Louder

Louder’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 314 reviews of 314 albums, going back to 2000, each next to the album’s Breakdown. 312 of them come from Wikipedia ratings boxes, mostly for older albums.

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272 reviews with no named critic yet.

What it reviews

  • Metal & Punk 51%
  • Rock 40%
  • Indie & Alternative 7%
  • Pop 2%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 0%

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77average score it gives, on the 0 to 100 scale (314 reviews)
63%of its reviews score an album 75 or higher
15points: how far a typical review lands from its own average score
How its scores spread
  • 0–4913
  • 50s12
  • 60s22
  • 70s68
  • 80s114
  • 90+85

Its top scores

  1. Primal FearApocalypse 100 Matthias Weckmann
  2. The DamnedMachine Gun Etiquette 100
  3. The DistillersThe Distillers 100
  4. BuzzcocksAnother Music in a Different Kitchen 100 David Quantick
  5. EnslavedAxioma Ethica Odini 100
  6. Alice in ChainsBlack Gives Way to Blue 100
  7. RushClockwork Angels 100
  8. RushHold Your Fire 100

Its newest 200 reviews

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Iron MaidenThe Book of Souls“[[|default(Classic Rock)]]”Dom Lawson
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90 9/1078Oct 30, 2026
Queens of the Stone AgePerfecth“Josh Homme continues his mission to become the new David Bowie on QOTSA's ninth album”Mark Beaumont
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80 4/577Oct 29, 2026
Judas PriestRedeemer of Souls“[[|default(Metal Hammer)]]”not named
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80 8/1073Oct 28, 2026
The Rolling StonesForeign TonguesIan Fortnam
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70 3.5/573Jun 17, 2026
Paul McCartneyThe Boys of Dungeon LanePat Carty
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70 3.5/581May 28, 2026
MegadethMegadeth“Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with”Dom Lawson
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80 4/563Jan 10, 2026
Iron MaidenSomewhere in Time“Four words describe this album best: Adrian Smith's Finest Hour”not named
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90 4.5/5882024
The OffspringSupercharged“The Offspring are pumped-up and loveable on the joyous Supercharged”not named
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70 3.5/5692024
Imagine DragonsLoom“Syncopated lightweight pop, as if selected by algorithms for mass consumption”not named
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40 2/5602024
Twenty One PilotsClancy“Twenty One Pilots return with their first studio album in three years: some may wonder what all the fuss is about”Vicky Greer
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70 3.5/5782024
David GilmourLuck and Strangenot named
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70 3.5/5802024
Pearl JamDark Matter“There’s vim and vigour aplenty from Seattle survivors Pearl Jam on album number 12, Dark Matter”Emma Johnston
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80 4/5832024
Judas PriestInvincible Shield“Judas Priest's late-career renaissance continues apace with thundering nineteenth album Invincible Shield”Philip Wilding
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80 4/5862024
Bruce DickinsonThe Mandrake Project“The Mandrake Project is a bold return for Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson”Damian Jones
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80 4/5782024
SaxonHell, Fire and Damnation“Biff Byford lines up the history lessons on Saxon's 24th studio album Hell, Fire And Damnation”Geoff Barton
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60 3/5712024
YesMirror to the Sky“Mirror To The Sky is a new set of Yes songs to expand a discography that may go on forever”not named
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70 3.5/5832023
Metallica72 Seasons“Metallica’s only concern is making the best Metallica album possible, irrespective of what’s going on around them… and they've succeeded”Dave Everley
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80 4/5742023
Bruce SpringsteenOnly the Strong Survive“Bruce Springsteen cranks up his soul-man jukebox on covers album, with mixed results”Chris Roberts
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60 3/5712022
Red Hot Chili PeppersReturn of the Dream Canteen“Red Hot Chilli Peppers lay out a tasty musical banquet on Return Of The Dream Canteen, their second album in six months”John Aizlewood
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80 4/5712022
SlipknotThe End, So Far“Slipknot carve their own path of sonic carnage on album seven”Dannii Leivers
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80 4/5722022
MuseWill of the People“Stadium rockers Muse's damning pandemic-era address Will Of The People rocks through the wreckage of 2022”Mark Beaumont
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90 4.5/5692022
RammsteinZeit“Rammstein's new album is equal parts candid and explosive”Stephen Hill
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80 4/5812022
Red Hot Chili PeppersUnlimited Love“Unlimited Love is Red Hot Chili Peppers' first album in six years, with much-loved guitarist John Frusciante back for a third stint”David Stubbs
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70 3.5/5702022
GhostImpera“Swedish theatrical rockers Ghost swap Medieval demons for modern-day counterparts on fifth album Impera”Mark Beaumont
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70 3.5/5832022
David BowieHunky Dorynot named
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90 4.5/5952022
Bullet for My ValentineBullet for My Valentine“Bridgend’s metal behemoths Bullet For My Valentine cover all the bases on their seventh album, Bullet For My Valentine”not named
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70 3.5/5752021
TriviumIn the Court of the Dragon“Trivium destroy the last remaining doubters with 10th album, In The Court Of The Dragon”Stephen Hill
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90 4.5/5852021
Iron MaidenSenjutsu“Senjutsu is studio album 17 from enduring heavy metal flag carriers Iron Maiden, and they still divide opinion”Dave Ling
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90 4.5/5832021
Amyl and the SniffersComfort to Menot named
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70 7/10872021
GojiraFortitude“Gojira have delivered 2021’s most important metal album with Fortitude”Alec Chillingworth
