from one another and offer different glimpses at Childers.

https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/17/7a/05/177a05cf-a29a-3a2d-d7a8-0251d242a640/641444148721_cover.tif/268x0w.jpg
Oklahoma Lottery by Karen Jonas
4.5

Karen Jonas' debut album offers up some tremendous songwriting accompanied by a gorgeous voice baring its soul to its audience. She really needs to get someone to work on her album covers though.

[jiraffejustin]

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)

I don't listen country music that much but this album is really good. 4.5/5

Who are your favorite country artists?

[pahaK]

Who are your favorite country artists?

Like I said I don't listen to it that much. On my Spotify country list I only have two albums: the aforementioned Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man.

[jiraffejustin]

Like I said I don't listen to it that much. On my Spotify country list I only have two albums: the aforementioned Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man.

:up: Good choices. I love Tammy Wynette's voice.

[Ultraviolence]

https://http2.mlstatic.com/kamelot-the-black-halo-D_NQ_NP_19846-MLB20178475440_102014-F.jpg
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/7/7/6/9776.jpg?1633
★★★★★

[pahaK]

Kontinuum - Kyrr (2015)

Not going to rate this one yet. As far as I remember this the first Kontinuum album I've heard. I don't know what genre this is but maybe something like post-metal. Initial impression is positive and will definitely give this band more time.

[resopamenic]

3.5
43963

[resopamenic]

4
https://img.discogs.com/ub8q_WBHphIOnWt8iQ36D7nZvnM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1992868-1422619431-9778.jpeg.jpg
feel much better then the last time. slowburn

[resopamenic]

3.5
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551a4c64e4b01bf4ad7e124f/552f6bd2e4b0332a49af3d0b/55c14150e4b01d0835f1a5e9/1439880138348/?format=750w

[Ultraviolence]

The Great Cold Distance revisited
https://img.discogs.com/HNN3CRGY2UZBc4vELsLoba_I4q8=/fit-in/598x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-742653-1265255084.jpeg.jpg

This was always an album I did not listen to in its entirety. One song here, one there. I always loved My Twin in private and listened to several others here and there, gradually I found the CD more and more seductive. Today I can not choose what to hear, between one and the other, so the way is to hear from beginning to end. A depressing atmosphere, it sounds pestilent, very good! I recommend (as well as the rest of the discography). An album hard to love, but if you come to love will be unconditional, I assure you
★★★★★

https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1882481#post1882481

[Ultraviolence]

http://heavyworld.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Anathema.png

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/3/6/0/3360.jpg
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/0/6/1606.jpg?2356
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/6/9/10690.jpg
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/0/7/1607.jpg
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/0/8/1608.jpg
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/0/9/1609.jpg
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/1/0/1610.jpg
★★★

http://www.clubedoingresso.com/image/data/Logos%20Bandas%20e%20Artistas/12-08-2017-Logo-Anathema-Novo-Preto.png

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/1/1/1611.jpg?5723
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/6/1/4/1614.jpg?5542
★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/0/9/5/30958.jpg
★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/8/3/198381.jpg?0337
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/6/8/3/268391.jpg?0152
★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/1/1/8/311828.jpg?3700
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/2/9/7/329702.jpg?4509
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/0/7/6/407626.jpg?5853
★

http://www.ghostcultmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Anathema-new-logo-2017-ghostcultmag.jpg

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/4/0/2/640203.jpg?4559
★★

:sick:
Anathema it's DEAD, it's fu***ng DEAD!
Lot's of masterpieces in the beggining of the carrer, what a shame!

[Mr Minio]

Anathema it's DEAD, it's fu***ng DEAD!
Lot's of masterpieces in the beggining of the carrer, what a shame! Naaah, it always was pretty lousy.

[Ultraviolence]

Naaah, it always was pretty lousy.

Not for me! :)
Pentecost III, Crestfallen and Serenades are masterpieces imo!

