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Old 05-11-2017, 07:34 PM   #271 (permalink)
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Artist: Ringworm

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Hammer of the Witch

Genre: Metalcore

Year of Release: 2014

Track Listing:

Dawn of Decay: 8/10
Bleed: 8/10
Leave Your Skin at the Door: 9/10
Exit Life: 8/10
Psychic Vampire: 9/10
King of Blood: 8/10
I Recommend Amputation: 8/10
Hammer of the Witch: 9/10
We'll Always Have an End: 8/10
One of Us is Going to Have to Die…: 8/10
Vicious Circle of Life: 8/10
Die Like a Pig: 9/10
Height of Revelation: 9/10
The Wheel (Bonus Track): 9/10
The Nightmare Continues (Bonus Track): 8/10

Final Score: 8.4/10

Pros:
Fantastic vocal delivery, Guitar work is sickeningly cool

Cons:
Some generic moments

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2zBcPs4fZxUW3tNywX1FNU
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Old 05-11-2017, 07:38 PM   #272 (permalink)
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Artist: Royal Blood

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Album Title: Royal Blood

Genre: Alternative Rock

Year of Release: 2014

Track Listing:

Out of the Black: 8/10
Come On Over: 7/10
Figure It Out: 7/10
You Can Be So Cruel: 8/10
Blood Hands: 7/10
Little Monster: 8/10
Loose Change: 8/10
Careless: 7/10
Ten Tonne Skeleton: 9/10
Better Strangers: 7/10

Final Score: 7.7/10

Pros:
Love the vocals, love the energy, love the melodies

Cons:
Everything else is pretty mediocre

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2S5hlvw4CMtMGswFtfdK15
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Artist: Royal Thunder

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Royal Blood

Genre: Alternative Rock (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2017

Track Listing:

Burning Tree: 9/10
April Showers: 8/10
Tied: 7/10
We Slipped: 8/10
The Sinking Chair: 8/10
Plans: 7/10
Anchor: 8/10
WICK: 8/10
Push: 9/10
Turnaround: 7/10
The Well: 7/10
We Never Fell Asleep: 8/10

Final Score: 7.8/10

Pros:
Solid slab of stoner rock, dig the vocals, a lot of interesting moments

Cons:
A little generic in some sections

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Fzq1FQwvYIx8mtUtBYpOD
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Artist: Russian Circles

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Guidance

Genre: Post Rock

Year of Release: 2016

Track Listing:

Asa: 7/10
Vorel: 8/10
Mota: 8/10
Afrika: 8/10
Overboard: 8/10
Calla: 8/10
Lisboa: 8/10

Final Score: 7.9/10

Pros:
Interesting compositions, awesome atmosphere

Cons:
Can get a little boring

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2UskUDH7emQ3nBqhDgGhzj
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Artist: Sleep

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Sleep's Holy Mountain

Genre: Doom Metal (Stoner)

Year of Release: 1992

Track Listing:

Dragonaut: 9/10
The Druid: 8/10
Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme: 8/10
Some Grass: 7/10
Aquarian: 8/10
Holy Mountain: 8/10
Inside the Sun: 8/10
From Beyond: 8/10
Nain's Baptism: 8/10

Final Score: 8/10

Pros:
Lyrics are solid, composition feels organic, great Stoner Doom.

Cons:
Vocals are alright at best.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/0mmHlUummcNkgBxiBZ2Yml
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Artist: Sleep

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Dopesmoker

Genre: Doom Metal (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2003

Track Listing:

Dopesmoker 8/10

Final Score: 8/10

Pros:
Quite the behemoth of a track, Interesting movements within.

Cons:
I mean... It's like the same riff... over and over... (I still think it's great)

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/1u49hpxNCoTCWmJa1NXUZl
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Artist: Slipknot

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: .5 The Gray Chapter

Genre: Alternative Rock (Nu-Metal)

Year of Release: 2014

Track Listing:

XIX: 5/10
Sarcastrophe: 5/10
AOV: 5/10
The Devil in I: 5/10
Killpop: 5/10
Skeptic: 5/10
Lech: 4/10
Goodbye: 5/10
Nomadic: 5/10
The One That Kills the Least: 5/10
Custer: 5/10
Be Prepared for Hell: 4/10
The Negative One: 5/10
If Rain Is What You Want: 5/10

Final Score: 4.9/10

Pros:
Some killer aggression, Dig the vocal delivery, Overall a more mature sound

Cons:
Still kinda annoying in a lot of regards, the generic chugging gets old fast, sappy (I am aware of what the band was going through)

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ApKaazNHf0gzjAYZauexq
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Artist: Spaceslug

Country of Origin: Poland

Album Title: Lemanis

Genre: Doom Metal (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2016

Track Listing:

"Proton Lander: 8/10
Hypermountain: 8/10
Supermassive: 8/10
Galactelion: 9/10
Grand Orbiter: 9/10
Quintessence: 8/10
Lemanis: 9/10

Final Score: 8.4/10

Pros:
Killer riffs, killer vocal delivery, excellent instrumentation on the whole

Cons:
The vocal placement is puzzling at times

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/0258G1Y1oX2X2Ma12iHxfW
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Artist: SQUIDLORD

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: SQUIDLORD

Genre: Doom Metal (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2014

Track Listing:

Discovery: 7/10
On the Whiskey Barrel: 7/10
Washed Up: 7/10
Thrown in Jail (Locked Up): 8/10
Vision of the Phoenix: 8/10
Tide's End: 9/10
Calling Abraxis: 9/10
Vile Edict: 8/10
Soosah's Tavern: 8/10
High as **** (On a Mountain): 8/10
Defeat of the Phoenix: 9/10

Final Score: 8/10

Pros:
Killer guitar work, instrumentals are fantastic

Cons:
Concept is a little tough to convey, world building suffers

Bandcamp Link: https://squidlord.bandcamp.com/album/squidlord-2
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Artist: Steeler

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Steeler

Genre: Heavy Metal

Year of Release: 1983

Track Listing:

Cold Day In Hell: 4/10
Backseat Driver: 3/10
No Way Out: 4/10
Hot On Your Heels: 4/10
Abduction: 4/10
On the Rox: 4/10
Down To The Wire: 4/10
Born to Rock: 4/10
Serenade: 4/10

Final Score: 3.9/10

Pros:
I mean, its competent I guess...

Cons:
Boring, embarrassingly bad

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/6X4xOK2vncouastY92OcYw
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