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requiem99
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:14 am 
 

More total abortion: http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=6300

The first one, but the second sure isn't good either. Hell, durst all 3 of that first guy's reviews. They're all crap.

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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:42 pm 
 

Yeah, a lot of Snxke's early reviews are crap. He was like a slightly less extreme PumpkinFlyFree at the time.
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Abominatrix
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:15 am 
 

Nightgaunt wrote:
Yeah, a lot of Snxke's early reviews are crap. He was like a slightly less extreme PumpkinFlyFree at the time.


But I generally like his reviews. Maybe it's just me, but I usually come away from them with a decent idea of what the music sounds like. maybe it's only because I share a lot of his taste...who knows though. I did however have to reject something he submitted yesterday though..can't remember what band it was..Faustcoven I think?

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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 2:14 pm 
 

Out of curiosity, what did you reject the aforementioned review for?
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PseudoGoatKill
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 7:03 pm 
 

This review by Iced_Demon for Nevermore's "Dreaming Neon Black" doesn't seem to describe the music too well. It might have been able to stay by itself or with 3 other reviews.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=150

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Dreaming Neon Black - 98%
Written by Iced_Demon on July 21st, 2002


This album rules. It's almost perfect...heavy guitars, good solos, strong drums, and great vocals. It's a concept album based on Warrel Dane's lost love...she left him for a religious group, and he never saw her again. He would have a recurring dream about her drowning in water.

Each song on this album is excellent. There are no weak points. The songs perfectly show the emotion and the anger that Warrel must have went through. Some of the songs aren't as heavy, like "Dreaming Neon Black" and "The Lotus Eaters", but they are still heavy in their own way. My favorite songs are "I Am the Dog" and "Poison Godmachine"...they are extremely heavy! They're the kind of songs that make you bang your head till your neck breaks off.

This is my favorite Nevermore album (so far...this I haven't heard the first two). It's got everything a metalhead wants.


It's the very bottom one on the page.
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Osmium
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:37 pm 
 

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=174#8061

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What the hell happened ? - 56%
Written by PureEvil on May 20th, 2004

Before you read this rewiew you should know that I'm Iced Earth fan, but this album is BAD album from ICED EARTH. First of all this album contains only 2 good songs : Dante's Inferno and Burning Oasis, rest of the songs are nothing more than crap, nothing special and


This part says nothing about the album.

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where are the all KILLER riffs what were on Iced Earth's first album and Night of the stormrider?


This is the first sentence that says anything about the music: specifically, that the riffs are different than those on the first two albums. This bit of information is nearly useless, however, as he doesn't describe the kind of riffs present here.

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Burnt Offerings has good chorus, but in the end it starts to get bit annoying ( The reason is maybe Barlow's vocals ).


Once again, nothing but "I like this, I don't like this."

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Barlow's vocals fit on the slow and acoustic songs, but it was big mistake to choose him to sing in songs like Brainwashed or The Pierced Spirit.


That's funny, because he does not even mention
1. how Barlow's vocals sound,
2. what kind of songs Brainwashed and the Pierced Spirit are.

Furthermore, The Pierced Spirit is the one slow and accoustic song on the album. Contradictions, contradictions.

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Last December is maybe Iced Earth's worst song ever. It has so cheesy lyrics and these are the songs where Barlow's vocals really don't fit. ''Burning Oasis'' starts to sound like Iced Earth and is maybe the best song from this album, but after Burning Oasis starts again the 'nothing special'' songs. Dante's Inferno is great song, but it would be greater without Matthew Barlow again.
Burning Oasis and Dante's Inferno really save this album, but that isn't the only reason why I give 56 to this album. The all songs weren't bad!


This paragraph says NOTHING except which songs he prefers.

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they were just too same and boring!


Finally, something that describes the consistency of the album's sound.

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+ and - from this album:

+ Burning Oasis
+ Dante's Inferno
+ Solos

- Matt Barlow
- guitar sound
- Lyrics

The album really could work with John Greely / Gene Adam.


