Points aren't taken when a review is deleted.

I don't see why a mod would penalize you of only five points. Are you sure you remembered your old total well?

Also, keep in mind that when a negative review is posted on a well-rated album, the standards aren't as high as they would be for a positive review of the same release.

That seems like very childish reasoning. It doesn't make any sense that they would lower the standards for submission of a review on a popular album, unless whoever was accepting them wanted to spite the band.!

The reviewer in question wether this particular reviewer even listened to the album. None of his descriptions sound remotely like the music he critiques. His insults weren't even witty!

You can delete it yourself. Just click the link as if you're going to write a review, and your review will already be in the box, just click delete.

I feel like an idiot now. Thanks.

Still going strong...? - 60%
Written by blackforest on January 17th, 2008

Been going strong since 1982, W.A.S.P. is to be considered as pioneers within the metal genre. I’m not into motorcycles, and I’m not into dressing in drag. However, I really like what W.A.S.P. has to offer. To be honest I haven’t been listening to them that much since “Unholy Terror” in 2001, and I don’t think I’ve missed THAT much either.

Anyway, I think that “The Dominator” is a fresh release from the veterans of W.A.S.P. The album is filled with the attitude of W.A.S.P. as we know them, and the songs are catchy as they’ve always used to be. In other words, this is nothing innovative or progressive, but W.A.S.P. seems to keep their safe line. So the questions have to be asked; “Do we need W.A.S.P. anno 2007?”, “Have W.A.S.P.’s right to exist exceeded?”. Well, no one else than the individual listener can answer these questions, but to speak for myself I would rather put on old classic songs such as "Wild Child", "L.O.V.E. machine" or "I wanna be somebody".

But do not misunderstand me; W.A.S.P. is still a good band, and if they keep their standard routine, they will also be one in the future. There are some highlights on this album, such as the song "Heaven’s Blessed", which makes the CD worth listening to. Overall an acceptable release, which unfortunately doesn’t stand out as anything special.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=223402

Apparently it's a brutal death band. I guess, I couldn't identify that if he didn't say it directly since there's about one sentence of musical description among three paragraphs.

Maybe things pick up somewhat during the second CD, but the promo version I got only came with the first disc so I can’t say.

http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=68780#26762


Does this count as an incomplete review?

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2854

the review is of Funeral Mist-Maranatha by Prozak, just read the part where he compares it to a Roman prostitute.
hahaha

Since it's easier to communicate, we'll start with the style. A Summoning-style melodic black metal riff rises, repeats, and then we launch into an updated version of later Gorefest -- really rigid, percussion-heavy death metal riffs -- before diving into the main riff, a hybrid of Ministry and Pantera that rides a bouncy rhythm with a muted strum. This pattern repeats in every song, with frequent interruptions for "important" pauses and vocal interludes; the different pieces vary, but they are thrown together at random, and this is one reason why these songs resemble later Dimmu Borgir: they're carnival music that tries to distract you by being outlandish so you don't notice there's no agenda, nothing poetic or even nifty to communicate.

Godspeed to the back of my closet... - 65%
Written by Metz on October 30th, 2008

.. but not as far back as Nymphetamine or Thornography.

This is the first review I have written, btu I felt like I had to share my thoughts on this album. Cradle of Filth's big new release sort of crept up on me. I was aware that something was coming, but I only heard about it's release date a mere week before it hot the shelves.

I'm not going to give much of a song-by-song rundown because, frankly, all the songs seem to sound about the same. Old Cradle of Filth is much superior to the new Cradle, but I guess it was too much to hope that they would produce something as dark and wholesome as the old stuff, just because they said they would. Nevertheless, 'Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder' is a step back in the right direction, just not far enough of one.

-Now lets see, typical Cradle instrumental songs, those are okay.

-'Shat out of Hell' is a song that kind of stood out to me. After hearing Dani's screams in the first few lines, I thought that he almost had his good scream back (but he managed to disproved that over the course of the album). I'll give them credit for writing good music though, some of the riffs almost feel just a little bit like black metal if I dare say.

-Next was 'The Death of Love'.. here we see that Cradle is still wasting their talent with their new inferior sound. This 7-minute.. thing.. that made me want to turn off my speakers reminded me of their 'Temptation' cover shit-song. Well editing, I might add that songs like this and 'Temptation' make Cradle seem like weak fuckin' pussies. (Excuse the immature words, but it pisses me off to see so many sweet bands go so soft. Oh well.. still got Gorgoroth and Darkthrone (mostly) ,,/)

A couple more mediocre tracks and we come to 'Honey and Sulphur'. This track stood out to me as well, only because it reminded me of what Dimmu Borgir are doing these days. The little attempt at an epic feeling would have better served as a little attempt at making some truly macabre-sounding song such as off of Dusk or Cruelty. Ah how I miss the good old days when they didn't use whole orchestras.. and when they used 100+ gallons of blood in a music video shoot..

A few songs later brings us to the title track. This and 'Shat out of Hell' are the two songs that I might listen to for entertaining purposes. Nice little solo, some thrashy riffs, Dani plays around with his voice a little bit in a good way. Not many complaints here; could do without the bell clanging at the end though.

To sum up 'Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder':
It is an improvement over the last few albums, but certainly not what they keep promising to us. It is nice to see Paul soloing more these days though. Also, the lyrics in this album are darker and better represent the reputation Cradle used to have than the lyrics in the other recent albums. I'll give this album a 65%, because it seems like they are really trying, but it is almost as if they have forgotten how to write like they did in the past. 65% for effort, guys.

I don't think Cradle will ever give me what I'm hoping for again, so I'm just gonna pop in their demo tapes and reminisce while the dust collects on this disc.