Al

Al

45 reviews (Alumni)

Living in Leeds, UK Musical interests: - Favourite genres: Heavy Metal (and it's myriad of subgenres), Thrash, Industrial, Punk, Bits of everything else that takes my fancy - Bands that Float my Boat: Tool, Arch Enemy, Metallica (pre-Load), Slayer, Sepultura, Machine Head, Kyuss, Alice in Chains, Nine inch Nails, Shadows Fall, Iron Maiden, In Flames, Alkaline Trio, AFI, System of a Down, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Fear Factory (Early), At the Drive In, The Mars Volta, Coheed & Cambria, Fugazi, Hell Is For Heroes, The Smashing Pumpkins (pre Adore), Iced Earth, Rob / White Zombie, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Band, Killswitch Engage, Avenged Sevenfold, Refused, Pantera, Children of Bodom, Queens of the Stone Age, Green Day, Exodus, The Haunted, NOFX, From Autumn to Ashes, Sigur Rios, Monster Magnet, Anthrax, Kamelot, Ampast, Katatonia, Pelican, Dark Tranquility, Draconian, Opeth, Satyricon, Jesu. - All time favourite album: Tool - Aenima I'm human too: - Cool day job: Admin Bollocks, nothing exciting but it pays the bills - Hobbies: Guitar, Film, Literature, Discovering new and exciting ways to intoxicate myself and writing for this site! - Bragging about education/college degrees: 2 years of a computing degree, studying Media, English Lit and History at the moment and one day hope to make a career out of this Other stuff I can be proud of: I've lived in 6 countries and failed to learn a single language aside from English (barely). I've seen Metallica play witrhout Lars (a vast improvement)

Reviews (45)

Kamelot - Ghost Opera
90

Ghost Opera

Kamelot

Melodic Power Metal

Year of Desolation - Year of Desolation
84

Year of Desolation

Year of Desolation

Thrash / Death Metal

Bloody Herald - Like a Bloody Herald Remains
40

Like a Bloody Herald Remains

Bloody Herald

NWOBHM influenced Metal

Purified in Blood - Reaper of Souls
68

Reaper of Souls

Purified in Blood

Thrash / Metalcore

Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
89

Saturday Night Wrist

Deftones

Ambient / Electronica Infused Metal

Domain - Stardawn
86

Stardawn

Domain

Symphonic, Melodic Hard Rock / Metal

Deadstar Assembly - Unsaved
35

Unsaved

Deadstar Assembly

Gothic / Industrial

Burn in Silence - Angel Maker
73

Angel Maker

Burn in Silence

Metalcore

Halo of Shadows - Manifesto
70

Manifesto

Halo of Shadows

Melodic Death Metal

Merendine Atomiche - RAW
68

RAW

Merendine Atomiche

Old School Metal / Metalcore

Wastefall - Self Exile
75

Self Exile

Wastefall

Progressive Rock / Metal

Countime - Broken, Blinded, Betrayed
15

Broken, Blinded, Betrayed

Countime

Gangsta Hardcore

Zonaria - Rendered in Vain

Rendered in Vain

Zonaria

Melodic Death Metal

Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Before the Bleeding Sun
88

Before the Bleeding Sun

Eternal Tears Of Sorrow

(Very) Melodic Death Metal

myGrain - Orbit Dance
68

Orbit Dance

myGrain

Melodic Death Metal

Niels Vejlyt - The Predator
35

The Predator

Niels Vejlyt

Neoclassical Guitarwork Showcase

Tool - 10,000 Days
95

10,000 Days

Tool

Tool Metal

Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
92

Rio Grande Blood

Ministry

Industrial Thrash

Rob Zombie - Educated Horses
75

Educated Horses

Rob Zombie

Glam Tinged Industrial Rock

Crimson Death - Death is Essential
60

Death is Essential

Crimson Death

Melodic Death Metal

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
93

The Great Cold Distance

Katatonia

Dark Atmospheric Rock

Himsa - Hail Horror
83

Hail Horror

Himsa

Gothenburg Influenced Metalcore

Amorphis - Eclipse
91

Eclipse

Amorphis

Progressive / Folk Influenced Heavy Metal

The Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra
93

Synchestra

The Devin Townsend Band

Progressive Metal

Eyes of Fire - Prisons
40

Prisons

Eyes of Fire

Atmospheric Metalcore

Adagio - Dominate
92

Dominate

Adagio

Progressive Neo-Classical Metal

Dynamic Lights - Shape
78

Shape

Dynamic Lights

Progressive Rock

Contrive - The Meaning Unseen
35

The Meaning Unseen

Contrive

Heavy Metal

Live Report - Soulfly, 13th Feb 2006, Club Paradiso, Amsterdam

Soulfly, 13th Feb 2006, Club Paradiso, Amsterdam

Live Report

Callenish Circle - [Pitch.Black.Effect.]
68

[Pitch.Black.Effect.]

Callenish Circle

Melodic Death Metal

Legion of the Damned - Malevolent Rapture
72

Malevolent Rapture

Legion of the Damned

Thrash

Neurothing - Vanishing Celestial Bodies (EP)

Vanishing Celestial Bodies (EP)

Neurothing

Metalcore

Nodes of Ranvier - The Years to Come
60

The Years to Come

Nodes of Ranvier

Melodic Metalcore

Soulfly - Dark Ages
89

Dark Ages

Soulfly

Thrash Influenced Tribal Metal

Morning - Hour Of Joy
25

Hour Of Joy

Morning

Progressive Pop Metal

Winterfell - The Veil of Summer
81

The Veil of Summer

Winterfell

Technical Power Metal

Wet Animal - Wet Animal
84

Wet Animal

Wet Animal

Heavy Stoner Rock

Searing I - Bloodshred
72

Bloodshred

Searing I

Thrash Metal

Bullistic - Chronicles of Love and Hate
48

Chronicles of Love and Hate

Bullistic

Heavy Metal

Deftones - White Pony
93

White Pony

Deftones

Alternative Metal

Machine Head - The More Things Change
85

The More Things Change

Machine Head

Modern Thrash

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
93

Welcome to Sky Valley

Kyuss

Stoner Rock

Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

Burn My Eyes

Machine Head

Modern Thrash

Tool - Undertow
93

Undertow

Tool

Tool Metal

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden

NWOBHM