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90 4.5/5782021
EvanescenceThe Bitter Truth“Amy Lee releases her most empowered, emotional, politically charged album yet with Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth”Dannii Leivers
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70 3.5/5742021
Blue Öyster CultSecret Treaties“Secret Treaties was the third album by Blue Oyster Cult, and the one where they really figured out what it was they did: darkness, perversion, and sonic eccentricity”not named
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90 4.5/5882021
The OffspringLet the Bad Times Rollnot named
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60 3/5562021
Napalm DeathThroes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism“Underground icons Napalm Death rise and grind for the 16th time on new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism”Joseph Stannard
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80 4/5852020
Marilyn MansonWe Are Chaos“Marilyn Manson has released his new album We Are Chaos – and here's our verdict”not named
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80 4/5762020
NightwishHuman. :II: Nature.not named
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80 4/5732020
SlipknotWe Are Not Your Kind“Slipknot’s sixth album We Are Not Your Kind is furious, confrontational, bewildering and brilliant”Adam Rees
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80 4/5852019
Blue Öyster CultBlue Öyster Cult“Blue Oyster Cult's debut album: the first forays into sonic exploration from the thinking man’s rock band”not named
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70 3.5/5802019
AmarantheHelixnot named
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70 3.5/5822018
Iron MaidenKillersnot named
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70 3.5/5772018
Alice in ChainsRainier Fog“Seattle’s elder statesmen Alice In Chains reach a majestic new turning point with Rainier Fog”Joe Daly
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80 4/5752018
Primal FearApocalypse“Ich kann nicht behaupten, dass ich in den vergangenen zwanzig Jahren beinharter Fan dieser Kapelle gewesen wäre – aber nach APOCALPYSE nächtige ich in”Matthias Weckmann
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100 7/7852018
GhostPrequelleEleanor Goodman
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90 9/10802018
SaxonThunderboltMatthias Mineur
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71 5/7812018
EvanescenceSynthesis“Goth-rock superstars give themselves an electro-orchestral remix”not named
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70 3.5/5582017
Marilyn MansonHeaven Upside Down“Mazza returns to peak-era sounds for his most astute album in decades”Mark Beaumont
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70 3.5/5712017
TriviumThe Sin and the Sentencenot named
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80 4/5802017
Robert PlantCarry Fire“Eleventh solo album with the Sensational Space Shifters, featuring a duet with Chrissie Hynde”David Stubbs
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80 4/5792017
MobyMore Fast Songs About the Apocalypsenot named
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60 3/5652017
Rise AgainstWolvesnot named
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80 4/5732017
Motionless in WhiteGraveyard Shift“Industrial metallers tinker with the template”Thea de Gallier
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60 3/5572017
Fleetwood MacMiragenot named
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70 3.5/5762016
Within TemptationThe Silent Forcenot named
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86 6/7742015
Lamb of GodVII: Sturm und Drangnot named
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90 4.5/5782015
Suicide SilenceYou Can’t Stop Me“Mit ihrem neuen Album YOU CAN’T STOP ME setzen Suicide Silence ein Statement: Nichts kann sie stoppen, nicht einmal der Tod ihres Sängers Mitch Lucker.”not named
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86 6/7702014
Steven WilsonThe Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)“A progressive masterpiece.”Polly Glass
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90 4.5/5802013
Joey RamoneYa Know?Charles Shaar Murray
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80 8/10622012
In FlamesSounds of a Playground Fading“Für viele von euch mag das keine große Überraschung sein: In Flames rücken erneut auf Platz eins des METAL HAMMER-Soundchecks vor. Da die Schweden in den”not named
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86 6/7752011
SlashSlashnot named
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90 9/10612009
NightwishDark Passion Playnot named
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86 6/7652007
Bullet for My ValentineScream Aim Firenot named
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80 8/10722007
J.J. CaleThe Road to Escondidonot named
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70 7/10732006
Iron MaidenA Matter of Life and Deathnot named
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90 9/10842006
SaxonRock the Nationsnot named
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50 5/10532005
Killswitch EngageKillswitch EngageMalcolm Dome
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40 2/5532005
The DamnedMachine Gun Etiquettenot named
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100 5/5822004
The DistillersThe Distillersnot named
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100 10/10702004
Simple PlanStill Not Getting Any…not named
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80 4/5712004
KornLife Is Peachynot named
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80 4/5732003
Billy IdolRebel Yellnot named
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90 9/10852003
MayhemGrand Declaration of Warnot named
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90 9/10852000
Slipknot.5: The Gray Chapternot named
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70 7/1074
Motörhead1916not named
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90 9/1083
Dream TheaterA View from the Top of the Worldnot named
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50 2.5/573
Dimmu BorgirAbrahadabranot named
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86 6/777
Electric Light OrchestraAlone in the Universenot named
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90 9/1071
Morbid AngelAltars of Madnessnot named
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80 4/581
