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Old 05-07-2017, 04:16 PM   #111 (permalink)
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Artist: Havok

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Conformacide

Genre: Thrash Metal

Year of Release: 2017

Track Listing:

F.P.C.: 7/10
Hang 'Em High: 8/10
Dogmaniacle: 7/10
Intention to Decieve: 7/10
Ingsoc: 8/10
Masterplan: 7/10
Peace Is In Pieces: 6/10
Claiming Certainty: 7/10
Wake Up: 7/10
Circling the Drain: 7/10

Final Score: 7.1/10

Pros:
Some nice bass work, Some solid riffs, Dig the aggression

Cons:
It's really nothing new, the lyrics are god awful.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/6GI3M1qTLgDNNcZCTzgWEQ
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Old 05-07-2017, 04:24 PM   #112 (permalink)
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Artist: Head Machine

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Album Title: Orgasm

Genre: Hard Rock (Psychedelic)

Year of Release: 1969

Track Listing:

Climax/You Tried to Take It All: 9/10
Make the Feeling Last: 7/10
You Must Come With Me: 9/10
The Girl Who Loved, the Girl Who Loved: 7/10
Orgasm: 9/10
The First Time: 7/10
Scattering Seeds: 9/10

Final Score: 8.1/10

Pros:
Classic sound, Dig the songwriting, vocals are good.

Cons:
Has a little bit of filler

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5DO9yk7Ck5QTD07DKGCuu0
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Old 05-07-2017, 06:56 PM   #113 (permalink)
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**** yes on Hail Spirit Noir. All three of their albums have been getting quite a bit of play in the last few months.
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**** yes on Hail Spirit Noir. All three of their albums have been getting quite a bit of play in the last few months.
I have yet to dive into their most recent. The first two however are fantastic. Love the sound those guys put out.
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Artist: Helloween

Country of Origin: Germany

Album Title: Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1

Genre: Power Metal

Year of Release: 1987

Track Listing:

Initiation/I'm Alive: 8/10
A Little Time: 8/10
Twilight of the Gods: 9/10
A Tale That Wasn't Right: 8/10
Future World: 9/10
Halloween: 9/10
Follow the Sign: 8/10

Final Score: 8.4/10

Pros:
Some great melody, Solid production, theme is on point

Cons:
Some vocal passages come off pretty weak

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2UHFdmz05GmEY0J0ZbuMBp
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Artist: High on Fire

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Snakes for the Divine

Genre: Sludge Metal (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2010

Track Listing:

Snakes for the Divine: 10/10
Frost Hammer: 9/10
Bastard Samurai: 10/10
Ghost Neck: 8/10
The Path: 9/10
Fire Flood and Plague: 8/10
How Dark We Pray: 10/10
Holy Flames of the Firespitter: 9/10

Final Score: 9.1/10

Pros:
Fantastic guitar work, killer vocal delivery

Cons:
the middle of the record lags behind ever so slightly in energy compared to the bookends

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/3qt1Ykf0kMEyBw4i9R8JFO
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Artist: Hollywood Undead

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Notes From the Underground

Genre: Alternative Hip-Hop (rap rock/horror core)

Year of Release: 2013

Track Listing:

Dead Bite: 3/10
From the Ground: 3/10
Another Way Out: 3/10
Lion: 3/10
We Are: 4/10
Pigskin: 1/10
Rain: 4/10
Kill Everyone: 3/10
Believe: 3/10
Up in Smoke: 3/10
Outside: 4/10
Medicine: 4/10
One More Bottle: 4/10
Delish: 3/10

Final Score: 3.2/10

Pros:
Some songs are kind of humorous (I guess), Some melodies are passable, I've heard worse

Cons:
Immature, boring, production is pretty bad (super compressed)

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/15lJDiNH3kFh7uY3E9TEqM
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Artist: In Flames

Country of Origin: Sweden

Album Title: The Jester Race

Genre: Death Metal (Melodic)

Year of Release: 1995

Track Listing:

Moonshield: 9/10
The Jester's Dance: 8/10
Artifacts of the Black Rain: 8/10
Graveland: 8/10
Lord Hypnos: 9/10
Dead Eternity: 8/10
The Jester Race: 8/10
December Flower: 8/10
Wayfaerer: 7/10
Dead God in Me: 8/10
Goliaths Disarm Their Davids (Bonus Track): 8/10
Gyroscope (Bonus Track): 7/10

Final Score: 8.1/10

Pros:
Killer Instrumentation, Grandiose style that does not feel over the top, Awesome lyrics and vocal delivery

Cons:
Production is kind of weak, instrumentals can be a damper on the album

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/4xLwdPJXwzy4yDUR3DtYio
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If you wanna listen to better horrorcore (didn't even know Hollywood Undead qualified) then check out old Esham. Horrorcore has a pretty shallow pool of worthwhile artists, and it took me a bit to be able to get into Esham, but he's pretty ****ing nice. He kinda maybe invented the genre to boot.


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If you wanna listen to better horrorcore (didn't even know Hollywood Undead qualified) then check out old Esham. Horrorcore has a pretty shallow pool of worthwhile artists, and it took me a bit to be able to get into Esham, but he's pretty ****ing nice. He kinda maybe invented the genre to boot.


I'll put it on the list. Thanks for the rec. Horrorcore is far from my type of music, but this is not bad so I'll still give it a shot.
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