[cat_sidhe]

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1023/cover_3355101362016_r.jpg

4.5
Still ****ing great. :D

[Mr Minio]

Pauline Oliveiros - Four Electronic Pieces 1959-1966 - 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Ssy15I-bg

My work with electronic music began in 1959. My first tape piece was an ambitious four channel work called Time Perspectives. The piece was made by recording small sounds from objects resonated on a wooden wall and changing the tape speed. I used cardboard tubes as filters by inserting the mic into the tube and recording sources through the tubes. I used my bath tub as a reverberation chamber. Sections of the piece were improvised and then subjected to speed changes (the recorder had two fixed speeds 7 and 1/2 IPS, 3 and 3/4 IPS and hand wound variable speed). When the San Francisco Tape Music Center was established together with Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnik there was a pool of equipment to use and I began to work with electronic sound. Rather than cut and splice small pieces of tape together to make a composition I chose to work in real time. I used two tape machines with the tape running across both machines to make a delay system. I used two or more oscillators at high frequencies to produce difference tones. These tones would also interact with the bias frequencies of the tape recorders. I would play the oscillators into the tape recorders improvising my way through the piece. My system of composing in this manner was my own invention.

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/2/2/192246.jpg
★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zaqtA5W2H0Y/0.jpg
Strange, unique, very cool!
★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://orig00.deviantart.net/2c68/f/2013/061/9/7/dimmu_borgir_logo__old__by_sephirothclone93-d5wos5f.png

In preparation for the new album (witch it's being released today) I went back to the first two albums:

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/3/6/336.jpg?1812
★★★★★
Masterpiece!

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/2/9/429.jpg
★★★★

Satanism, Anti-Christianity and Misanthropy! Good art!

[jiraffejustin]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91rs6hnpfyL._SY355_.jpg

Webley Edwards - Hawaii Calls: Fire Goddess (1958) - 2

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TDhDXoZzL._SY355_.jpg

Mark Korven - The Witch (2016) - 4

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91882pPepGL._SY355_.jpg

New Order - Brotherhood (1986) - 4

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81pZv1PYEiL._SX355_.jpg

Queen - Queen (1973) - 4.5

[Ultraviolence]

If Belá Tarr was a musician:
https://southernlord.com/media/2018/03/Sunn50_Sunn_Black_one.jpg
Sunn O))) - Black One
★★★★★

[Mr Minio]

Sunn O))) - Black One One of their best. Much better than the two Whites!

[Mr Minio]

とろ美 - トロヅクシ (2008) - 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63baskg9Vic

Cutesy overload! GHAAAAAAAAAA

[Mr Minio]

小鳳鳳 [Xiao Feng Feng] - 小鳳鳳 第四集 (???) - 4.5

https://i.imgur.com/ssEtcSC.png

Music isn't supposed to be this good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faros0LRBoA

[Mr Minio]

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record (1968) - 4


https://img.discogs.com/aIPZJrq4vTcOMkJr9ivv5nywi4M=/fit-in/595x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-873592-1433345699-7521.jpeg.jpg


A 3.5 album plus I'm giving it a half extra star for featuring Swan on the cover.

[donniedarko]

Daytona- Pusha- T
http://s3.amazonaws.com/hiphopdx-production/2018/05/180524-pusha-t-daytona-album-cover-640x640.jpg
5

ye- Kanye West
http://thefader-res.cloudinary.com/private_images/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best/Demr_PbV4AAnt-U_lyysah/kanye-west-ye-album-apple-music-spotify.jpg
3.5
(First listen)

[jiraffejustin]

Daytona- Pusha- T
http://s3.amazonaws.com/hiphopdx-production/2018/05/180524-pusha-t-daytona-album-cover-640x640.jpg
5

ye- Kanye West
http://thefader-res.cloudinary.com/private_images/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best/Demr_PbV4AAnt-U_lyysah/kanye-west-ye-album-apple-music-spotify.jpg
3.5
(First listen)



