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I wish they did more songs like the anthemic "No Voices in the Sky" or the amazing "Love Me Forever." :headbang:

Or maybe they do and I just haven't listened to all of their albums yet.

I'd like to see a review of Pleasure to Kill, preferably by Abominatrix or Falconsbane - both because of their opinions and styles (and yeah, one of them is not available). All the reviews of that album seems to focus exclusively on the "Ripping Corpse ATTACK!! Fucking RIFFS!!!" side and I feel that the structural and melodic aspects of the album have not been done justice.

It would be interesting to see a negative review for Dance of December Souls, as I don't think the praise it gets is deserved. I'd review it myself, but I'm still honing my (review) writing skills, which are admittedly quite bad. Still, if I was to review it, my final judgement would be between 20% and 30%.

MokomakiKusimuki wrote:

I'm tempted to take up on this offer since the last time I listened to 'Dance of December Souls' I can't remember being particularly enamoured with it. I'll have to go find a copy then I suppose.

ANationalAcrobat wrote:

CoC isn't groove in the offensive sense. It has a groove, but it's more Skynyrd and Sabbath than the more actual 'groove metal'. So I can't see him having a problem with the style. There is a lot of different between Deliverance and Far Beyond Driven.

Edit: If we're requesting hells_unicorn to do stuff, how about some more Virgin Steele reviews? I'm sure such a massive power metal fan and reviewing machine can spare sometime for such excellent music. (This is probably the 400th raving Virgin Steele fanboy comment I've made in the past week, I think I have a problem).

I"m looking forward to more Manilla Road and Darkthrone, myself.

Hell's Unicorn, for some reason I'd love to read your take on The Chasm's music, as well.

Black Anvil, saw them live, they were pretty good, can someone review there debut full length album?

I've had the song on repeat a LOT (like actual hours just itself actually).

After finally reading his completely excellent review of The Warning, I have to say that I'd love to see failsafeman's take on The Spectre Within.

Mr. Nadja or anyone else, would someone write a review on Tarantula Hawk?

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone would be willing to review Automind's Smoking Black Alien Acid God [Demo]. It sounds a lot like Ufomammut and I was wondering what someone else thinks of them. You can get it for free at their website http://illrepute.org/~conor/autohome.htm. Thanks to anyone who does this review.

Once more I'll request reviews for our demo. The band name is Roses Bleed Thorns and we play a mix between melodic death (NOT melodeath) and black metal. The demo is 25 minutes long and contains four songs.

You can listen to the whole thing at www.rosesbleedthorns.com. If you prefer having the files on your computer, send me a PM and I'll upload it somewhere and give you the link.

name them i feel like reviewing something completely alien, maybe some speed metal, besides painkiller and walls of jericho

onlycorpse wrote:

Black Anvil, saw them live, they were pretty good, can someone review there debut full length album?

I just downloaded their album, I'll review it in the next day or two.

Has anyone considered giving this one a try? http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=202404 :grin:

It is Visual Kei you stupid! :lol:

Who knows, it could be the best of 2008.

It is Visual Kei you stupid! :lol:

Author:	Empyreal [ Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:11 pm ]
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I wish they did more songs like the anthemic "No Voices in the Sky" or the amazing "Love Me Forever." Or maybe they do and I just haven't listened to all of their albums yet.

Author:	Acrobat [ Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:17 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote: I wish they did more songs like the anthemic "No Voices in the Sky" or the amazing "Love Me Forever." Or maybe they do and I just haven't listened to all of their albums yet. There are more ballads on other albums. March or Die has one, it's okay (bit too many cheesy guest stars) and Bastards had Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me which was strange but really cool. Kiss of Death has God Was Never On Your Side, which was really epic. Not all the ballads have a similar dreamy feel that Love Me Forever has, but still somewhat in the same vain. As for No Voices, well the do have a lot of that sort of upbeat near punky songs like that, but probably non as anthemic as that one. Still, you best listen to all their albums and find out!

