I also never got over that ridiculous review of Deathspell Omega's album by Kruel.

That new De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas review makes my piss boil. Varg should've killed Attila aswell, because his vocals were the album's weakest link? I couldn't read past that. I'll probably write more once I've calmed down.

Edit: I can't really read the review, it makes me angry the instant I try. This guy bought a pirate DMDS that contained something else than the actual album.

Don't forget that I'm more serious about review quality than DsO are about ideology. Yeah, Kruel's reviews were accepted and remain on the site. If you submit lame, shitty troll reviews for the sake of doing so they'll be rejected more times than my opinions on Summoning and Illud Divinum Insanus have been criticized.

I've had the impression that he's simply pretty careful with the ratings, meaning that if he gives something 90+ then it means "seriously fucking awesome", while "really good" is 70+ in his reviews usually.

Eh, it's a gimmicky way to put it, but the opinion that Attila hurts the album is far from new or uncommon. They've always been divisive. Most either think they're shit or the greatest thing in the history of black metal. I for one agree they sound pretty crappy (expect the operatic vocals on the title track).

Anyone else find it amusing that erebuszine seems to be reviewing his entire collection in alphabetical order?

Resubmitting previously published works in alphabetical order. According to his bio, he's done this over 14 years. It would be nice if his punctuation was proper though.

EDIT: Should have posted this in the review feedback thread, oh well.

The note progressions are somber and vile simultaneously, like lazy Elder Gods slumming around in their pajamas

The rhythm guitars batter you through the first few tracks, and never let up with their ominous chugging and a dark sense of humor.

crashing, grooving curvature

Dolan's bass playing has improved here, maintaining its clearly audible, bottom feeding catfish tone,

autothrall's Here in After review.

...the fuck?

Speaking of credibility (Insufferable Blows Thereto department) Break Out is Black Sabbath's foray into disco music. I wish I were kidding. I wish "Black Sabbath's foray into disco music" were just a Regurgitated Cow Fetus song title, with absolutely no bearing in physical reality, sorta like "being anally violated with an entire warehouse". This is worse, because this is true. But it kinda feels similar.

Could it be that it was only 20 minutes ago that I was listening to Johnny Blade and thinking "this could be better if the sound engineer's brain hadn't been replaced with antifreeze"? This is some lounge-music shit, and oh how the mighty have fallen.

Speaking of credibility (Insufferable Blows Thereto department) Break Out is Black Sabbath's foray into disco music. I wish I were kidding. I wish "Black Sabbath's foray into disco music" were just a Regurgitated Cow Fetus song title, with absolutely no bearing in physical reality, sorta like "being anally violated with an entire warehouse". This is worse, because this is true. But it kinda feels similar.

Speaking of preferred reviewers, I've always liked kluseba's reviews. His reviews are very descriptive and interesting to read, and I like his way of rating which gives low ratings only when they're truly deserved.

I have to disagree. While he's not as bad as ConorFynes, I feel like he consistently chooses quantity over quality, and I feel his reviews are average at best.

In fact, for me the definition of an amazing reviewer would be someone with the polar opposite of my taste who would be able to make me understand where he's coming from.

RapeTheDead is my reviewer of choice who accomplishes this. He's destroyed albums I love like Bathory's BFD and Amorphis' Tales..., but I'm still able to see where he's coming from since he's very articulate.

As for kluseba, hell no. In regard to defending albums, he was pretty bad.