ShinedownAmaryllisnot named
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86 6/757
AnthraxAmong the Livingnot named
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80 8/1080
MarillionAnoraknophobianot named
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80 4/565
BuzzcocksAnother Music in a Different KitchenDavid Quantick
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100 10/1081
DisturbedAsylum“The mad, bad, slightly sad world of David Draiman.”not named
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60 3/569
Pink FloydAtom Heart Mothernot named
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70 3.5/563
EnslavedAxioma Ethica Odininot named
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100 7/786
Alice in ChainsBlack Gives Way to Bluenot named
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100 10/1079
Emerson, Lake & PalmerBlack Moonnot named
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40 2/551
OpethBlackwater Parknot named
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80 4/588
Richard Hell and the VoidoidsBlank GenerationIan Fortnam
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90 9/1084
ClutchBlast Tyrantnot named
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80 4/570
Tom WaitsBlue Valentinenot named
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70 7/1073
QueenBohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtracknot named
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90 4.5/571
Marilyn MansonBorn Villainnot named
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80 8/1052
Iron MaidenBrave New Worldnot named
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80 4/576
Steve HarrisBritish Lionnot named
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70 7/1057
Sick of It AllBuilt to LastIan Winwood
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80 4/567
RoxetteCharm Schoolnot named
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50 2.5/553
Avenged SevenfoldCity of Evilnot named
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80 4/577
RushClockwork Angelsnot named
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100 7/780
Tom WaitsClosing Timenot named
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80 8/1077
Deep PurpleCome Taste the Bandnot named
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70 3.5/574
ScorpionsComeblacknot named
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57 4/753
SupertrampCrime of the Centurynot named
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90 4.5/585
The ClashCut the Crapnot named
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20 1/540
David BowieDavid Bowienot named
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80 8/1060
David GilmourDavid Gilmournot named
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70 3.5/563
Hollywood UndeadDay of the Deadnot named
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20 2/1040
Def LeppardDef Leppardnot named
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80 4/566
Black SabbathDehumanizernot named
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70 7/1069
DanzigDeth Red Sabaothnot named
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80 8/1074
SlayerDiabolus in Musicanot named
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90 9/1070
Killswitch EngageDisarm the Descentnot named
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90 4.5/578
Dream TheaterDistance over Timenot named
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80 8/1086
DisturbedDivisivenot named
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80 4/562
Mötley CrüeDr. Feelgoodnot named
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70 7/1080
MegadethDystopianot named
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90 4.5/577
Electric Light OrchestraELO 2not named
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40 2/552
Napalm DeathEnemy of the Music Businessnot named
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90 9/1083
SoulflyEnslavednot named
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60 3/567
Brutal TruthExtreme Conditions Demand Extreme ResponsesNeil Aldis
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80 4/587
Papa RoachF.E.A.R.not named
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50 2.5/555
Alice in ChainsFaceliftnot named
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90 4.5/563
Porcupine TreeFear of a Blank Planetnot named
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90 4.5/586
Dark TranquillityFictionnot named
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70 7/1077
SavatageFight for the Rocknot named
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71 5/754
Judas PriestFirepowernot named
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80 4/575
The Sisters of MercyFirst and Last and Alwaysnot named
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40 4/1067
The Sisters of MercyFloodlandnot named
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70 7/1082
YesFly from Herenot named
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80 4/558
AnthraxFor All Kingsnot named
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70 7/1073
Tom WaitsForeign Affairsnot named
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60 6/1066
WhitesnakeForevermorenot named
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80 4/563
SilverchairFrogstompnot named
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60 3/574
Napalm DeathFrom Enslavement to Obliterationnot named
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80 8/1078
GenesisFrom Genesis to Revelationnot named
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50 5/1050
Linkin ParkFrom ZeroMerlin Alderslade
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80 4/570
Tony IommiFrom the Dark“The unmistakable sound of That Guitar and the bludgeon of Those Riffs can only mean that the fire still blazes.”not named
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80 4/586
The DoorsFull Circlenot named
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40 4/1059
CreedFull Circlenot named
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60 6/1062
Morbid AngelGateways to Annihilationnot named
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60 3/570
Generation XGeneration Xnot named
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80 8/1078
The ClashGive ‘Em Enough Ropenot named
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70 3.5/578
Dropkick MurphysGoing Out in Style“A big old Oirish knees-up.”not named
