I'm also happy to see Feast of the Damned reviewing again! His write-up of Night Stealer was a lot of fun and very intriguing, I've definitely got Savaged on my radar now.

(In other news, our wizardly Dark Drow intimidator and paragonic Bard persuader are finally on the verge of defeating that ole Giant Brain in Baldurland.)

New Scanner - The Cosmic Race review incoming. I was suprised on how good the album was despite its minor flaws. Literally, every chorus and vocal melody will stay in your head. Also The Earth Song is an S tier Scanner and power metal song in my opinion!!

Have donated a few of my MA reviews to a zine and they're asking me if I can review something new/recent. It's been over 10 years since I last did a on-demand/request review so would love some pointers on reviewing in a short period of time. I get to pick the new release myself but will need to have it done in 2/3 weeks, usually with MA reviews I take as long as I feel.

Probably play the album (or at least a few songs) every day. If nothing else, you'll work out quite fast whether you like it or not.

Also, kinda curious about that Valley of the Damned album he supposedly wrote and keeps referencing, though I think I know what happened with it.

Funny enough I was hoping to get some advice specifically from you two so that worked very well.

I'm digging your Ostrogoth review, nightbreaker, and am going to duly check 'em out!

he actually interviewed Bobby L.? I want to hear all about it!

Sorry to double post.
This was a thought from a month ago, but I was really digging Morbert's grind reviews. She has gone very in depth with Agathocles and other bands, and then I realized most of them are from like 2007!? She gets very technical, which is different than a lot of her contemporaries who kept it short and sweet. She recently refurbished a few of her reviews (with a few new ones) as I was doing my short grind series and just wanted to shout her out, great reviewer.

Demon Fang's recent run of Trivium reviews have been great reads. Neither too critical or praiseworthy, focusing on the music and where/why it hits home or falls short. I definitely get a sense of how the band evolved throughout their career as well.

It slays from the putrid review that this got previously from another user.

40% from an annihilation like this is quite a pretty poor rating that definitely is off-base with no critical efficacy.

Dictionary example of a counter review

Hey twist! I'm glad to catch you here as I believe Nausika's greatly revealing Hebi Katana review demands some accompanied stewardship - as in, the Tokyo dynamo's super nasal and groovy as Hell III album rules, and is right up our collective alley...(hint, hint!)

The review he wrote for the new Midnight album telling Athenar how to run his own band cracked me up. It’s been going for nearly two decades now, I think the guy knows what he’s doing and the guys he recruits for it no doubt understand the assignment.

Even if we assume some ESL leniency (and getting on in years if her profile age is correct) her reviews usually read like soon-to-be-purged relics from the aughts and that one is no exception. There's also those funny non-sequiturs like: "They've got a pretty big fan base being from Ohio."

That review is fucking terrible. Plays out like a series of one line statements, no flow to it and just horrible to read.

Great writing by Nattskog7 on Attic's new album, I listened to it today as well. Awesome Teutonic, ritualistic heavy metal with a truly King Diamond-summoning falsetto.

That describes most Orbitball reviews. Check out the Overkill - The Grinding Wheel one.