Soilent GreenI didn't bother listening to the first three on the list. But really, you know I'm right.
8 Deathklok - Deathalbum II
Obligatory Dethklok hate. But seriously, this band is a farce and the music is subpar at best. The show sucks, too.
7 Lamb of God - Wrath
People are still buying this trash? Really? Probably a bunch of drunk rednecks who think this garbage is death metal and the best thing to come along since Dimebag learned power chords.
6 Every deathcore release this year
OceanoImpending DoomABACABBSuicide SilenceWinds of PlagueDead Man in RenoCircle of ContemptThe ContortionistThe Red ChordDespised Icon et cetera
5 Baroness - The Blue Record
Maybe my "advance" copy wasn't the final version, but it sure enough turned me off from this stinker. Their drummer was the best part and it sounded like everything was replaced by cardboard boxes and Rubbermaid containers. I'm going back to my alternate universe where this doesn't exist.
4 Obscura - Cosmogensis
You'd expect with a name like Obscura and a decent line up that this would be an bawesome possum album. WRONG! If you like your "progressive technical" death metal served with a large dosing of jizz and scales, then this is the album for you. If you're expecting something that does Obscura -- the album -- tribute, then stay away.
3 Samael - Above
I had been meaning to check out this band and this album had been talked up and hyped up a lot-- which should have been the first sign, most good things aren't that hyped up. What I was presented with when I listened to this excuse for an album was 16 tracks of hipster grindcore complete with pointless jazz interludes and wandering songs. I didn't realize grindcore songs were allowed to be long to wander in the first place.
...Wait, I'm thinking of Antigama's Warning. Am I? ...Yeah, I'm pretty sure on second thought it's Warning.
Anyways, Above is pretty forgettable, too. Samael should have written a better album so I could at least remember which band to blast in the review.
The cover's pretty cool, though... I guess. Never mind, I was thinking of Warning again.
2 Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect
A part of me was actually excited to see this album come out. I was greatly impressed with Colors for all the wrong reasons but I really enjoyed that album. The Great Misdirect seems more cohesive, better written and preformed with greater skill but lacks the same punch of Colors -- or even Alaska or any of the other albums. Lack of a stand out track like Ants of the Sky or the Sun of Nothing really hurt as well. Better luck next time.
1 Behemoth - Evangelion
It's not that I didn't enjoy this album, I did. Daimonos and Shemhamforash and Ov Fire and the Void are good tracks. But the rest of the album lacks the same punch, and overall it's the exact same pattern as The Apostasy and Demigod. I'm all for "If it ain't broke don't fix it" but I'm also all for improving and changing. Sorry Nergal, but do something a bit more interesting next time.
Good Band Spam -- moar here to piss off fans than spread the word because it's funny:
UlceratePortalTeitanbloodA Storm of LightAuguryClutchGoatwhoreAbsuBuried InsideSoilent GreenDeströyer 666Black CobraConvergeTombsArchgoatGazaAltar of PlaguesFleshgod ApocalypseThe ChasmFenCelesteMossFall of EfrafaIgnivomousAscendedInfinitum ObscureOranssi PazuzuImpetuous RitualLord MantisMumakilNihlotepOMSarsekimThou
8 Deathklok - Deathalbum II
Obligatory Dethklok hate. But seriously, this band is a farce and the music is subpar at best. The show sucks, too.
7 Lamb of God - Wrath
People are still buying this trash? Really? Probably a bunch of drunk rednecks who think this garbage is death metal and the best thing to come along since Dimebag learned power chords.
6 Every deathcore release this year
OceanoImpending DoomABACABBSuicide SilenceWinds of PlagueDead Man in RenoCircle of ContemptThe ContortionistThe Red ChordDespised Icon et cetera
5 Baroness - The Blue Record
Maybe my "advance" copy wasn't the final version, but it sure enough turned me off from this stinker. Their drummer was the best part and it sounded like everything was replaced by cardboard boxes and Rubbermaid containers. I'm going back to my alternate universe where this doesn't exist.
4 Obscura - Cosmogensis
You'd expect with a name like Obscura and a decent line up that this would be an bawesome possum album. WRONG! If you like your "progressive technical" death metal served with a large dosing of jizz and scales, then this is the album for you. If you're expecting something that does Obscura -- the album -- tribute, then stay away.
3 Samael - Above
I had been meaning to check out this band and this album had been talked up and hyped up a lot-- which should have been the first sign, most good things aren't that hyped up. What I was presented with when I listened to this excuse for an album was 16 tracks of hipster grindcore complete with pointless jazz interludes and wandering songs. I didn't realize grindcore songs were allowed to be long to wander in the first place.
...Wait, I'm thinking of Antigama's Warning. Am I? ...Yeah, I'm pretty sure on second thought it's Warning.
Anyways, Above is pretty forgettable, too. Samael should have written a better album so I could at least remember which band to blast in the review.
The cover's pretty cool, though... I guess. Never mind, I was thinking of Warning again.
2 Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect
A part of me was actually excited to see this album come out. I was greatly impressed with Colors for all the wrong reasons but I really enjoyed that album. The Great Misdirect seems more cohesive, better written and preformed with greater skill but lacks the same punch of Colors -- or even Alaska or any of the other albums. Lack of a stand out track like Ants of the Sky or the Sun of Nothing really hurt as well. Better luck next time.
1 Behemoth - Evangelion
It's not that I didn't enjoy this album, I did. Daimonos and Shemhamforash and Ov Fire and the Void are good tracks. But the rest of the album lacks the same punch, and overall it's the exact same pattern as The Apostasy and Demigod. I'm all for "If it ain't broke don't fix it" but I'm also all for improving and changing. Sorry Nergal, but do something a bit more interesting next time.
Good Band Spam -- moar here to piss off fans than spread the word because it's funny:
UlceratePortalTeitanbloodA Storm of LightAuguryClutchGoatwhoreAbsuBuried InsideSoilent GreenDeströyer 666Black CobraConvergeTombsArchgoatGazaAltar of PlaguesFleshgod ApocalypseThe ChasmFenCelesteMossFall of EfrafaIgnivomousAscendedInfinitum ObscureOranssi PazuzuImpetuous RitualLord MantisMumakilNihlotepOMSarsekimThou
