The Great Custer Depression, Episode 9:
"Signs Reign Rebuilder" by Set Fire to Flames (10-09-2001)

Pretty great post-rock. Do I think it's perfect? No, but the highlights really carry this whole experience for me. It's starts pretty good, and the second, third, and fourth track are pretty good experiences themselves. It isn't until "Omaha" when I noticed some pretty quality post-rock though. Then there's this really funky section on "There Is No ... read more

The Great Custer Depression, Episode 8:
"good kid, m.A.A.d city" by Kendrick Lamar (10-22-2012)

This is easily my favorite hip hop album of all time. No other hip hop album flows like this one does. It's simple to follow, but it has all of these layers that just make it so interesting, and all of the songs have a specific purpose that they all fulfill perfectly. Features on this album are all top notch. Production is top notch; every instrumental is perfect. The concept is ... read more

This album is genuine hell. When I first was listening to this album, it clicked almost immediately. This is mostly because the whole personality and theme of this album is pushed to absolute perfection; Dave Hunt plays his character and his lyricism perfectly well, and, of course, Mick Kenney, being the absolute god that he is when it comes to instrumentals, continuously demolishes entire skyscrapers with his relentless production. There really isn't many metal albums where I can say that ... read more

The Great Custer Depression, Episode 6:
Perseverance by Hatebreed (03-12-2002)

Hatebreed is what Five Finger Death Punch thinks they sound like.

This is one of the most essential beatdown hardcore albums to ever exist. Not even lying. It does get kind of stale by the end, but the first half is basically perfect. Underneath all of the hardcore moshing instrumentals are lyrics that are unusually uplifting, the themes of not letting people get the best of you and to stand strong in hard times is ... read more

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The Great Custer Depression, Episode 5:
The Whole of the Law by Anaal Nathrakh (10-28-2016)

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

If yall don't know what I mean, then you haven't listened to peak yet. This is easily one of the most ambitious extreme metal albums I've ever heard, from the one of the most obnoxious metal bands to ever walk the earth. Anaal Nathrakh seemed to have slowly transitioned from a clinically insane hellscape that was "The ... read more

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The Great Custer Depression, Episode 4:
The sounds of hell... I mean... The Codex Necro by Anaal Nathrakh (11-22-2001)

What the fuck.

I think the black metal that I'm used to usually tries to nail atmosphere. Yes, that's typically what black metal tries to nail down, and this album absolutely nails it. This is more brutal than anything I've ever heard, and it is extremely difficult to digest blindly. From the absolutely terrible production, to the blood curdling ... read more

The Great Custer Depression, Episode 3:
Abandon All Life by Nails (03-19-2013)

If you ever heard Nails's first album, you're pretty much getting a refined version of that album on here. It may just be seventeen minutes long but it is absolutely ruthless just like it's predecessor. In between short, furious beats of pure hatred are greatly written pieces of grindcore that are so sludgy and nasty they will quite literally melt your head. Not to mention how great they close off ... read more

You know, I never truly got into Black Sabbath, was never a true Black Sabbath fan to begin with, but I can really still feel the impact that something like this had on people. The first five album run of Black Sabbath is still some of the most important heavy metal work to ever have been written, and their influence transcends into multiple subgenres. The first time I ever heard this album was back in 2023, when I was first getting into metal. Little did I know that today would be the final ... read more

The Great Custer Depression, Episode 2:
Frizzle Fry by Primus

What a fun album! This is probably in my top three favorite releases from 1990, if not number one. The songwriting and funkiness of it is just too addicting for me to dismiss it like that. Les Claypool is such a fun writer, and the whole band knows how to make the same sound work on pretty much every single track on the whole album. The opener, "To Defy the Laws of Tradition", opens the album perfectly in a six minute and ... read more

The Great Custer Depression, Episode 1:

I haven't listened to Opeth in quite some time. The last time I did hear music from them was the album "Blackwater Park", which I thought was a great album. The whole thing was a dark and mythical experience, a journey that blends prog metal with... Death metal (I think?)? Anyways, it was basically TOOL's more evil twin.

