3. I deleted that Xasthur review. However, kindly supply a link next time.

Oh, my apologies. I'll make sure to remember that next time i find a review that should be deleted immediately.

I'd guess they're afraid of the backlash of criticizing the most popular writer on the site.

No problem. I should probably delete most of Intoxicata's reviews, come to think of it.

Hence his use of the term 'most'.

Very solid Canadian thrash metal - 83%
Written by RequiredFields on April 4th, 2003


This is the first Sacrifice CD I ever bought and it's very good.

1. My Eyes See Red
A very short (just a little over two minutes) song, but very heavy and gets your head banging.

2. Apocalypse Inside
Killer riffs in this one! One hell of a song.

3. Flesh
One of the best songs on the album.

4. Salvation
Pretty good song. Heavy and melodic.

5. Beneath What You See
Another song that's heavy and melodic. Pretty cool.

6. Incarcerated
The best song on the album. The opening rules. The fast verses are great as well. Excellent song.

7. Ruins of the Old
Not bad, but probably my least favorite song on the album.

8. The Lost
Probably my second least favorite song on the album. Not bad though.

9. Freedom Slave
Cool song, a good way to close off the album. FREEDOM SLAVE!!!!

It's their last album, but they went out in a good way.

The problem with Xerxes is most of the time he reviews albums that had no reviews before his. By themselves they're decent, but compared to other reviewers not so good.

A formidable comback... - 95%
Written by Snxke on November 3rd, 2002

While many pan this CD for it's muddy production I simply applaud Halford for having the guts to throw away the classic 70's Priest sound for something completely new... From the raging "Betrayal" to the astounding "Handing out Bullets" this CD has many forgotten gems. Sadly, tracks like "Hearts of Darkness" and "Heretic" tend to dog the affair a little...

Even so...Rob made a CD that nobody thougth he would make - and it is this courage that keeps Rob ahead of his former bandmates as an artist - something Judas Priest has managed to forget all about.

It's rocking, and it's fun. - 75%
Written by SpookyApparition on December 7th, 2002


This album has a somewhat strange production, it's almost as if it a live album, without the crowd noise. It's very raw sounding, but not in the absolutely-no-bass-in-the-mix black metal way... it's very, very heavy. The rhythm guitar sound is absolutely crushing.
The coolest song is "Say It In Slugs" or maybe "The Itch," or something similar. Most of the songs are decent, some are awesome, and there's maybe one or two that are pretty boring. "Scottish Hell" is a cool cover song, sorta atmospheric.
And oh yeah. The lyrics are sorta crappy, and the vocals are pissed off sounding.

10 cool things about Nile's latest album. - 92%
Written by SpookyApparition on December 7th, 2002


1. The solo in "Unas Slayer Of The Gods."
2. Main riff in "Sarcophagus."
3. Choir parts on "The Blessed Dead."
4. It's lengthy length.
5. The sweet ending riff on the 2nd part of the title track....or maybe the 3rd part. I can't remember.
6. The scroll-like lyric insert.
7. The awesome riff on the last song, even though it does go on for a BIT too long.
8. "Execration Text" is the most frantic song ever.
9. That one guy looks like McGuyver, my friend says.
10. It's not Cinerary.

...And Boredom - 0%
Written by Saad on July 20th, 2003


Do you like CRAP? Do you enjoy ELECTRONIC metal? Are you a flaming HOMO? If your answer to those three questions happens to be "YES", then chances are that you'll get off to ...And Oceans.
Now let me be a little serious. I had never heard this band before so I decided to check it out. I downloaded this album of theirs, not knowing what to expect. Then my ears were plagued by one of the shittiest, if not the most, metal I have heard. It's complete crap. ...And Oceans have started the New Wave of Faggot "Metal". Okay, okay that there is an exaggeration. But I seriously don't get what people like about this. I've heard them praise this bands older work. This one is totally driven by the keyboards, and has that new age/techno/electronica sound that I just can't stand. Perhaps I'll give their early stuff a listen...sometime. But for now i'm going to avoid ...And Boredom for a long time.

Very experimental would describe this album. The problem is that there is hardly anything at all that resembles any structure whatsoever. I sold this album to a pawn shop (which I don't think anyone would buy it if they heard it first) a while back, but yeah I think I'm almost dumber having heard it. The vocals are the WORST vocals in a "metal" band that I've heard in my entire life. This band is too weird for their own good. And no, they're definately not death metal! I dont know what you'd call them! But quite frankly it made me sick to my stomach to hear this crap. I could listen to it 50 times, and I'd tell you 50 times that it sucks and there is absolutely nothing that will stick out in your head in a positive way! This is like fingernails on a chalkboard I tell you! Just a random assortment of noise that makes no sense. Stay far, far away from this album..think about the nightmares that it will give you if dare give this album any more thought!

Now maybe its because I'm not too learned nor used to this type of metal (metalcore?) but all I here on this album are songs that aren't so good and riffs that are stale. Maybe I didn't give this album much of a chance, but its hard to considering theres nothing on it that grabs me. Whats worse is the fact that drum god Dave Lombardo doesn't hardly do anything on this album. Ok, the song War Between One is decent, and there is a few other decent points here and there but for the most part its just about a total crapfest.

I find the second one worse than the first, and there's also a here/hear error which sinks it completely.

Fine-tuned from the prototype of 2 years before... - 93%
Written by PumpkinFlyFree on March 10th, 2003

This is my favorite Megadeth album personally. This is the pinacle of the band's songwriting, with most every song tweaked to musical perfection.
Only two songs are below the overall standard the other tracks set, and those would be "Psychotron" and "Ashes In Your Mouth". The former suffers from horrible vocal melodies, and the second seems to go nowhere musically;a looped pattern.
The rest is superb! I have three personal favorites, those being "Architecture Of Agression" with its awesome riff and lyrics, the underrated "High Speed Dirt" which is an upbeat speed blast, and "Captive Honour", whose lyrics really push my buttons. Special kudos to the mock trial at the beginning as well, it adds great feeling!
This is definately a must-have album for those who enjoy compact songs which get to the point quickly.