I'm giving Daytona a 4.5 and The Story of Adidon a straight up 5

Admittedly, I am probably the biggest Kanye fan, so I am still trying to figure out how to separate that from my rating. I'd probably give it a 4.5 on first listen. I love how everything Kanye does feels experimental or ahead of the curve. Even when he does stuff that other people do, such as the trappy style rapping cadence, he presents an overall package that is uniquely him. He is somehow arrogant and self-conscious and self-aware and humorous all at the same time. He embraces his bi-polar disorder and all of the flack he gets, but he also lets the world in on his real life situation when he admits his wife feels the blow back of all the things he does as well. I already think Kanye is the greatest musical artist we've seen since we've been able to record music, so it's probably not a surprise that I think he's done it again.

[Swan]

Daytona is motherf*cking amazing.

[Monkeypunch]

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips. 5
This never gets old. I will still be listening to this CD decades from now, I'm sure of it.

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/0/4/6/7046.jpg
★★★★★

[donniedarko]

Admittedly, I am probably the biggest Kanye fan, so I am still trying to figure out how to separate that from my rating. I'd probably give it a 4.5 on first listen. I love how everything Kanye does feels experimental or ahead of the curve. Even when he does stuff that other people do, such as the trappy style rapping cadence, he presents an overall package that is uniquely him. He is somehow arrogant and self-conscious and self-aware and humorous all at the same time. He embraces his bi-polar disorder and all of the flack he gets, but he also lets the world in on his real life situation when he admits his wife feels the blow back of all the things he does as well. I already think Kanye is the greatest musical artist we've seen since we've been able to record music, so it's probably not a surprise that I think he's done it again.

Kanye is my favorite artist, and with further listening I'd bump Ye up to 4
1. I Thought About Killing You- :up::up:
2. Yikes- :up:
3. All Mine- :up:
4. Wouldn't Leave-:sideways:
5. No Mistakes- :down:
6. Ghost Town-:up::up:
7. Violent Crimes-:up:

As far as his full discography, my rankings change often (except #1). But Looks something like this, I like all of them btw


1. MBDTF
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/My_Beautiful_Dark_Twisted_Fantasy.jpg/220px-My_Beautiful_Dark_Twisted_Fantasy.jpg

2. Graduation
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Graduation_%28album%29.jpg/220px-Graduation_%28album%29.jpg

3. The Life of Pablo
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/The_life_of_pablo_alternate.jpg/220px-The_life_of_pablo_alternate.jpg

4. Cruel Summer
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/CruelSummercover.jpg/220px-CruelSummercover.jpg

5. Watch The Throne
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Watch_The_Throne.jpg/220px-Watch_The_Throne.jpg

6. Yeezus
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Yeezus_album_cover.png/220px-Yeezus_album_cover.png

7. Ye
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ye_album_cover.jpg/220px-Ye_album_cover.jpg

8. The College Dropout
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/Kanyewest_collegedropout.jpg/220px-Kanyewest_collegedropout.jpg

9. 808s & Heartbreaks
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/808s_%26_Heartbreak.png/220px-808s_%26_Heartbreak.png

10. Late Registration
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Late_registration_cd_cover.jpg/220px-Late_registration_cd_cover.jpg

[jiraffejustin]

donniedarko

Pretty interesting order. My order is different, but it fluctuates.

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. The College Dropout
3. Yeezus
4. The Life of Pablo
5. Late Registration
6. ye
7. Graduation
8. 808's & Heartreak

[donniedarko]

Kids See Ghosts
https://rapdose.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kanye-west-kid-cudi-kids-see-ghosts-album-stream.png
1. 4th Dimension- :up::up:
2. Kids See Ghosts- :up:
3. Cudi Montage- :up:
4. Freee (Ghost Town 2)- :up:
5. Feel the Love- :up::up:
6. Fire- :up::up:
7. Reborn-:up:
5

[donniedarko]

070 Shake- Glitter
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/977283094419001347/EcUnAYPh_400x400.jpg
1. I Laugh When I’m With Friends But Sad When I’m Alone- :up:
2. Somebody Like Me- :up::up:
3. Lost in Love- :sideways:
4. Mirrors- :up:
5. Stranger- :up::up:
6. Glitter- :sideways:
4

This is GOOD Musics summer

[jiraffejustin]

donniedarko I didn't even know she had a release. "Somebody Like Me" bangs so hard.