Now we have this album. The first thing I must mention are the vocals. This guy has the absolute power in his will ... read more

When I was first getting into metal, there were a few pivotal bands that shaped what I loved in my forte of metal.

First there was the humor and political unrest of System Of A Down.

There was the angsty and, at times, anger-driven lyrics of Linkin Park.

Same goes for Korn.

There was the experimentation and production of Deftones and "White Pony".

And then one of those bands was Metallica.

If you like metal as much as I do, then I know for a fact that you like this album. ... read more

It quite literally is the personification of an incoming army, equally terrifying but hard as fuck.

I might as well mention this song too, it's definitely not melodic compared to their newest release. But holy moly guacamole does it slam hard. The riff is absolutely nasty even for a band this far into their career, I mean this is their TENTH ALBUM and it's one of the nastiest riffs I've ever heard. Again they really emphasize the chorus, and the charged up "FORWARD!!!" ... read more

It honestly sounds like a more accessible black metal, and that sounds crazy but I'm not even really a black metal fan and this just clicked instantly. I get it's not exclusively black metal but I think I can tolerate it more now that I've heard stuff like this. And honestly this song is just perfect in every way. The contrast between the brutally slamming verses and the charging chorus, and one of my favorite voices in extreme metal, and one of my favorite melodic riffs in the ... read more

It's honestly got what I love and don't love in Deftones. First is what I don't love: Chino still turns me off as a vocalist. When it works, he definitely adds to the texture of the instrumentals, but then he does the kind of shouting but not too loud kinda shouting vocal style (go to 0:39) and it just sounds kinda... Stupid to me? But the instrumental is so well produced and the guitarwork is incredible.

"Maybe one of the worst songs I've ever heard." - WillNeot

Another example of one of those Machine Head songs that no one likes but I love because of how much mental stress it helped me relieve. Seriously this band and Strapping Young Lad are some of those bands that helped me through many hard times, and although some might think the lyrics are very corny, they feel very naturally human to me. These come from the heart. Also it had that butt rock cheese that I enjoyed because ... read more

This is one of the darkest metal albums I've ever heard. I'm not too big on black metal but when it's done good it can be an absolute beast when it comes to atmosphere. Unfortunately it's overshadowed by the reputation of the fanbase, bad production, and certain bands having questionable values. However this is one of those one-of-a-kind records where you just can't deny how big of an impact it has. You can't just casually put this on and expect to enjoy it like ... read more

"We're on" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

This album is MAD. Well, not just in mood but also in tone, I mean these guys just created some of the most insane soundscapes yet that all represent themes of bombs, war, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The latter is an obvious theme because the track title "09-15-00" is literally a date for something relating to that conflict. The song itself sounds very agitating halfway through; it's ... read more

Godspeed YOU! Black Emperor. *points a comically large index finger at an emperor of African ethnicity*

The only reason I curse this album in the 70s ratings is because of the middle portion. Boy it drags. GY!BE thought that they could get away with long repetitive soundscapes once again, but nope. "Lambs' Breath" is pretty darn boring; if you listen to one minute of it you've pretty much heard the whole song. "Asunder, Sweet" also falls into this flaw but it ... read more

I think it's definitely good for what it is, but at times the band seems to be dropping some filler material. Half of the track list doesn't really stand out, but I'll give it the fact that it at least still has the same energy of my favorite Rise Against songs. But at the same time, the other half of this record has some of the best songwriting this band has managed to put together (I mean, come on, "Savior" is on this freaking record, also I LOOOOOOOOOOVE ... read more

Two years later! Wow, I really think this is kind of a surprise; oh how time flies... Anyways I've thought that this record was amazing for quite some time. I mean I gave it a 60 on my first listen two years ago, but nowadays it's got some of the best tracks they've ever done. "Mattel" is absolute madness contained in five and a half minutes, "Game Over" wastes no time to introduce yourself to the album and get familiar with all the weird tricks the band plays ... read more