What makes them so obvious? Apart from the fact that the scores are low enough to make that happen. If you have an example of one you can provide that demonstrates this, PM it to me because I am genuinely curious about where you are getting this from.

I just generally don't think things are as bad as people make out. I find it happens more so on "classics" whereby 9 out of 10 people have reviewed something in a positive light, so the person who thinks the album is average down rates it more than they would if the average score wasn't so high.

It's all about hyperbole and when you write a negative review, you embellish the truth just to make sure people know it's a pile of wank even though there may be some redeeming qualities. I've only ever come across one album which I thought was the epitome of shit, but some people review harshly as if there's nothing good out there.

One example sprung to mind instantly.

Yeah. That's exactly what I was getting at.

I'm sure this won't be my last experience with a troll on here. Goodnight and god bless.

I'm not here to convince you. It doesn't matter much to me if people think the same way.

I can tell you right now that I've never given anything a lower score because the other reviews for it were higher. Are you trying to say that you know what I do better than I myself do, based on nothing but your own standards? Pretty ludicrous.

Yeah, alright, you caught me on that one. But still. Yes, people do it, but do not be so quick to assume that that is what they are doing, if it is not directly stated.

Yeah I think a lot of zeros on albums that have otherwise shitloads of praise are more malicious than they are reflective of what the negative reviewer really thought it deserved, even if low. Or maybe it's not to purposefully lower the score as much as it is to make a point about the album not being the miracle of metal that everyone else thinks it is.

Yeah I think a lot of zeros on albums that have otherwise shitloads of praise are more malicious than they are reflective of what the negative reviewer really thought it deserved, even if low.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=177293

This seems like a questionable review because it's reviewed from the standpoint of it being a black metal album when the project itself has nothing to do with black metal and was never advertised as such. Sort of like me getting angry at The Beatles for not having enough blast beats.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=177293

This seems like a questionable review because it's reviewed from the standpoint of it being a black metal album when the project itself has nothing to do with black metal and was never advertised as such. Sort of like me getting angry at The Beatles for not having enough blast beats.

What about ANY answer to my post? At least "you're wrong, gtfo"?

Given that it has 25 reviews I checked if all reviews for Transilvanian Hunger are up to speed, and surprisingly a review by veteran reviewer Perplexed_Sjel caught my eye:

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=624#60052

I don't mind the capitalized genres since I used to do that a lot in the past, too. Or the "it's" where and "its" belongs. Or the non-capitalized "I". What bugs me is that the musical description is less than barebone, not to mention he compliments Zephyrous (he spells it "Zephyrouz") on his guitar playing, when he didn't play a single note on the album.

you're wrong, gtfo

Nah, seriously, I read it, and it doesn't really appear to be that bad. Maybe not caspian's greatest moment, but a decent review nonetheless.

Having Lana proofread my stuff isn't always as successful as I'd like it to be, I guess.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=210789#192699

Autothrall's getting lazy. Literally no mention of the music except a throwaway reference to a bassline.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=210789#192699

Autothrall's getting lazy. Literally no mention of the music except a throwaway reference to a bassline.

Personally, I found the review pretty funny... he's taking the piss out of them with (almost) subtle humor. It's called a comedic review, dude.

Given that it has 25 reviews I checked if all reviews for Transilvanian Hunger are up to speed, and surprisingly a review by veteran reviewer Perplexed_Sjel caught my eye:

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=624#60052

As I'm sure many At The Gates fans did, I picked up this release without ample prior knowledge of its contents. I was served a huge let down when I listened to it. Being a big At the Gates fan through the years, I had bought all of the albums, been to their official website and downloaded the rare demo tracks "Ever Opening Flower" and "The Architects." I had also acquired copies of both of the videos "Terminal Spirit Disease" and The Burning Darkness" through tape trading years before.

I really dont like how Peaceville puts out these kinds of releases making it look like its got a lot of unreleased and exclusive tracks, when its really just a shoddy greatest hits album. They did the exact same thing with Darkthrone's "Preparing for War." This release will only benefit the amateur or casual At the Gates fan.

The songs featured on Suicidal Final Art are a great selection, but its not very hard to pick three or four good tracks from each album and throw them on a disc. This comes off as a shoddy attempt to cash in on At The Gates' name one last time, rather than pay tribute to a very influential Swedish death metal band.

Tepes_The_Unweeping's recent review of "Evisceration Plague" really doesn't focus on the music that much - it's more about the art, and how "Kill" was ok, than about anything else.

http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=219945#127248

I was trying to make a statement. The art on "Kill" and even more so "Evisceration Plague" is ridiculous and quite unforgivable.

Yeah it's acceptable, but go in and fix the errors - was I wrong to expect you to know the difference between "its" and "it's"? You used the right one in that post, at least. "Down ward"? And "listliss"? Spellcheck, muthafucka!

Also, you really ought to describe the music more - you never try very hard in that department.