This music describes the best what is a monolithic electric guitar! I have never heard a more monolithic electric rhythmic guitar than on this record: that's completely ridiculous! This brutal guitar is so distorted and polluted with tons of useless effects that it takes all the available room! As if it was not enough, the musician seems to take a huge pleasure to exaggeratedly sustain each note, a painful torment for the ears! The rhythmic guitar is COMPLETELY unmelodious. The lead vocals are just simply too angry and aggressive for me. When the lead vocals are more mellow, they amazingly remind me David Gilmour and James LaBrie. There are some good acoustic guitar parts. There are some unconvincing TV or radio sounds, a much worse copy of Roger Waters' effects: they seem too coarsely produced. You can hear some whales-like sounds. There are some rare good passages, so that, globally, this record is not worth a complete listen. The only track that retained more my attention is "Deep peace", starting with an imitation of David Gilmour's voice; an Oldfield-esque guitar solo then begins, followed by an Hillage-esque one, featuring his spacy ambience from the "Green" album; then, it changes to a VERY modest & much slower attempt to emulate the symphonic Yngwie Malmsteen himself. This VERY rebel music is probably perfect for the young people who like disturbing moods.

Rating: 1.5 star

Master Of Puppets
(Average Rating: 9.62 out of 10)

do i smell bull-sh&t.. cuz this is bullsh*t?
(Rated this album with 2 out of 10)
Reviewed by Frank from ss

this album is the worst ever becuase...
there aren't any guitar solos, the bass is unhearable, there are no good lyrics, and every song has been played on mtv and radios for billions of times
and they are sell outs!!! they only have 1 good cd... st anger
get st anger it has tons of killer solos

Master Of Puppets
(Average Rating: 9.62 out of 10)

Eh... poor metalica
(Rated this album with 6 out of 10)
Reviewed by Adam Relenko from Kennesaw, Georgia United States

Little talent then, less talent now. The story of metalica.

To be fair, they did have a nice thing going for awhile, over a decade of little competition is pretty impressive. But then like most things, another band comes along and makes them irrelevent.

If not for more impressive bands like Otep, I would say that Metalica is still one of the best, but after listening to these improved bands, matalica is like a lost child cring for its mommy that abandoned him ages ago.

I gave them an extra star for being the first. But that has more to do with chance than talent.

^ХАХА!!ЕБАТИ ВИЦА, ст.Енгър бил по-добър от Мастъра!Смешни хора!

KREATOR – OUTCAST.

Well. Certainly Stonecold had made a good interpretation of “Outcast” in his review. Yes, it’s one the band’s less thrashy albums and yes, it’s got lots of abominable and horrendous moments.

The album starts off with “Leave This World Behind” which is a nice post-thrash number with some groove-laden riffs and it moves at a decent mid pace but shamefully that won’t last as next comes “Phobia” which sounds like fucking groove/mallcore with Mille screaming “Is there someone following you” and no riffs backing him and then the chorus riff is completely stupid half-thrash, and what about those random noise effects? Utter shit.

“Forever” is another stupid and masturbatory mid-paced groove shit. It’s like Pantera but with electronic, distorted vocals and less balls. “Black Sunrise” is a plodding mellow ballad with whispered vocals that fails to make you feel everything except shame and anger against those sell-out bitches.

“Nonconformist”, “Enemy Unseen” and “Whatever It May Take” are all carved with the same stone; the three of them are mallcorish and incoherently imbecile, especially for a band like Kreator.

The title track is slow-paced but yet quite decent, it’s like Kyuss but not that gay. In fact it’s quite effective. “Stronger Than Before” is more groove shit as is “Ruin For Life”. Way to go guys, this sounds like Machine Head but with 1 riff per song and a human vocalist. “Alive Again” is another fucking mishmash that plods along at mid pace and unfolds a whole variety of groove-infested riffs.

Next is “Against The Rest” and this is the only good song on this damn album. The drums are loud in a punk way and if it wasn’t for the stupid noises on the background this could have been damn effective. Still, it’s quite good. The album ends with “A Better Tomorrow” which begins with some cool fast-picked riffage but then it ends sounding like Sepultura with the new vocalist.

