- 100% – I love this album, it’s a candidate for my Desert Island Discs
- 90% – Excellent
- 80% – Great
- 70% – Very good
- 60% – Good
- 50% – OK
- 40% – Disappointing
- 30% – Bad
- 20% – Embarrassing
- 10% – Unlistenable
- 0% – I wouldn’t even use the CD as a coaster
100%
- Aortha—Monolit (2023)
- Apocalyptica—Reflections Revised (2003)
- Catchlight—Amaryllis (2018)
- Deified—Anthrobscene EP (2020)
- Diabolical Masquerade—Death’s Design: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)
- Dog Tired—The Red Verse (2023)
- Evil Scarecrow—Chapter IV: Antartartctica (2018)
- Godflesh—Purge (2023)
- Godflesh—Streetcleaner (1989)
- Haema—Insurrection EP (2017)
- Halford—Crucible (2002)
- Humiliation—Dawn of Warfare (2010)
- In The Woods…—Cease the Day (2018)
- Kreator—Coma of Souls (1990)
- Krysthla—A War Of Souls And Desires (2015)
- Krysthla—Peace in our Time (2017)
- Krysthla—Worldwide Negative (2019)
- Kyrbgrinder—Defiance (2007)
- Lair of the Minotaur—War Metal Battle Masters (2008)
- Manes—Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)
- Methane—Kill it with Fire (2023)
- Mordred—The Dark Parade (2021)
- Oenos—Crno IV EP (2021)
- Porcupine Tree—Closure/Continuation (2022)
- PreHistoric Animals—The Magical Mystery Machine (Chapter 2) (2022)
- Queensrÿche—Empire (1990)
- Ropes Inside A Hole—A Man And His Nature (2023)
- Runemagick—Voyage to Desolation / Dawn of the End (2008)
- Russian Circles—Station (2008)
- Schizma—Hardcore Enemies (2006)
- Seething Akira—Sleepy Skeletor (2018)
- Sel Balamir—Swell (2021) EP
- Self-Deceiver—Across the Styx (2022)
- Sludge—Lava (2008)
- Spectral Darkwave—Live Fire Exorcise (2022)
- Stampin’ Ground—A New Darkness Upon Us (2003)
- The Republic of Desire—REALpolitik (2007)
- Toxic Bonkers—Seeds of Cruelty (2004)
- What the Five Fingers said to the Face—Endless (2023)
95%
- 16 — Curves that Kick (1993)
- 16—Drop Out (1994)
- Anti-Clone—Human (EP) (2022)
- Artificial Sun—The Giants Collapse (2023)
- Bigelf—Hex (2003)
- Blessed Black—Seasons: Vol.1 (2023)
- Cadaverette—We Are Everything But… not anything (2023)
- Carceri—From Source to End (2022)
- Cerberon—Cerberon EP (2018)
- Chandrian Kill—Bring Out Your Dead EP (2018)
- Chaos over Cosmos—The Ultimate Metaverse (2020)
- Derision Cult—Mercenary Notes pt 1 (2022)
- DespiseD—Scortched Earth (2023)
- Dethonator—Race Against the Sun: Part Two (2020)
- Dirge—Lost Empyrean (2018)
- Dub War—Wrong Side of Beautiful (1996)
- Final Coil—The World We Left Behind for Others (2019)
- Flotsam and Jetsam—The End of Chaos (2019)
- Goya—Kathmandu EP (2017)
- GraViL—No More Forgiveness (2017)
- Greybeard—Dark Age (2022)
- Gwynbleidd—Nostalgia (2009)
- Halford—Metal God Essentials Vol.1
- HookahTheFuzz—HookahTheFuzz (2010)
- Icreatedamonster—Blisstonia (2022)
- Idolatrous—Sorrow on Midgard (2023)
- Imperator—The Time before Time (1991)
- JJ Hrubovcak—Death Metal Christmas (2013)
- King Leviathan—Paean Heretica (2017)
