The Official Non-Official Album Review Thread

[Dylan]

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=281012&highlight=angels+%26amp%3B+airwaves

This is a much less biased, much better review of that record.

it is biased in the fact that the person writting it was a blink 182 fan and could be influenced by the break up. i would be one to write an un-biased review for anything Ava, Blink 182, or +44 because i never listen to them and nor do i prefer one over the other.

[sum41-freak]

Album: The All Star Session

Tracklist:

1. The Dagger
2. The Enemy
3. Annihilation By The Hands Of God
4. In The Fire
5. The End
6. Tired 'N Lonely
7. Independent (Voice Of The Voiceless)
8. Dawn Of A Golden Age
9. The Rich Man
10. No Way Out
11. Baptized In The Redemption
12. Roads
13. Blood & Flames
14. Constitution Down
15. I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)
16. Army Of The Sun
17. No Mas Control
18. Enemy Of The State

7,5/10 Points.

It`s a mix cd from many metal artists to the 25. brithday from roadrunner records. every metal fan have fun with this cd.

[cool kids]

Band Name - The Ataris
Album Name - End Is Forever

Band Members:
Kris Roe - Guitar And Vocals
Mike Davenport - Bass
Marco Peña - Guitar
Chris Knapp - Drums

End Is Forever is the 3rd full release album by The Ataris. For some people it might take a while to get into it, but it is considered one of there best records. You can listen to this end on end - for forever xD jk - for awhile without getting bored. After the basic 2 verses 2 chorus's most of the songs go into an one minute or so interlude. This is a good album to listen to when youre trying to go to sleep, but its also good when you're trying to get more active or whatever.

Best Songs: "If you really want to hear about it", "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start", "Summer Wind Was Always Our song" and "Fast Times at Drop-Out high"
Long song titles
Worst Song(s) - Hello And Goodbye - just doesnt fit with the rest of the album.

9/10

always wanted to get this album but keep forgeting to buy it lol. so thanks for reminding me.

[sum41-freak]

Metallica - Death Magnetic

1. That Was Just Your Life 10/10
2. The End Of The Line 8/10
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred 8/10
4. The Day That Never Comes 7/10
5. All Nightmare Long 10/10
6. Cyanide 8/10
7. The Unforgiven III 7/10
8. The Judas Kiss 10/10
9. Suicide & Redemption 9/10
10. My Apocalypse 7/10

8,5/10 P. I think it is a great album, typical metallica sound. every songs is good, i can`t find a bad/boring song on this cd!

[LTS]

Chinese Democracy - ∞ (infinite) out of 10.

This is the best album i've ever heard.

[tomhoppus]

Welcome the Night

10/10

Download it if you like rock, pop-punk, hip hop, metal, or country.

[Peterr]

Metallica - Death Magnetic

1. That Was Just Your Life 10/10
2. The End Of The Line 8/10
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred 8/10
4. The Day That Never Comes 7/10
5. All Nightmare Long 10/10
6. Cyanide 8/10
7. The Unforgiven III 7/10
8. The Judas Kiss 10/10
9. Suicide & Redemption 9/10
10. My Apocalypse 7/10

8,5/10 P. I think it is a great album, typical metallica sound. every songs is good, i can`t find a bad/boring song on this cd!

You just gave me a good idea!

[sum41-freak]

1. Kirisute Gomen [Explicit] 5/10
2. Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis [Explicit] 8/10
3. Down From The Sky [Explicit] 9/10
4. Into The Mouth Of Hell We March [Explicit] 9/10
5. Throes Of Perdition 8/10
6. Insurrection [Explicit] 7/10
7. The Calamity [Explicit] 7/10
8. He Who Spawned The Furies 8/10
9. Of Prometheus And The Crucifix 9/10
10. Like Callisto To A Star In Heaven 7/10
11. Shogun 10/10

8/10 Points. it`s a great album by trivium, perfect mix of melodic voice and shouts/scremo! cool mix of Ascendancy and the crusade.

highlights: down from the sky, into the mouth of hell we march, shogun

[iemnaiz]

All Time Low
So Wrong, It's Right

Alexander William Gaskarth - vocals, guitar
Jack Bassam Barakat - guitar, backing vocals
Zachary Steven Merrick - bass, backing vocals
Robert Rian Dawson - drums

best songs:
all except for poppin' champagne.

worst:
poppin' champagne.. i find it stupid

8/10!

