Due to various circumstances (work, X-mas, UG deadlines and other endeavors) TMIM is cancelled. FWIW, I'll do an abbreviated version right here:
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Even if the production wasn't god-awful (Kerry King must like that term), it'd still be Slayer's worst album to date. But, since the band, obviously suffering from some severe hearing disorder, thought it was a nice idea to recruit Greg Fidelman (y'know, the Clip Magnetic guy) they've ended up with a production that's worse than a lot of demos you hear these days.
Couple an awful production with mediocre, ham-fisted arrangements, poorly developed song ideas and you end up with an album that makes Christ Illusion seem like a thrash masterpiece by comparison.
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
Unfortunately it's their first non-stellar album since, well, they built the pyramids. The album is good, bordering on 'very good', but alas the material, arrangements and atmosphere just doesn't match up with their back catalogue.
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted!
Interesting! I found this album to be pretty enjoyable! Nice addition with the female vox! Less wall-of-noise compared to SYL but still heavy and thick at times! Somewhat reminiscent of how Ziltoid the Omniscient ended up really! Solid release!
Dark Funeral - Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus
I wish their name was Park Funeral. Or Dork Funeral. That'd been hilarious, though perhaps not as tr00.
But, whatever, it's a good black metal album. Fast and furious, though gets a bit repetitive and less interesting as it goes on.
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Well, that was November in 3 minutes. I've got a much bigger, more controversial article to write. Laters.
Well, you may or may not have noticed that a TMIM August has yet to be posted. Obviously, I have a very good reason for not yet submitting it: my friggin' computer (nearly) died on me, leaving me with, ahem, little to work with since all the promos, information, passwords, links and whatnot was on it...not to mention all other things I need in my daily/weekly life to get by.
Eventually I seem to have reached some sort of settlement with the Great Evil Empire of Computers and can now resume work on ye ole articles.
However, TMIM August will not be posted, instead we're opting for a super-duper-mega-extra edition later this month with twice the reviews, twice the news, twice the comments!
So...yeah, TMIM Aug-tember in a few weeks. Look out for it, and stuff.
What do you want reviewed for August? I of course have a selection of albums I will do, but I'm curious to see what you lot want reviewed. And of course I want to save my ass if I have missed something
I'm sick and tired of people saying that. Thus, I counted all my reviews and compiled the following stats:
102 albums reviewed.
Average score: 6.65
Entire "scope":
2 I
2.5 I
3 IIIII
3.5 I
4 II
4.5
5 IIIIIIII
5.5 IIIIIIIII
6 IIIIIIIIIIIII
6.5 IIIIIIIIIII
7 IIIIIIIIIIII
7.5 IIIIIIIIIIII
8 IIIIIIIIIII
8.5 IIIIIIII
9 IIIIIIII
9.5
10 I
Mind you, a few scores aren't included, such as several of the albums that made the TYIM 2007/2008 articles, since I did not review them upon release and didn't really assign them a score when I wrote TYIM. So in reality probably half a dozen more albums should be added to the scores above 8-or-so.
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