tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41088168399841570692012-01-26T14:51:11.131+10:00Brutally honest reviews on the latest metal and hard rock albums. Don't expect some sugar coated tripe. I delve deep and tell you exactly why the CD you like probably sucks! Remember, the only opinion that matters is mine!Groxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10197864347862600007noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4108816839984157069.post-41676183937923610682008-12-08T18:49:00.006+10:002008-12-10T16:43:45.829+10:00

Release Date: 09/16/2008Label: Velvet HammerCall me naive but I really don’t get this album. On the plus side....It sounds nothing like Taproot’s rap rock influenced earlier releases, but on the negative side....it’s just not that memorable! There are some good moments...but the majority of the album has been heard before.“Our Long Road Home” is an album I have eagerly been anticipating for some

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Release Date: 12/16/2008Label: Decaydance RecordsThe last remaining scrap of Fall Out Boys original punk sound was defiantly shown on 2007’s “Infinity On High”. Now... just under two years later, “Folie à Deux” shows a much more 80’s pop influenced band. Due to the success of songs such as ”I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)” , “Thnks fr th Mmrs" and all

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Release Date: 08/26/2008Label: Roadrunner RecordsSlipknot is one of those bands that people like because a lot of other people like them... and those other people like them because they a lot of other, other people like them... and those other, other people like them because they wear masks....and masks are cool.....right?One of the first things I noticed when listening to “All Hope Is Gone” is

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Release Date: 09/20/2008Label: Village Roadshow Music“Final Conversation Of Kings” has been referred to as a big step forward for The Butterfly Effect. Well if adding a trumpet to a few songs is a step forward they The Mighty Mighty Bosstones would still be tearing up the charts today! But where are The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? Who gives a shit?! They sucked more than a Chinese hooker!I want to

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Release Date: 09/12/2008Label: Warner Bros. RecordsThe vast majority of Metallica “fans” already hated this album long before its release date. Internet message boards have been clogged with the faint squeals of these nerds saying “Metallica is dead”, “They haven’t been good since Justice”, “To convert to a level three monk you need the blue key!”, the usual dribble that comes prior to any

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Release Date: 11/18/2008Label: Epic RecordsI find it hard to imagine anyone listing Mudvayne as their favourite band ever! It's about as likely as someone listing David Spade as their all time favourite actor. Sure, they both have their golden moments, but anyone who would consider them "favourites" really isn't looking hard enough!The Immediate thing you will notice when spinning "The New Game"

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Release Date: 11/13/2007Label: RelapseThe Dillinger Escape Plan have always been a very unique band. They were the originators of mathcore, a style of metalcore recognized for a high level of technical musicianship, odd time signatures and unusual song structures. Though this may not be reason enough for people to pay them any attention, I assure you that any attention they receive is defiantly

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Release Date: 30/10/2007 Label: Warner Bros. RecordsI’ve been eagerly awaiting this album for some time now. Avenged Sevenfold have to be one of my favorite bands, and what they have done for the hard rock and metal scene of late is astounding. Sure, they have their haters! Of course they do! They were on MTV, which is a huge demerit considering they are essentially a metal band. Right? No…being

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Release Date: 10/09/2007Label: Universal Republic RecordsAlter Bridge are back with album number two…but does it deserve your attention?I would say that minor attention is deserved. The fact is, if you liked “One Day Remains” you will probably like “Blackbird” too. Most of the songs are attacked in much the same way….although one could say this album is slightly (very slightly) heavier than

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Release Date: 05/21/2007Label: Hevy Devy RecordsWhat the shit is this? In the simplest explanation I can possibly write this would be a concept album from Devon Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) about a guitar playing alien arriving on Earth in search of the perfect cup of coffee. So you know…the usual kind of thing. I haven’t really heard anything like this before. In fact, one could say this is

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Release Date: 09/18/2007Label: Sire RecordsThis is it! This is the HIM album all the fans are raving about! Apparently this is HIM’s best album to date! If only all fans were as easy to please as HIM fans. If this is HIM’s best work I shudder to even think what their previous albums would sound like.HIM come from a little country called Finland. Finland is also the home of the largest, and third

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Release Date: 09/25/2007Label: Williams Street Since Dethklok are a fictional band the only way to write a review would be to use fictional words to describe it. Therefore all fictional words shall be highlighted in red.The Dethalbum is quite possibly the snopliest album of all time. From the moment you press play to the moment you press stop you are bombarded with pharmaticular bomboozlement!