Author:	PutridWind [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:45 am ]
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Author:	BastardHead [ Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:48 am ]
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I'm looking for a dissenting opinion. Earlier today I was sorting out every bit of mail I've gotten from this site, separating casual messages, "keep up the good work" stuff, and hate mail. Because of this, an old email resurfaced from somebody calmly explaining why I was hideously wrong about Masterpiece. He writes really short blurb-esque reviews on some other site (and actually indirectly addressed me in his counter to Masterpiece), but since he doesn't review here, I would like to see somebody, anybody here write one and explain what the fuck is so great about that album, 'cause I just don't see anything redeemable in the supremely fluffy, nutless, candy coated flower metal fronted by a spineless fagmotron Broadway reject.

Author:	Kruel [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:08 am ]
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I'd like to see a review of Pleasure to Kill, preferably by Abominatrix or Falconsbane - both because of their opinions and styles (and yeah, one of them is not available). All the reviews of that album seems to focus exclusively on the "Ripping Corpse ATTACK!! Fucking RIFFS!!!" side and I feel that the structural and melodic aspects of the album have not been done justice.

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Author:	Acrobat [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:12 am ]
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Seconded. Though I'm sure I'd enjoy a review from Abominatrix more, though I can't remember when Falconsbane was here last. As we were discussing last night, the album does has a lot more depth than "Aggrh riffs!", though that side is certainly there. But yeah, it hasn't really been touched upon even with 15 reviews.

Author:	Abominatrix [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:04 pm ]
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Kruel wrote: I'd like to see a review of Pleasure to Kill, preferably by Abominatrix or Falconsbane - both because of their opinions and styles (and yeah, one of them is not available). All the reviews of that album seems to focus exclusively on the "Ripping Corpse ATTACK!! Fucking RIFFS!!!" side and I feel that the structural and melodic aspects of the album have not been done justice. Hah, that's funny that you both should mention this .. I've often thought the same thing, and that there normally wouldn't be much need for me to review a thrash album, but that this one is one I'd like to tackle very much, and not just because it's probably in my top two or three thrash records. I think I'll take a stab at it, though how long it'll take, who knows .. I really ought to finish "Wicca" first.

Author:	Acrobat [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:13 pm ]
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And I want lots of goblins and demons metaphors... millions of them!

Author:	MokomakiKusimuki [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:14 pm ]
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It would be interesting to see a negative review for Dance of December Souls, as I don't think the praise it gets is deserved. I'd review it myself, but I'm still honing my (review) writing skills, which are admittedly quite bad. Still, if I was to review it, my final judgement would be between 20% and 30%.

Author:	zeingard [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:47 pm ]
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MokomakiKusimuki wrote: It would be interesting to see a negative review for Dance of December Souls, as I don't think the praise it gets is deserved. I'd review it myself, but I'm still honing my (review) writing skills, which are admittedly quite bad. Still, if I was to review it, my final judgement would be between 20% and 30%. I'm tempted to take up on this offer since the last time I listened to 'Dance of December Souls' I can't remember being particularly enamoured with it. I'll have to go find a copy then I suppose.

Author:	~Guest 62838 [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:10 am ]
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Would anyone be willing to review the one and only release by my friend's band Cylidian? You can check out some of their tunes at their MySpace and if you like what you hear (or if you don't), I can upload mp3s of their album for you to listen to in its entirety. Let me know. Thanks.

Author:	~Guest 62838 [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:13 am ]
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zeingard wrote: MokomakiKusimuki wrote: It would be interesting to see a negative review for Dance of December Souls, as I don't think the praise it gets is deserved. I'd review it myself, but I'm still honing my (review) writing skills, which are admittedly quite bad. Still, if I was to review it, my final judgement would be between 20% and 30%. I'm tempted to take up on this offer since the last time I listened to 'Dance of December Souls' I can't remember being particularly enamoured with it. I'll have to go find a copy then I suppose. I too would like to see a negative review for said album. I don't get what the big deal is about it. The melodies aren't that great and isn't that depressing at all. I'll be looking forward to your review when you do finally come around to writing it.