Conclusion: Kreator have now become mallcore Meshuggah wannabes and that’s a shame.

Deicide - Deicide

It’s hard to be a death metal fan and not know of Deicide. They’ve been around for a while, have released about a hundred albums, and the antics of their forehead-branded Neanderthal frontman have been the talk of metal magazines and televangelists for years. They’re hailed as being one of the earliest and best death metal bands. However, as with many oldschool bands, one has to wonder whether this praise is deserved or if “fans” of the band are just trying to establish that they’re “tr00” (for example, only Tom actually likes Darkthrone). I’m going to answer the question once and for all, setting down in stone the objective truth regarding this album (meaning: the following is my bullshit opinion).

Songwriting
3
Yawn. It sounds like they wrote one song ten times. Every song is pretty much typical verse/chorus/verse broken up by the occasional silly-ass guitar solo. This would be fine by this meathead if there were some groove bouncing around. However, there isn’t. The album just chugs along at what I’m sure was a fast pace for its day and rarely does anything memorable. The opener, “Lunatic of God’s Creation,” is the one song which actually stuck with me. It’s actually a pretty good song, with some good, simple riffing going on. Things go downhill after that, however, and never truly recover.

Production
4
The production is pretty muddy and kind of weak. Everything has a raw feel to it, which can be a good thing. However, rather than being mean and gritty, more often than not things come across as being pretty flat and uninteresting. It’s pretty much what you’d expect from a death metal band’s debut album in 1990, no worse, certainly no better. Meh.

Guitars
4
Due to the production, the guitars have a nice raw, edgy sound sometimes. However, they are often too low in the mix and frequently quite thin sounding. A meatier sound would have gone a long way to making this sound better. Most of the songs are spent chugging out generic thrash riffs over and over, with breaks for the ubiquitous squiggly, idiotic, Slayer-wannabe solo. Taken in small doses it can be somewhat entertaining. Prolonged exposure can lead to drowsiness.

Vocals
3
Benton is certainly a fine vocalist. NOW. This is not the case on “Deicide.” His higher screams are actually quite good here, but his grunts and growls leave much to be desired. Much of the time he sounds more like he’s irritated and has something caught in his throat than possessed by the Dark Lord. When grunting out the fast parts of the songs, he sounds as if he’s running out of breath and lacks any punch in his delivery. If you want to know what Glen is famous for, other than branding his forehead and being a loudmouth, check out his work with Vital Remains on the album “Dechristianize.” Glen became a ferocious vocalist with great low and high range. However, in 1990, he was still developing his throatsmanship.

Bass
0
Just like Sasquatch, it’s rumored to exist, but no compelling evidence supports the claims.

Drums
4
As far as the playing goes, it’s straight-ahead double-bass pounding, some blasting, and a few unimaginative fills that are played well enough. It’s all decent, but nothing special, keeps the pace well. However, from a production angle, the drum sound is weak. Clicky double bass and oddly muffled sounding snares and cymbals give the drums an awkward, fumbling sound which does not suit the attitude Deicide are attempting to establish very well. Like the overall production, this is very typical of your garden variety early 90’s death metal. Nothing at all worth mentioning.

Lyrics
3
Asinine ultra-Satanic drivel. For example, the song “Sacrificial Suicide” is a song about a person killing himself for “Father Satan” so that he can become God himself. What? Uhhhhh, Glen hates God. Satan hates God. Glen is going to kill himself, go to Hell, and be with Father Satan. Father Satan is going to make Glen God? Allllllllright. I give this three points for unintentional hilarity and the fact that I bet I would have a blast shouting along if I were wasted.

Cover Art
7
The cover art is actually pretty good. It’s a simple black background with some sort of bronze or gold sigil with a horned beast’s snarling face in the center. Hm, I wonder, might that be Satan?

Logo
4
The word “DEICIDE” written in blood. Nothing spectacular, but looks ok and is legible.