- Lair of the Minotaur—Evil Power (2010)
- Man of the Hour—Destroy the Machines of Slaughter (2007)
- Meshuggah—Immutable (2022)
- Moonsorrow—Voimasta ja Kunniasta (2001)
- Motörhead—Hammered (2002)
- Nazgul Rising—Cycles of Primary Chaos (2022)
- Ocean of Grief—Fortress of my Dark Self EP (2016)
- Poison Idea—The Best of Poison Idea (2000)
- Rammstein—Liebe is für alle da (2009)
- Rammstein—Mutter (2001)
- Rival Sons—Rival Sons promo (2011)
- Sayyadina—The Great Northern Revisited (2010)
- Screech Bats—Wish You Were Her (2018) EP
- Seven7—Under Eye (2011)
- She Burns Red—Out of Darkness (2023)
- Sights & Sounds—Monolith (2009)
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum—Grand Opening and Closing (2001)
- Slit—Cronaca Nera (2005)
- Small—No Power Without Control EP (2006)
- Solanaceae—Solanaceae (2008)
- Splinterskin—Wayward Souls (2009)
- Steve Lawson—Grace and Gratitude (2004)
- Steven Wilson—The Future Bites (2021)
- The Colony—Smoke & Mirrors (2019)
- Thuum—Through Smoke, Comes Fire EP (2018) PREVIEW
- Thy Dispraise—A Human Trilogy (EP) (2022)
- Transcending Bizarre?—The Serpent’s Manifolds (2008)
- Transistor Transistor—Ruined Lives (2008)
- Voivod—Synchro Anarchy (2022)
90%
- 16—Bridges to Burn (2009)
- 27 / Twin Zero—27:00 (2005)
- Ambrius—Effigies of Time EP (2022)
- Apocalyptica—Worlds Collide (2007)
- Arch Enemy–Rise of the Tyrant (2007)
- Cedars—”Funeral Dress” (single) (2022)
- Dead Congregation—Purifying Consecrated Ground EP (2005)
- Derailed—Judgement Day (2010)
- Detritivore—Pakt (2010)
- Deuterror—Le Gueule de Guerre (2007)
- Diabolical Masquerade—Ravendusk In My Heart (1996)
- Faith No More—Sol Invictus (2015)
- Fight For Friday—Someone You Could Trust (2018)
- Forever Reigning—A Tribute to Slayer (2022)
- From Eden to Exile—Modern Disdain (2017)
- Gnome—King (2022)
- Goddass—My Beautiful Sin (2008)
- Gunslinger—Earthquake in E Minor (2008)
- H8 Target—H8 Target EP (2005)
- Hypocrisy—Virus (2005)
- Ian Arkley—Two (2022)
- In the Kingdom of Nightmares—Night Terrors EP (2022)
- John 5—Requiem (2008)
- Justice Son—Blaspheme (2023)
- King Abyss—Snake Oil (2023)
- Not Above Evil—Always Darkest Before (2016)
- Opera IX—The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem (2000)
- Paradise Lost—In Requiem (2007)
- Ramming Speed—Brainwreck (2008)
- Residual Effect—3 Track Promo Demo (2005)
- Sathamel—Horror Vacui (2019)
- Shodan—None Shall Prevail (2023)
- Sofa King Killer—Midnight Magic (2004)
- Soldiers—End of Days (2007)
- Soulfly—3 (2002)
- STAHV—Simple Mercies (2023)
- Stömb—Massive Disturbed Meta Art (2023)
- Stone Nomads—Fiery Sabbath EP (2023)
- Survivalist—VII (2022)
- The Michael Schenker Group—2010—The 30th Anniversary Concert Live in Tokyo
85%
- 72 Legions—72 EP (2023)
- Acherontia Styx—Post Death EP (2023)
- Antigama—Resonance (2007)
- Arceye—As the ground consumes you (2007)
- Arkona (Аркона)—Возрождение (2004)
- Beyond Fear—Beyond Fear (2006)
