Caught between a rock and a hard place: How do you possibly continue a killer 4-album run that consists of "Human", "Individual Thought Patterns" and most importantly, "Symbolic"? Well, the answers pretty simple! You only make the best progressive death metal album to date. "The Sound of Perseverance" is the swan song of "Death", and it has fundamentally changed my perception of music and life as a whole. Let me explain.
I remember the day 13 ... read more
Not much to say on this one, It was definitely a welcoming experience for when I started to get into deathcore but "Bring Me The Horizon" and their debut studio album "Count Your Blessings" is your run-of-the-mill deathcore that offers nothing new but does its gimmick pretty well.
I'd say that the high points of the album with tracks like "Pray for Plagues", "Black & Blue", "Liquor Lost" and "Braille (For Stevie Wonder's Eyes ... read more
Where do we draw the line between clear inspiration and just straight-up sounding like what you're drawing from? "The Poetic Edda" is a garish, nothingburger of an EP that abandons any sort of structure in hopes of sounding... Like "Lorna Shore", I guess?
Many-a-times have I found myself excessively raising my eyebrows at the breakdowns that are dragged through the mud and back to sound "epic" or "heavy" or whatever throughout this EP. Sometimes I ... read more
Technical Death Metal with an emphasis on the progressive part of things à la "Cynic" ! "Planetary Duality" will always remain one of the most unique releases on the modern tech death scene. It's chock-full of neo-classical sections, melodies, shifting time signatures reminiscent of "Necrophagist" (another big influence for this act), the lead work is especially impressive on tracks like "The Ancient Covenant" and "XenoChrist", ... read more
"I do that rather well... don't you think?" No, you really don't.
This album's je ne sais quoi is becoming increasingly more blurred to me with each re-listen. "None So Vile" by "Cryptopsy" is hailed to be one of the best technical death metal releases of all time when I can't see that being the case. This album is a culmination of beyond-interesting ideas that fail to be properly executed and no amount of wankery can save this from being an ... read more
An album so fiercely anti-establishment and unique for its time that it completely changed the mainstream's view of metal as a genre. This is "System of a Down" and possibly the greatest byproduct of alt-metal: "Toxicity".
Singing my praises for this album would probably result in me writing and rambling on to no end and it STILL wouldn't do this album enough justice! This album simply excels in every category, from the songwriting to the topics established in ... read more