Dehumanizer shows Ronnie James Dio return on vocals for the first time in eleven years. This is also the final time he appears on a Sabbath record (unless you count The Devil You Know from the band Heaven & Hell as a Sabbath record). I gotta say it, I'm really happy to be hearing Dio again. While I think that Ozzy is the better lyricist, I just love Dio's performance on all of his releases to be far superior to Ozzy's. And while I think this is the weakest written Dio record by far, his ... read more
While I think Tyr is far from Black Sabbath's worst work, this is definitely one of their most boring and messy releases I have heard thus far.
Just as an example about how messy this album is, the song Feels Good To Me wasn't even supposed to be on the album. They only put it on here solely because the group wanted it to be released as a single. As a result, towards the end of the album you have a song so tonally out of place from the rest of the songs, only for it to move onto yet another ... read more
This is probably the most underrated and overlooked project I've heard from Black Sabbath thus far.
Headless Cross is the second Black Sabbath record to feature Tony Martin on vocals. I have to say, he impressed me so much more here than he did on The Eternal Idol. While I did praise him on that album for being one of the better Sabbath vocalists, I think that it's this album that proves that he could actually rival the more famous singers of the group. His performance on songs like Black Moon ... read more
The Eternal Idol is the first Black Sabbath record to feature Tony Martin as lead vocalist. He honestly does a really good job here, definitely much better than the previous few vocalists. He may never perform as good as the excellent Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio, but at least he isn't as boring and annoying as Ian Gillan in Born Again, or as uninspiring as Glenn Hughes in Seventh Star.
For the first time since Mob Rules, the instrumentation is back to its usual great Black Sabbath self. ... read more
Seventh Star is the first and only album to feature Glenn Hughes as the lead vocalist, better known for being the bassist for Deep Purple. I'm not gonna lie, I did like some of what was presented here, but overall I thought this was the groups most generic and least interesting outing yet.
To act like there would be no good moments would be a lie, because there were honestly a few songs that I quite enjoyed. The title track as well as the closer were two really good tracks which proved that ... read more
Born Again is the first and last Black Sabbath to feature Ian Gillan of Deep Purple on lead vocals. And if I'm honest, I'm glad that's the case. I feel like Gillan has been the least interesting vocalist I've heard from the band thus far.
There were a few good songs on here. To be honest, most of the second half of this album was pretty enjoyable. The instrumentals on tracks like Zero The Hero, the title track and the closer Keep It Warm, as well as one of the earlier tracks Disturbing The ... read more
Mob Rules is the last Black Sabbath release to include Ronnie James Dio on vocals until their 1992 release Dehumanizer. In terms of this being his final project with them, at least for now, Dio did an excellent job. This isn't my favourite Sabbath record, but it's still a good one.
If I'm honest, this album feels a lot like their previous release, Heaven & Hell. But that's barely a complaint considering I loved that album. Just like Heaven & Hell, I loved Dio's vocal performance. I ... read more
Heaven & Hell is the first Black Sabbath record to include Ronnie James Dio as lead vocalist, at the time famous from being the vocalist for Rainbow. Although this isn't the best Sabbath record, it's still a great release from them and Dio certainly shows that he is a capable successor to Osbourne.
This is easily the best release they've had in years. Both instrumentally and vocally, it's clear that everyone involved has so much more motivation to really put effort into their parts. I may ... read more
Never Say Die is the last Black Sabbath album to have Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals until their final ever release, 13. And, well, to be honest, this was much better than I expected. I mean, when Osbourne himself said, and I quote, "[Never Say Die!] was the worst piece of work I've ever had anything to do with. I'm ashamed of that album. I think it's disgusting.", to say I wasn't expecting much would be an understatement. I wasn't expecting to hate this, but I did think that this would ... read more
While it's not necessarily bad, Technical Ecstasy is by far the weakest and most boring Black Sabbath record to this point.
This album is just too inconsistent for its own good. There are some good moments, but every track on here has something to like and dislike about it. For example, my least favourite song on the album, You Won't Change Me, by far has the best instrumentals. The guitar solo in that song was great and one of my favourite parts in the whole album. But the song as a whole was ... read more
Kids See Ghosts is a short but sweet album, and by far the most consistent release from both artists involved.