- BillyBio—Feed the Fire (2018)
- Crucifyre—Infernal Earthy Divine (2010)
- Cushing Sun—Tao (2023)
- Dawnwalker—House of Sand (2022)
- Dead Blonde Stars—Resolution EP (2017)
- Dead Tenants—LP II (2018)
- Death SS—X (Ten) (2021)
- Delirium Bound—Delirium, Dissonance and Death (2010)
- Demiurg—The Hate Chamber (2008)
- Devilfire—Dark Manoeuvres (2017)
- Flat Earth—Blame (single) (2018)
- Flat Earth—None for One (2018)
- Humiliation—Face the Disaster (2009)
- Illuminated Void—Veriditas (2023)
- Internal Conflict—Aporia (2021)
- John 5—The Devil Knows My Name (2007)
- Kekal—Envisaged (2022)
- Kekal—Eternitarian (2023)
- Klogr—Keystone (2017)
- Latitudes—Part Island (2019)
- Layover—Your Laughter Never Leaves EP (2018)
- Lazer Beam—Lost in Oblivion (2022)
- Lieform—Crimes (2023)
- Manes—[view] extended play (2006)
- Mayhem—De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
- Mesmur—Chthonic (2023)
- Metal Requiem—Unreachable Depth (2023)
- Metallica—72 Seasons (2023)
- Not Above Evil—The Transcendental Signified (2011)
- Raise the Dead—Hymns of War (2005)
- Relentless / Ruin—Relentless / Ruin (2008)
- Rezet—New World Murder EP (2022)
- Sathanas—Psalm Satani (2022)
- Selfgod—Born of Death (2022)
- Siderian—Cancel Your Future EP (2015)
- Siderian—Origins (2019)
- Sijjeel—Salvation within Insanity (2022)
- Sinocence—Scar Obscura (2009)
- Sloth—A Whole Other World of Fun, aka 13 Songs 13 Samples (2007)
- Sonata Arctica—Ecliptica (1999)
- Sonata Arctica—Silence (2001)
- The Doubted—Surfacing (2020)
- The Judas Factor—Kiss Suicide (2000)
- The Shadow’s Gone Out—Final Alarm EP (2022)
- Towers of Flesh—The Perpetual Paradox (2010)
- Toxic Holocaust—An Overdose of Death… (2008)
- Twenty Ripped Angel—Days Full of Night (2004)
- Tyrannos—Spears of the Aten EP (2022)
- Unholy—Rapture (1998)
- Virvum—Illuminance (2016)
- Vorder—False Haven (2023)
- Weight of Emptiness—Withered Paradogma (2023)
80%
- Aeveris—White Elephant (2022)
- Big Elf—Money Machine (2000)
- Carnival of Flesh—Anthems of Extinction (2022)
- Cove—A Conscious Motion EP (2018)
- Damn Teeth—Real Men (2019)
- Death Blooms—Death Blooms EP (2017)
- Decayor—Re-occurring times of grief EP (2009)
- Diabolical Masquerade—The Phantom Lodge (1997)
- Dread Witch—Tower of the Severed Serpent (2023)
- Dyspläcer—Temple Heights (2023)
- Fallen Keys—Pseudomerica (2022)
- Gutworm—Ruin the Memory (2004)
- Half Makeshift—Omen (2008)
- Hegemone—Voyance (2022)
- Hüsker Dü—The Living End (1994)
- Ingraves—Human Abyss EP (2023)
- Joyless—Wild signs of the end times (2009)
- Kong—Traders of Truth (2023)
- Likheim—Alt Skal Svinne Hen EP (2022)
- Mouth Wound—Nothing Will Belong to Us (2023)
- Pop-punk round-up
- Resignation—1897 (2009)
- Scythian—Suffering to the Conquered demo (2007)
- Søstre—Søstre (2023)
- Spheric Universe Experience—Anima (2007)
- The Howling Wind—Into the Cryosphere (2010)
- The Human Abstract—Midheaven (2008)
- Upon Wings—Last Love EP (2022)