[donniedarko]

donniedarko I didn't even know she had a release. "Somebody Like Me" bangs so hard.

Really digging her- been listening to Honey and Somebody Like Me all week- I think she’s on the edge of taking off

[jiraffejustin]

Really digging her- been listening to Honey and Somebody Like Me all week- I think she’s on the edge of taking off

It seems that way. She's the catchiest part of ye, and folks are noticing. I saw that she had a little twitter exchange with Seth Rogen and she seemed really thrilled that he liked her part of the song. It made me feel good for her. Hopefully she keeps getting after it.

[Iroquois]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Er0veIJe2k

Dylan Carlson - Conquistador

why isn't this guy scoring movies

3

[Derek Vinyard]

Breaking Benjamin - Ember
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Ember_%28album%29.png/220px-Ember_%28album%29.png
4/5

I'm a huge BB fan and I really enjoy the new album
Best Songs: Psycho and Red Cold River

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/2/7/9/327976.jpg?4658
★★★★★

[donniedarko]

Nasir
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Nasir_by_Nas_cover.jpg/220px-Nasir_by_Nas_cover.jpg
Not For The Radio-:up::up:
Cops Shot the Kid- :up:
White Label-:up:
Bonjour-:down:
Everything-:up::up:
Adam and Eve-:sideways:
Simple Things-:sideways:
3.5+

[Ultraviolence]

Gojira - Magma
http://musicfearsatan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gojira_magma_big-4.jpeg
★★★★★


Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/9/7/1097.jpg?0326

★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/0/70.jpg?0118
★★

[cat_sidhe]

This is hard on so many levels.

Firstly, I'm mainly attracted to hip hop for that beautiful synergy, where the backing music, and the (often for my liking) laid back rapping actually make for a sick-assed aching, haunting track that I personally feel could break through to anyone. Because it's that beautiful and genre transcendent.

Alright, so I give 4 + to

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3548263327_10.jpg

It's really just...beautiful.

[cat_sidhe]

You can listen to it for free here, and if you download it, you decide what to pay for it. Personally, I went overboard on purpose. For all those who go minimal. I get it when you're strapped, I do. But in this regard, I went hard the other way. Because I want more like this to be made.

https://giofficial.bandcamp.com/album/underworld

Yeah, low key pimp.

[cat_sidhe]

OK I guess with all that Kanye thumbs up, and it's coming from so many different sources, that's what you you let go of any pre conceived ideas and just...ok, let's listen to Kanye.

OK LET'S LISTEN TO KANYE. Goin out there half cocked, guys, just so you know...

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/5/2/5/152566.jpg?0358
★★★★

https://img.discogs.com/G9SKpQbfbEHFt-aq9jLwp__8mo8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-1428001-1219996732.jpeg.jpg

★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/1/8/8/4188.jpg?2006
★★★★★
Masterpiece

https://www.hrrshop.de/bilder/produkte/gross/FATES-WARNING-A-Pleasant-Shade-of-Gray-DLP-BLUE-MARBLED.jpg

★★★★
Impressive

[Ultraviolence]

http://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Paradise-Lost-Plague-Within-Cover.jpg
★★★★★

https://s3-cdn.pledgemusic.com/artists/000/232/892/heros/desktop.jpg?t=1524923154

★★★


My Personal Murderer
https://e.snmc.io/lk/f/a/40a239fa1bb4e7799d87bc8181895e3e/5144367.jpg

★★★★★

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3248797987_10.jpg
★★

Swallow the Sun Songs from the North I, II & III
https://musicbuymail.com/cnt/shop/CD170/CD17011.jpg

