I avoided this not expecting much, but it's Tallah's most mature and focused release yet. They are making metal truly fucking violent in the modern age. The production is insane and the drums are easily the best sounding of this year. They sound fucking brutal.
This was worse than I imagined, completely devoid of their original identity. It is extremely stereotypical, uninspired, overproduced, and headache educing prog metal garbage. When I got into them I was so excited from listening to their first three records days before The Work released, this fucking made me not want to hear anything they make ever again.
![Perfume - ふめつのあなた [Fumetsu no Anata]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/1595363--fumetsu-no-anata_211441.jpg)
I can't believe they dropped one more single before going into hiatus next year. I wonder if they'll come back, but honestly they deserve it. They had a great 25 year long career.
Call me trans by the way my testosterone left my body listening to this.
So glad I got to see this band open for PTH back in 2024. I loved what I heard, but this really solidified my deep appreciation for the group. Fucking underrated as fuck that blew every metal band out the fucking water this year.
When the first single dropped I was not excited. It reminded too much of Coma Ecliptic which I already don't like that much. This is however a new low because this is also just a very watered down Colors II. All this shit we heard in better form. It's so fucking boring and uninspired, and the only reason it isn't lower is because of Absent Thereafter, Pause, a tiny section near the end in Slow Paranoia, and the last two songs. That is barely over 25 minutes and the rest is a ... read more
![the pillows - フリクリ: 海賊王 ~ Original Sound Track & Drama CD 2 [FLCL: King of Pirates]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/502993--original-sound-track-drama-cd-2-flcl-king-of-pirates_144654.jpg)
my favourite of the three volumes
Another masterclass of songwriting and production by Trent Reznor. NIN will always scratch that perfect itch of hard hitting electronic music mixed with great hooks and atmospheric beauty. It is a formula that Trent himself perfected.
The song Mini Maggit is a fun single and I love to think of it as the real opener to White Pony it fits well. Pink Maggit tho is my favourite Deftones song it's so dark, atmospheric, heavy, and the message in it is very uplifting despite how dark it is.
This song is my favourite of the two singles released for Private Music. A beautifully heavy masterpiece making it the best song/single of 2025 in my opinion.
As someone who doesn't listen to Deftones frequently outside of White Pony and a few songs here and there this is easily their best full package since then. The sound is what you'd expect but the execution in the writing was stellar. It was like they combined the best parts of White Pony, s/t, and Diamond Eyes to create something truly spectacular. My expectations were pretty good thinking it'd be another 7 or 8 but to climb this high was an impressive feat for this band. I ... read more
As a child my tiny little ears were not ready for Fairies Wear Boots, and as a man I am still not ready.
Today the world lost the first ever metal front man. Ozzy thank you for your marvelous contributions to the heavy metal genre. Praise be to Black Sabbath because without Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, and Bill Ward we wouldn't be here. Each metal musician that has been playing since this release has Sabbath in their DNA whether they like it or not. The most important band to this wicked, violent, extreme, fun, technical, and wonderful genre.
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On trevsfs's review of Depeche Mode - Violator
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On trevsfs's review of Depeche Mode - Violator
"Yes it can be prevalent at times like Sweetest Perfection but it isn't always there. Also to your comment on "I wish it was a closer like Brain Damage and Eclipse" i find stupid and funny because Clean samples the bass from One Of These Days and the guys are Pink Floyd fans. Also for people not memorable like David Bowie??? This is either some next level ragebait or you're genuinely fucking retarded because David Bowie is still one of the most influential and talked about artists of all time. It's fine not to like an album, what isn't fine is being an ignorant asshole who has his head so up his ass to say bullshit to sound smart."
On trevsfs's review of Depeche Mode - Violator
"This is easily the worst review for any album I have read in my life. The absolute ignorance and lack of research goes to show how stupid a lot of people are on this fucking platform. For starters don't come here so high and mighty talking about music theory. I myself know a decent bit of theory and from a theoretical standpoint everything on the album makes sense. Wanna know why? Well because even though Martin Gore was the primary songwriter, the arranger was Alan Wilder who has a fucking background of being classically trained. A lot of the stuff here is memorable because of the catchy hooks. Also not everything is drowned in a phaser effect."
On liamelias's review of Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
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On liamelias's review of Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
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On healio's review of Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
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