- Vehement—Ashes (2017)
75%
- Arch Enemy—Wages of Sin (2001)
- Audiopain—The Switch to Turn Off Mankind (2007)
- Burn the Ocean—Modern Ruins (2023)
- Carcariass—Afterworld (2023)
- DVL—Hush (2022)
- Erei Cross—The Widow and The Others (2023)
- I Am Pariah—Procreate//Annihilate EP (2018)
- Lamort—A cold godless machine (2011)
- Palace of Worms—Cabal (2023)
- Pop-punk round-up
- Porta Cut—Lost Influence of Artificial Nature EP (2022)
- Raging Speedhorn—Before The Sea Was Built (2007)
- Raging Speedhorn—Live and Demos (2004)
- Residual Effect—In a World Where Pain is God (2006)
- Seasick—Bestie Mensch (1998)
- Solgrav vs F—Kaksî Perkelettä (2006)
- Traces—Reflections of a Forlorn Sun EP (2009)
- Varmia—Prolog EP (2023)
- Victus—Sacrifice EP (2018)
70%
- Apocalyptica—Cult (2000)
- Between the Killings—The Killing Quartet, volume 1: Reflection of Murder EP (2022)
- Brotality—The Woods Will End You (2022)
- Chaos Blood—Fragments of a Shattered Skull (2007)
- Chaos over Cosmos—The Silver Lining Between the Stars (2022)
- Cthulhu Dreamt—Precursor EP (2023)
- Dark Tranquillity—The Mind’s I (2007)
- Deliverance—The Executioner (2004)
- Demon—Better the Devil You Know (2005)
- Devilish Impressions—Diabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon (2007)
- Dub War—Pain (2007)
- Eaten by Sharks—Eradication (2023)
- Elderseer—Drown In The Shallowness (2023)
- Endorphins—Where Evil Lies (2006)
- Gojira—Fortitude (2021)
- Grand Elder—Landslide EP (2023)
- Happy Face—Le Tigre (2005)
- Hate—Awakening of the Liar (2003)
- Hertz Kankarok—Make Madder Music (2018)
- Humanity—When Silence Calls (2004)
- Idol Throne—The Sybilline Age (2022)
- Joe Pesci—At Our Expense! (2009)
- La Fin—The Endless Inertia (2020)
- Man of the Hour—Skull Orchard (2004)
- Motherslug—Blood Moon Blues (2023)
- Pop-punk round-up
- Resolution 13—Derelict (2023)
- Resurrecturis—Non Voglio Morrire (2009)
- Sal—Infatuation!! EP (2007)
- Second Chance (NL)—Tides May Turn (2003)
- Second Shadow—Line Up (Execution Style) (2005)
- Sepulchre by the Sea—Ratiocinations EP (2021)
- Skogarmaor—The Croom Saga’s (2022)
- SSS—The Dividing Line (2008)
- Suns of Thunder—Gimme Some More EP
- Texas Murder Crew—Wrapped in their Blood (2022)
- The Undertones—Dig Yourself Deep (2007)
- Trigger the Bloodshed—Purgation (2007)
- Truth to Power—Claim Your Freedom EP (2022)
- Turrigenous—A Slight Amplification EP (2008)
- Twin Obscenity—For Blood, Honour and Soil (1998)
- Ultimatum—Lex Metalis (2009)
- Unborn Suffer—Is This What We’ve Created? (2006)
- Underdog—Matchless (2010)
- Vordøna—Quadrivium (2023)
65%
- Aathma—Dust from a Dark Sun (2023)
- Black Oak—Egolution (2023)
- Buckshot Facelift—Ulcer Island (2018)
- Cynic—Focus (1993)
- Dead Tenants—LP II (2018)
- Decrepid—Live at the Purple Turtle (2009)
- Devil Sold His Soul—A Fragile Hope (2007)
- Drowned In Blood—The Warfare Continues (2005)
- Forbidden Seasons—Promise (2018)
