MalArken

Alakai
(MalArken)

Toronto, Canada

Favorite Albums

Best of 2024

Recent Ratings

fromjoy - seraph
fromjoy
seraph
83
Mar 12

Recent Reviews

WENDY - Wish You Hell
71
This album has a really lush and subtly layered atmosphere. The production is warm and soft on the ears, especially paired with Wendy's soothing voice.

She's at her best when performing R&B, and this album is fortunately full of it. The title track fails at emulating whatever pop rock anthem it seems to have aspired to be, and it doesn't tonally or sonically align with the rest of the album. 'Queen of the Party' also feels a bit Disney-esque, which is a bit off-putting personally. ... read more

MIRAR - toccata
92
This song is insane. Mirar continue to push the boundaries of seemingly every genre they touch, pairing bizarre guitar techniques with apposite and dynamic instrumental eclecticism.

'toccata' is Mirar's most lengthy and varied song to date, and the best I could describe it's structure is as twelve sections divided into three phases, with seemingly no repetition. I can see why some people could be easily turned off of their music for the same reasons others would find them incredibly ... read more

twenty one pilots - Overcompensate
90
Those first two minutes are pure electro industrial percussive bliss. Josh Dun is killing it, and Tyler's verse and chorus sections are very catchy while maintaining a fine balance between pithy lyricism and enigmatic lore-dropping. This actually feels like a sequel to Trench.
Sicklola - Кризис
87
I should've known this record would be excellent from that baleful, clown-faced cherub on the cover art.

'Кризис' (Crisis) by Sicklola features possibly the best keyboard instrumentation I've heard on a metal album.
For whatever reason, almost all thall inspired artists neglect the piano in favour of guitar & synth-led ambience. Even Vildhjarta has only unly utilized it on rare occasions—but it sounds so cool, and Sicklola seem to be well aware.

This band may even have the ... read more

(G)I-DLE - Wife
24
Since (G)I-dle are so into tiktok recently, I have a pretty wacky challenge proposition for them, especially Soyeon. It's called the "write a song with coherent english lyrics" challenge. Based on the track record of (G)I-dle and their contemporaries, it's a very tricky feat to accomplish, which is why I'm also suggesting the "write coherent lyrics in the language you actually speak" challenge. Super excited to see if they accept my epic tiktok proposal. Anyways, this song ... read more

Shoutbox

11h
Heyy bro! Dropped my new EP, check it out when u get the chance

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/souza5/ethereal-3
1mo
Death-sludge-post-black-prog-metal from last month, really recommend checking it out
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/853771-cave-sermon-divine-laughter.php
1mo
ALAKAI AUTHEUYHGU YOU'RE THE EBST AHSTGYG
1mo
If you like animals as leaders at all, you should listen to elysium by yohei kimura
1mo
OMG ALAKAI TYSM FOR LISTENING TO KST2I IWHUHHSGUHSITUGUHSTGU THKJANRIAAAAAAAAAA
4mo
thank you :)
5mo
hey do you think you could like me where to listen to "Where the end of this life lies."?
6mo
i've seen it and it's been on my listen-list for a while
not listened to a lick of it tho

About

Feel free to give recommendations, I like listening to music.

21, fledgling thall/math guitarist.

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Rating Distribution

90-99
 
19

80-89
 
417

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705

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256

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66

40-49
 
14

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3

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