Insect_Reject

What can I say about this album? It's a great record that entertained me a lot back in the day. At 14/15, I hardly listened to anything else.
So many influences (I can hear some rap in there too; Rick Anderson from AM categorized Spit It Out as "speed-rap-metal," and said that compared to them, Limp Bizkit seemed like the Osmonds!) and a lot of aggression. A "catalyst" album, as beautiful as it is insulted by many purists/stuffy people, and a symbol of a movement rather than a genre (I've never liked the term Nu Metal). But who cares, I'm one of those who are interested in music, not in being a tedious purist.

As for the review, I've read some of the others you're writing, and I don't want to be a pain, but your style doesn’t really wow me. My advice is to do more research on what you want to cover. Pay attention to spelling and provide more context. Don’t write encyclicals, okay? And avoid track-by-track but adding a bit more background information is always better.

'...the uncle of "Altered States of America"...' Hahaha, what a great quote! What can I say, I discovered them with the EP 'Death to Capitalist Hardcore' and it was love at first sight. A record of primitive and ignorant ferocity. And I love certain things in music that sound fierce, primitive, and ignorant. Review OK!

Change to the review: "A grammatical error as big as the Empire State Building." See the old version link rotto

First coffee of the day and I mark down the next album that I anticipate will keep me company in the coming weeks. I got to know and appreciate them with "Gloss Drop," and during this time, where my listens oscillate between the latest from The Dillinger Escape Plan, Foals, and 'Unknown Pleasures,' I think a new Battles will suit me perfectly.

Great review. Sparkling, rich, and immediate!

MAMMA MIA. I’ll just say that after seeing it in the theater, I watched it again at home, I’m listening to the soundtrack (which I discovered was done by none other than Junkie XL), and it’s making me want to replay Fallout 3.

I won’t go into detail about how and why this film drove me crazy, but I'll just attach a symbolic image to the comment; immagine:mad-max-guitarist.jpg?w=650&h=

MADONNISSIMA

Listened a few weeks ago on Spotify. A decent album, listenable, relaxing. Nothing that striking, you know... but there’s worse, much worse, in that particular scene. Just as there’s better (LAKIM and Blank Banshee, among others). While listening to this stuff, I feel like binge-watching all the episodes of Knight Rider, then I reconsider. A controversial and knowledgeable review, but if I were you, I’d break the text up a bit more (I don’t want to bother you, it’s just a suggestion).

I don't know the album you reviewed; I'll probably look it up, but the words you used reminded me of a very similar album of the same genre: Tschernobyl by Job Karma. Glacial and unsettling Noise-Industrial.
Great review!

Beautifully challenging disc... I'm on the fifth listen and the structures of the songs are starting to become clear. Violence yes, but calculated.

Now I listen to it, then I vote. Bad review, in a good way :)

I only know (alas) VIVIsectVI by Skinny Puppy, I'll look it up right away! Nice rewiew.