The barrage of Maiden reviews from Fatal_Metal belie the kid's age and origin. He must've been working on these for quite some time. I don't really think Killers is the 'lost' Maiden album, but hey, overall he did a swell job.

Is it me or did we see an influx of Maiden reviews after the Maiden lp elimination thing that I missed first time 'round?

I meant that there should be a far, far wider disparity between those two.

My usual worship of Gutterscream in his review of the 4-way 'Metal Race' split. Excellent descriptions, analogies, and holistic knowledge, per usual, and a pleasure to read. My only possible complain is about the weird splitting of the reviews, which is neat and aesthetically pleasing, but not that pragmatic. I actually thought that the Cyclone review was the whole thing before I checked the second one on a whim.

I did that so people going to a particular band page isn't stuck with a description of the whole album, but just who they went there for. I thought the '1 of 4' would have alluded there was more to it.

Kab's reviews are excellent. Solid music description, a sense of imagination and the odd witty comment.

The 'Blessed Are The Sick' review is superb. I'll have to read it again when I listen to that album. There is more to it than the usual review.

Much obliged for the feedback.

Yeah, I've been touching down on some of Kab's reviews as well. He seems at ease with florid description (it's easy to come off turgid when writing these, but he shakes it off nicely) and even when he seems to be going a little off the mark (like with the Spanish guy writing English analogy in one of his latest), he still manages to wind it up with relevance. Good stuff.

It did, I'd just never seen division like that before.

Well, you're in luck, 'cause I have another coming up as soon as my buddy fixes my home computer that went kablosh on Monday night (I don't have a turntable here at work, an inconvenience I may be rectifying shortly).

I've read it a few times now and I still don't know if I like the latest Bonded by Blood review - http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=728#80281 - by Ultimate. While he's got a way with words, the critique reminds me of someone trying too hard to dissect the passages of the Bible.

That's pretty artsy for a thrash review.

Goddamn, not again.

Gutterscream's new Candlemass review rocks, as usual. However, I had to mention it since he shares my opinion about Battlecry
Keep it going, man.

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I think you're looking for this thread.

Thanks LJ - did this one at work clandestinely since I still don't have a working home computer.

I really enjoy requiem99's reviews for viking/folk metal albums, especially for Windir's Sóknardalr.

Not that much of a recommendation, but... I admire hells_unicorn for applying the depth of analysis he does to the more traditional corners of Heavy Metal, even if his urge to shoehorn everything into his Objectivist worldview often comes across as rather forced. Case in point - in his review of House of God he makes the case that King Diamond is a fellow follower of Ayn Rand, and not once in his Lost Horizon reviews does he contemplate whether or not their Existentialist lyrics could be influenced by Sartre. (who is obviously much better known than Rand)

I don't particularly enjoy the academic style and grotesque overanalysis, but it does bring up some interesting points.

First off, I loved droneriot's review on Nile's Black Seeds of Vengeance, even though I enjoy Nile to a degree. It's so true, death metal (my favorite genre!) has been on its deathbed for oh so long because of this obsession with brutality. Who will rescue it?

Secondly, Falco, while I may not always agree with him, he pointed me in the direction of some damn good bands. All of his reviews are very insightful.

That's it for my fellating today.

That Erin_Fox guy's review of Naglfar's Pariah is hilarious. It's not really helpful, but it's thesaurus-abusing at its finest.

i read some of that guys stuff (all of it was submitted today ha) and he is a thesaurus abuser, but he's funny and has usually something decent to say, while some other thesaurus abuses try to cloak their lack of what ever it my be (purpose? saying something? just no being good?)

I like his works. There's more on the way. Much more. I believe you can either read them or the Fellowship of the Ring, the choice is yours...

lol, ive read one review by this guy that if you tryed to read in one sitting, it would be about as long as any of the lord of the rings movies

i believe it was on black sabbath's first 8 albums...i forget what site it was....

Thesaurus abusers? Haven't heard that one before...

I like Peregrin's reviews. His new one on Torchure's The Essence is good.

Recommended.

Thanks. To be fair, I had been working on that for a while, but various computer trouble kept me from completing it for some months.

I just read Hells_unicorn's Vulgar Display of Power review and enjoyed it quite a bit. I can't stop laughing at this:

Hilarious review, even if his utter disdain for anything with groove is rather sad.

Nightgaunt's latest is a good read where you'll find a nice string of 'n' alliteration.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=2873

All of ThrashingMetal's reviews.

http://metal-archives.com/userreviews.p ... shingMetal

He brings an *ahem* wonderfully (and inadvertantly) hilarious perspective.

Gabometal86's review for Megadeth's "Risk" is fucking classic!

Peterot writes great reviews of interesting albums. Even when he reviews a band that everyone's heard of, he always chooses a lesser-known album.

I need to write more reviews. When I joined this site several years ago, I submitted reviews with little knowledge of the genre and most of them are totally grandiose. I hate almost all of them. I just reviewed Genevieve by VC and it made me want to write more.

Nile577's first review of Esoteric's 'Epistomological Despondency' made my jaw drop. God damn you, Nile577! Thunder = stolen.

I like this guy's review of Doom:vs - Aeternum Vale.

http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=118432#16620

not the greatest layout or the most memorable prose, but it covers just about everything I want in a review and it's straight to the point.

Too bad he's a closet anus-ite.

Yeah, I noticed that with the Morbid Angel reviews he just did. VERY derivative of Prozak. He should stick with his own voice.

Having your own voice/style is an overlooked and underindulged part of review writing, or writing in general for that matter.

i throughly enjoyed MurderNArson's review of Triviums "The Crusade"

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.ph ... 6926#25795

Kudos to Napero for doing Biomechanical's "The Empires of the Worlds" justice.