Once again, simply stating which parts of the album he likes. He does not go further to explain why Greely/Adam would be better.

In conclusion, though the score given by this review is quite unique, the issues assessed in the review itself are mentioned by at least a third of the other reviews. Moreover, this one fails to describe the actual sound of the album.

EDIT: I'll elaborate.


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Manu_SwordMaster
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:05 pm 
 

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=938


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After hearing 'Vintage whine' (which was pretty new when I got it) I was like "damn I gotta check out their next one" (this was like 3 years ago), not until now I pick up the damn thing.

And what can I say, it isn't the most shocking surprise musically, but the fact is that it is better than the album that made me like em. I can't put my finger on what they've improved, I guess better songwriting results in more highlights (duh!). Hell even the bonustrack, cover version of "Swords of a thousand men" is a killer!

An album that will make you wanna get to an irish pub and have a beer or ten.


Short... and more about his life than about the album...
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requiem99
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:34 am 
 

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=39432

o_0

More spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors in the first paragraph alone than I can even count.

(which is, itself, a sentence fragment, but leave me alone it's 7:30 on a weekday)

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GoD
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:16 am 
 

Aye, both of those suck.

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BARD_Jean_Pierre
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:11 pm 
 

GoD wrote:
Aye, both of those suck.


bwahahaha
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GoD
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:13 pm 
 

BARD_Jean_Pierre wrote:
GoD wrote:
Aye, both of those suck.


bwahahaha


eh? :/

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requiem99
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:27 pm 
 

GoD wrote:
BARD_Jean_Pierre wrote:
GoD wrote:
Aye, both of those suck.


bwahahaha


eh? :/


Ignore him, he tries to insult me at every opportunity because I'm his superior in every intellectual and critical aspect that matters, and he knows it.

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GoD
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:24 am 
 

That still doesn't account for him 'bwahahaha'ing. Teh crazy bar steward.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:26 pm 
 

GoD wrote:
That still doesn't account for him 'bwahahaha'ing. Teh crazy bar steward.

You said "both of those suck". One of them was by some random guy, the other was by requiem. Apparently, BJP got a kick out of hearing that someone thinks requiem's review sucks.
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GoD
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:52 pm 
 

Oh, was the Skyclad one by requiem?

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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:54 pm 
 

GoD wrote:
Oh, was the Skyclad one by requiem?


No.

Anyway, deleted the one the Req posted. Y'know, I don't think I've seen a single review by Benign Hypocrite that didn't suck.
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requiem99
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:19 pm 
 

GoD wrote:
Oh, was the Skyclad one by requiem?


He thought you meant both the reviews (meaning mine as well) for Wotan sucked, which I was pretty sure was not what you meant.

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stickyshooZ
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:32 pm 
 

requiem99 wrote:
GoD wrote:
Oh, was the Skyclad one by requiem?


He thought you meant both the reviews (meaning mine as well) for Wotan sucked, which I was pretty sure was not what you meant.

If that is what he meant he would most likely not be confused.
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requiem99
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:38 pm 
 

stickyshooZ wrote:
requiem99 wrote:
GoD wrote:
Oh, was the Skyclad one by requiem?


He thought you meant both the reviews (meaning mine as well) for Wotan sucked, which I was pretty sure was not what you meant.

If that is what he meant he would most likely not be confused.


Now I'm starting to get confused...

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GoD
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:45 pm 
 

sausages

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Abominatrix
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:44 am 
 

Nightgaunt wrote:
Out of curiosity, what did you reject the aforementioned review for?


I rejected it because it barely toucehd on the music at all, instead focussing on how the album was good but not as good as the demos. I don't remember any real musical description at all.

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Abominatrix
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:47 am 
 

Nightgaunt wrote:
GoD wrote:
Oh, was the Skyclad one by requiem?


No.

Anyway, deleted the one the Req posted. Y'know, I don't think I've seen a single review by Benign Hypocrite that didn't suck.


