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Artist: Arcturus

Country of Origin: Norway

Album Title: Arcturian

Genre: Progressive Metal (Avant-Garde)

Year of Release: 2015

Track Listing:

The Arcturian Sign: 7/10
Crashland: 7/10
Angst: 7/10
Warp: 8/10
Game Over: 7/10
Demon: 6/10
Pale: 6/10
The Journey: 6/10
Archer: 6/10
Bane: 7/10

Final Score: 6.7/10

Pros:
Interesting synth work here and there to break up the sound. Dig the vocals quite a bit.

Cons:
Not exactly weird or exciting, just solid prog metal.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5yJ9F1Md1I14N0r1LcIF58

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Artist: At the Gates

Country of Origin: Sweden

Album Title: Slaughter of the Soul

Genre: Death Metal (Melodic)

Year of Release: 1995

Track Listing:

Blinded by Fear: 10/10
Slaughter of the Soul: 9/10
Cold: 9/10
Under a Serpent Sun: 10/10
Into the Dead Sky: 7/10
Suicide Nation: 10/10
World of Lies: 9/10
Unto Others: 9/10
Nausea: 9/10
Need: 8/10
The Flames of the End: 7/10


Final Score: 8.8/10

Pros:
Excellent guitar work, love the vocals and emotion behind them, Tight song writing.

Cons:
Lyrics kind of suck on a few of the tracks, maybe a little too polished.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/1m0px7K5tJndjxU6RIuL8U

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Artist: Baroness

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Red Album

Genre: Sludge Metal

Year of Release: 2007

Track Listing:

Rays on Pinion: 9/10
The Birthing: 8/10
Isak: 9/10
Wailing Wintry Wind: 9/10
Cockroach En Fleur: 8/10
Wanderlust: 9/10
Aleph: 9/10
Teeth of a Cogwheel: 9/10
O'Appalachia: 9/10
Grad: 9/10

Final Score: 8.8/10

Pros:
Love the vocals, melodies are cool, Solid sludge.

Cons:
Lacks a bit of edge on some tracks.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7HjDc1R38sIpwbKHOrbBNR

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Artist: Baroness

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Purple

Genre: Sludge Metal (Alt Rock)

Year of Release: 2015

Track Listing:

Morningstar: 10/10
Shock Me: 10/10
Try to Disappear: 9/10
Kerosene: 10/10
Fugue: 9/10
Chlorine & Wine: 10/10
The Iron Bell: 9/10
Desperation Burns: 10/10
If I Have to Wake Up (Would You Stop the Rain?): 10/10


Final Score: 9.7/10

Pros:
Fantastic Comeback, Great emotion, executed near perfectly on every track.

Cons:
Very little to complain about...

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/25FRZSpdZCczTURlAcMm6r

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Artist: Beastie Boys

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Licensed to Ill

Genre: Hip Hop

Year of Release: 1986

Track Listing:

Rhymin & Stealin: 9/10
The New Style: 9/10
She's Crafty: 9/10
Posse in Effect: 8/10
Slow Ride: 9/10
Girls: 7/10
Fight for Your Right: 8/10
No Sleep till Brooklyn: 8/10
Paul Revere: 8/10
Hold It Now, Hit It: 8/10
Brass Monkey: 8/10
Slow and Low: 9/10
Time to Get Ill: 8/10

Final Score: 8.3/10

Pros:
Creative, energetic, fun record

Cons:
The constant name dropping gets on my nerves a little.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/11oR0ZuqB3ucZwb5TGbZxb

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Artist: Behemoth

Country of Origin: Poland

Album Title: The Satanist

Genre: Black Metal (Blackened Death)

Year of Release: 2014

Track Listing:

Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel: 8/10
Furor Divinus: 9/10
Messe Noire: 8/10
Ora pro Nobis Lucifer: 8/10
Amen: 8/10
The Satanist: 9/10
Ben Sahar: 8/10
In the Absence ov Light: 8/10
O Father O Satan O Sun!: 8/10


Final Score: 8.2/10

Pros:
Well Produced, Great songwriting, Excellent composition

Cons:
A little light on the insanity I was expecting from this album

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7l0L2YHlQwAyI4QyZTIWGS

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Artist: Between the Buried and Me

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Colors

Genre: Progressive Metalcore

Year of Release: 2007

Track Listing:

Foam Born (A) The Backtrack: 8/10
Foam Born (B) The Decade of Statues: 9/10
Informal Gluttony: 10/10
Sun of Nothing: 10/10
Ants of the Sky: 10/10
Prequel to the Sequel: 10/10
Viridian: 8/10
White Walls: 10/10


Final Score: 9.4/10

Pros:
Killer Instrumentation, Grandiose Style that does not feel over the top, Excellent vocals.

Cons:
Certain tracks don't resonate as much as others.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/50D1KdZhQ3Zgen8o4QrloQ

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Artist: Between the Buried and Me

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Coma Ecliptic

Genre: Progressive Metalcore

Year of Release: 2015

Track Listing:

Node: 8/10
The Coma Machine: 8/10
Dim Ignition: 8/10
Famine Wolf: 8/10
King Redeem/Queen Serene: 8/10
Turn On The Darkness: 9/10
The Ectopic Scroll: 9/10
Rapid Calm: 8/10
Memory Palace: 10/10
Option Oblivion: 8/10
Life In Velvet: 8/10


Final Score: 8.4/10

Pros:
Killer Instrumentation, Excellent vocals, Drawn out story

Cons:
Some experiments go a little awry at points.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/565p3zaZbgQ0VkdIg8Xbxn

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Artist: Billy Talent

Country of Origin: Canada

Album Title: Dead Silence

Genre: Alternative Rock (Pop Punk)

Year of Release: 2012

Track Listing:

Lonely Road to Absolution: 7/10
Viking Death March: 8/10
Surprise Surprise: 8/10
Runnin' Across the Track: 7/10
Love Was Still Around: 8/10
Stand Up and Run: 7/10
Crooked Minds: 7/10
Man Alive!: 8/10
Hanging By a Thread: 7/10
Cure For the Enemy: 8/10
Don't Count On the Wicked: 8/10
Show Me The Way: 8/10
Swallowed By The Ocean: 8/10
Dead Silence: 8/10

Final Score: 7.6/10

Pros:
Catchy melodies, some interesting guitar work

Cons:
Nothing too terribly exciting.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2h3Oxa7fuSbE0b1KudwbaS

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Artist: Bison B.C.

Country of Origin: Canada

Album Title: Quiet Earth

Genre: Heavy Metal (Stoner/Sludge)

Year of Release: 2008

Track Listing:

Primal Emptiness of Outerspace: 7/10
Dark Towers: 7/10
Slow Hand of Death: 8/10
Wendigo Pt.1 (Quest for Fire): 8/10
These Are My Dress Clothes: 7/10
Wendigo Pt.2 (Cursed to Roam): 7/10
Medication: 7/10
Quiet Earth: 7/10

Final Score: 7.3/10

Pros:
Mastodon Sized Sludge fest

Cons:
Complete Rip off of Mastodon.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5TeMhV0Z7SuKYGe8b2L6yf