★★★★★
Epic Melodic/Doom album

Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit
https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/53639548?wid=488&hei=488&fmt=pjpeg
★★★★



https://www.napalmrecordsamerica.com/store/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/c687aa7517cf01e65c009f6943c2b1e9/k/a/kamelot_tst_jc.jpg
★★★

https://i2.wp.com/metalwani.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Eonian.jpg?fit=790%2C790&ssl=1

★★★

https://img.discogs.com/q2Ls5aB1GJnInv9Qghn2t3KQXEc=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3584543-1336255033.jpeg.jpg

★★★

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71IdQD9cdNL._SY355_.jpg

★★★

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2407046200_16.jpg

★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/0/6/706.jpg?4412
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/0/8/708.jpg?0159
★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/1/1/711.jpg?3459

★★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/1/3/713.jpg?5919

★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/1/7/717.jpg?3943
★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/6/1/106103.jpg?3339

★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/4/2/1/242124.jpg
★★

The first three albuns are masterpieces. Few bands reached an artistic level as accurate as this band.

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/6/6/8/46689.jpg?3832
★★★★★
:eek:

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/6/6/8/46685.jpeg?3637
★★★★

https://img.discogs.com/getzKs9Pgmh6KGkoGS05_0y2_JQ=/fit-in/600x587/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3691044-1415900707-6046.jpeg.jpg

★★★★★

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/819efYjf5ZL._SL1327_.jpg
★★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/5/52/Oasis_-_Dont_Believe_the_Truth.jpg
👎 👎
This is incredible ****ing bad -- Rock? Come on...

https://img.discogs.com/aO0rjECDNFzG6rlIAKepmAehYVQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1548070-1420250039-3024.jpeg.jpg
★★★★
Romantic, sexy and very cool!

https://img.discogs.com/Q2L_XGrRBemdzkA4TOTKYG5tNPw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-518493-1481830057-7372.jpeg.jpg
★★★★
Love that bass!

https://efemeridesdoefemello.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/11dez16.jpg
★★★
Wait, oh yes, wait a minute, Mister Postman
Wait, wait, hey, hey, hey, Mister Postman

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hoCWgbEuyqI/Tmbgc97JDnI/AAAAAAAAFsY/YoxXI4J5No0/s1600/Crime%2B%2526%2BThe%2BCity%2BSolution%2B-%2BRoom%2BOf%2BLights%2B-.jpg

★★★


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Blizzard_of_ozz.jpg
★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://http2.mlstatic.com/ozzy-osbourne-bark-at-the-moon-cd-rock-D_NQ_NP_995486-MLB25750643473_072017-F.jpg
★★★★★
Living in a lunar spell
He finds his heaven
Spewing from the mouth of hell

[Chypmunk]

https://img.discogs.com/YYs649CqFJ9-k1Rsea56fJnZIUI=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-4744411-1469321462-4702.jpeg.jpg
Genre: Indie Rock

Fairly modest and generally rather laconic in terms of tunes but has some darker, explicit, and at times nicely tongue-in-cheek or self-deprecating, lyrics. Probably only for those with some semblance of a sense of humour who don't take either themselves or life overly seriously.

Favourite tracks: Waiting On The Doorstep; That Life
Weakest links: When Everyone Cheers; Mental Conditions
Favourite lyric [Spiral Eyes]:
It's hard to shake the look of disdain,
When the corner of my eye's dominated by
That open zipper and the p*ss-stain

3

[GulfportDoc]

46182

Doc's rating: 10/10

[Ultraviolence]

Getting out of my safe zone.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/4/41/Janet..png
★★★★
Seductive

[Ultraviolence]

https://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/770x0/bf7207240ac7461dbdf0ee761f96b701.jpg
★★★★★

[resopamenic]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/95/92/95/959295d83a1e0d3fd12dd1607f2517cd--lp-cover-cover-art.jpg
4.5

[Iroquois]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Childrenofgod.jpg

5

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V0Owrzry-kQ/maxresdefault.jpg

★★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/f1/d9/e4f1d993fb1da8a92b710cff06b9567d.jpg
★★★★
It inspire a great sense of adventure!

