Larrok

Their most compact and complete album...there are well-crafted songs, others with slightly predictable sections, yet it's always a Corgan composing at high levels both in pop and hard rock. I won't say anything to Dave because he'd start the discussion again about Pearl Jam...

The title track is insane! A real BOMB!!!

What a masterpiece! The last track is so intense and dramatic that it alone would be enough to earn a full 5 stars. Whenever I want to remind myself what pure talent means, I just have to listen to "Dirge of November" or the title track itself.

I agree with surfer, Let It Bleed is an excellent album and I don't know if there's a song on Abbey Road that matches the level of Gimme Shelter... not to mention Midnight Rambler and Monkey Man. Of course, we’re talking about a genre that's quite different, but in terms of absolute value, I'd give 5 stars to Let It Bleed while Abbey Road stays at 4.5. For me, the best of the Beatles is the White Album.

Blink182 are garbage. That said, I respect your musical tastes and you're free to listen to them as much as you want. Enjoy them.

At most, it will be the reference magazine for those who trust what the record labels propose, which is mostly trash. And it's easy to understand why... the bosses of Epic, EMI, or Warner Bros don't care about focusing on the quality of the product they sell; they only care about making as much profit as possible, and to do this, they promote characters, more or less telegenic, as if they were artists, with trumpet fanfare. The beauty of it is that the masses fall for the advertisements and the media hammering, filling the pockets of these tricksters (who, by the way, take at least 60% of the cost of a CD, leaving crumbs for the musicians). Magazines like NME (New Musical Express) are one of the most effective tools for spreading the word of the aforementioned entrepreneurs; just read their reviews of many albums to understand that, at a minimum, the editorial team writes more or less favorably about an artist based on how big the label is and how much they've been greased.

But here we are not talking about success outside of Italy (then there's Pausini...), but rather about quality. If you listen to any thrash/death album from the '80s or '90s, you'll find the exact same formula repeated in the same way. On the other hand, a band like Areknames might not appeal to you for their genre, but they certainly don't replicate the exact schematized stylistic features of a genre; rather, they reinterpret them in a quite original manner. P.S.: I don't exactly get along with Dave... go read the huge argument we had on Mariaelena's review of Ten by Pearl Jam, and you'll understand.

Beautiful and very diverse album, fantastic medley on the second side... as usual, Lennon’s tracks are more personal compared to McCartney’s somewhat academic ones... claiming this is the album that influenced rock the most seems like a very debatable statement, although it does hold a fair amount of significance. My rating falls between 4 and 4.5. The review is quite good but I want to emphasize that The End has nothing to do with Punk, just as Punk has nothing to do with Green Day.

The central part of Pendulum Arc is...I can't find the words...

It doesn't seem to me that they are trying to emulate any particular bands; rather, they draw inspiration from the compositional poetics of artists like VDGG and something from the Canterbury scene. However, what sets them apart, in my opinion, is their largely free approach to composition, devoid of preconceived schemes. Just listen to "The Skeletal Landscape Of The World" to realize this, even if here and there progressive reminiscences emerge, which are excellently integrated into the overall sound fabric. Whether to consider it a masterpiece or not is a matter of personal taste, and as far as I'm concerned, a song like "Deceit" can evoke truly deep emotions, so I would be sorry not to give them the credit they deserve. Plus, I adore the sound of the Hammond organ, which is abundant in this album, as well as the piano parts, making it even more enjoyable...For example, in the intro of "Outcast," which first creates a feeling of anxiety, then anguish, and finally leads into the dramatic progression of the "chorus" (if we want to call it that)... I am a lover of progressive music, so it’s normal for me to enjoy certain sonorities, just as it’s normal for others not to appreciate them... As for the "Nameless": what the heck do they have to do with the Areknames? And anyway, you talk to me about derivativeness from the Areknames when the Nameless don't have an original approach at all; in fact, they do nothing but rehash the most classic thrash/death that has remained stagnant on its stylistic traits since the '80s.