After listening to the disappointment that was American Idiot, this album reinstated my faith in Green Day having a decent album.
Although there are quite a few forgettable tracks on here, there isn't really any bad song (except for All By Myself). Sure, some are better than others, but nothing terrible (again, except for All By Myself. Fuck All By Myself). The instrumentation is good on all the tracks and the writing for the most part is also good.
Really, the only complaint I have is that I ... read more
This album is a massive disappointment to me. I genuinely wanted to love this album. I did as a kid, and that's what brought me back. Unfortunately, it has not aged well.
There are exactly five good songs on this album (six if I include St. Jimmy, which I have a soft spot for because of how much I listened to it when I was younger), not only good, but great songs. However, the rest are just bad. Bad because they just repeat what songs before were saying; bad because of them rehashing the same ... read more
Daughters delivers yet another great album, improving on every problem I had with Hell Songs.
Daughters - Self Titled is an insane, intense and extremely enjoyable ride from beginning to end. There is absolutely no time that I felt bored, disappointed, or anything bad about the album. Every single track on here is great. The fantastic writing, the amazing instrumentation: there is nothing to hate about this album.
Really, the only thing that brings this album down is that I know I won't come ... read more
Daughters improved on pretty much everything wrong with their debut album and made this intense and fun ride.
The first improvement is that they made the album longer... by doubling the time. Usually, I would complain that it's not at least 30 minutes, but I think that 23 minutes is good enough for this album in particular, just because I did feel like the longest song (Cheers Pricks being 6 minutes) did drag on for a bit, and that if they had made more songs be that long it might hurt the ... read more
Daughters debut album is... well, it is definitely an album. I honestly don't know what to say.
For one, the album is way too short to pull anything out of it. I literally finished my third listen about two minutes ago and I still remember absolutely nothing. Seriously, it's only 11 minutes.
The screaming pretty much makes it impossible to hear anything they are saying. Also, the only good thing I could take away with the vocals is that they are laughable. I don't think I have ever laughed at a ... read more
RATM's final release is a huge disappointment, as it is just an album full of covers. I hate it when artist's put covers in their albums enough as it is, but to make an entire album of just covers, and to have it be your final release; it's just frustrating.
One of the main things that kept bringing me back to RATM is their amazing lyrics written by Zack de la Rocha. Removing that and instead having him sing something else is not RATM.
To be honest, though, this doesn't have the worst cover ... read more
This album was the closest RATM ever came to coming close to their debut album, and I don't say that as a bad thing. This album is so energetic and mind melting, with some of Zack de la Rocha's best lyrical work and by far the best instrumentals in the bands history.
I will start with the only bad thing I can think of, and that's that there are three songs which are fairly forgettable. They aren't necessarily bad (hell, listening to this album again, I loved every one), just not as note-worthy ... read more
RATM's second album, Evil Empire, proved that they were able to replicate everything that made their original album so good: great instrumentals with amazing lyrical work. This album, much like their first, has so much energy put into it.
My main problem with this album is that, unlike their previous album, it doesn't really give the listener much to make them want to come back to it. There are many great songs on here, but there are also some songs which are pretty forgettable. Revisiting this ... read more
Edit: To be honest, I don't even know what I was thinking with my original score. I've always thought that this album was so much better than the score I gave it. Original Score: 97
RATM's debut album is, putting it lightly, a masterpiece. It is a mind-melting experience that's full of so much energy that you can't help but fall in love with it instantly. Zack de la Rocha's lyrical work here is absolutely amazing and fills you with so much anger and rage that it definitely lives up to the ... read more
Hypnotize is the second part of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album and, to be honest, it is a pretty poor ending to a great start. Despite having some really great tracks (and when I say great, I mean some of the best in SOAD's discography), the bad tracks really pull this album down.
