Metal Reviews

Cirith gorgor - Winter Embraces Lands Beyond
Not bad I guess. 6/10.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36djkR1Yv0M

Dream Theater - Learning to Live
yuk. 0,5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RkyxNa2W9o

Keep up with the program people, track gets posted you review it don't miss it just because you don't like genre.

Helstar-Scorcher

9/10
An acoustic break gives way to Rivera's screechingly high vocals, the song takes the same technical power aspect that defined Destiny's End. Twisting and turning riffs give way to powerful operatic vocals at a fast tempo, the drumming is churning and sways along with the flood of riffs. Rivera's vocals literally are some of the best I've ever heard, he's been singing for nearly three decades and hasn't lost any of his range. An exceptional track from possibly metal's last great vocalist, Dickinson can suck a dick

Sick of it all-Step down
7.5/10

NYHC has many different flavors and Sick of it all represent a mixture of some of the more traditional punk elements with some of the street mentality from the beatdown bands. This song is more or less just a song showcasing the mosh moves from the east coast hard core scene, the riffs are more or less mid-paced with hints of groove to get the pit moving. A good song with lots of memorable chants to do pileups to with other kids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk5kM6cORho

ZnoWhite - Baptised by Fire

I used to like these guys back in the days, their thrash metal wasn't exactly breathtaking but competent enough to satisfy my then appetite. Looking back at it through that song, I feel it didn't age quite well, still a good example of the multitude that exploited the thrash sound when it was hype but that's about it.

6/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOps6XnaQmo

Wrath - R.I.P. (Ripped Into Pieces)

I like the music, nice and uptempo with a bit of a bite but fuck that's got to be one of the worst vocalists I've ever heard. 4/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3CRF1HClc

So fucking true.

Primordial- Gallows Hymn
Shit good, this is ( in Yoda's voice ). 7/10
Never heard anything from them. gotta change this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iREcL8BOJ4o

Be gentle

Rammstein - Du Rieschst so Gut. Love me some Rammstein. This particular song isn't my favorite, but it still gets me jazzed. 6.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-S7Q3il2U

@ Trapt,
Deathspell Omega - Second Prayer
My kind of Black Metal
8,5/10


Rammstein - Du riechst so gut '98

Haaaaaaaaa ! Crappstein. It's not bad for the genre but not my cuppa.
4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49EMblOSPHo

John Zorn-A second sanctuary

0

The whispered intro and pseudo intellectual lyrics don't help this song, not to mention the random screaming and china symbols are just overloud crap. The psychedelic instrumentals in the back sound cool but then its back to that lame noise/whispered bullshit, the riffs are boring punkish riffs and the vocals are insufferably shitty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spiVzkObZTk

Pharaoh - Castles In The Sky
Good heavy metal one. Don't know what more to say. 7/10.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OTKSGXayUM

Impellitteri - Beware Of The Devil

reminds me of a slightly softer Rob Rock with slightly less interesting lyrics, decent but I've heard better 6/10

Rob Rock - Garden Of Chaos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57x5MZWrJeM

by the way try to look past the obvious christian sentiment if you can

Rob Rock - Garden of Chaos
Love Rob Rock, and this great album as well. 8/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r2NWCR-JqM

Nevermore - Matricide
You cannot miss with (old) Nevermore. That said, this would hardly be my choice of a great Nevermore song. Nice Queenrsÿche rip-off for the most part when the band is able to do so much more.
5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ncnKjZzOPs

Judas Priest-Loch Ness

6/10

Main riff started off kind of forlorn in a way and then went into a more threatening modern JP riff. The guitar seems to just fart and Halford's voice is just tired sounding in the second minute of the song, Halford hits a hire note but it sounds kind of forced as we've all seen in live footage of him where he stands hunched trying to belch out the higher notes. The chorus reminds me of a darker version of the choruses from British steel, except with the added dimension of group vocals which are taken from insert X Crapowar album. The solo around 7:04 around with riffs going up a tempo similar to Candlemass in a way score the song a few points, and the double bass is a plus. Overall, the song is way too long and the main riff for the first six minutes is pretty weak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HExWvZ6lY

Dark Tranquility

hey steve not too shabby mate fairly enjoyable death metal, don't have that album but plan on changing that 7.5/10

Type O Negative - Gravitational Constant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVH2UFzQI7Y

Type O Negative-Gravitational Constant

7.5/10

Quite a few NYHC riffs sprouted around Steele's vocals, I don't think the band ever lost some of the roots from Carnivore. 2:28 brings in a massively influenced Sabbath riff that just creates the mental image of falling down an endless hole, the keyboards are added for great effect in an almost spacey fashion. The latter half exploits that dirge of a Sabbath riff to full effect with anguished crys and noisy soundscapes, but gives way to Steele's humorous lyrics about his own personal depression. Great song from a band that I'm just getting into

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgW-Nc3b9v8

Skepticism - Antimony

Slow, heavy, epic, funeral doom is not usually my cuppa but this is pretty good.
7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvYb5XNVESg

If this is true, I need to listen to more TON. I fucking love Carnivore, but when deciding whether or not I should pick up some TON albums, I ended up listening to a bunch of random tracks on the net and not really digging the direction that much and forgetting about it.

Tips for which albums I should look into? Anybody?