My Decrepit Lament · Veiled in Sorrow
6.5/10
Some good leads, but it's overbearingly brickwalled and sterile, and I don't get overly finicky about that most of the time. I liked the acoustic sections just because they were a respite from the loudness.
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
8/10
I should be more familiar with Savatage. That ballad that appeared in the LOVE game was kind of lackluster, sure, but this is proper classic heavy metal. Those staccato vocalizations appearing a little after 3 minutes in were kind of weird, but his is overall good stuff.
WASP - Harder Faster
7.5/10
I had no idea that, despite being from New York, Blackie Lawless sounds more like Foghorn Leghorn than Bugs Bunny. But this is a pretty good song in any case; it hits the spot in its simple charm.
We Butter The Bread With Butter - Superföhn Bananendate
3.5/10
What the fuck. I was expecting some obnoxious club rap to come in based on the intro. I might have preferred that, since that might have "so bad it's good" appeal. This is just unremarkably bad. It has some sporadic good ideas wrapped up in burrito full of bullshit.
Artillery - Time Has Come
7/10
Standard yet well-executed thrash that I don't feel strongly about.
Enslaved - Havenless
8.25/10
A good song in the context of the album, and the Nordic chants are a positive addition to this. It doesn't achieve true greatness, but it's a nice use of a breakdown in (progressive) black metal.
Aversions Crown - Xenoforms
5/10
Pretty mediocre. Not much to be said about it.