I have a love/hate relationship with this album, because the tracks that I think are good I really love, whilst the tracks that I dislike I really hate. To be honest, I don't know how to correctly do my ... read more
Mezmerize is the opener to the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album and it does so perfectly with some of the best tracks System of a Down ever put out. Whilst it's not as well written as many of their other albums, Mezmerize is home to some of the best instrumentals and vocals in SOAD's career.
The only complain I have is that there are a couple of tracks on this album which I usually completely forget about, like This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song and Sad Statue (I only really think ... read more
System of a Down's third album is a fun album albeit a disappointing one. There isn't really anything bad about it (if there was, then I would have given it a much lower score), but the fact that this album could have been so much better if it wasn't for fans leaking the songs early is frustrating, as it forced the band to rush the album out. As a result, there are songs that don't feel finished (most notably Thetawaves, which ends in the middle of the song).
However, I have to mention the ... read more
System of a Down's second album is not only their best, but also one of the greatest metal albums of all time, and my personal favourite metal album.
SOAD toned down the insanity from their first album, and as a result you get some slower songs which are definitely some of the band's best, like Aerials and Deer Dance. However, there are a lot of heavier tracks, like Prison Song. Really, aside from two tracks, there isn't a bad song: it's just great track to great track.
That being said, this ... read more
System of a Down's debut album is by far one of their most interesting and insanity driven albums. Right from the first track it throws so much energy at you and doesn't stop until the final track is over. Really, the only time it slows down is in the song Mind which is probably the most insane and intense songs on the album and is easily one of my favourites from the band. It really helps that the song is six minutes and is the longest song produced by them.
This album is easily one of the ... read more
Conventional Weapons is a compilation of songs recorded and scrapped by My Chemical Romance after releasing The Black Parade and before drummer Bob Bryer left the group.
The album has some great tracks, even some which are some of the band's best (The Light Behind Your Eyes), but also some of the band's worst. There are also some songs on here that are shadowed by the fact that they are demos of more popular songs (most notably Make Room being the demo for Na Na Na and Party Poison).
One of ... read more
This album had the complete opposite effect on me than Bullets, in that when I first heard Danger Days, I loved it, but when I came back to it more and more, I found that I would dislike it more every time.
I'll start off talking about the good things about this album, and that is that the songs are enjoyable and have enough energy to make you want to dance. However, the writing on this album is probably the worst from MCR, especially considering this was the album which they released after The ... read more
The Black Parade is an adrenaline fueling, exciting, cartoony, beautiful roller coaster of emotions, and is by far my favourite album ever made. The writing is superb, and the musicianship from all the members of My Chemical Romance is amazing.
This is the album that got me into rock music (yes, it's a rock album, not an emo album, fight me). It tells the story of a dying cancer patient.
There are so many great songs in this album; there are some that are great to bop to (Dead!; Mama), some ... read more
My Chemical Romance's second album is really surprising at just how much it improved after their first album. Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge is an adrenaline pumping album that hooks you right from the first song and will keep you wanting to hear more until you reach the final song, and you will feel like no time has passed at all.
MCR succeeded in every way with this album, and if it wasn't for their next album taking it up just a bit more, then this would be their best album.
Choosing a ... read more
My Chemical Romance's debut album is by far their most underrated album, but it's understandable why. This album is very raw and unpolished.
As a long time MCR fan myself, I avoided this album as much as I could for years. It wasn't until a few months ago that I actually decided to give it a try, and I hated it. I hated it so much that I thought I would never listen to it again. But a few weeks later, a random song from this album spontaneously got stuck in my head, even though I had only heard ... read more
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On Doja Cat - Demons
"Damn, forgot about this certified banger of a review.