- G//Z/R—Plastic Planet (1995)
- Gravehill—Metal of Death / Advocation of Murder and Suicide EP (2008)
- Gwynbleidd—Amaranthine EP (2006)
- HammerFall—Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (2005)
- Kill Everything / NecroticGoreBeast / Virulent Excision / Gorepot—Acts of Sadistic Cruelty (2022)
- Lights Over Nevada—Lights Over Nevada (2023)
- Neil Jendon—Invisibility (2008)
- Oblivion Throne—Voidgazer EP (2023)
- OneFromTheNorth—Regime, Salvation & The Pyr (2023)
- Opera IX—1998—Sacro Culto
- Pop-punk round-up
- Post Luctum—The Indifference of Time: I (2023)
- Rekuiem—Time Will Tell (2006)
- Shuriken Cadaveric Entwinement—Constructing the Cataclysm (2022)
- Spoonful of Vicodin—Bursts of Rage at the Speed of Hate (2008)
- There’s Only One Elvis—The Balance of Everything (2023)
- Tripswitch—Until (2008)
60%
- Backlash—Colussus (2021)
- Burmese/Cadaver Eyes — Split EP (2008)
- Citizen Anomaly—The Paradoxic Project (2022)
- December’s Cold Winter—Ablaze All Shrines (2008)
- Derhead—The Grey Zone Phobia (2023)
- Desolatevoid / The Last Van Zant / The Parish—A Crimes Against Humanity Split Release (2010)
- Dun Ringill—150 – Where The Old Gods Play Act 1 (2022)
- Forsaken Eternity—A Kingdom of Ice (2022)
- Hantaoma—Malombra (2005)
- Immortal Dominion—Awakening: The Revelation (2005)
- Impaled Nazarene—Manifest (2007)
- Jezebel—Forbidden Fruit (2003)
- Laibach—Volk Tour London CC Club (2007)
- Noma / Rejectamenta—Noma / Rejectamenta (2009)
- Open The Skies—Conspiracies (2007)
- Sick of It All—Outtakes for the Outcast (2004)
- Somnae—Forever More (2010)
- Twelve Tribes—The Rebirth of Tragedy (2004)
- Unabomber—Potemkin (Less is more) (2004)
- Wildeornes—…On the Earth, Under the Sky (2023)
55%
- Der Gerwelt—Human Breed (2003)
- Hanging Doll—Reason & Madness (2008)
- Hypnosis—Shadoworld (1999)
- Lost Spirit—Disappointment (2021)
- Opera IX—1995—The Call of the Wood
- Somnus—Through Creation’s End (2001)
- Timōrātus—My Life in a Made Metal Band (2022)
50%
- Desolatevoid—No sign of better times (2008)
- Haken—Aquarius (2010)
- Immortal Sense—Call it Anything (2010)
- Koreisch—This decaying schizophrenic Christ complex (1999)
- The Quireboys—This is Rock ‘n’ Roll (2001)
45%
- Goatboy—Dook of Oil EP (2003)
- Gob Squad—Watch the Cripple Dance (2008)
- Jag Panzer—The Fourth Judgement (1997)
- Steroid Freak Pussy—Conquer and Divide (2008)
- Tangorodrim—Justus Ex Fide Vivit (2007)
- Unearth—The Oncoming Storm (2004)
40%
- Complete—All Systems Go (2004)
- Haar—Haar EP (2010)
- Qwälen—Syvä hiljaisuus (2023)
- Serial Obsession—Serial Obsession (2008)
- The Shizit—Live at Club Spirit (2008)
35%
30%
25%
20%
- Detrimentum—Embracing this Deformity (2008)
- Diabolos—The Three Mothers EP (2006)
- Lairig Ghru—Thermopylae (2005)
- Opaque—The Cult of Survivors: Unreleased tracks 1997–2007 (2007)
10%
- Concrete Age—Bardo Thodol (2023)
- Dead Friends Forever—No Need to Segue (2022)
- Marduk—World Funeral (2003) box set