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Release Date: 02/06/2007Label: Mercury I get very sick of people hating bands just because its cool to do so. Bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, The Used and Fall Out Boy are all getting constantly slagged because of their successful careers. Give me a reason to hate them! Don't just tell me their music is shit! Why is it shit? I can tell you now, Atreyu's music is shit because they went

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Max Martin is probably not a name you are familiar with. In fact, it’s likely that eighty percent of you have never even heard of him. Strangely enough, he is a Grammy nominated artist with a string of number one hits. So why don’t you know him? Well that’s because he is a songwriter, not a performer. He has written an extensive list of songs for artists such as Britney Spears, The Backstreet

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Release Date: 09/25/2007Label: RCAEchoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is defiantly not the Foo Fighters at their best, nor is it them at their worst. This would fall somewhere in the middle.The main problem I have with this release is that most of the songs are set out in the same way. The vast majority begin softly and build slowly into a huge rock anthem. If done well this can produce an amazing

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Release Date: 09/11/2007Label: Rock Ridge Music It’s happened so many times before…a member from a hugely successful band decides to try their luck at a solo career. In some case it works well, i.e. Eric Clapton & Phil Collins…but in other cases it’s a horrible failure i.e. Billy Corgan & any one of the Spice Girls! My guess is that Chris Volz will fall somewhere below the ‘horrible failure’

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Release Date: 05/22/2007Label: Reprise RecordsLike we really needed to hear another album by another band that sounds the same as everyone else these days. But I guess The Used were one of the first to utilize this particular style of music so I should give them a chance.Lies For The Liars actually isn’t as bad as I was expecting it to be. That’s not to say that its good, but I was expecting a

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Release Date: 06/19/2007Label: Ipecac RecordingsLets start this by saying I love Mike Patton’s work. He is doing things with music that most people wouldn’t even dream of doing. With countless projects up his sleeve it was only a matter of time before they all sounded the same.Tomahawk have often been referred to as Mike Patton’s most accessible band….The only project of his that has any chance

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Release Date: 04/10/2007Label: Bieler Bros. RecordsThis album proves exactly why the music industry sucks! What we have here is possibly one of the most enjoyable listens you will ever experience…and yet, most of you have probably never even heard of Karnivool. Granted, they are from Australia which probably doesn’t help much, but even in their home country they are relatively unknown. That’s

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Release Date: 06/05/2007Label: Roadrunner RecordsLike most Dream Theater albums I listen to there is really nothing on this disc that jumps out at me. Sure, Dream Theater have had some unbelievably well constructed songs but sometimes it’s just a little too much. It’s like having a monkey (which is good), putting him on a unicycle (which is better), making him juggle bananas (which is unbeatably

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I was watching a television show today. It was one of those music shows where you can make requests for them to play what you want to see. What a great concept for a show! If only the general public weren’t such narrow-minded idiots!Essentially we have a television program which allows us to view and hear music that we probably don’t get to hear very often because radio stations and such wont

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Release Date: 09/25/2007Label: IndependantIt has been five years since the last album by Down and they sure have progressed a lot since then! Over The Under is the most satisfying surprise I’ve had all year! I went in with the lowest of expectations. Down’s second album, ‘A Bustle In Your Hedgerow’ did nothing for me, and recent supergroups (cough cough Hellyeah) haven’t released anything worth

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Release Date: 08/21/2007Label: Suicide SqueezeI’m in a love/hate relationship with this album. On one hand, I don’t particularly enjoy the songs…but on the other, I can’t stop listening to it. It’s kind of like becoming friends with a red-haired kid. You hate everything that he is and everything that he stands for….but he does have an Xbox!There is no particular high point of this album, as there

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Release Date: 07/21/2007Label: Universal RecordsFor their fifth album, Grinspoon have decided to follow in the success of other Australian bands such as Jet and Wolfmother, by writing a more simplistic rock album….as apposed to one that is actually any good. Alibis and Other Lies seems like a very safe album to make and frankly not what I was expecting from ‘The Grinners”I remember when I first

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Release Date: 03/27/2007Label: Roadrunner RecordsI’ve been a fan of Machine Head for a long time now. The first thing I heard said about this album was “It’s a total return to form!” I hear that so often about so many different bands these days that I decided not to let myself get too excited. After all….remember when Metallica returned to form with St. Anger?Anyways after listening to this

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Release Date: 08/28/2007Label: Hollywood RecordsSell-out is a term that gets thrown around so much these days. For those who don't know, selling out refers to the compromising of one's integrity, morality and principles in exchange for money, success or other personal gain. I hate the word sell-out as hard rock fans tend to use it without fully understanding its meaning. These days I hear a lot

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Release Date: 07/17/2007Label: Suburban Noize Records(hed) p.e's style of music can be quite hard to categorize. Much like a donkey can be quite hard to play Canasta with. I'm gonna go ahead and label it 'hard rock-izzle', or 'H-Rizzle' for short. The intriguing blend of hard rock and rap. Many bands have done it before....very few have lasted. But with 13 years and 7 albums up their sleeves it

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Release Date: 08/07/2007Label: Eleven Seven Records I put this CD in my stereo with low expectations. I've always wanted to like Drowning Pool right from the start. I hear a song of theirs that I like and instantly I think the entire CD will be just as good. It never is! So with these thoughts I placed the album slowly into my CD player and.....SHIT!This album seriously brings the meh! I gave it

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Release Date: 10/10/2006Label: Roadrunner RecordsWow! The new Metallica album sure is a return to form! This is Metallica at their best! They have finally returned to their brilliant 'Master of Puppets' days!If you wish the above statement was true...it can be. Here is what i did. Take a pen. Cross out the word Trivium from the album cover. Replace with the word Metallica. And voilà you have

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