Bobby2005

I see everyone crying a river for this album. Never dove deep into this band, I caught them up from their last album Memorial and kinda figured that this is their style. Apparently they were once a great prog band, my bad should've known, given Martin Lopez is their leader and drummer. This new album is definitely a dud if you view it strictly through a prog lense, and even a slight downgrade compared to Memorial, but I think we ought to cut it some slack nonetheless. Its their full blown ... read more

This should be a must listen for music enjoyers period. Queensryche roar into the deep 90s with their final masterpiece. Transcendental, desperate, observational, regretful, this album manages to implement the groundbreaking for its time digital-recording technology to create a mysterious and cinematic soundscape, filled to the brim with songs that bounce from miserable alt rock balladry (Bridge), pounding industrial anthems (My Global Mind), slow burn AOR (One More Time) and true dark ... read more

Alternative metal legends return with an album that attempts to appeal to fans of every tidbit of their catalogue. At its base it's a continuation of the reverby separated vocal channel plus huge distorted 7 string chugging of the last two albums, but it also nicks into parts that we haven't seen them tackle in a long time. We can attribute that to Nick Raskulinez returning behind the console.

The album begins with the straightforward heavy hitters, mellows down to their romantic ... read more

Another album of solid material by Fates Warning. It definetly stands in the shadow of their previous two masterworks and the rest of what was to come, as it's neither as heavy nor as proggy. It also pales in comparison to what the other two prog metal giants, DT and Queensryche, put out in 1994 and it turns out to be a Parallels lite. However its quality remains outstanding, with streamlined and sharp songwriting from beginning to end. The lyricism is some the of deepest and most ... read more