The Identity Matrix Presents: Listening Log 2017

The Identity Matrix · 05-12-2017, 11:53 PM

Artist: Wasted Doom

Country of Origin: Germany

Album Title: Anger Your Neighbors!!

Genre: Electronic (EBM/Synthwave)

Year of Release: 1987

Track Listing:

Hot Rod: 6/10
Videogewalt: 6/10
Hijacked Plane: 4/10
Prediction: 7/10

Final Score: 5.8/10

Pros:
Interesting Samples, Cool industrial parts

Cons:
Pretty tame and boring

So I can't find anything but youtube for this one: https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ry=wasted+doom

Only three of the four tracks seem to be available right now. The missing one is Prediction, which in my opinion was the best track. If anyone has any luck finding the vid for it, let me know.

The Identity Matrix · 05-12-2017, 11:57 PM

Artist: Wormed

Country of Origin: Spain

Album Title: Krighsu

Genre: Death Metal (Technical/Brutal)

Year of Release: 2016

Track Listing:

Pseudo-Horizon: 8/10
Neomorph Mindkind: 8/10
Agliptian Codex Cyborgization: 9/10
The Singularitarianism: 9/10
Eukaryotic Hex Swarm: 8/10
Computronium Pulsar Nanarchy: 9/10
A-Life Omega Point: 9/10
57889330816,1: 8/10
Zeroth-Energy Graviton: 9/10
Molecular Winds: 9/10

Final Score: 8.6/10

Pros:
Fantastic aesthetic and technical prowess

Cons:
Vocals are hit or miss

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/4I0z9u2oFYYmCzr31Xc0v4

The Identity Matrix · 05-13-2017, 12:01 AM

Artist: Xoth

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Invasion of the Tentacube

Genre: Death Metal (Melodic/Blackened)

Year of Release: 2016

Track Listing:

Tentacles of Terror: 7/10
Antediluvian Annihilation: 9/10
Terramorphosis: 8/10
Transcending the Energy Harvest: 7/10
Invasion of the Tentacube: 8/10
Digital Mausoleum: 8/10
Ancient Sentient Ooze: 8/10
Universal Death: 9/10
Consciousness Void: 7/10

Final Score: 7.9/10

Pros:
Melodies are spot on. Love the atmosphere and imagery of the band

Cons:
Middle of the record seems to lag a little

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5klbPLGqVEYcRNy2UcPyBo

The Identity Matrix · 05-13-2017, 12:08 AM

Artist: Zeal & Ardor

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Devil is fine

Genre: Black Metal (Avant-Garde)

Year of Release: 2017

Track Listing:

Devil is Fine: 5/10
In Ashes: 4/10
Sacrilegium I: 2/10
Come on Down: 6/10
Children's Summon: 5/10
Sacrilegium II: 3/10
Blood in the River: 5/10
What is a Killer Like You Gonna Do Here?: 4/10
Sacrilegium III: 3/10

Final Score: 4.1/10

Pros:
Interesting concepts, dig the lighter side of black metal idea

Cons:
It just doesn't work, this isn't that Avant-garde, extremely weak interludes

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5Oc87gybQZkVeqogIFXzMd

The Identity Matrix · 05-13-2017, 12:11 AM

Alright.... so that is all of the albums that I have listened to up to when I started this thread. Certain albums obviously got put in, like Nightlands, because of their spot alphabetically. I am now going to go back and add everything that was listened to while I was importing from my database. Once that is done, posts will revert to whenever I finish an entry in my little database on my computer.

EDIT: Also one thing to note: this database I am working on was started towards the end of March. So a lot of albums that I have listened to this year are not on there. I plan on going back to quite a few of those, mainly the 2017 releases, in order to fill out what is missing. So if I talked about an album earlier and it's not on here, it doesn't mean I didn't listen to it, its just that it was listened to prior to the inception of this thread.