[Janet]

Avenged Sevenfold selftitled

Track listing:

1. "Critical Acclaim" – 5:15
2. "Almost Easy" – 3:53
3. "Scream" – 4:48
4. "Afterlife" – 5:53
5. "Gunslinger" - 4:11
6. "Unbound (The Wild Ride)" – 5:11
7. "Brompton Cocktail" – 4:13
8. "Lost" – 5:02
9. "A Little Piece of Heaven" – 8:00
10. "Dear God" – 6:34

Members:

M. Shadows- Lead singer
Zacky Vengeance- Rhythm guitar
The Rev- Drums, vocals
Synyster Gates- Lead guitar
Johnny Christ- Bass

Best Songs:

The whole album is filled good or amazing songs, i can't find a single bad song on it. But if you'd listen to just a few songs, then i'd suggest "Gunslinger", "Afterlife" and "Scream".

If you like the hard rock/ heavy metal genre, then you're going to love this album. Synyster Gates is a fucking god to my eyes when it comes to guitar solos, The Rev has an amazing voice, plus, he plays the drums really really good, like in "Almost Easy", i fell in love with his voice in the song "Afterlife", where he sings a small bit and then does this crazy laugh, it fits in the song perfectly. M. Shadows has a really good voice too.
This album was by far the best music experience of the year, no disappointments at all, that raised Avenged Sevenfold to my top bands of all time.

[Mr_Amsterdam]

Fear Of The Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

* Steven Wilson – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
* Richard Barbieri – keyboards and synthesizers
* Colin Edwin – bass guitars
* Gavin Harrison – drums

1. "Fear of a Blank Planet"
2. "My Ashes"
3. "Anesthetize"
4. "Sentimental"
5. "Way Out of Here"
6. "Sleep Together"

Honestly. I cannot give this album a score. It's like nothing I had heard before. I had never heard of Porcupine Tree until I went to my friend's house and he put this on my iPod. I was so shocked after hearing it all I could do was to play it again.
My favortie song in Anesthetize, which clocks in at 17:42, but it carries on the whole way through delivering all the way up to the last note.
This album in my eyes (or ears to be precise) is perfection that is unequaled in this world. For a Prog album, it charted at 31 in the UK, which is amazing. Not only that but It won the Classic Rock award for album if the year in 2007.
So I refuse to give this album a score because it is an experience that one must take to understand it.

[Peterr]

Welcome the Night

10/10

Download it if you like rock, pop-punk, hip hop, metal, or country.

Artist?

Metallica - Death Magnetic

1. That Was Just Your Life 10/10
2. The End Of The Line 8/10
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred 8/10
4. The Day That Never Comes 7/10
5. All Nightmare Long 10/10
6. Cyanide 8/10
7. The Unforgiven III 7/10
8. The Judas Kiss 10/10
9. Suicide & Redemption 9/10
10. My Apocalypse 7/10

8,5/10 P. I think it is a great album, typical metallica sound. every songs is good, i can`t find a bad/boring song on this cd!

You just gave me a good idea!

I honestly wonder what idea that was...

[I'm A Cunt [*banned*]]

omg blink

[guest]

Welcome the Night

10/10

Download it if you like rock, pop-punk, hip hop, metal, or country.

If you are talking about the ataris album it is no where near a 10/10

[Janet]

So many new albums and no reviews. I guess i have to start then



Billy Talent- Billy Talent III

Track listing:

1. "Devil On My Shoulder"
2. "Rusted From The Rain"
3. "Saint Veronika"
4. "Tears Into Wine"
5. "White Sparrows"
6. "Pocketful Of Dreams"
7. "The Dead Can't Testify"
8. "Diamond On A Landmine"
9. "Turn Your Back"
10. "Sudden Movements"
11. "Definition Of Destiny"

Members:

Benjamin Kowalewicz- Lead singer
Ian D'Sa- Guitar/ Vocals
Jonathan Gallant- Bass
Aaron Solowoniuk- Drums

Good songs:

Rusted From The Rain, White Sparrows, Tears Into Wine, Diamond On A Landmine

Bad songs:

None, but the one's i usually skip are Dead Can't Testify and Pocketful Of Dreams, they are nothing special, not bad.