Author:	oneyoudontknow [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:50 am ]
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Mr. Nadja or anyone else, would someone write a review on Tarantula Hawk?

Author:	hells_unicorn [ Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:29 am ]
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Abominatrix wrote: ANationalAcrobat wrote: CoC isn't groove in the offensive sense. It has a groove, but it's more Skynyrd and Sabbath than the more actual 'groove metal'. So I can't see him having a problem with the style. There is a lot of different between Deliverance and Far Beyond Driven. Edit: If we're requesting hells_unicorn to do stuff, how about some more Virgin Steele reviews? I'm sure such a massive power metal fan and reviewing machine can spare sometime for such excellent music. (This is probably the 400th raving Virgin Steele fanboy comment I've made in the past week, I think I have a problem). I"m looking forward to more Manilla Road and Darkthrone, myself. Hell's Unicorn, for some reason I'd love to read your take on The Chasm's music, as well. @Caspian - I've heard a few CoC songs here and there, but I've never owned an album by them. I'm sure I can find something by them at a reasonable price. @Napero - Yeah, CoC and Pantera's 2 crappers are very different. My problem with the 1990s groove/thrash creation was that it took a barebones arrangement style (thrash) and combined it with a style that relies more on atmosphere in most other genres, yet cancels that out. It's basically 2 of the worst aspects of two otherwise decent approaches to music. The Swedish groove/thrash band "Machinery" actually solves this issue and reapplies the atmospheric elements and what comes out is a very good sound actually. @ANationalAcrobat - Virgin Steele is definitely on my priority list, particularly the 1st part of "The House Of Atreus". It might take me a little while to save up to get it since I blew a ton of money picking up a few albums by Darkthrone, Bathory, Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Electric Wizard, Manilla Road, Mayhem, Drudkh, Trouble and Gorgoroth. @Abominatrix - I just put up a review for "Preparing For War" about 15 minutes ago. Currently I'm bogged down reviewing the rest of Annihilator's discography, but I plan to get to "Panzerfaust" and "Total Death" soon, as well as "Gates Of Fire" and "Voyager".

Author:	DeadGein [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:28 pm ]
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I am interested in seeing a review of Imindain's debut full lenght. It would be preferable if the reviewer is really into the band's musical genre.

Author:	Muhammadabbadabba [ Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:49 pm ]
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No one has reviewed Girlschool's "Demolition." Anyone wanna be the first?

Author:	Craggzy [ Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:24 am ]
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i would liek someone to write a review on capricorns river, bear your bones.

Author:	OlympicSharpshooter [ Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:01 pm ]
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God CoC used to rule. They might be my favourite '90s metal band.

Author:	onlycorpse [ Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:42 pm ]
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Black Anvil, saw them live, they were pretty good, can someone review there debut full length album?

Author:	orionmetalhead [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:46 pm ]
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onlycorpse wrote: Black Anvil, saw them live, they were pretty good, can someone review there debut full length album? I just downloaded their album, I'll review it in the next day or two.

Author:	~Guest 126069 [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:44 pm ]
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After finally reading his completely excellent review of The Warning, I have to say that I'd love to see failsafeman's take on The Spectre Within.

Author:	Daathian [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:07 pm ]
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Hey guys I was wondering if anyone would be willing to review Automind's Smoking Black Alien Acid God [Demo]. It sounds a lot like Ufomammut and I was wondering what someone else thinks of them. You can get it for free at their website http://illrepute.org/~conor/autohome.htm. Thanks to anyone who does this review.

