Well, I found something interesting with regards to this.

I checked his website that he links to in most of his reviews, and found a couple reviews that might explain this inconsistency:
http://www.brutalism.com/content/ulcera ... ng-is-fire
http://www.brutalism.com/content/the-fi ... st-the-end

Both reviews are posted here on the Archives. Now, if you scroll down, you find that they were written for said website by two different reviewers. Likewise, the Sikfuk review is from a third person. I'm sure there are other cases of this. Sounds like we've got ourselves a case of plagiarism on our hands!

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=3702

This says just barely over nothing.

This album, to me, is really... bland. Apart from the odd acoustic folky moments, there is absolutely nothing to distinguish this band from the rest of the black metal crop, and, therefore, no real reason to listen to this above any other album.

Granted, there is absolutely nothing BAD about the album at all. It is perfectly passable black metal. The production is suitably raw enough, the guitars chainsaw-esque, the drums blast/double bass filled. The one criticism I'd have is of the clean vocals. When they are implemented to actually sing lyrics, they are fantastic, adding a good layer of atmosphere to the music. All too often, however, they merely make use of a gregorian chant style thing, which just sounds like bad keyboards. Hell, maybe it is.

Borknagar are, of course, more famous for their clean-vocalled folk metal approach which they have nowadays. I'd have to say that I am glad, because this release is significantly underwhelming. One can see the roots of the unique sound that the band has these days, but that alone is no real reason to buy, or even necessarily listen to, this album

I knew these Thor's Hammer reviews were too fluffy to be real. This band hasn't seen a review later than 2005, but I'll be giving a run through them this coming weekend - it'll be my return (in a way) from my lull in reviewing.

But to the point - http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=23580

The reviewer VITHOLF does not talk about the music except one line referring to Bathory and Possessed. Literally, you read the review and it's just him spewing more anti-judeo-christian bullshit (the way he does it). No musical description whatsoever - he just supports what Capricornus was doing and says that you need to hear the album.

Honestly, nuke this garbage.

OH yeah, this is Nightwish! - 96%
Written by Sum on October 19th, 2004

Well since the first album Angels Fall First, this is one hell of an improvement, as Oceanborn makes his way in my top 5 favorite albums. If you are looking for really heavy metal, turn back, this isnt for you. Only 2 or 3 of the songs are really heavy, the others are more melodic, and even soft. Also, you must expect lots of keyboards in this, and less noticable guitar than in most other metal albums. Now there is THE thing that makes it quite different : vocals. Whoa, yes Tarja is one HELL of a singer, and she will create fabulous harmonies that will most likely make you enjoy the album. Concerning the guitars, well, i love them, the tone is great and the rare solos that there are are always welcome, obviously, in this instrumental band, it doesn't stand out much but it still contributes to the music's whole ensemble (which is amazing). The drumming and bass are quite standard, but never noisy, so they will never ruin a song. As for the lyrics, they are often about love or dont make much sense (to me), but i don't care, since i praticaly never understand them at first, hehe. And conerning the feeling, all you really feel when listening to that music is admiration a)for the vocals b)the different instruments perfectly mixed together.

Highlight songs :
Gethsemane : Man, this song simply has it all, the chorus is heavier than most nightwish riffs, the verses are particularly operatic and the break is a soft string interlude. what else can you possibly wish for?! A Solo! And this song has one. Sum it up and you got one hell of a song.
Moondance : For once, Tarja decides to shut up! Yep, in this little instrumental song, you will also find heavy-melodic-soft parts, and sometimes a mix of all. Another good thing about this tune is that little flute interlude, which is always welcome. And this one has a quite unique feeling of excitement, unlike most songs you will hear.

Bottom line : This is an excellent album for any fan of opera or instrumental metal, because you got a good mix of both! And unless you are quite closed-minded and have a strict opinion on power metal, you will probably enjoy this. The closest comparison i can think of would be Dark Moor or Fairyland. Good listen!

Regardless, this is pure black metal and Judas Iscariot is a driving force of anti-christianity.

The first song is pretty uptempo and seems to be straightforward. That is, until you reach about the 2nd minute or so. I'm not going to tell what they did, you'll have to find out yourself.
Then, the second song kicks in. A whole different mood, a whole different tempo. We hear a clean chorus, more variation in the grunt.
The 3rd song is even slower, but has a dark, fragile mood. More clean vocals.
The 4th song is a lot more technical, but not as much as the 6th.

Hell, just find out yourselves. There's something for everyone.

Thanks. Maybe I'll get around to reviewing this beast at some point.

Here's another, the new review by Xeroxification:

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=30982#196576

He refers to the other reviewer by name and the entire review is basically written as a response to Sargon_The_Terrible's negative review.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=269594#84169

Worthless. He spends a ton of time describing the people who made the album, and doesn't even really talk about the music at all. The formatting is awful, and he actually tells us to 'check it out for ourselves' to hear what it sounds like, rather than describing it:



Wow, just wow.

Tim Owens is like a vocal whore; he’s been in so many bands for a somewhat short carrier. Now, he’s finally released a solo album. You’d figure this would be a sure fire winner, mainly because of how good his vocals actually are. That being said, this album is completely awful. Yes, terrible. How’d that happen?