Yeah, I say we just can all his reviews.

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Osmium
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:52 pm 
 

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=860#3282

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Only 3 days?! - 98%
Written by Dethrone_Tyranny on September 16th, 2003

Sheesh, I can't believe it took this band only 3 days to record this album even though it is generaly "sloppy and raw". As most metal heads already know, Venom aren't the greatest musicians musicaly but this album is so fuckin' godly that it's hard to believe that it only took them 3 days to record it. Not to mention that back then, everything was low budget for NWOBHM bands. This album takes the heavyness and speed of bands like Motorhead and Judas Priest, and slams it together with the satanic lyrics and image of Sabbath. I mean, what more can one crazy metal head ask for? This is not Venom's best work but it's their most godly album in every way, considering that no band had even thought of doing something so extreme at the time. Do not call yourself a metal head if you do not own this album.

Best songs: Sons Of Satan, Welcome To Hell, In League With Satan, Live Like And Angel (Die Like A Devil)

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:26 am 
 

Osmium wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=860#3282

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This is not Venom's best work but it's their most godly album in every way, (Die Like A Devil)




Isnt that kind of contradicting himself?

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First Entombed CD, great stuff. - 90%
Written by Immolation on July 2nd, 2003

This is the first Entombed CD I've ever listened to, I don't know how good (or bad) their earlier stuff is, but this CD was amazing. From the start I liked Petrov's vocals, not really boring, and I wouldn't call them generic at all. Cederlund and Hellid are both good guitarists, the riffs on this albums were great. The aggressive-ness of some of the songs are great, "The Fix Is In" is probably my favorite, and notable mention to Descent into Inferno and Children of the Underworld. The only song I really didnt like was Incinerator, just sorta boring. Overall though, the drums weren't GREAT, they were mediocre and fit the music, but it seems like they could go better with the album. Definetely recommended to any metalheads, as I'm off to get more Entombed CDs.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=17535

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:08 am 
 

Faustcoven wrote:
First Entombed CD, great stuff. - 90%
Written by Immolation on July 2nd, 2003

This is the first Entombed CD I've ever listened to, I don't know how good (or bad) their earlier stuff is, but this CD was amazing. From the start I liked Petrov's vocals, not really boring, and I wouldn't call them generic at all. Cederlund and Hellid are both good guitarists, the riffs on this albums were great. The aggressive-ness of some of the songs are great, "The Fix Is In" is probably my favorite, and notable mention to Descent into Inferno and Children of the Underworld. The only song I really didnt like was Incinerator, just sorta boring. Overall though, the drums weren't GREAT, they were mediocre and fit the music, but it seems like they could go better with the album. Definetely recommended to any metalheads, as I'm off to get more Entombed CDs.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=17535


...gone. Not a terrible review, but spelling and awkward word use make it a pain to read.

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SubliminalDecay
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:36 pm 
 

Osmium wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=860#3282

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Only 3 days?! - 98%
Written by Dethrone_Tyranny on September 16th, 2003

Sheesh, I can't believe it took this band only 3 days to record this album even though it is generaly "sloppy and raw". As most metal heads already know, Venom aren't the greatest musicians musicaly but this album is so fuckin' godly that it's hard to believe that it only took them 3 days to record it. Not to mention that back then, everything was low budget for NWOBHM bands. This album takes the heavyness and speed of bands like Motorhead and Judas Priest, and slams it together with the satanic lyrics and image of Sabbath. I mean, what more can one crazy metal head ask for? This is not Venom's best work but it's their most godly album in every way, considering that no band had even thought of doing something so extreme at the time. Do not call yourself a metal head if you do not own this album.

Best songs: Sons Of Satan, Welcome To Hell, In League With Satan, Live Like And Angel (Die Like A Devil)


What's wrong with this one? I've always thought that the primary purpose of a review was to describe the music, and this review does a pretty good job of it.

