November 2014 Musical Review
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:50 pm
Here we go!
Alpha Male Tea Party - Droids Never heard of this band before, I thionk it came out as part of a what.cd freeleech. It's not a bad album. Mathy proggy metal rock, kinda like Karnivool but better. 7/10
Blood Freak - Squalor Old school sounding death metal. Good stuff. 7/10
Cavalera Conspiracy - Pandemonium I expected this would be crap like their first album, but I was disappointed. Turned out to be one of the better post-Sepultura Max albums out there. 7/10
Classics of Love - Classics of Love Another from the freeleech I think. A ska band, pretty forgettable (like most ska). 4/10
Daniel Lanois - Flesh and Machine Instrumental soundscapes from Daniel. Good background music. 7/10
Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness Sounds exactly like you'd expect an Electric Masada album to sound. 7/10
Empty Yard Experiment - Kallisti Another album picked up in the freeleech. Very much influenced by Tool, though the singer sounds a bit like Jerry Cantrell. If you still like Tool you might enjoy this. 7/10
Faraquet - Anthology 1997-98 Not sure why a band no one has heard of before needs an anthology covering only two years, but here you have it! Anyway, it's pretty much straight up math rock, and I enjoyed it. 8/10
The A.K.'s - Knee Deep In The Dead Another freeleech. This band kinda reminds me of Pigmy Love Circus. Not worth downloading. 4/10
Dope Body - LIFER I liked their last album, and this one is pretty good as well. Worth a listen if you like rocky punk. 8/10
Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io I liked Library Subterranean, but the rest was pretty forgettable. 5/10
Mariachi El Bronx - III Do you like Mariachi with humorous lyrics? If so, this is the album for you! 7/10
Necrophagia - WhiteWorm Cathedral Solid death metal album in a year full of solid death metal albums. 7/10
Nice Hooves - Nice Hooves Great heavy punk album. May have made my top 10 list of last year if I'd heard it then. 8/10
Perfume Genius - Too Bright Meh, 5/10
RJD2 - Deadringer A good album to work to. Not to challenging for the ears, yet pleasant all the while. 7/10
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Grand Opening and Closing I've never spent any time listening to this band, and when it came up on freeleech I decided that time had arrived. An interesting album, not really what I expected. 7/10
Full of Hell & Merzbow Not a lot of Merzbow on this album, but some pretty good grind. 8/10
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways It happens about every 3-4 years. Dave Grohl promises a good Foo Fighters album, and people believe him, and even go so far as give it good reviews. Then the gloss comes off and they realise "this really only has two decent tracks on it". 4/10
Old Man Gloom - The Ape Of God I have two copies of this album, and I have no idea which is the "proper" version (though I have my suspicions). They're both pretty good though, and deserve more of my time. For now 7/10
Ride Into The Sun - Sky Flowers I've seen this local band a couple of times now, and they've been good on all occasions. They popped up in the what.cd top 10 for some reason, so I decided to check it out. Not a band fuzzy psych rock album. 7/10
Royksopp - The Inevitable End Royksopp are pretty consistent with their poppy stylings, and this album, while good, doesn't deviate from their modus operandi. 7/10
TV On The Radio - Seeds I've only listened to this once, but the impressions were good. Will go with a 7/10 for now and probably re-review at a later point. 7/10
Downfall of Gaia - Aeon Unveils The Thrones Of Decay Heavy as fuck crusty metal doom album. Great, but a little longwinded in parts. 7/10
The Skull Defekts - Street Metal I have one of their older albums The Drone Drug, and this sounds mnothing like it. It's mostly instrumental drum heavy rock. It's ok. 6/10
Coming up in December: Seeds (revisited), AC/DC, Soen, Cripple Bastards, Two Inch Astronaut and probably a bunch of other albums for 2014 I haven't listened to yet!
Alpha Male Tea Party - Droids Never heard of this band before, I thionk it came out as part of a what.cd freeleech. It's not a bad album. Mathy proggy metal rock, kinda like Karnivool but better. 7/10
Blood Freak - Squalor Old school sounding death metal. Good stuff. 7/10
Cavalera Conspiracy - Pandemonium I expected this would be crap like their first album, but I was disappointed. Turned out to be one of the better post-Sepultura Max albums out there. 7/10
Classics of Love - Classics of Love Another from the freeleech I think. A ska band, pretty forgettable (like most ska). 4/10
Daniel Lanois - Flesh and Machine Instrumental soundscapes from Daniel. Good background music. 7/10
Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness Sounds exactly like you'd expect an Electric Masada album to sound. 7/10
Empty Yard Experiment - Kallisti Another album picked up in the freeleech. Very much influenced by Tool, though the singer sounds a bit like Jerry Cantrell. If you still like Tool you might enjoy this. 7/10
Faraquet - Anthology 1997-98 Not sure why a band no one has heard of before needs an anthology covering only two years, but here you have it! Anyway, it's pretty much straight up math rock, and I enjoyed it. 8/10
The A.K.'s - Knee Deep In The Dead Another freeleech. This band kinda reminds me of Pigmy Love Circus. Not worth downloading. 4/10
Dope Body - LIFER I liked their last album, and this one is pretty good as well. Worth a listen if you like rocky punk. 8/10
Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io I liked Library Subterranean, but the rest was pretty forgettable. 5/10
Mariachi El Bronx - III Do you like Mariachi with humorous lyrics? If so, this is the album for you! 7/10
Necrophagia - WhiteWorm Cathedral Solid death metal album in a year full of solid death metal albums. 7/10
Nice Hooves - Nice Hooves Great heavy punk album. May have made my top 10 list of last year if I'd heard it then. 8/10
Perfume Genius - Too Bright Meh, 5/10
RJD2 - Deadringer A good album to work to. Not to challenging for the ears, yet pleasant all the while. 7/10
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Grand Opening and Closing I've never spent any time listening to this band, and when it came up on freeleech I decided that time had arrived. An interesting album, not really what I expected. 7/10
Full of Hell & Merzbow Not a lot of Merzbow on this album, but some pretty good grind. 8/10
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways It happens about every 3-4 years. Dave Grohl promises a good Foo Fighters album, and people believe him, and even go so far as give it good reviews. Then the gloss comes off and they realise "this really only has two decent tracks on it". 4/10
Old Man Gloom - The Ape Of God I have two copies of this album, and I have no idea which is the "proper" version (though I have my suspicions). They're both pretty good though, and deserve more of my time. For now 7/10
Ride Into The Sun - Sky Flowers I've seen this local band a couple of times now, and they've been good on all occasions. They popped up in the what.cd top 10 for some reason, so I decided to check it out. Not a band fuzzy psych rock album. 7/10
Royksopp - The Inevitable End Royksopp are pretty consistent with their poppy stylings, and this album, while good, doesn't deviate from their modus operandi. 7/10
TV On The Radio - Seeds I've only listened to this once, but the impressions were good. Will go with a 7/10 for now and probably re-review at a later point. 7/10
Downfall of Gaia - Aeon Unveils The Thrones Of Decay Heavy as fuck crusty metal doom album. Great, but a little longwinded in parts. 7/10
The Skull Defekts - Street Metal I have one of their older albums The Drone Drug, and this sounds mnothing like it. It's mostly instrumental drum heavy rock. It's ok. 6/10
Coming up in December: Seeds (revisited), AC/DC, Soen, Cripple Bastards, Two Inch Astronaut and probably a bunch of other albums for 2014 I haven't listened to yet!