Usually an album review is about said album and not the history of the band’s sound. Wonder which admin approved this? Not sure it meets the quality requirements of reviews on this site.

Anyway mediocre review. If you’re thinking of writing more id stop there personally, cause I do not see them being worth reading even a little bit.

Written by A Real Mönkey on 10.08.2025 at 17:18

Usually an album review is about said album and not the history of the band’s sound. Wonder which admin approved this? Not sure it meets the quality requirements of reviews on this site.

Anyway mediocre review. If you’re thinking of writing more id stop there personally, cause I do not see them being worth reading even a little bit.

Oh no, how will I cope with this deep analysis ! Oh dear me!

Written by TonsureOvDoom on 11.08.2025 at 10:44

Written by A Real Mönkey on 10.08.2025 at 17:18

Usually an album review is about said album and not the history of the band’s sound. Wonder which admin approved this? Not sure it meets the quality requirements of reviews on this site.

Anyway mediocre review. If you’re thinking of writing more id stop there personally, cause I do not see them being worth reading even a little bit.

Oh no, how will I cope with this deep analysis ! Oh dear me!

Evidently not like a mature individual.

One paragraph actually talks about the subject of this "review", the fucking album Nightbringers, and even there the author decided to dip into the following album. I fail to understand the point you're attempting to convey in this piece (not sure what the hell to call it) - if the band had a single producer to guide them they would write better songs with more varied tempo or something? You're presenting their sound as flawed, an assault on the senses without much thought. I find this a bit baffling as there are so many memorable songwriting moments throughout their discography, especially from Ritual onwards. This reads more as a stunt, especially considering this line "I'll go into the reasons why The Black Dahlia Murder has always been in the "mid-tier" category of melodic death metal". A beloved band with extreme cred in the scene, of which not a single member will ever read your words and if they would somehow stumble upon them would dismiss it as trolling. I strongly recommend you listen to more of their music as currently it seems like you're missing out.

Written by A Real Mönkey on 11.08.2025 at 20:32

Written by TonsureOvDoom on 11.08.2025 at 10:44

Written by A Real Mönkey on 10.08.2025 at 17:18

Usually an album review is about said album and not the history of the band’s sound. Wonder which admin approved this? Not sure it meets the quality requirements of reviews on this site.

Anyway mediocre review. If you’re thinking of writing more id stop there personally, cause I do not see them being worth reading even a little bit.

Evidently not like a mature individual.

It is also not very mature to comment in order to make someone stop writing, is it? Instead of being triggered of one single review, one could ponder for a moment about how not everyone perceives the said artist in similar fashion. And leave at that. Or perhaps try to conjure a point in this music you think should be revisited that shows something I've possible missed. This website has guidelines on which everyone can write a guest review. Still you had to go and unnecessarily try to be the gatekeeper of taste and opinions. Good news is that you don't have to read my reviews, ever. I will write more though, and do it seriously. I wish you well.

Written by Jaro on 11.08.2025 at 21:39

One paragraph actually talks about the subject of this "review", the fucking album Nightbringers, and even there the author decided to dip into the following album. I fail to understand the point you're attempting to convey in this piece (not sure what the hell to call it) - if the band had a single producer to guide them they would write better songs with more varied tempo or something? You're presenting their sound as flawed, an assault on the senses without much thought. I find this a bit baffling as there are so many memorable songwriting moments throughout their discography, especially from Ritual onwards. This reads more as a stunt, especially considering this line "I'll go into the reasons why The Black Dahlia Murder has always been in the "mid-tier" category of melodic death metal". A beloved band with extreme cred in the scene, of which not a single member will ever read your words and if they would somehow stumble upon them would dismiss it as trolling. I strongly recommend you listen to more of their music as currently it seems like you're missing out.

Now this is great, when one actually tries to explain why the review is not good. If you don't know what to call it, you could think of it as an overview, in the vein of the first paragraph. Could you specify what are the memorable songwriting moments you refer to and how they are presented? And can you do it by not going to listen the band first, but really remember them, right there right now? Thinking of the term "flawed" is not what I was after. The artistic choices they've made, sounds more flat that flawed, not grasping the attention but losing it quite quickly. That is totally OK for me that band is loved by many, but I'm not reviewing the scene nor I don't care what "a scene" thinks. If the "scene" is bunch of people agreeing all the time, it's not a scene, it's a mass. Maybe some other types of reflection is needed to keep people grounded or help them position with their tastes and opinions. By mid-tier I could have elaborated more better, I'll try to remember this. The band is mediocre, and maybe in "a scene" within a scene, they are high-tier. I just don't think that.

Anyway, thank you for your input.

Written by A Real Mönkey on 10.08.2025 at 17:18

Usually an album review is about said album and not the history of the band’s sound. Wonder which admin approved this? Not sure it meets the quality requirements of reviews on this site.

We're fairly liberal with allowing guest review submissions to be published and allowing users to weigh in on them as 'peer review' rather than trying to establish quality thresholds; there's some reviews I reject for not meeting our our guest review guidelines, but those are mostly single-paragraph or single-sentence submissions that should clearly be forum posts instead of reviews, AI-generated submissions, or more occasionally if a submission is just a rant rather than an attempt at any kind of critical evaluation. This submission passes those barriers, in that it does have some discussion of the album and some degree of critical assessment; beyond that, us allowing it to be published as a guest review isn't an endorsement of quality. The quality of guest reviews can vary wildly, and I'm more of a mind of allowing people to get feedback on their writing and hopefully improve as a response rather than adding more subjective barriers to publication, although I can understand contrasting perspectives on that front.

Written by TonsureOvDoom on 12.08.2025 at 13:44

Could you specify what are the memorable songwriting moments you refer to and how they are presented? And can you do it by not going to listen the band first, but really remember them, right there right now?

So I've written down some notes on the albums I know best:
From Ritual - solo break on Malenchantments of the Necrosphere, quite tastefully underplayed for how techy the track itself is, the main riff also I find very memorable and nonstandard for the band

From Everblack - Phantom Limb Masturbation, bridge break where guitars drop slightly to let the dissonant chords ring out, Trevor says "I finally feel complete, I am now whole" and we are dropped into a very nasty fast riff with blasts over it

From Abysmal - The Advent, I think it's one of their best songs, very fun with cool lyricism, I especially enjoy the lines "Empire laden in frost, Ivory towers dipped in crystalline gloss", it's quite evocative. Those vocals are over a very regal/holy sounding part, with a beautiful lead guitar melody

From Nightbringers - Jars, again one of their best songs, with insane guitar work. There is a very cool transition that gets set up after the first chorus, to then be expanded upon after the solo with an amazing riff under it after the second chorus. It's a fairly simple drum pattern but breaks the song up nicely and the guitars do some dissonant riffing to make the whole section sound quite unhinged

From Verminous - The Wereworm's Feast, the riffing that goes over the words "we creep and we crawl" somewhere in the middle of the track and then at the end, getting more technical and expanding upon the idea

All of these songs also happen to have memorable choruses of which the band in general boast a plethora of (In Hell is Where She Waits for Me, As Good as Dead are good examples).

Written by TonsureOvDoom on 12.08.2025 at 13:44

The band is mediocre

This kind of assertion makes you look bad.

The ratings on the site provide a context in which we can gauge an album perceived quality.

In this context, saying that a band with several 8+ albums is "mediocre" makes you look like an edgelord, and won't attract constructive criticism.

You have every right not to like them, but if you want to write reviews about bands you think are overrated, you must be a little more subtle.

But then again I'm not sure you're interested in subtlety, seeing how fast you jumped at the gatekeeping accusation.