Demons is still my pick for best Dostoevsky btw"
On Boris - Performing "PINK" in Its Entirety - Live at Shindaita Fever 20160924
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On Boris - Performing "PINK" in Its Entirety - Live at Shindaita Fever 20160924
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On Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
"@FeendishlyJam I believe I meant that Meat Loaf is grating and that people who dislike Queen generally make the argument that Freddie is grating"
On System of a Down - Hypnotize
"@ClayDJs03 "hate" was waaay too strong a word for me to have used back then. Honestly quite surprised I did lol. The only SOAD song I ever really "hated" was Old School Hollywood. But anyway, as far as some of the tracks I used to dislike, I guess I sorta just lightened up. She's Like Heroin is still probably bottom 5 SOAD, and Kill Rock 'n Roll is a bop even if it's silly. The others I listed as least favs I honestly don't really know why I did. Two of them are some of the most memorable on the album, and Stealing Society, though one of the most forgettable in their discog, is a banger.
The album itself is still my least fav SOAD. Too many tracks that are just blatantly forgettable or simply filler, and it's such a drop from Mezmerize."
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On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"And Helaena being a dreamer was one of the worst decisions in this show so far lol. It's blatantly them making an "out" so they can do whatever with her character and have it make sense, i.e. her not grieving her son, and eventually killing herself, "because I saw it in a dream.""
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"@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."
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"And yeah, that was the very moment in the finale I noped out lmao. Them meeting not once, but TWICE is such a tumblr fanfic moment that I can't believe made it past LITERAL PROFESSIONAL SCREENWRITERS. "Yeah, just have disputing Queens sail across the sea during wartime, not face any troubles along the way, and safely face their adversary and make their way back home in the span of a single day. That makes perfect sense." And Alicent selling out her son... Jesus fuck, idk how they managed to butcher such incredible characters in such a short time. They did NOT care and it shows."
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"@ClayDJs03 Yeah, liking it as a book fan is sheer lunacy lmao. Of course the brutality is toned down, but also distancing Rhaenyra's participation. It gets hard to view her as the grief-stricken mother and LITERAL QUEEN that she's supposed to be when the impulsive decisions that make her so compelling in the books are trivialized down to "actually it was the men in her life who made those decisions. She's rational actually." And like you mention, the horrors inflicted on Helaena are so minimalized, but then after the fact they don't even give her a storyline dealing with the grief. I legitimately believe B&C was handled awfully, not just the event itself, but the entire lead-up and stream of consequences afterwards no longer making sense."
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"@ClayDJs03 That blog was so vindicating, the contents and HBO's response so bemusing. Helaena killing herself for the lols will certainly be a choice. (I was also so glad he spent the whole post trashing Blood & Cheese. I felt crazy, being the only person I know (even fellow book fans) legitimately thinking that was executed well and not a bastardization on the level of GOT's S5 and 6 portrayal of Dorne and the Iron Islands.)"
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"@Archerycraft18 i don't really have any sort of justification. a 0.5/10 is still a 0 to me"
On Eomann's review of Les Rallizes Dénudés - Double Heads: Legendary Live Yaneura Shibuya, Tokyo 1980-1981
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"@molochthagod lol. lmao even."
On XXXTENTACION - The Fall
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"state what you consider the obvious, get likes and peace out" - fat load of good that did me. 4 likes in 5 years!
"your ass knows nothing about the way i review albums" - the irony. Let me point out once more; this is a 5 year old review you're seething on. If you wanna give constructive criticism, at least look at what else the reviewer has posted since (never mind the fact you should learn to be a bit more respectful)"
On XXXTENTACION - The Fall
"@zzile I know next to nothing about X the person, all I know is he made dogshit music. This is one of the most straightforward reviews I've ever written, and I still get Mr. Armchair Psychoanalyst out here trying to find some deep rooted bias I have to explain why I dislike the album"
On XXXTENTACION - The Fall
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On Opeth - Blackwater Park
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On Green Day - American Idiot
"oooooooh, I see. It completely flew over my head that this is a concept album. This changes everything! So THAT'S why half the songs are mediocre! OK, now I can enjoy these outstanding concept album lyrics!
She's an extraordinary girl in an ordinary world ♫"
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