Carcass' Swansong couldn't be better! - 80%
Written by AM on March 29th, 2003

This is the final album from the band Carcass, who spent the first few years of their career producing grindcore, before settling down in the 1990s. This is almost unrecognisable compared to the earlier material. The album starts with "Keep On Rotting In The Free World" (a reply to the song "Keep On Rocking In The Free World") and carries on the whole album in a similar vein, with songs against things such as fashion, religion, government... you name it! In short, this album is an underrated classic. Fans of early Carcass and grindcore won't like it, but fans of more traditional heavy metal might well find something here to enjoy!

This album still makes me cringe... - 60%
Written by Rottrephile on August 23rd, 2003

Carcass is one of my favorite all-time bands. I do not, however, like this album. I'm not some close-minded "nothing but brutal death fuck anal probe shit blasting metal!!!" freaks, but I still can't make myself appreciate this heavy metal/rock approach. For what it is, Swansong is pretty good. It has some nice heavy riffs that wouldn't be completely out of place in any other heavy metal band. Sadly, I can't get over Jeff Walker's vocals accompanying this style of music. When I think Walker, I don't think heavy metal. The style is completely out of place with this style of music, and it shows.

As for the music itself, I can't say its all that bad. There's an overall nice groove to everything. If I had never heard of Carcass prior to picking this album up, I would have been far less disappointed. That not being the case, I've spent most of my time with these songs imagining a big riff monster to pop up out of nowhere and force me to bang my head thoroughly against the nearest blunt object.

If you're trying to get into Carcass, I would avoid this one until you've gotten a feel for the other, better material. Then again, if you've never heard of Carcass, you're a moron.

NWOBHM for the 1990's! - 95%
Written by Dead1 on February 2nd, 2004

Many Metalheads of the particularly "true" variety do not like this album. Because it is not a 1,000,000,000,000 per mile blast fest that only appeals to 3 people on the entire planet, they call Swansong sellout and other nasty names.

True, compared to Carcass's earlier efforts such as Reek Of Putrefaction and Symphonies Of Sickness, or even Heartwork, Swansong is soft. But this is still a very fine album indeed.

Swansong harkens back to the days of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), its emphasis on great catchy Metal songs mirroring the likes of Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motorhead and other NWOBHM stalwarts. Unlike many Death Metal albums where each song blurs into the next, the songs on Swansong are each unique and easily recognisable.

Though bands such as Entombed have also stripped down thier Death Metal attack, they have all focused on incorporating Punk elements into their music. But Swansong is different in that is still pure metal.

The guitars are pure Bill Steer brilliance, while Jeff Walker's once again shows us why he iwas one of the best vocalists in extreme metal.

So if it's catchy Death infused Heavy Metal you're after, then Swansong is the album for you.

Reek of Patheticness - 20%
Written by Apophis on March 18th, 2004

What on earth happened to Carcass to make them go so unbelievably down the corporate mediocre rock path that they did?

Symphonies Of Sickness, Heartwork and Necroticism were all pretty good albums in their own rights, but it was evident that either the band was losing distinct interest in making music, or just wanted to make the kind of dire mindless crap that fills the tracklisting of Swansong.

The songs, whilst obviously still filled with the trademark gore angles, lack any imagination, hook or anything whatsoever that people already into the band could appreciate.

To give it some sort of perspective, imagine if the quality of the Morbid Angel albums were tapering off after the 3, and the band decided to remedy this by watering down the mix even more and contemplating issuing an accoustic version.
No wonder half the seminal lineup of Carcass aren't even playing / and or give a damn about music anymore.

If you're even contemplating buying this album you're either
A) a Carcass completist
B) desperate
C) in need of some severely better taste in metal
D) have clearly not heard any of the earlier stuff.


This is blatantly an album with no effort put into it whatsoever, which is probably why the tepid response brought about the breakup of the band.

If you must buy Carcass, at least do yourself a favour and stick to anything but this piece of diabolical rubbish.

Wtf - 5%
Written by ConservativeShithead on May 2nd, 2004

What the hell went wrong, they were going so well then BAM!, they hit you with Swansong. This pathetic excuse for an album is some sort of Heavy Rock....So you can imagine my surprise when i brought the CD and got Radio Mainstream Rock. Ok, talking about the album now, Bill Steer does nothing new or exciting on this Album, i was expecting something from him but it didnt happen, the drums are slow and boring, Bass playing is non-exsistent, and the vocals was about the only thing acceptable on this album, they werent good but they had that Death Metal feel to them...if only they had done the same with the rest of the album.

To wrap things up, do not buy this album if you are a Expecting 'Necroticism' or 'Putrefaction' if you do....prepare for a Shock!, for the Heavy Metal rock people this album might interest you...

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=1389

Both the reviews at the bottom are retarded with a capital R.

I see nothing wrong with the review. The only thing I see wrong is these.

1.) You like the album

2.) You hate Shad0w (IMAKESHITTYMUSIC)

No let me delete his review because it doesn't give it a high score. In fact I'm going to delete all reviews that don't conform to the norm.

This was my first review and it somewhat sucks, I didn't put enough effort into it. Could it be wiped? http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=22

The review is minimal but it does tell me that the album is repetive and that most of the songs sound like one certain song. It isn't a classic but I don't believe it's nuke worthy. Nightguant?