Earth's performance here is great, Black Noi$e, however, seems to have missed the mark. Some of the glitchy elements work and I appreciate the analogue-sounding approach but often it sounds like I'm listening back to something on my DAW and it's playing up. It's still an interesting album that isvworth listening to despite it's flaws.

Probably the greatest yacht-rock album of all time. Smooth as anything, the arduous recording process definitely payed off.

It's good to hear the Foos back on form, I liked the last album and I'm glad they pushed on in this direction, more energetic than ever despite missing Taylor.

Though it is a bit front-loaded this is the first Bruno Mars album I've enjoyed. Dipping his toes into a variety of rock, funk, pop ballad and reggae-tinged sounds, Mars makes an incredibly enjoyable, mostly energetic album. As a bassist there is a lot for me to appreciate here.

Squarepusher never dissapoints. This might be my favourite album of the year so far. The music reminds me of Zappa's late-career Synclavier compositions, but polished and given that Squarepusher touch. Incredible.

There's some magic about this album for me. Maybe the contributions from every member. It's stuck with me more than any other Who album, it sounds so 1966.

I expected another OSDM act due to never having heard of them. The use of melody in the desperate screams in the Bridge of the song Grave Or Grace = reminds me of Deatb and yet simultaneously Gojira. This EP is never boring, Some of the groove in Blood Baptized is seriously tight, the song then flips to a clip of an evangelist(?) speaking and then the softest screaming I've ever heard, followed by some really fast groove. When I Became Godless almost became a thrash metal song despite some ... read more

This album hits like a truck. Made of metal. In the core. It's a metalcore truck, and it's hitting you really hard.

This is 60's psychedelia at (almost) it's best. The mixed live and studio recordings work insanely well, the patchwork construction of this album is incredible. That's It For The Other One and Alligator are insane jams, Caution makes an excellent ambient finishing track. In the middle New Potato Caboose and Born Cross-Eyed hold up well but are overshadowed by the excellence of tracks 1 and 4.

Cannibal Corpse doing what they do best; frantic riffs, intense vocals, and frenzied leads. They aren't breaking the mold here but they are doing what they do incredibly well. Frantic Disembowelment and Festering In The Crypt are big highlights here.

Another perfect 10, it stands up to Abbey Road to me.

An earnest, dynamic and driven modern Pop-Punk effort. Whether it's nostalgia or not I enjoy this album so much and have since I was a horny teen discovering sex and drugs (and trying to become a successful musician myself).

One of the better Drain Gang projects. I might just be feeling nostalgic.

Zappa was a master of orchestrating musical canvases to paint with his guitar. This is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of guitar solos. The concept sounds boring but this is Frank Zappa, he creates something so unique each time.

Some of it is amazing. Some of these songs I will likely never come back to. Zappa in the mid 80's really knew how to give you a mixed bag.

I love the prog-jazz instrumentals here. Sometimes the vocals take up too much space but the band is stellar. A great listen overall, Riah Sahiltaak is an absolute gem.

The greatest rock opera of all time.

An awesome mix of prog-metal and hard rock. It has some of the coolest riffs I've heard but is occasionally let down in moments where the tracks lose steam, though this isn't often.

A great, groovey album that isn't always excellent but always at least good. Kyuss are clearly still finding their sound at this point, this album doesn't reach the heights of their next two. This is still a must hear for QOTSA and Stoner Metal fans, this is where thw genre, arguably, began.

The songs are way too long, cut the guitar and there would be a great album here. I appreciate the vision but I don't feel like Neil is pulling it off. Dude cannot shred.