[Ultraviolence]

https://cemporcentocristao.vteximg.com.br/arquivos/ids/157800-1000-1000/POD-Satellite.jpg?v=635449157720630000
★★★

[Ultraviolence]

http://static.metacritic.com/images/products/music/9/9da1d613fb40acba7eee800005a634f7.jpg
★★★

I was expecting to be far better -- Dinossaurs was far better...

[Ultraviolence]

https://shopusa.season-of-mist.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/S/e/Septicflesh-The-Great-Mass-LTD-Edition-25665-1_7.jpg
★★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fs1ukHSc-2Q/maxresdefault.jpg
★★★★

[films246+1]

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.6J0sfI0WJwwf7IsZbxMBggHaEK&w=300&h=168&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.25&pid=1.7

[Ultraviolence]

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0000393107_16.jpg
★★★★


2018 so far...
Dimmu Borgir - Eonian ★★★
Kamelot - The Shadow Theory ★★★
Shining - X - Varg utan flock ★★★
Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog ★★★
Pantheist - Seeking Infinity ★★★★

This is my favorite of the year so far, but there's so much new albums coming, and others that I didn't hear yet, like Amorphis, Judas Priests, Immortal and many more.

[Ultraviolence]

https://img.discogs.com/HbmY_BHcLnCFVbpAVoXUAaYLC7o=/fit-in/600x591/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-10086503-1491360614-7899.jpeg.jpg
★★★★★


Never underestimate Spotify!

https://open.spotify.com/album/6iFNhDTaVCveFnbkefhGuW?si=3g96MlAQTh-uuZJFBDooHA

[mojofilter]

https://www.beatlesbible.com/wp/media/paul-mccartney-egypt-station_01.jpg

PAUL McCARTNEY - EGYPT STATION (2018)


The hype is real. This is Paul's best album in 3 decades. Every track sound really good. Not a dull moment.

Some tracks sounded like The Beatles. Others sounded like Wings.

At 76, Paul is still a badass and knows how to write a good ballad and awesome rockers that will blow your mind away.


rating_4_5

Highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aef2eV7GmQw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeJLrtFY7Ds


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbH7_f5X_8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDeCDxoVt2U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7qOkbruGdg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wfuv63X0Jo

[pahaK]

2018 so far...
Dimmu Borgir - Eonian ★★★
Kamelot - The Shadow Theory ★★★
Shining - X - Varg utan flock ★★★
Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog ★★★
Pantheist - Seeking Infinity ★★★★

This is my favorite of the year so far, but there's so much new albums coming, and others that I didn't hear yet, like Amorphis, Judas Priests, Immortal and many more.

You should try new Madder Mortem album called Marrow. After few listens it sounds really good.

https://youtu.be/8DIDksyQJUk
https://youtu.be/fSTDNCwrdAc

This far 2018 has been a disappointing music year. Very few really good albums that sound like they're going to last.

[Ultraviolence]

I'll check it out!

[pahaK]

New Behemoth album I Loved You at Your Darkest sounds excellent after three listens. A bit early to rate it but for now it sure sounds like a 5/5 album.

https://youtu.be/iI2y_mi7jDI

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/6/1/20616.jpg
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/2/5/8/225822.jpg?5007
★★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://hmrock.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1000x1000-14.jpg
★★★★

[cat_sidhe]

I've listened to it at least 50 times, and I'm pretty sure it's one of the best albums I've ever heard in my entire life.

https://www.stickman-records.com/media/2017/07/TheTower_for_digital-e1502270403124.jpg

I've heard it sober, drunk, stoned, out of my mind, and it SLAYS every time, every state.

An easy 5

Perfect.
've even cried at its beauty.

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/3/4/7/734721.jpg?1745
★★★★

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/3/3/3533.jpg?2831
★★★★★
Classic!

