technically proficient and great songs but nothing sticks with me to want to come back

My All Time Favorite Christmas Album

The sound of an Apple commercial in the early 2000s

The highlights on this are HIGH (Wherever you are) but there is a lot of filler

An album full of John Prine-inspired vulnerability with phenomenal story and structure. One of the best of the year

The Hunted is still one of the formative songs of my life.

Name aside - solid melodic death with some death / orchestral elements

The mix of power with heavy and death metal grabbed me from the jump. The lyrics are solid and vocalist can SANG.

Definitely different - appreciate the folk and native influences. The throat singing matches well with the sound.

This has been out 2 days and I already find myself coming back for more and more. The hints of jazz and joy into what is normally staid, cold music (albeit excellent) is fantastic and reflective of the performer.

Like a really cool jazz, spoken word club in Morocco that I would feel not sophisticated enough to be at with drinks that have names that are literary titles beyond my comprehension... but can listen to in my sweatpants while eating cheez-its. Accessible in format and presentation and displays the best things about music in that its foreign to many people's daily lives and beautifully represents a different perspective of the world.

feels like a rehash (with blatant chord progression ripoff from Bleed It Out on Heavy Is the Crown and a rehash on Two-Faced. I wanted to enjoy this as LP was formative to me... but it felt too soon and too much retread of what made them great before - saying nothing of the loss of Chester.

ya - its comedy metal but its REALLY good. this sounds like Black Dahlia a LOT.

went into this one blank and fell in love with this. repeat listens and new layers keep presenting themselves.

Essential

This was my introduction to Refused in 2001 ... and it shaped my taste of punk to come. I found it at a Warehouse used for $7 and burned through 2 additional copies.

This is what made way for Knocked Loose. Refused and this album are the most important hardcore records of the last 20 years.

The album I wasnt expecting but got me into Depeche Mode.

Catharsis, angst, SSRI's and repeat listens.

One of my favorites of the year. Atmospheric, heavy, orchestral, folklore.