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Shogun
(more) »rank: 3263by: Trivium
: :Trivium stormed onto the metal scene in 2005 with their critically acclaimed debut album Ascendency and continued their dominance with the follow-up The Crusade. Now the band has unleashed their most cohesive and mature effort, Shogun. The band is poised to continue to knock the metal and hard rock community on its ass with what will definitely be hailed as the metal album of the year by critics and fans alike!
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Scars On Broadway
(more) »rank: 3718by: Scars on Broadway
:Album Description:Scars on Broadway, the long-awaited collaboration between guitarist-frontman Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, both best known for their work in the multi-Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, has signed with Interscope Records and will see their self-titled debut released on July 29. With Malakian sitting in the Scars' producer chair, he and Dolmayan entered the studio last September, recorded nearly two-dozen songs for the album, and then whittled down the final track listing to 14 songs. Many of the Scars on Broadway songs had their genesis years ago. 'I like to let my songs marinate over time, that helps determine ...
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Queen of the Damned
(more) »rank: 3713by: Various Artists
:Album Description:Queen of the Damned, the movie starring Aaliyah features a soundtrack including Marilyn Manson, Papa Roach, Orgy, Static X. The soundtrack also includes a first time solo offering from Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. Warner Bros. Records. 2002. :Befitting the film's hip goth vibe, its accompanying soundtrack is suitably dark and sexy, with a strong mix of new songs and nü-metal hits. In an interesting move, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis collaborated with composer (and former Oingo Boingo keyboardist) Richard Gibbs on 5 of the CD's 14 tracks, though Davis doesn't sing his songs. Instead, taking those duties are Static-X's Wayne Static on ...
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Revelations
(more) »rank: 3113by: Audioslave
: :The novelty of Audioslave has had time to wear off. The grouping of ex-Rage Against the Machine members and ex-Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell is no longer new; and time has long since come for the band to live or die based solely on the merits of its music, not on the reputation of its members. The good news is that, at least for now, the group is in a position to do exactly that. On Revelations, the band channels and updates the unapologetic boogie of Ian Gillan-era Deep Purple on tunes such as 'One and the Same,' 'Shape of Things to Come,' and ...
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Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
(more) »rank: 5258by: Slipknot
:Album Description:Within the confines, or lack thereof, of VOL. 3: (THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES) lies a new level of musicianship, achieved through the hard work poured into supporting their self-titled debut and their subsequent hit album, IOWA. Produced by Rick Rubin, Vol 3 not only captures the band’s strengths to this point- it sees the spore that is Slipknot exploding in all directions. The songs on this daring effort transcend traditional hard music structure, and will surprise the uninitiated with their dynamic appeal. Masterful guitar work, visceral drum beats, and a newly-expanded vocal range are highlights of this work that Corey Taylor (#8) calls ...
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Lest We Forget: The Best Of
(more) »rank: 4174by: Marilyn Manson
: :Culled from the band’s ten year, six album career, Lest we Forget: The Best of Marilyn Manson features some of the greatest rock anthems of the last decade. Opening with 'The Love Song' from Holy Wood, it proceeds to the first of a handful of cover songs which have made it as singles. The decadent, beefed up version of Depeche Mode’s 'Personal Jesus' may not vary much from the original but the band do it the appropriate Goth justice; 'Tainted Love' adds a menacing, industrial-glam to the electric northern soul of Soft Cell’s version; and the one that broke them into the UK ...
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Opiate
(more) »rank: 2869by: Tool
:Album Details:Australian Re-issue, featuring Seven Tracks Including Sweat, Hush, Part of Me, Cold and Ugly (Live), Jerk off (Live), Opiate, and Gaping Lotus. :As the title of Tool's 1992 debut implies, they're none too impressed by religion, though other targets--fear ('Cold and Ugly'), hypocritical moralizing ('Jerk-Off'), nonconformity ('Hush')--get their time in the spotlight as well. Opiate is a collection of heavy, aggressive, cynical music (though the tail end of the title track sounds more like acid rock), packaged in songs noticeably shorter than on their later efforts (Undertow, 1993, and Aenima, 1996). While not as impressive as Undertow, arguably their finest effort, Opiate ...
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Iowa
(more) »rank: 5226by: Slipknot
:Album Description:Japanese pressing of the panty wearing Nu-Metal acts 2001 studio album includes one bonus track, 'Liberate (Live)'. 15 tracks in all. :Right from the introductory shriek and grind of '(515),' you know Slipknot are deadly serious about making a real heavy metal album. Iowa is intimidating in its unforgiving heaviness. Produced to perfection by wunderkind Ross Robinson, it takes the best of Slayer as a starting point. 'People = Shit,' 'The Heretic Anthem,' and 'New Abortion' are relentless and wholly brutal, but this is no mere thrash. 'Disasterpiece' features a weird, hypnotic riff, while 'Left Behind' comes across like a duet between ...
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Vulgar Display of Power
(more) »rank: 9869by: Pantera
: :Probably the heaviest album ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power proved that, even in an era of alternative rock supremacy, heavy metal fans were still a force to contend with. Blending eerie, surging grooves influenced by Black Sabbath with thrashy speed metal riffs, Pantera created a bleak, oppressive disc that captured both ends of the speed spectrum without resorting to cliché, abrupt tempo shifts. Guitarist Diamond Darrell plays with as much crunch as the best Metallica, while vocalist Phil Anselmo screams loud enough to satisfy any GBH fan. Coupled with Vinnie Paul's insistent, ...
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Avenged Sevenfold: All Excess
(more) »rank: 5953starring: Avenged Sevenfold
:Description:The debut major-label album from Avenged Sevenfold (aka A7X) shattered preconceptions of punk and metal as 2005's City Of Evil sold more than 800,000 copies, shot to Top 30 Pop, and won the band Best New Artist at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. Now, prior to the release later this year of the band's next explosive album, the DVD All Excess brings fans up-to-date with a visual and aural history of the group. This is only the beginning for A7X.
