"As good today as it was when I was 15, even better at Download when they played it in full, one of the best experiences ever. Fast, progressive thrash gets no better."
"This shows a deathlier side to the thrash genre. Again still as stunning as it ever was, a pure 29 minute thrash to the end. Araya's unique shouting style is a plus, something different from usual."
"Maybe controversial, but AIC were lumped in with grunge unfairly, this is heavy music with the best harmonies around, amazing vocals and great guitar playing throughout. A bleak, dark masterpiece."
"An unusual album, not to everyone's taste, but this is stoner metal taken to it's conclusion. One track, one riff really but rarely dull, a hymn worshipping the leaf,"
"Another stunning piece of work, contains 'Shattered Fortress' which takes some of the best bits of their best songs and makes a whole new song which is fantastic. One of their best for years."
"SDOIT, Glass Prison, Misunderstood just great stuff, the title track is an epic classic track that could be an album on it's own. And yet they still did another whole album, excellent."
"A real crossover album, brutal and fast in places but with a sense of songwriting that they didn't show on earlier albums. This is the album that my punk/indie mates liked even though it's death metal"
"The first 3 albums are all immense but this one gets my pick. Still fast even those this is regarded as slowing down after AOM. Trey is the Van Halen of Death Metal, just stunning every track."
"Terminator metal, or so one description says. The first 4 tracks are simply FF's best songs and their best work. Machine like guitars and drums, keyboards and growling vocals combined to fine effect."
"What more needs to be said? Iommi's best collection of riffs, fantastic from the hacking cough at the start to Into The Void's multiple quaking riffs."
"Old school thrash given a 90s reinvention and mixed with hardcore. They shot their load when they put Davidian up front, they would never write better than that stone cold classic."
"SOAD get further away from their nu-metal roots and it's no bad thing. Toxicity is a fine album too, but this gets the nod for improved songwriting. Modern metal but very little nu about it."
"Is prog nu metal the right description? All I know is that Maynard is one of the greatest vocalists around and they write some damn fine prog tinged modern tunes."
"If Rob Trujillo re-recorded the bass or it was re-mixed then this would be almost perfect, Metallica take the proggy route while still thrashing away. Blackened, One, Harvester of Sorrow, top notch."
"If there must be rap in metal then this is one of the only bands allowed. Nothing worse than ego heavy rapper and Zack is the antithesis of this. Feel the fury from cover to lyrics to guitar, awesome."
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