This is the only album from both collaborators where I have absolutely nothing bad to say. No poor tracks, no annoying moments, nothing. This was all great! In the case of Kid Cudi, this was by far the best thing he has put out yet. For Kanye, I still wouldn't say this is as good as Late Registration, but this album is far more consistent. Every track on here was great and felt ... read more
Kid Cudi's debut mixtape remains one of his best releases yet.
Just like his debut album, A Kid Named Cudi shows that Cudi has potential at making something truly great, but he's not quite there yet. Hell, even after listening to the rest of his discography he still hasn't reached his peak quality yet. This mixtape shows that he has ambition and proves that he can make something worthwhile. Take for example Down Out, Cudi Get and The Prayer. All of which are great, catchy hip-hop tracks which, ... read more
It's not as bad as ME!, but it's still awful.
Anyway, what's the deal with all of these faceless users with no ratings? I mean, I can understand stans and bots coming to give shit like this a perfect score, but I've seen at least three different accounts with absolutely no ratings or reviews, and all they're doing is insulting users. I don't understand it. Like, if you're gonna waste your time here, why don't you waste it by like actually giving your opinion?
You know, I'm starting to think that Kid Cudi is one of the most overhated artists of this decade. Sure, nothing of what he has released has been as good as his debut, but at least he has been consistently releasing fun albums (except for SB2H, fuck that album).
This is probably my favourite release from Cudi since Man On The Moon. I just had so much fun with this one. It was by far the most enjoyable record by him from the 2010s. There are even quite a few songs on here that I would call ... read more
Biggest disappointment of the year. How did Baroness fuck up so badly?
I tried listening to the NPR version yesterday. I got five songs in before thinking to myself that it was probably the wrong version, there's no way that this was the version Baroness put out, right? I then waited until last night until it released on Spotify. Again, I got five tracks in before excusing myself from it. 'Maybe I am just tired', I thought to myself, 'there is no way it is this bad.' And here I am now.
There ... read more
I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE AND I BRING YOU fire. Uh... yeah... That song has been stuck in my head all day so I thought it was finally time to check out the full album.
Well, it certainly lives up to the name. It's definitely a crazy record. Honestly, this may be one of the most underrated albums of the 1960s. That decade was insane for rock music, with artists like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin beginning their careers with a bang. In fact, I would say that, considering this was released the same ... read more
Beavis, punk rock is dead. You guys didn't just kill it - you tortured it, stripped it down, then slowly beat it to death, all the while recorded it for us all to hear.
I should have listened. I should have listened to everyone giving it low scores. Hell, this is the ONLY album Fantano has bothered to give a 0. Yet the few really high scores made me go ahead and listen to this anyway. I really wish I hadn't.
I want to start off by saying that I don't go into anything with any prejudgments. ... read more
Satellite Flight isn't a bad album, but it is definitely mixed in quality.
Kid Cudi's fourth album is very well produced for one, and it also has some great moments. I would even go as far as to say that the title track, alongside Too Bad are two of the best songs I've heard from the guy yet. There are a lot of good ideas here, and they are very well executed at some points. Even the instrumental tracks are interesting and overall just good fun. Copernicus Landing in particular was a great ... read more
Baroness' Purple album is surprisingly one of their best and most consistent records to date.
I was kind of nervous getting into this. In 2013, they were in a bus crash, causing their original drummer and bassist to leave the group. After getting replacements, I wasn't sure if this album would have the same charm that made me fall in love with the band in the first place. Thankfully, it does.
Purple has some of the best Baroness songs I have heard yet. Shock Me, Chlorine & Wine, If I Have ... read more
Baroness' lightest release yet provides us with some of their best and worst work to this point.
Their double-album Yellow & Green is a really mixed bag for me. The entire first half of this was by far their best album, but the latter half was their worst album yet. It honestly disappointed me so much that I'm going to review both sides individually.
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The Yellow section of this album is by far the band's best ... read more
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Demons is still my pick for best Dostoevsky btw"
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"@ClayDJs03 I think (unfortunately) you hit the nail on the head with the writers wanting to double down on the misogyny, which is a shame considering George generally does a great job of tackling the subject in his books, even in the Dance of Dragons. All this whitewashing has ironically done the opposite of their intention; removing the agency of literal Queens, having the men in their lives make the hard decisions that come with war and having the women fight against it and act like they had no say in the matter, to me, that's way more misogynistic than, y'know, having your women characters actually make impulsive, emotional, even catastrophic decisions. Rhaenyra especially is so pathetic this season after that final shot in S1."
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On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
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