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this band is really fucking horrible - 15%
Written by Warriorofmoderndeath on January 11th, 2003

I really cant find a word to describe this band,they are probably one of the worst bands that I have ever heard or atleast close to it,they rank up there with the other bad bands such as In Flames and Soilwork,which completely suck as well and people go around making a big thing about their shitty ass boring music.
Now the only reason why this crap gets 15 is because the only good song on this shitty thing is "Cowboys from hell(live)" and that is Pantera's only half-way decent album,Walk is practically among the crappiest songs I ever heard..the riff is so damn annoying and the whole song is repetitive as hell and lets not forget the shitty attempt for a good solo by Dymebag Darrel or should I say "Diamond" Darrel.
The rest of the songs are mostly mixes,"By Demons Be Driven" is a shitty song in every way,the only good thing coming from this song is probably the little drumming finish in the end done by Vinnie Paul,but besides for Cowboys from hell(live) and that this piece of shit single should be use for target shooting.


http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=9930

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:37 am 
 

OlympicSharpshooter wrote:
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this band is really fucking horrible - 15%
Written by Warriorofmoderndeath on January 11th, 2003

I really cant find a word to describe this band,they are probably one of the worst bands that I have ever heard or atleast close to it,they rank up there with the other bad bands such as In Flames and Soilwork,which completely suck as well and people go around making a big thing about their shitty ass boring music.
Now the only reason why this crap gets 15 is because the only good song on this shitty thing is "Cowboys from hell(live)" and that is Pantera's only half-way decent album,Walk is practically among the crappiest songs I ever heard..the riff is so damn annoying and the whole song is repetitive as hell and lets not forget the shitty attempt for a good solo by Dymebag Darrel or should I say "Diamond" Darrel.
The rest of the songs are mostly mixes,"By Demons Be Driven" is a shitty song in every way,the only good thing coming from this song is probably the little drumming finish in the end done by Vinnie Paul,but besides for Cowboys from hell(live) and that this piece of shit single should be use for target shooting.


http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=9930



Doesn't describe the music in much detail and he seams to have a lot of inner rage that he is letting out ...

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SoupKitchen wrote:
What more can I say about this album that hasn't already been said? It's truly awesome, and in my opinion it's their best, with Follow The Reaper coming in at a close second. This album contains a lot of neoclassical influence and a little bit of black metal as well.

We start with Warheart. The spoken intro kicks ass! The riffing is awesome
and black metal influenced. The chorus is fucking great.

Next is Silent Night, Bodom Night. I absolutely love this song. The riffing
is great and the solo is one of the best on the album.

The title track, Hatebreeder, is next. This is one awesome song. The riffs
especially stand out here. The guitar/keyboard solo trade-off's at the end
are truly kick ass.

Bed Of Razors, again one of the best tracks on the album. Great melodies, riffing, and a wonderful guitar/keyboard solo.

Towards Dead End is next. This one's a bit more melodic and the intro contains one of the coolest melodies I've ever heard.

Black Widow is next. The song starts off with a very awesome sounding keyboard intro, and the riffing that follows kicks ass and the song is great. A very neoclassical feel to the song.

Wrath Within is another great song with more awesome riffing. This one is quite black metal influenced as well.

Children Of Bodom is next. This song completely kills. The intro riff is one of my favorite riffs ever. This song has a lot of neoclassical influence to it.

Downfall is last. The intro riff is also one of my favorite riffs ever. Very awesome. This song is the slowest paced on the album and a good closer.

Highly recommended.


Neoclassical influence, guitar solos and a bit of black metal. That is all we learn about the music apart from it "kicking ass", as stated about a gazillion times. Now how do these "neoclassical influences" sound like? Like Puissance perhaps? And the "bit of black metal"? You mean like Ildjarn or Mütiilation? And guitar solos? Like the one on Mayhem's "Freezing Moon" or Burzum's "Lost Wisdom"? A mixture of Puissance and Ildjarn with simple guitar solos? Sounds like an album I would love to hear!

