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Fucked Up - Glass Boys

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Band: Fucked Up Album: Glass Boys Release Date: June 3, 2014 Genre: Hardcore Punk/Indie Punk Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Body Count - Manslaughter

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Band: Body Count Album: Manslaughter Release Date: June 10, 2014 Genre: Rap Metal/Groove Metal Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 8/10

Toh Kay - Streetlight Lullabies

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Band: Toh Kay Album: Streetlight Lullabies Release Date: November 22, 2011 Genre: Acoustic Ska/Folk Expectation: 6.0/10 Reality: 8.0/10

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

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Band: Killing Joke Album: Killing Joke Release Date: July 28, 2003 Genre: Post Punk/Alternative Metal Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 9.3/10 ESSENTIAL

Fight - War of Words

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Band: Fight Album: War of Words Release Date: December 3, 1993 Genre: Thrash Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7.3/10

Babylon Circus - Never Stop

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Band: Babylon Circus Album: Never Stop Release Date: September 3, 2013 Genre: Ska/Pop Rock/Alternative Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 5.6/10

Arctic Flowers - Reveries

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Band: Arctic Flowers Album: Reveries Release Date: July 6, 2011 Genre: Post  Punk/Garage Punk Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Andreas Kisser - Hubris I & II

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Band: Andreas Kisser Album: Hubris I & II Release Date: June 16, 2009 Genre: Acoustic/MPB/Latin/Classical Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 7/10

Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin

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Band: Bob Mould Album: Beauty & Ruin Release Date: June 3, 2014 Genre: Noise Rock/Pop Punk Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8/10        

The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

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Band: The Moody Blues Album: Days of Future Passed Release Date: December, 1967 Genre: Art Rock/Classical/Prog Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 9.5/10 ESSENTIAL

Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine

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Band: Nachtmystium Album: Silencing Machine Release Date: August 7, 2012 Genre: Black Metal Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7.5/10

No Use for a Name - Leche con Carne

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Band: No Use for a Name Album: Leche con Carne Release Date: March 15, 1995 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7.0/10 Reality: 7.7/10

The Sword - Apocryphon

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Band: The Sword Album: Apocryphon Release Date: October 22, 2012 Genre: Heavy Metal/Stoner Metal Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Masked Intruder - M.I.

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Band: Masked Intruder Album: M.I. Release Date: May 27, 2014 Genre: Pop Punk Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 5.5/10

Until the Light Take Us

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Title: Until the Light Take Us Release Date: December 4, 2009 A documentary that digs deep in the Norwegian black metal movement in the 90's. The movie follows Gylve "Fenriz" Nagell, drummer of Darkthrone, and Varg Vikerness, the man behind one man band Burzum. The first never got too involved with the ideology behind the movement, although his band released a genre defining album with "A Blaze in the Northern Sky". The late, got so involved and obsessed with the ideology that murdered one of his friends, Euronymous, guitarrist of Mayhem, due to ideological conflicts, and was condemned to a 21-year sentence in prison. The movie offers plenty of unbelievable interviews and scenes like Varg Vikerness telling how he murdered Euronymous and Frost, drummer of Satyricon, cutting himself as a form of "art". Norwegian Black Metal was definitely a ground breaking movement in music, but it took things a little too far and that is very well pictured in this doc...

Pulley - Together Again for the First Time

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Band: Pulley Album: Together Again for the First Time Release Date: October 9, 2001 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 7.2/10

Panic! at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.

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Band: Panic! at the Disco Album: Pretty. Odd. Release Date: March 25, 2008 Genre: Pop Rock/Emo Rock Expectation: 5.5/10 Reality: 8/10

Lonely Kamel - Dust Devil

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Band: Lonely Kamel Album: Dust Devil Release Date: October 24, 2011 Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock/Jam Rock Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Krisiun - The Great Execution

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Band: Krisiun Album: The Great Execution Release Date: October 28, 2011 Genre: Death Metal Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Jay Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail

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Band: Jay Z Album: Magna Carta Holy Grail Release Date: July 9, 2013 Genre: Rap Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová - The Swell Season

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Band: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová Album: The Swell Season Release Date: August 22, 2006 Genre: Folk Rock/Acoustic Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Face to Face - Don't Turn Away

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Band: Face to Face Album: Don't Turn Away Release Date: 1992 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Black Cap Miner - The Formative Years

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Band: Black Cap Miner Album: The Formative Years Release Date: October 22, 2013 Genre: Thrash Metal Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6.2/10                                                               Listen to it:                         http://blackcapminer.bandcamp.com/album/the-formative-years