[Mr Minio]

Ultraviolence it's great but I prefer Bloody Kisses! :D

[cat_sidhe]

https://i2.wp.com/www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/118663-the-road-is-just-a-surface.jpg?resize=620%2C620

5

Perfect. Speechless.

[cat_sidhe]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Xiql40QZL._SS500.jpg

Secret Chiefs 3 ‎– Book Of Souls: Folio A

5

Jesus.

[Sedai]

Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase

4

https://pageorgersj.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/steven-wilson-hand-cannot-erase.jpg

Seeing Steven Wilson live this evening. Should be a good show!

[cat_sidhe]

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1521/cover_147132432018_r.jpg

5

Sick. :up:

[Steve Freeling]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71-K6-CtdLL._SL1284_.jpg5

[Mr Minio]

Incapacitants - As Loud As Possible - 4.5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py4a61cpcls

A masterpiece.

[Chypmunk]

The Nolans - The Nolans (1981)
https://img.discogs.com/vl6TJ1MnoDk3OO27c-Zmv_7NteI=/fit-in/600x604/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8677402-1466433197-7227.jpeg.jpg
1.5
Not great but a must have for any decent record collection ... which I suppose makes it essentially crap :shrug:

[Chypmunk]

The Nolans - Making Waves (1980)
https://img.discogs.com/ZDqkPM260fNehOvotPFDHpPwWRU=/fit-in/428x434/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2213588-1270215527.jpeg.jpg
3
Generally fairly solid even if it is a little pedestrian in places.

[Chypmunk]

Snot - Get Some (1997)
https://www.iomoio.com/covers/src/72/154872.jpg
3.5+
A little hit and miss in places but generally not to be sniffed at.

[cat_sidhe]

https://www.iomoio.com/covers/src/72/154872.jpg
3.5+
A little hit and miss in places but generally not to be sniffed at.

Oh my god! Blast from the past! I think I mentioned this a few months ago in another thread. Thought I was the only person who heard of them.

I agree it's hit and miss, but it has a little something. Sad what happened.

[Chypmunk]

Oh my god! Blast from the past! I think I mentioned this a few months ago in another thread. Thought I was the only person who heard of them.

I agree it's hit and miss, but it has a little something. Sad what happened.
I put one of the tracks in for a song tourney at one point (pretty sure it was Snooze Button - too lazy-arsed today to go check) - think it went out quite early though :(

The album's even more fun after a Nolans album or two - you should try it some time ;)

Yeah it was a shame .... cars ..... evil things :(

[Chypmunk]

Buckcherry - Black Butterfly (2009, re)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51viWfPBg2L.jpg
2.5
Mixed, vocals really grate at times.

[Chypmunk]

Tom Dick And Harry - ... And Sally (2008, ep)
https://img.discogs.com/hiVqK4PLRX3yL4z2B8LawZYtyhE=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-10887547-1505982067-5058.jpeg.jpg
2.5+
Eclectic offering that's somewhat mixed with the lead vocal more suited to some tracks than others.

[Chypmunk]

Sadistik - The Balancing Act (2008)
https://img.discogs.com/jei1luquHUBuGix48-4PBXanJZk=/fit-in/574x573/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1622096-1232754354.jpeg.jpg
4
Nice downbeat, reflective hippity-hoppity debut.

[Sedai]

Steven Wilson - Transience

4

https://www.emaginarock.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Steven-Wilson-Transience-620x330.jpg

[Chypmunk]

Yael Naim - Yael Naim (2007)
https://img.discogs.com/TJd8FO16Vg1EVuAll7Pbmabh9Tk=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1196347-1199976712.jpeg.jpg
2.5+
Pleasant enough listen but at times tends to relegate itself to background music even with headphones on.

[Chypmunk]

Bebe - Pafuera Telarañas (2004)
https://img.discogs.com/DSWyKuia7DbNNcRsHyDK3RBuqaM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1885877-1250118980.jpeg.jpg
3
Somewhat mixed - generally prefer the tracks where she's giving it a bit of attitude.