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=58#21667

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:30 am 
 

droneriot wrote:
SoupKitchen wrote:
What more can I say about this album that hasn't already been said? It's truly awesome, and in my opinion it's their best, with Follow The Reaper coming in at a close second. This album contains a lot of neoclassical influence and a little bit of black metal as well.

We start with Warheart. The spoken intro kicks ass! The riffing is awesome
and black metal influenced. The chorus is fucking great.

Next is Silent Night, Bodom Night. I absolutely love this song. The riffing
is great and the solo is one of the best on the album.

The title track, Hatebreeder, is next. This is one awesome song. The riffs
especially stand out here. The guitar/keyboard solo trade-off's at the end
are truly kick ass.

Bed Of Razors, again one of the best tracks on the album. Great melodies, riffing, and a wonderful guitar/keyboard solo.

Towards Dead End is next. This one's a bit more melodic and the intro contains one of the coolest melodies I've ever heard.

Black Widow is next. The song starts off with a very awesome sounding keyboard intro, and the riffing that follows kicks ass and the song is great. A very neoclassical feel to the song.

Wrath Within is another great song with more awesome riffing. This one is quite black metal influenced as well.

Children Of Bodom is next. This song completely kills. The intro riff is one of my favorite riffs ever. This song has a lot of neoclassical influence to it.

Downfall is last. The intro riff is also one of my favorite riffs ever. Very awesome. This song is the slowest paced on the album and a good closer.

Highly recommended.


Neoclassical influence, guitar solos and a bit of black metal. That is all we learn about the music apart from it "kicking ass", as stated about a gazillion times. Now how do these "neoclassical influences" sound like? Like Puissance perhaps? And the "bit of black metal"? You mean like Ildjarn or Mütiilation? And guitar solos? Like the one on Mayhem's "Freezing Moon" or Burzum's "Lost Wisdom"? A mixture of Puissance and Ildjarn with simple guitar solos? Sounds like an album I would love to hear!

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=58#21667


You beat me to it. To get a review for fucking HATEBREEDER accepted you'd have to do REALLY good, certainly a whole lot better than that. Actually, that one shouldn't be accepted for ANY band IMO.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:37 pm 
 

Agreed. Too many "kicks ass", not enough sound description.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:43 am 
 

OSheaman wrote:
Agreed. Too many "kicks ass", not enough sound description.


And let us not even speak of his insistence on the presence of black metal.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:00 am 
 

That latest Follow the Reaper review is SHIT. It may be detailed, but it's SHIT, and I dislike it, and would like to state as such.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:10 am 
 

GoD wrote:
That latest Follow the Reaper review is SHIT. It may be detailed, but it's SHIT, and I dislike it, and would like to state as such.


You mean the one by lumabyte? It's ooouuuttttaaa hereeeeee!

It was the twenty-first review, and it had poor English and the use of "u" for "you", which I find particularly obnoxious.

EDIT: I'm also pretty sure I saw the word "headbrand" in there somewhere.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:42 am 
 

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=245#15231

Still Not There Yet - 44%
Written by meedley_meedley on December 14th, 2004


This production on this album does not do the music contained justice. The songs rerecorded on the First Strike Still Deadly release is where these songs should be heard. the guitars are still muddy, and the drums are still not full and tight. A maturation in muscianship is definitly shown, but doesnt make this much better. Some of the songs on here are real boring anyway. The first 4 tracks are ok but nothing great. And there's too many songs that have these clean intros before giving way to some thrash.

Eerie Inhabitants starts out very dark and moody and shows some good things, but the thrash riffs here are really boring.

The title track is nice, but sounds 11 million times better on FSSD, where this song just turns evil and crawls into your skin. Chuck Billy's vocals are kinda all over, and not contained.

Trial By Fire is just an average song by thrash metal standards. There's nothing special about it. Everything echos and Alex Skolnick tries to sound evil on some little leads, but production keeps him from doing that.

