© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-holy_diver Recent reviews written by member holy_diver en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_483694710404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Hindsight is 20/20. If only I weren’t so close minded in regards to electronic music when this release first came out back in 1999, well, then I would have been a rabid Nine Inch Nails fan for that much longer. At the time, the beeps, blips... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483694710404 Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:54:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483694710404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474731679364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - What makes metal metal? Is it the artillery barrage of it’s drums? Is it the primal riffs that assure mutual and total destruction for all involved parties? Is it the ominous and bleak prophetics, the lyrics of black poetry that gives... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474731679364 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:31:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474731679364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473919360644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - A few months ago, I set out on a quest to track down this surprisingly rare release from Ministry. You see, being a huge fan of both metal and industrial music, and hearing so many claims that this was THE definitive industrial-metal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473919360644 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:36:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473919360644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452434759300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - I hate the 80’s. Let’s get that out of the way first. Everything from TV to fashion, movies to politics, popular sayings to popular hairstyles, dance-clubs to cocaine - as far as I’m concerned, no decade in the history of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452434759300 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:32:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452434759300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436802784900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Progressive music (metal specifically, as it pertains to these lads) is often assaulted for it&#146s lack of melody. Technical proficiency, it is often argued, does not necessarily make for good music, primarily because it typically comes at the expense... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436802784900 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:54:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436802784900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431927430788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Jesus H. Christ! I usually don’t like starting a review by taking the lords name in vein, but damn is their a lot of great noise and musical concepts propelling this blitzkreg of an album. We can all definitely agree that this maelstrom of energized... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431927430788 Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431927430788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430064438916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Anyone familiar with Alice in Chains knows that these Seattle-based grungers weren&#146t known for their positive mental attitude. Sure, on Over Now, and Jar of Flies&#145 Swing on This, lighter textures were woven, but the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430064438916 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:04:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430064438916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417923370628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - The music world parallel&#146s the real world in it&#146s diversity, emotion, and style. It seems every thought or concept can be put into a musical medium, which means that the crushingly vast ocean of ensembles synthesizing the infinitesimal variety of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417923370628 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:54:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417923370628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417867992708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - It&#146s disheartening when one considers all of the overlooked musical jewels that exist buried beneath the sedimentary fallout of overrated pop musicians. Yeah, I know, that&#146s an obnoxiously &#147indie&#148 thing to say, but then again, I can be an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417867992708 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:05:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417867992708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413427142276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Oh God, Linkin Park. What did you do now. . . Oh. . . you tried to actually evolve as musicians? You tried to show the world you were something more than a formulaic rap-rock band? Hmm. . . I'm not sure you accomplished your goal. You... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413427142276 Sat, 5 Jan 2008 19:09:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413427142276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413284077188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Say what you will about the counter-culture of the 60’s (you know, that hippies might have benefited from practicing hygiene, or that they were way too wacked out of their gourds on acid to have exhibited any kind of coherent opinion about global... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413284077188 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:28:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413284077188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412125400708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - I would say 2002&#146s Tremulant EP saw The Mars Volta&#146s humble beginnings, but I wouldn&#146t exactly call these musicians, or their music, humble. . . not in the least bit. What you have here is an unrefined, unstable schematic of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412125400708 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:30:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412125400708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410709888644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Yeah, yeah, the music industry is stale, blah, blah, most bands just try to re-hash old ideas with cheap gimmicks, etc, etc,. &#147Yeah, but it&#146s refreshing when an unheard of band comes out of no-where with a brand new sound!&#148 Yeah. . . That... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410709888644 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:52:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410709888644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410197266052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - This is NOT how the world ends. This is NOT an answer to all of those convoluted questions raised in previous games. This IS an amazing multiplayer experience. . . Nothing more. The "Story"? Basically, the Zerg. . I mean Tyranid. . .er, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410197266052 Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:44:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410197266052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409888657028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Make no mistake about it - these are troubled times. Unjust wars are being fought against intangible concepts that are made even more powerful when confronted through formal violence. Multi-national corporations, through... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409888657028 Fri, 7 Dec 2007 04:39:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409888657028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409473355396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - The Mars Volta accomplished something truly amazing with their 2001 debut LP, Deloused at the Comatorium. Taking the pseudo-dub styled electronics of De Facto, merging it with progressive jazz-fusion, and adding a nice rainbow... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409473355396 Wed, 5 Dec 2007 03:50:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409473355396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407450979972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Good morning, boys and girls! I Hope you&#146re not too tired from last night&#146s magical ecstasy party! Those little pills of colorful godlessness tend to leave me tired, especially if mixed with just the right amount of liquid courage. But... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407450979972 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:36:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407450979972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407286877828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - It seems that every year we are given a gift from music radio: A heap of generic pop-rock bands that either rely on bleeding heart lyrics or genre gimmicks to attain prestige and power in the music industry. Panic! At the Disco has the ever... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407286877828 Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:24:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407286877828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407041707652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Rigid and stalwart, pristine yet foreboding, the angels of Ksaethus stood rank and file, gleaming and shimmering with divine light, clad in armor forged from the enchanted opals that frequented the oases of Golconda. An iridescent cascade of subtle... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407041707652 Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:52:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407041707652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_386560724612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Ahhh, Dragonforce. I remember the first day I heard you. The epic lead guitar. The monstrous double-bass. The inaudible bassist. And then the lyrics. . . After regaining consciousness (I passed out from laughter), all that was left was an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~386560724612 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:20:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_386560724612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_375870951044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Anyone taking a casual look inside the lyric book of Andromeda 2001 debut album, Extension of the Wish, will see some funny stuff. Scrawled in Terminator 2-esk font, the band's name is so eloquently displayed amidst a dramatic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~375870951044 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:29:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_375870951044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_365037719172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - At this point in their career, it's safe to say that anyone who refutes the musical genius of Steve Wilson and Porcupine Tree immediately forfeits his right to be considered a rational human being. While the bands highly prestigious back-catalog... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~365037719172 Mon, 21 May 2007 15:28:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_365037719172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338725801604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Any Pink Floyd fan knows the tale of Syd Barret. His eclectic mind was largely responsible for the psychedelic conjuration known to the world as The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd's first LP. But by 1968, just one year after the release of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338725801604 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:38:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338725801604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_281047109252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Let me tell you something about Ozric Tentacles - these crazy hippie blokes don't make music, nor do they release albums. Instead, they produce legal hallucinogens in CD form, intended to be administered directly to the brain via audible... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~281047109252 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:49:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_281047109252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_244072746628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author holy_diver - Back in 1998, before becoming the musical obsession of wannabe-socialists across the country, System of a Down released their self-titled debut on the world without too much commotion outside of the metal-head community. Sure, Sugar... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~244072746628 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:38:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_244072746628?linkin_id=8003929