RF Reviews

Mongol - Doppler 444 reviewed by Bj-1

Sadly overlooked group, really. Doppler 444 is a strong but perhaps a bit unfocused album, although "Driller" is one of the genre's better songs. I'd like to call this 'Kenso with a Dream Theater attitude' since cool fusion ...

Dream Theater - Live at Tokyo Sun Plaza reviewed by Time_Signature

Great performance - as always - but mediocre sound production.

Guernica - Shinseiki E No Unga reviewed by DamoXt7942

Short songs but with powerful synth plus orchestration and paranoic voices in it...a hard-to-categorize musical style as before.

The theme is exactly a Japanese Dadaism named "Taisho-Romanticism", ...

Puffy64 - Last Ninja II - Tribute reviewed by Time_Signature

While not perfectly, this is basically a good and, at the time of making, original idea. Puffy64 seemlessy mixes heavily distorted guitars with the C64-ish sounds reminiscent of those used in the original game. While not that well ...

Paul Cusick - Focal Point reviewed by Spitf1r3

A great surprise in 2009 came from this multi-instrumentalist. A superb debut album. If you like Porcupine Tree or Steven Wilson compositions you have to buy this abum.

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus reviewed by Time_Signature

What a great album this is! The music's straight out epic doom the way it should be. I really like Johan Langquist's vocals on this album (theer's a quality of desperation to his singing that neither Messiah Marcolin nor Rob Lowe ...

Compression - Compression reviewed by Time_Signature

I stumbled across this album in the local record store in the discount section. The price was 5 DKR (that's less than one Euro), so I thought "What the hell!".

Was it worth it? Gee, I actually don't know. I guess, ...

Amplifier - Amplifier reviewed by Obi

Very, very hard to fault. Amplifier create a mighty wall of sound drowned with lots and lots of guitar riffs.

The Box - D'Après le Horla de Maupassant reviewed by rdtprog

One of the finest release this year with a great singer, nice arrangements and very good compositions.

Lifer - Lifer reviewed by rushfan4

Best reason for having this album is that it was produced by Alex Lifeson from Rush.

Katatonia - Night Is The New Day reviewed by PowerWyrm

Their most depressive work since "Discouraged Ones".

Cock C'Nell - Cock C'Nell reviewed by DamoXt7942

A novelty for me.

Such an approach like this album can let me feel dearness like a good old memory as well as freshness. Indeed not only the recording condition but also their play on stage itself is ...

Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue reviewed by PowerWyrm

Almost 15 years waiting for this album... and it was well worth the wait!

Love Live Life + One - Love Will Make A Better You reviewed by DamoXt7942

Honestly! I cannot help keeping my eyes and mouth open, touching this album by my ears.

LOVE LIVE LIFE, a Japanese psychedelic rock project, was a hotchpotch ensemble of talented rock musicians. Indeed ...

Atheist - Elements reviewed by UMUR

Elements is the third full-length studio album by American jazz/ fusion death metal act Atheist. A groundbreaking mix of fusion/ jazz, latin musical elements and death metal. Elements takes the the fusion elements that Atheist ...

Atheist - Piece of Time reviewed by UMUR

Piece of Time is the debut full-length studio album by American technical death metal act Atheist. A classic album in the genre. While Piece of Time holds many great elements it´s not fully on par with its two successors Unquestionable ...

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence reviewed by UMUR

One of my absolute favorite albums. I´ve listened to this album countless times since I got it almost 20 years ago and I never get tired of it. With Unquestionable Presence, Atheist showed that they were light years ahead of their ...

Believer - Gabriel reviewed by UMUR

Believer´s return after a very lengthy break is very welcome in my world. Gabriel is without a doubt one of the best releases this year for me personally. We´re talking prog-related thrash metal of the highest standard. Brutal ...

Enochian Theory - Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio reviewed by UMUR

Enochian Theory is a promising young British progressive rock/ metal act. Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio is an ambitious concept album full of great emotions and dark atmosphere. Especially Porcupine Tree comes to mind but Enochian ...

Cerebrum - Spectral Extravagance reviewed by UMUR

Cerebrum is a new Greek technical/ progressive death metal act and Spectral Extravagance is their debut full-lenght studio album. The music is technical/ progressive death metal with an early 90s US death metal sensibility. Especially ...

Tholus - Constant reviewed by UMUR

Great Technical/ Progressive death metal album project by former Estradasphere drummer Dave Murray. The music is written by Mike Johnson but performed by a lineup of very competent musicians. Brutal technical death metal with jazz ...

Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths Of Sorrow reviewed by Time_Signature

If you like doom metal, you have to acquire this classic. While very obviously inspired by the likes of Candlemass (there's even a silly Candlemass-like narrative voice on one of the tracks), "Into the Depths of Sorrow" is nonetheless ...

Derek & the Dominos - The Layla Sessions reviewed by rushfan4

I've only got Disc 2: The Jams, from this set, but there is some excellent guitar work on these jams.

Amorphis - Skyforger reviewed by PowerWyrm

Another great album from the finnish band, in the same vein as Eclipse or Silent Waters.

Dün - Eros reviewed by SaltyJon

My first Zeuhl album, and a very good one. Probably one of the best entry points into the genre.

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us reviewed by PowerWyrm

A disappointment. Still a good album, but...

Since the last two albums, Paradise Lost left the catchy and almost poppish hits for a return to the dark/doom of their beginnings. Back to the roots... just like many other bands ...

Capability Brown - Voice reviewed by Aragorn224

Fantastic!!!

Muse - The Resistance reviewed by Aragorn224

Meh. Just meh.

Gong - 2032 reviewed by Aragorn224

Recommended.

Dream Theater - Octavarium reviewed by Aragorn224

Technical, metal POP!