Into the Pit shows problems the previous album showed; out of control drums, super muddy guitars, and tempo insanity that just makes your head implode. This song RIPS on the rerecorded version. The chorus sounds really dumb here. I will say, the lead is very well done, but doesnt save the song much.

Hypnosis is reeeeally boring. I think I'm under hypnosis during this one. It's a dumb instrumental that just goes nowhere...

Oh man! Disciples of the Watch!!! This is a killer song! This song is absolutely thrashy and destroys everything in its path!

But not this version...

Here, it's too slow and the main riff just kinda sneaks in after the little clean piece. The drums would so help this song if they were just menacing!

The Preacher is again in need of some help. This one just needs to be redone. I cant emphasise how much better these songs are on FSSD. Even without it, you can tell something's missing on these songs.

The last 3 songs are the most boring songs on the album.

Nobody's Fault takes a while to start, but has a nice verse riff. Unfortunately, it's the only good thing about the song. The rest is snooze city... This isnt even thrash, but more like early power/groove metal.

A Day of Reckoning has nice leads by Skolnick, but the rest is boring as watching as a cat shit. Billy tries too hard to sound like James Hetfield as well.

Musical Death (A Dirge) is like Hypnosis, only slightly better. That's not saying much. It's still boring as hell. Havent there been enough clean intros in all these songs? Do we really need ANOTHER clean, boring instrumental?? DAMMIT!

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ARRRRGGGHHH, not only does this review nothing but compare the songs to the versions on FSSD, but he also prefers the FSSD versions TO THE OLD ONES.

I'm biased as hell, I might not have reported this if he preferred the originals, but really, that review should go no matter what.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:29 pm 
 

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=20655#23633

666 Salutes To NED!!! - 99%
Written by Force_Fed2001 on December 15th, 2004

At The moment NED (Norma Evangelium Diaboli) is hands down, and appears to be the hottest black metal label in the underground right now as well with an impeccable roster boasting the likes of Katharsis (Ger) Watain (Swe) Deathspell Omega (Fr) and the black pheonix of them all the mighty Funeral Mist. although Salvation was last years release, I had no choice to include it to my collection. Sweden's Funeral Mist have existed since 93 yet aside 2 demos (Darkness & Havoc) and a ep (Devilry) it is only now that a proper full legnth has been unleashed. I can easily say that in no uncertain terms, Salvation is one of the most savage,sadistic,torturous,hateful,punishing,grim,truly evil and utterly devastating black metal releases ever!! The extreme level of passion,violence and destructive sincerity that blasts out of your speakers is just unbelievable. Capturing the aural essence of Hell,utter darkness, and evil arcane atmospheres is no easy feat, and to pull it off with such depravity and originality is almost unheard these days. By no means easily digestible. Salvation is as muli-layered, 9 headed -beast of a record. An all out assault on the sences. FM literally seems to attack you from the angles all at once,yet Salvation is a very diverse record loaded with many little elements and intricacies that I could fill in trying to describe. Arioch's vocals are awesome,not the typical screech, but the gutteral,commanding,demonic bark as he were actually demonized by the Devil him self. The drums are raging and bombastic, (reminiscent a cross over between Taake's "Nattestid Ser Porten Vid" and Gorgoroth's Under The Sign Of Hell). If you are willing to give Salvation the necessary time,there is so much to discover,the album is truly a musical journey into the deepest and darkest abyss. A Modern Day of De Mysteriis,Salvation is the black metal album by all others should be measured. aside from the latest Mayhem and Deathspell Omega albums, I doubt very much that a better more unique and innovative true blackmetal album anytime to soon.!!!!!


Who the hell let this piece of crap through?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:09 pm 
 

That review is more dramatic than William Shatner, but it easily fits the guidelines.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:21 pm 
 

The content guidelines, yes. Not the writing standards.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:06 pm 
 

Pitty it didn't describe the riffing or any of that crap, but it definately caught my interest :metal:
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