Booklet
?
All I know about the booklet is that it has the logo and the coverart on it. Not sure what’s inside, because I don’t have the thing. Maybe it’s got instructions by Glen on creatively burning your forehead.

Overall and Ending Rant
3
Most of those points are due to the fact that the opening track is actually not bad. “Lunatic of God’s Creation,” while being a decent song, does not justify buying an entire album. Or praising it. This is a boring, repetitive, under-produced album with subpar songwriting and vocals. You want oldschool American death? Go with “Slowly We Rot” or “World Demise” by Obituary, “Consuming Impulse” by Pestilence, or older Death or Morbid Angel. “Deicide” just doesn’t measure up to those masterpieces.

You want oldschool American death? Go with “Slowly We Rot” or “World Demise” by Obituary, “Consuming Impulse” by Pestilence, or older Death or Morbid Angel.

В "СМФ списанието" оценки на бандите нямаше.

Една солидна част от ревютата на UltraBoris в архивите.

Всичко написано във фензинчето про-рок.

обективен вид.

Почти всяко ревю в Про-Рок

Добре е да няма лоши ревюта, защото всяка група се е старала малко или много. Човек трябва да пише ревюта на албумите, които са му харесали. Целта на едно ревю е да помогне да се открият нови и интересни групи, чисто информативно.

Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the world said?

Да, точно така - това е част от припева на песента "Bye Bye Beautiful" от последния албум на Nightwish - първи в историята на групата без вокалистката Tarja Turunen. Песен, чийто текст Tuomas Holopainen разкри, че е вдъхновен именно от бившата певица на бандата. И там видимо се казва всичко - макар и символ на Nightwish, Tarja е само консуматор, без никога да е участвала в творческия процес, тя може единствено да пее създадени от друг композиции и нищо повече. В това по принцип лошо няма, подобни случаи - колкото щеш и в какви ли не групи. Лошото е, когато съответният фронтмен или фронтдама решат да развият самостоятелна кариера без необходимата подплата. А само с пеене - колкото и ангелогласно и школувано да е то, далеч не се стига. Tarja, разбира се, осъзнава това и не действа съвсем сама. Помагат й Kiko Loureiro (Angra), брат й Toni Turunen, в състава за турнето се включват Mike Terrana (Masterplan), Doug Wimbish (Living Color) и др. Но, като цяло, "My Winter Storm" е измъчен албум и звучи измъчено. Освен сингъла "I Walk Alone", трудно могат да се отличат други песни, присъства и откровен пълнеж. Амалгамата между класическа и рок музика е забъркана вещо, но от слаби съставки. Няма ги завладяващите мелодии на Nightwish, няма го очарованието на тържествения им симфометъл с поп залитания, ако щете - няма ги и режещите включвания на Marco Hietala, няма и почти нищо, което да може да замести тези липси. От друга страна, това е Tarja Turunen и албумът не е напълно за изхвърляне. Фронтдамата, както винаги, е на висота във вокалните партии, ала дискът трудно ще надскочи хитовите продажби в родната Финландия и сляпата любов на верните до гроб фенове. Вероятно нямаше да е по-различно, ако творбата беше акапелна, но със сигурност щеше да е по-оригинално.
Въпреки че не е последното парче от изданието, напълно ненужният кавър на "Poison" на Alice Cooper забива последния пирон в ковчега на "My Winter Storm". Вероятно сте чували как Eric Adams пее арията "Nessun Dorma" от "Турандот" на Пучини. Доста добре. Вероятно не бихте искали да чуете Alice Cooper в ролята на Борис Годунов от едноименната опера. Неговият глас и вокален маниер просто не подхождат за нещо подобно. За Бога, братя, не слушайте Алискупъровата "Poison", изпълнена в примадонния класически стил на Tarja! За Бога, Tarja, не прави повече така! Защото утре някой папагал от аржентинската джунгла може да поиска да пее в църковния хор, а кастратът Фаринели да направи кавър на "Ace of Spades" на Motorhead! И Слънцето бавно да залезе на изток.....

Bye bye, beautiful!

щом Ревютата трябва да са обективни, значи аз през живота си не съм прочел нито едно ревю.