Author:	PopupofDeath [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:15 am ]
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I'm not ENTIRELY sure if I can request a single song review, but I'd like an actual review on Children of Bodom's "Temptation" song from their "Thornography" album. It's just I've heard a lot more down's than up's about it, yet I'm a fan of the song, and I've had the song on repeat a LOT (like actual hours just itself actually). I'd like to hear what people think - without saying, "OMFG THE SONG IS TEH GAYIST SONG EVAR LOLOLOLOL U R TEH GAY GTF OFF TEH SITE U n00b"

Author:	Kruel [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:29 am ]
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You mean Cradle of Filth, don't you? And the reviewer needs to review the entire album for the review to be accepted. You could ask the reviewer to go more in-depth about that particualr song, though.

Author:	Misainzig [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:35 am ]
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PopupofDeath wrote: I've had the song on repeat a LOT (like actual hours just itself actually). Why?

Author:	Kruel [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:41 am ]
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Because he likes it.

Author:	failsafeman [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:03 am ]
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ThrashingMad wrote: After finally reading his completely excellent review of The Warning, I have to say that I'd love to see failsafeman's take on The Spectre Within. Oh, it's coming. Thing is, it's going to be really hard to write (I've already written some, actually), mostly because it's my favorite album, and the only one I'd actually give a 100%.

Author:	PazuzuZlave [ Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:18 am ]
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Once more I'll request reviews for our demo. The band name is Roses Bleed Thorns and we play a mix between melodic death (NOT melodeath) and black metal. The demo is 25 minutes long and contains four songs. You can listen to the whole thing at www.rosesbleedthorns.com. If you prefer having the files on your computer, send me a PM and I'll upload it somewhere and give you the link.

Author:	GrimSleaper [ Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:01 pm ]
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Is anyone currently working on a review for Cradle of Filth's new album Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder? I have never liked their work too much but I found this album to my liking and would like to know what hardcore COF fans think about it.

Author:	caspian [ Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:53 pm ]
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oneyoudontknow wrote: Mr. Nadja or anyone else, would someone write a review on Tarantula Hawk? I'll get around to it. Maybe for the review challenge.

Author:	Ribos [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:38 am ]
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Daathian wrote: Hey guys I was wondering if anyone would be willing to review Automind's Smoking Black Alien Acid God [Demo]. It sounds a lot like Ufomammut and I was wondering what someone else thinks of them. You can get it for free at their website http://illrepute.org/~conor/autohome.htm. Thanks to anyone who does this review. 404'd. PazuzuZlave wrote: Once more I'll request reviews for our demo. The band name is Roses Bleed Thorns and we play a mix between melodic death (NOT melodeath) and black metal. The demo is 25 minutes long and contains four songs. You can listen to the whole thing at www.rosesbleedthorns.com. If you prefer having the files on your computer, send me a PM and I'll upload it somewhere and give you the link. I'll do it, sending you a PM for the files.

Author:	EmperorMantus [ Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:52 pm ]
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speedemon86 wrote: name them i feel like reviewing something completely alien, maybe some speed metal, besides painkiller and walls of jericho hell, you and everyone else can review my band Emortus' material, we need opinions! if you want to review the promo, simply follow this: http://www.last.fm/music/Emortus the promo consists of 3 songs which are posted on Last.fm, thanx.

Author:	DrOctavia [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:35 am ]
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Anyone want to take a stab at making a coherent negative review for one of Deathspell Omega's later albums? Sits back and waits for Drone

Author:	onlycorpse [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:31 pm ]
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orionmetalhead wrote: onlycorpse wrote: Black Anvil, saw them live, they were pretty good, can someone review there debut full length album? I just downloaded their album, I'll review it in the next day or two. So, what do you think?

Author:	Dechripastocide [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:55 pm ]
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Has anyone considered giving this one a try? http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=202404

Author:	thomash [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:13 pm ]
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Dechripastocide wrote: Has anyone considered giving this one a try? http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=202404 Man that looks awful. I'm surprised that there are any bands quite that... well, J-Pop in appearance on the Archives. Nonetheless, it might be fun to write a very negative review (assuming, of course, that the music justifies it).