http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Cradle_of_Filth/Damnation_and_a_Day/15392/Rottrephile

OK, how the fuck did this piece of shit get approved?! It's just a shitload of senseless bashing of the band instead of actually explaining why the music sucked, overusing the words "faggoth" and stereotyping the members...seriously, who accepted this?

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Amon_Amarth/Surtur_Rising/294761/tcgjarhead

This review of Surtur Rising is quite the stinker, content-wise. The reviewer seems to harbor some misguided notion that AA are an extreme tech death metal band, or something, and then takes offense when - surprise, surprise - they aren't actually that (no idea where he's going with the comparisons to Five Finger Death Punch and Slipknot, total non-sequitur there). I didn't realize anyone still claimed AA as a pure death metal outfit, and equating them to hard rock or "down tuned heavy metal" (which aren't even really similar styles to begin with) is rather farcical whether you love or hate the band.

I could go on - like how picking on a bonus track that isn't on all editions of the album is rather silly - but I think the point is made. Armed with real ammo, a proper 40% review could be so much better than this thing, which literally adds nothing to the already-substantial set of commentary on the album (coincidentally, the other 40% review for this album is also retarded, taking off points for how these songs might sound live and whether it'll be viewed as a classic in the coming years (?!)).

There are some fast picked parts in songs like Tock's Taunt - Loke's Treachery Pt 2 and Destroyer of the Universe which are actually more in line with what you would normally hear in the genre. But for every one of these parts you have stuff like The Last Stand of Frej or their cover of the System of a Down track Aerials.

If I was just told they were melodeath I'd expect something like At the Gates or In Flames, which AA sounds nothing like.

There are plenty of other melodeath sounds that ATG and IF aren't like. C'mon man.

After seeing your complaint I decided to find out if I could see what you are talking about. I'll add in this:



The reviewer gives credit to "Tock's Taunt" for having fast picking it and then goes on to rag against "The Last Stand of Frej" for not having fast picking. The problem is that both songs are structured very similarly and that "The Last Stand of Frej" has one of the longest passages of fast picking on the entire album. The only way a reviewer could have missed that is to have skipped the song before the fast picking comes in (about 90 seconds into the song I believe).

I also have a problem with the bonus track being attributed to the album, that should never happen unless ALL editions of the album come with the bonus track.

Finally, the reviewer says that the album/band is not Melodic Death Metal but are just a heavier version of different genres. Knowing what genre a band/album belongs to is not a subjective opinion, but rather a skill that a person has. The other reviews say that the album/band is Melodic Death Metal. How can we take a review seriously when the reviewer can't even identify what genre the music belongs in, something that MA has determined is not up to opinion?

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Sodom/In_the_Sign_of_Evil/3094/LordYak

This one has very bad grammar in general, very little musical description and a couple typos here and there. I think it should be removed.

See also (a report was made by another user about it): http://www.metal-archives.com/report/vi ... 6/show/all

I'm pretty sure he ran that through a translator. Holy shit that's awful.

For a first album this sounds actually really good. You hear that they're not very rutined as song writers, because some tracks cant capture the interest and feeling of a very good song.

They start of with the great "Black Beast". A poerful song where they show what they can do. Next track is even better and went right up in top 5 songs ever for me. "Energy", as it's called, is one of the best songs I've ever heard, and is more of a heavy metal song rather than a power metal song. Heavy drums, raw and hard guitars and Carlos Escudero on great vocals.
Also the following song "Feelings" is great. Not as good as the other two I've mentioned, but still a very memorable track.
Then there are some songs that's not at all as good as the first three. "Lost Word" is good, but nothing you remember. "Old King´s Visions (Part 1)" is a track I cant understand. Why have they even written it? Very weak effort.
Then follows "Number" and "7". Two tracks that is like one, where the first isn't reallt a song.
The last four songs is like the first three. They're all very good - maybe not as good as the first three but almost - and actually very cool also. The instrumental "The Helmet of War" is great and they shows what they can do with their instruments...

Vhaldemars "Fight To The End" is a very good album and is perfect for a power metal maniac. Though it's a very good album, it is not as good as Red Wines "Hijos del Despertar" and Dark Moors "Gates of Oblivion". Also two spanish bands signed on the same record company, Arise Records.

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Vh%C3%A4ldemar/Fight_to_the_End/13634/

Metal_God's review of Vhaldemar's debut album is completely useless; there is no information on what sort of music the album contains or what it sounds like. The band page says that Vhaldemar play power metal, and the review's one musical detail is that one song sounds more like heavy metal than power metal. You could copy and paste this review to just about any power metal album on the entire site and it would fit just as well.

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Mirrorthrone/Of_Wind_and_Weeping/21571/xx3kage3xx

Really? More bare bones than a dog bone.

I learned that Mirrorthrone is one of some guy's many projects, its songs aren't too long (which is good if I can't listen to long songs), and it uses an Oboe at one point. OH! And it has Female vocals in it somewhere (that makes it darker).

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Old_Silver_Key/Tales_of_Wanderings/315221/philip777

People are getting away with a lot more these days, apparently.

I learned that Old Silver Key is a disappointing collaborative band between (a member each from both?) Alcest and Drudkh, whose label forces these two (men?) to conform to a new gender stereotype, and that they simultaneously set their sights too high and were comfortable with an old songwriting formula. OH! And the production values are rough.


(Honestly this one contains even less musical description than the last)

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Inquisition/Invoking_the_Majestic_Throne_of_Satan/15295/SpectrumRipper
The formatting is also horrible and ultimately the review doesn't give a very clear picture of the music at all. Maybe xexyzl can provide a summary.

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Demoniac_Abasbacation/Zombie_Attack/54008/

What is this I don't even