Peter Gabriel - New Blood

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Band: Peter Gabriel Album:New Blood Release Date: October 10, 2011 Genre: Art-Rock Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere

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Band: Agalloch Album: The Serpent & the Sphere Release Date: May 12, 2014 Genre: Black Metal/Prog Metal/Post Metal Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Nothington - Borrowed Time

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Band: Nothington Album: Borrowed Time Release Date: September 6, 2011 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Nightwish - Showtime, Storytime

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Band: Nightwish Album: Showtime, Storytime Release Date: December 2, 2013 Genre: Symphonic Metal Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Wishbone Ash - Argus

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Band: Wishbone Ash Album: Argus Release Date: May 8, 1972 Genre: Classic Rock/Prog Rock Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

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Band: Otis Redding Album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Release Date: October 15, 1966 Genre: Soul Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 9/10

Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man

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Band: Times of Grace Album: The Hymn of a Broken Man Release Date: January 18, 2011 Genre: New Metal/Metalcore Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Shadows Fall - Fire from the Sky

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Band: Shadows Fall Album: Fire from the Sky Release Date: May 15, 2012 Genre: Metalcore/Thrash Metal Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story

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Band: Fat Freddy's Drop Album: Based on a True Story Release Date: May 2, 2005 Genre: Reggae/Ska/Jazz Expectation: 7.0/10 Reality: 7.2/10

Daughters - Daughters

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Band: Daughters Album: Daughters Release Date: March 9, 2010 Genre: Math Metal/Noise Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6/10

Chad Price - Smile Sweet Face

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Band: Chad Price Album: Smile Sweet Face Release Date: October 29, 2009 Genre: Country Expectation: 7.0/10 Reality: 6.0/10

Infant Sorrow - Get Him to the Greek

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Band: Infant Sorrow Album: Get Him to the Greek Release Date: June 1, 2010 Genre: Hard Rock/Soundtrack Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal

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Band: Bring Me the Horizon Album: Sempiternal Release Date: April 1, 2013 Genre: Metalcore Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 8/10

The Beards - The Beard Album

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Band: The Beards Album: The Beard Album Release Date: May 9, 2014 Genre: Hard Rock/Comedy Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6.1/10                                                           

DZ Deathrays - Black Rat

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Band: DZ Deathrays Album: Black Rat Release Date: May 6, 2014 Genre: Dance Punk/Alternative Dance Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8/10

Television - Marquee Moon

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Band: Television Album: Marquee Moon Release Date: February 14, 1977 Genre: Proto Punk/Post Punk Expectation: 8.0/10 Reality: 9.5/10 ESSENTIAL

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards

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Band: Uriah Heep Album: Demons and Wizards Release Date: May 19, 1972 Genre: Prog Rock/Hard Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Elvis Costello with Burt Barcharach - Painted from Memory

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Band: Elvis Costello with Burt Barcharach Album: Painted from Memory Release Date: September 29, 1998 Genre: Pop Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part

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Band: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Album: No More Shall We Part Release Date: April 10, 2001 Genre: Gothic Rock/Dark Indie Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 9/10

Fake Idols - Fake Idols

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Band: Fake Idols Album: Fake Idols Release Date: April 25, 2014 Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 7/10

The Empire Shall Fall - Awaken

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Band: The Empire Shall Fall Album: Awaken Release Date: November 17, 2009 Genre: Metalcore/Prog Metal Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 8/10

Pegboy - Strong Reaction

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Band: Pegboy Album: Strong Reaction Release Date: September 20, 1991 Genre: Punk Rock/Hardcore Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Candy Hearts - The Best Ways to Disappear

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Band: Candy Hearts Album: The Best Ways to Disappear Release Date: November 6, 2012 Genre: Pop Punk Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7/10

Lykke Li - I Never Learn

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Band: Lykke Li Album: I Never Learn Release Date: May 5, 2014 Genre: Indie Electronic Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Suburban Legends - Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Are Vol. 1

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Band: Suburban Legends Album: Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Are Vol. 1 Release Date: Ska/Pop Rock Genre: October 7, 2013 Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 7/10

Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliees

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Band: Les Discrets Album: Ariettes Oubliees Release Date: February 13, 2012 Genre: Shoegaze/Post Metal Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernieres Pensees

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Band: Les Discrets Album: Septembre Et Ses Dernieres Pensees Release Date: March 29, 2010 Genre: Shoegaze/Post Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8/10