8/10
I've been a huge BT fan for ages and i've got to say, this album was everything i expected from them. Some of the bands i listen have changed their sound with their new albums, but not Billy Talent and that's why i love them, no disappointments.
Some of the songs from III are also the best from Billy Talent, for me, at least, one of them is "White Sparrows", it's the one song i can't stop listening. The III is very similar to it's predecessors, i think no fan of Billy Talent can call it a bad album.
Probably the only minus of the album was the long wait, then again, good things are worth waiting for.

[Hentaiman]

^
I think somehow it wasn't worth the long wait, cuz it was a very good album in fact, but not as HUGE and AMAZING like I expected it to be. Plus, the first one was better, but this one is up there with the second.
I have to say Saint Veronika is probably the best song on this album, along with Tears Into Wine, that one is great too, and I also seem to always skip Pocketful of Dreams and The Dead Can't Tastify, I agree they aren't bad or something... they are just meh... good album though, I'm listening to it in loops now. Oh, I also seem to skip Sudden Movements, dunno why haha.

[Janet]

Indeed, i have to agree that it wasn't amazing, then again, the first album (under the name Billy Talent) might've been amazing because it was new, we were just discovering their sound, but now they haven't changed a lot during the next two albums, that's probably why the new album isn't insanely great, we've heard it before. To be honest, i didn't expect anything amazing from them, i expected a good album, like the previous two and that's exactly what i got and i'm pretty happy about it.
Ah yes, i forgot to mention Saint Veronika, it's a really good song as well, perhaps i need to listen to Pocketful Of Dreams and Dead Can't Testify again from start to finish and they might even grow on me. But the most important fact is that there are a lot more good songs than mediocre songs. :)

[Hentaiman]

^

Yeah thats true. The Dead Can't Testify isn't that bad, its chorus is quite catchy but all around the chorus is kinda boring. Pocket of Dreams is kinda boring and Sudden Movements annoys me hahaha.
So I agree it has more good songs than mediocre but then again, I somewhy really expected this album to be outstanding and I dunno why, it was a long wait time, but then again, when I got into BT It was in around 2004 with the first album, then I forgot about them until around 2006 when I heard Fallen Leaves. After that I became a big fan of both albums and since 2006 I've been waiting till now for this album so I guess I expected something amazing, something in the vein of Devil In A Midnight Mass or Red Flag, I don't want to compare it to the first self-titled album cuz that one was amazing, I loved every song of it, and yeah, it was so new and original then. This album delivers the job but just leaves me with a few songs stuck (TEARS INTO WINE for example, which will become a BT classic I'm sure!). Also, I think this album is really short, and I can't wait to hear the Rusted from the Rain b-side and that iTunes bonus track.

[shadowred3]

album
silent alarm

band
bloc party

gener
post-punk

this is one of the best albums i've heard in a long time, every song is unique in its own way and the track list is set in a way where the music takes you on a journey. i first heard about them in a interview with mark hoppmus i saw on youtube, he too was talking bout how baddass this album was.

this is one of those albums that you put on and it puts you in a good mood. they sort of sound like angels and airwaves except instead of having all the special effects, all the sounds are made with guitars. its like the cure with more spunk.

best tracks
helicopter (listen to this if you want a good tate of what thier like)
so here we are
pioneers
like eating glass

not so good tracks
price of gas
complimants

9/10

[shadowred3]

All Time Low
So Wrong, It's Right

Alexander William Gaskarth - vocals, guitar
Jack Bassam Barakat - guitar, backing vocals
Zachary Steven Merrick - bass, backing vocals
Robert Rian Dawson - drums

best songs:
all except for poppin' champagne.

worst:
poppin' champagne.. i find it stupid

8/10!

dont usualy like the whole super pop punk thing but these guys are all right. but how do you not like popping champain??