Well, lets dissect this piece of shit little by little. Tim Owens himself is not bad here, however they lyrics are horrible. Actually, they’re pretty funny. You’ll laugh at songs like “The Cover Up.” The writing is so bad I laughed. Now, it would be easy to ignore if the music itself was good. However, it’s the opposite. Every song here, and I mean every song here is completely uninteresting. I’ve listened to the entire record three times, and I can’t find anything positive besides the production and guitar solos. What the hell happened? There’s an array of “all-stars” that appear here, but who cares. The music sucks overall, but some of the solos here are cool. From the opener “Starting Over” to the ending “The Shadows are Alive” you’ll wish you’d never had bought this. Disappointment will overtake you. It’s hard to point out a good track here… oh wait, there isn’t one. Don't get excited.

I can’t believe I was actually excited for this piece, now I feel retarded. This should’ve been awesome, solid heavy metal with The Ripper owning your ears with an iron fist. However, it just feels he’s raping them of money and for your eardrums to bleed. Shit, this isn’t even worth a download. Avoid this like the plague; it’ll make you want to punch babies.

Additional sucker points for trying to use BBCode (:durr:) and for calling it their debut album.

Time To KILL! - 99%
Written by overkill67 on December 27th, 2004

Unadulterated, undeniably the essential and 2nd best disc ever to be compiled by New Jersey Thrash Gods Overkill. A fully completely well rounded effort that supports each and every qualitative element designed to fabricate the ultimate thrash metal experience. Here's how it works. In 1989, you take Blitz, DD, Sid and Bob, combined by the masterful production of Terry Date and what you end up with is The Years Of Decay.
An album that brought a massive scaled audience into recognizing these guys as a force to be reckoned with.
The one thing about this album that makes it so divine is the countless doubled guitar tracks that are recorded to fatten up the riffs. Not to mention some of the doubled leads that are absolutely genius. And I don't mean doubled as in harmonized either, I mean two totally different fucking guitar solos going on at same....what the fuck? Awesome! Check out Who Tends The Fire, and the Epic Skullkrusher for verification on that.
Birth of Tension and Nothing To Die For are pretty much cut from the same cloth, in the sense that they are sonically driven ass kickers with double bass fueling the onslaught of bludgeoning thrash riffs.
I Hate is sorta like the happy go lucky sing a long song(sorta has a punk style homage to it), however its still a true Kill song and has one hell of a catchy openinig riff ala judas priest style almost played in the same key as "hello from the gutter"...not quite the same but close. Time To Kill is reminiscent to something Nuclear Assault did on Survive but I can't quite put my finger on it. Just the same, its truly a qulity thrash song with great double bass patterns throughout and some awesome riot vocals.
Elimination was the song that instantly sold me on this album. I remember seeing the video before the album was actually released in Canada, and holy fuck was I ever amazed at how much more aggressive and shred infested this band had become since their last effort.
The Years Of Decay is probably one of the more subtle sounding Kill songs on this album, however it still posesses a great thrash riff mid way through and an awesome lead that is based totally on feel. Very epic sounding and very original in terms of its structure. Not your basic verse, chorus, verse chorus, solo verse bridge, and then back to chorus bullshit. This song is unique in many ways and truly must be heard to be appreciated.
Lastly, we come to the closer, E.vil N.ever D.ies. Holy Fucking Shit! This could very possibly be the deadliest thrash song of its time. Although the intro is in fact similar to that of Damage Inc. by Metallica, thats where it stops. This frenzied, manical track is probably the crasziest sounding pit/mosh song of the eighties and surely one must assume that someone must have been stomped to death will Kill performed this savagery live.
The lyrics have always been one of Overkill'[s high points and this album is no diffrent, many great lyrical ideas are represented and meaning is very easy to decipher form each of the songs. Bob Gustafson definately played his heart out on this album and everything from his tone, right down to his feel is fucking phenomenal. Eat your hear ou Zakk!
Easily the best album of 1999, next to Laaz Rockit's Annihilation Principle

Sinner's review for WASP's Inside the Electric Circus is less than bare-bones: http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=1803#479

Hell, I hardly get anything from that review - you need to know what WASP sounds like ahead of time to even get what he's talking about in his 2 lines of description (hardly that). One of his statements is false, anyway, at least when you compare CDs by the band's past two albums and that one; the production on ITEC is louder and in fact deeper than the debut and TLC.

UltraBoris' is also bare-bones, but at least it has more than 2 sentences worth of reasoning.

OK, but Sinner's is 5 sentences and with the standards of today, it doesn't really cut it. If those 5 sentences were packed with complete, vivid description, then I wouldn't be so picky about it.

This is a very enjoyable CD. Tarja's voice can make a strait man shoot a load in his pants. When you first listen to this CD you should have an extra pair of underwear. I am not a very big power metal fan. In fact most of it annoys me. But this is a very good CD.I think the music on this CD has kind of a Nintendo music sound to it. But more complex and thought out than Nintendo music. And Nintendo music does not have Tarja's amazing vocals. If I made a video game I would use this CD on it.

For example, that guy asking to clean up the Oceanborn reviews WAS NOT KIDDING:

http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=52853

wEEman33's review for The Chasm's The Spell of Retribution is pretty bare-boned, consisting of just a few brief comparisons with previous material and practically no musical description. Hell, if I wasn't familiar with the band I wouldn't even know what genre it is.