the review of October 2008
Machine Head : The Blackening
18/20
Machine Head were in a bit of a slump pre-’Through The Ashes Of Empires’. After exploding onto the scene with ‘Burn my Eyes’ and since their second album ‘The More Things Change…’, they had been on a...[read more] |
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| Mastodon : Leviathan
16/20
Mastodon have become metal media darlings since the release of this, probably still their finest work. ‘Leviathan’ took ‘Remission’’s powerful metal stomp, injected it with the progressive elements...[read more] |
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Meshuggah : Obzen
17/20
Meshuggah are, or should I say were, in the unfortunate position of having to write a follow up to an album, Catch 33, that was universally acclaimed, unfathomably complex and frankly, brilliant....[read more] |
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| Metallica : Death Magnetic
16/20
Before I even got a chance to hear this album I'd been bombarded with online and magazine reviews, opinions and comments about its quality. Best album in 20 odd years, oldies trying too hard and...[read more] |
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Municipal Waste : Hazardous Mutation
17/20
Leaders in the 'new wave of thrash' currently thundering around the ears of metalheads, Virginia, USA's Municipal Waste possess something that detractors of such a musical rejuvenation as a pointless...[read more] |
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