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70 3.5/577
WhitesnakeGood to Be Bad“Whitesnake’s tenth studio album Good To Be Bad reissued with added bells, whistles and horns”not named
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70 3.5/570
DeftonesGorenot named
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80 4/578
MetallicaHardwired… to Self-Destructnot named
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60 3/575
Tom WaitsHeartattack and Vinenot named
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70 7/1076
The CarsHeartbeat Citynot named
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90 9/1079
YesHeaven & Earthnot named
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50 2.5/545
Sum 41Heaven :x: Hellnot named
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70 3.5/579
EluveitieHelvetiosnot named
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86 6/777
NickelbackHere and Nownot named
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20 1/551
AC/DCHigh Voltagenot named
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90 4.5/564
AC/DCHighway to Hellnot named
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90 4.5/587
RushHold Your Firenot named
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100 6/677
EaglesHotel Californianot named
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70 3.5/586
Led ZeppelinHouses of the Holynot named
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90 9/1090
Linkin ParkHybrid Theorynot named
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60 6/1076
Within TemptationHydranot named
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86 6/774
Def LeppardHysterianot named
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90 4.5/592
Morbid AngelIllud Divinum Insanusnot named
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90 9/1083
DisturbedImmortalizednot named
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70 70/10066
Dimmu BorgirIn Sorte Diabolinot named
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86 6/777
King CrimsonIn the Court of the Crimson Kingnot named
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90 9/1093
BauhausIn the Flat Fieldnot named
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80 8/1088
DeathIndividual Thought Patternsnot named
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100 5/588
GhostInfestissumam“Satanic rockers take another step towards the mainstream”not named
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80 4/572
ObituaryInked in Blood“So, so, Crowd­funding also. Ein dermaßen neumodisches Geschäftsmodell hätte man den alten Recken von Obituary sicher nicht unbedingt zugetraut, doch das”not named
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86 6/775
Thin LizzyJailbreaknot named
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80 8/1088
Jefferson AirplaneJefferson Airplanenot named
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30 3/1035
Amon AmarthJomsviking“Amon Amarth wade back into battle with their new album Jomsviking”not named
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70 3.5/575
Eric ClaptonJourneyman“Guitarist at the crossroads to redemption.”not named
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80 4/576
HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1not named
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80 8/1087
HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2not named
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80 8/1080
INXSKickMark Beaumont
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90 4.5/574
Alice CooperKillernot named
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90 4.5/590
MegadethKilling Is My Business… and Business Is Good!not named
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80 4/573
SparksKimono My Housenot named
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90 9/1084
The DoorsL.A. Womannot named
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70 7/1081
MudvayneL.D. 50not named
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80 8/1068
Gamma RayLand of the Freenot named
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60 6/1083
Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin IIInot named
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90 4.5/590
AC/DCLet There Be Rocknot named
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90 4.5/578
RammsteinLiebe ist für alle danot named
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90 4.5/580
Type O NegativeLife Is Killing Menot named
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80 8/1070
George HarrisonLiving in the Material Worldnot named
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80 8/1071
King CrimsonLizardnot named
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80 8/1084
SoundgardenLouder Than Lovenot named
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100 5/581
GojiraMagma“France's soul-searching juggernaut Gojira evolves once more”not named
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90 4.5/585
BauhausMasknot named
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80 8/1080
GhostMeliora“Occult rockers conjure up devilishly fine third album.”not named
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80 4/582
A Perfect CircleMer de Nomsnot named
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80 8/1076
Lou ReedMetal Machine Musicnot named
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50 5/1043
Black SabbathMob Rulesnot named
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80 4/560
The Smashing PumpkinsMonuments to an Elegynot named
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80 8/1071
The DoorsMorrison Hotelnot named
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90 4.5/582
MotörheadMotörheadnot named
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90 4.5/570
MotörheadMotörizernot named
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100 10/1074
HelloweenMy God-Given Right“Das letzte Helloween-Studiowerk STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL (2013) war ein erheblicher Paukenschlag, der die Messlatte für den diesjährigen Nachfolger MY”not named
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86 6/775
KvelertakNattesferd“Third time’s the charm for the Norse warriors”not named
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80 4/582
StratovariusNemesisnot named
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80 4/572

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