[Chypmunk]

Deerhunter - Halcyon Days (2010)
https://img.discogs.com/-qgXJ7N_s02ezkCp0I8w4L2UWyI=/fit-in/600x539/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2469213-1454153783-5952.png.jpg
4
Delightful piece of ethereal psychodelia.

[Chypmunk]

Anouk - Together Alone (1997)
https://img.discogs.com/PQpJuSbZfoVHTFjrNyYPwqZh3nE=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1925631-1370285367-7037.jpeg.jpg
3.5
Decent rock/blues debut that'a fairly accomplished if a little 'safe'.

[Chypmunk]

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0665/1421/products/arctic_1.jpg?v=1519593423
3.5+
Lyrically witty, post pop-Britty, that's not so sh*tty.

[Chypmunk]

Prince Fatty - Survival Of The Fattest (2007)
https://img.discogs.com/iqPLFdJo52oNYAyEguuJyrj1ilA=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2112018-1290411311.jpeg.jpg
3.5
Decent fare for those that enjoy moving to an off-beat.

[Chypmunk]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
https://img.discogs.com/jKTmuxcsYe2TqcahU3QqVXJLssU=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1873013-1471100381-3022.jpeg.jpg
4.5+
Some serious wedge!

[Chypmunk]

Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen (1978)
https://img.discogs.com/s9Y1ttVohEaGnk99N4gV1kCqX-0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-450087-1458767750-7689.jpeg.jpg
4.5
Just as class now as it was back in the day.
R.I.P. Pete.

[Ultraviolence]

https://headbangerreviews.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/a0843062671_10.jpg
★★★★

[ScarletLion]

Castlebeat - 'VHS' (2019) - 4.5

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2785987065_5.jpg

[Ultraman BLACK]

https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/b0fe8ef0-d59b-4d41-afee-2d21b59112ab/albumcover/temple-of-shadows-54eb4e633f819.jpg
★★★★★

[xSookieStackhouse]

4.5
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0024/9803/5810/products/507683-Product-0-I-637623824901433018_1080x.jpg

[John-Connor]

Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God (2020)

82139
2.5

[Torgo]

https://i.imgur.com/4t38wOA.jpeg

4

There is not a bad song on the album, but perhaps except for Marian (Version), none of them are particularly memorable nor on par with bangers like Temple of Love or Lucretia My Reflection. Still, it's a heck of a debut LP.

[Ultraman BLACK]

New releases

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/6/3/0/963099.jpg?5622
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/7/2/4/972407.jpg?2535
★★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/7/4/3/974370.jpg?5438
★★★

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/5/6/9/956916.jpg?1534
★★★★

[Iroquois]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWaK-RMrGa0

5

[Torgo]

https://i.imgur.com/Sl06Ay1.jpg

4

I listened to one of their albums from the last decade I haven't heard yet in anticipation of their new one, which comes out next week. It's very good, especially Gaza and the title track. For what it's worth, Lucky Man is an original song and not an ELP cover.

[John Dumbear]

https://e.snmc.io/i/1200/s/26b54399f9200e51fe47692cd625ebc8/2231121


Even after countless listens. This is still the best album of the '80s.

[ueno_station54]

https://townsquare.media/site/838/files/2022/02/attachment-psyouredead.jpeg?w=980&q=75
rating_4
sh*t bonks

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1603682562_16.jpg
4.5
maybe one of the best records i've ever heard.

[Torgo]

https://i.imgur.com/clHA5K1.jpg?1

Unreqvited - Mosaic I: l'amour et l'ardeur - 4

A must-listen for fans of post-metal and/or blackgaze bands like Alcest. Also, the follow-up, Mosaic pt. II, is one of my favorite albums of 2020.

[Sedai]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/PinkFloydWallCoverOriginalNoText.jpg

On original vinyl from 1979, of course!

5

[John McClane]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Leprous_aphelion.jpg

Aphelion - Leprous

4.5

[KeyserCorleone]

Listening to lots of breakbeat.


Machine Girl - 13th Hour EP: rating_3