This album is album is [sic] my top pick for 2004 so far, so it's time to quit the bullshitting and go order/buy/download this thing NOW!

gramatically errors

Irony is fun.

I swear one day I'll be dead because I didn't proof-read.

The latest review for Show No Mercy is redundant and has corny parts, whole nondescript paragraphs and unexplained references to other Slayer songs:


First of all, the title is "No mercy, indeed". I know it's not important, but you could do that for every other album on the database. "Rusting in peace, indeed" or "Mastering reality, indeed". Yuck.


No, I don't know what you mean. Don't just mention Silent Scream and assume that it'll help me conjur up the same point of view that you have.


Spelled "Araya" incorrectly; used "got" instead of "have"; used an apostrophe in "solos". Plus it doesn't describe anything.


Colin could have mentioned any song from the album. Also, what is meant by "forced drumming"? What's Dave supposed to, just let his arms hang there? By Colin's standards it'd sound really good because it isn't "forced".


Why not just do a track-by-track and actually discuss each song in-depth? That would've been better, even.


http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=207#135223

I don't want to rage specifically on AIC's Dirt, but the first review on that page it horribly written.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=3959#902

It's got some decent-ness to it, but it's filled with gramatically errors, punctuation issues, lazy formatting, and more emphasis on calling out the drugs side of things rather than describing the music.

Not to mention:

1. Pretty much all of his reviews suffer the same (lack of) quality
2. Most of the reviews are for albums that have a good number of reviews for them, anyway

http://www.metal-archives.com/userrevie ... _the_Dirge

I highly suggest taking a look at all of them and getting them off the site.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=244886#185528

Scanty content, he talks about how he thinks people who reviewed the album negatively didn't "listen to it," and he calls it "pretty good" but gives it a 99%. Garbage.

I don't think that page leads to where you wanted to lead.

But hey! Free publicity for me!

No, the review I linked to was already deleted. It was there when I posted the link.

Sweet, the last of the early material before the band hit the scene with a full-length. It pretty much rounds all their early stuff into one cassette and sold only to the bloody eastern European market – the bastards…

Now these recordings aren’t just the demos plastered onto a tape, but actual re-recordings. Well, each song is louder, with slightly better production clarity and some small details altered here and there. It’s hard to pinpoint every single one, but hearing the demo material then going to this will surely bring up questions.

“Midwinter” sounds more tranquil, but a little less fantasy-esque than its original recording. The rest of them I have little else to say because other than being rerecorded with better production, there are not too many differences between them. The melodic death metal touch is more evident in each song, with the guitars sounding more buzzy life a chainsaw shredding through loaf broad.

The vocals thankfully lean more towards a growl, but not so thankfully he is still just exhaling. Fridén could have easily pulled off some effort like he does for early In Flames. Now that was decent, but what’s stopping him from doing it here? Needless to spell out the minor differences in each song, I’ll just call these songs unaltered and save myself the burden. Check out the reviews for the demos to get the full breakdown of the songs, rather than stockpiling them here.

Martin Henriksson must have been sick during these sessions, cause I’m pretty sure there is no bass whatsoever here. His absence doesn’t kill the songs, but it’s a letdown not utilizing an original member of the band.

Is this worth the effort to download? Sure, to get a good glimpse of the demo days, it’d be a good thing to do. Purchasing this gem is like trying to find Krishna’s shit, damn near impossible and just not worth the time.

Hi,

nope, the songs weren't re-recorded at all; the "Tranquillity" tape was made from the same master tapes as the demo and EP, so it's pretty funny that the reviewer can hear all sorts of differences. It's really the same recordings - any differences apart from the volume levels and maybe the EQ are just imagined. I've never heard anyone claim that we had re-recorded those songs before, and it's obvious from the cassette and all discography info that it's not case, so I'm not sure what the reviewer has been smoking, ha ha!

Best,

/n.

Hi,
there's no re-recording. Most likely some guy with some home recording studio (i.e. any pc) that tweaked the EQ and levels.

Cheers!

Martin Henriksson / Dark Tranquillity

The new review for the Aska/Hypothermia split seems pretty immature to me. I'm not sure if it's bad enough for it fall below the standard required of reviews, but it'd at least be nice if his mentioning of "Woods of Eternity" was fixed.

Wow, I just commented on this elsewhere. Heck, I hate disparaging others work, but it's one of the worst reviews I've seen in some time. It's childish, has several spelling mistakes, is completely inane in it's opinions and just plain retarded. Seriously, this is very, very stupid, "This isn't fucking black metal. Oh sure, musically, but whatever was black about it is now officially brown." Horrible review. I'm not even a big fan of that split, but damn.

The crucial portion is bolded. As a fan of the band, especially their early days, I was curious. It also seemed a rather dubious claim for a variety of reasons. So I took it upon myself to investigate, and I e-mailed the band through the addresses provided on their website. The responses I got prove that Ozzy's claim is false.




The review is gone.

Should reviews advocate piracy?

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=42868#3863

Viva complete shitfest! - 4%
Written by grimdoom on June 15th, 2008

It was sad to hear that Katatonia had stopped using Death Metal vocals after 'Brave Murder Day' however the sadness passed when the following two albums came out. They were still Doom and very well done. It was also sad when 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down' came out as Katatonia apparently didn't want to play Heavy Metal any more. This album however was surprisingly good and highly original, so the sadness was cut in half. Now we come to 'Viva Emptiness', something that doesn't cause sadness, it causes anger.

When Katatonia jumped from the Doom ship, they at least did so tastefully and were still depressing and different. On this album, while still different, they apparently ran out of ideas. The first three tracks and the last song are the only good things about this album. The last song is a pure Doom Metal gem, also it’s an instrumental.

The production is very good, which only makes it more annoying that the music is so bad. The guitars are heavier than they've been since 'Brave Murder Day' and they, for the songs mentioned above at least, use a vast array of effects to good use. There are several leads and no solos. The guitars have a unique fuzzy/overdriven quality to them.

The bass does nothing to exciting but the drums do. Ever since 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down' the rhythm section has improved dramatically. He truly is the best part of this album as the drumming is nothing short of brilliant.

The vocals are a mix between Blackheims’ grim shrieks and Jonas’ clean whining. Granted his vocals are better than on the previous album, they are still not that great. The lyrics are what we've come to expect from "newer" Katatonia.

Its befuddling how this album has received the praises it has. This has got to be the worst Katatonia album ever. Granted, it’s original and there are some interesting ideas on display, but they're not utilized to what they could've been. The songs on this recording are aimless and repetitive. This is really more boring than anything else. Recommended for hardcore fans only.

Is it not prohibited to use smileys in a review?
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=222103

Question:how do you link a specific review?