Metal Reviews

The only thing wrong with it is Eddie's face, the rest is fine. At least its handrawn again (or at least creates the illusion of being handrawn).

Just what the world needs. Another Iron Maiden live album.

Agreed....Maiden sure are churning out the live albums pretty quickly at the moment. How many times can you listen to a song played live...which is on every single live album they have done before you get sick of it?
I'm a huge Maiden fan, but you dont need that many live albums, and its just a regurgatation of previous albums....just with some DOD songs put in (apart from the dvd).
Looking at the set list, its not that strong to begin with. There are alot of fantastic songs missing from this list, which Maiden rarely play live or when they do, the album is a bootleg.....

1. Dark Tranquillity - Character
2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
3. Coldplay - X&Y
4. Kamelot - The Black Halo
5 Dream Theater - Octavarium

Hmm, the new Coldplay was a big delusion for me

X&Y ain't bad, but Coldplay is a very overrated band. Although their last album was very enjoyable, X&Y is indeed quite a let down

1. Brainstorm - Liquid Monster
2. Masterplan - Aeronautics
3. Dark Tranquillity - Character
4. Kamelot - The Black Halo
5. Thunderstone - Tools of Destruction

For some reason Coldplay's X&Y hits the spot for me, it's actually their most accomplished album in my opinion. It's most probably due to the fact that their music is more guitar oriented and that their music sounds extremely melloncolic and haunting at moments. The atmosphere that emanates from the songs is just too great to ignore especially songs such as Hardest Part, White Shadows, Square One, Speed of Sound and Talk. Technically the music isn't complicated or sophisticated but it's well composed which makes it more than just enjoyable.

As for Coldplay being overated or not I wouldn't care less, I don`t follow trends and I don't listen to the radio. If I like the music I'll keep on buying. Tastes are subjective so to some people they may be overated but to others they aren't, it all depends on the listener.

1. Dreamtale - Difference
2. Epica - Consign to Oblivion
3. Kamelot - Black Halo
4. Candlemass - Candlemass
5. Oliver Hartmann - Out in the Cold

Coldplay are awful - aside from the dreary music, Chris Martin can't sing and he's a total cunt.

And he called his kid 'Apple'. Talk about being cursed for life!

1. Dark Tranquillity - Character
2. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
3. The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma
4. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
5. N/A

Sentenced The Funeral Album
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The Mars Volta Frances the Mute
Sunno))) Grimm Robe Demos
Dream Theater Octavarium
Meshuggah Catch33

with the new releases of arch enemy, nevermore and darkane her is my a new version of my top 5.

1. Dark Tranquillity - Character
2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
3. Coldplay - X&Y
4. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
5. Kamelot - The Black Halo

Memorable mentions: Darkane's Layers of Lies

my five

Leper-kriestion

as i lay dying-shadows ar security

century-century

achilles

mortal treason-light upon the sea of blood

1.-Dark Tranquillity - Character
2.-Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.-Secret Sphere - Heart & Anger
4.-Paradise Lost - Paradise Lost
5.-Sentenced - The Funeral Album

Only 5 cds????? :? !!!!!!!!!

1) Between the Buried and Me- Alaska
2) Opeth- Ghost Reveries
3) Dark Tranquillity- Character
4) Nile- Annihilation of the Wicked
5) Cephalic Carnage- Anomalies

First year I've seen so far where a band that I didn't care for released what I consider to be the best album thus far. BTBAM's new album just destroys a lot of the weakness I saw in them (emo parts, poor transitions between the seemingly random riffs, etc.).

I'll revamp my list because new CDs keep coming out and blowing me away..

1) Reverend Bizarre - Crush the Insects
2) Fantomas - Suspended Animation
3) Make a Change.. Kill Yourself - selftitled
4) Candlemass - selftitled
5) Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree


edit: messed it up. Blood Inside would be sixth, Frances the Mute would be seventh Anomalies would be eighth..

1. Dark Tranquility - Character
2. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
3. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
4. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
5. Meshuggah - Catch Thirty-Three

I don't have the new Sentenced yet though, so my list could easily change.

Can't say that I've liked any new album since the last Lost Horizon album.