Now -- what are you listening to? V2

More people here seem to be listening to this because of a negative review that any positive one ever posted. 

Also long time, no post Ashley. Good to see you're still around. 

Yeah, it actually annoys me (not because people are listening to it). I didn't want to have to write such a negative review, I don't like writing them, but I tried writing one and I just kept typing away and had a really angry review. I haven't seen this much of a shitstorm for a review since Wilytank's Haken review. I wish my positive reviews (which are most of my reviews), would get people to check the album out.

Yeah, I can understand the feeling. Believe it or not, I'm actually incredibly shy in real life, so I really don't like drawing much attention to myself, which is one reason why I almost never write negative reviews anymore. It's like, if I'm going to get any kind of attention, it may as well be for something I'd recommend and not for something I'm bashing the hell out of.

At the same time, though, your review was actually helpful in a kind of warped way. By that I mean, I wouldn't have taken any interest in the album otherwise, because that's not a style I actively seek out, even though I do like it from time to time, and so your mentions of extended ambient sections actually caught my interest, as I like that sort of thing. So in a really twisted way, your review actually did get me interested in the album and my first listen went pretty well. So basically, even if your experience with the album was awful, I guess you can feel good knowing you still managed to help people discover a new band they can like, which is a major reason why reviews can be helpful in the first place.

Yeah, I'm exactly the same way. With the exception of my job and group of friends, I am not good at interacting with people. I do like it when my positive reviews get attention (Most recently my review of The White Swan's newest EP got shared by the band, and it's an atmospheric doom metal album, imagine that!), but as soon as I post a negative review I get personal insults thrown at me. Granted, I've developed thick skin when it comes to insults and take it humorous stride (Though there was one that did anger me a bit). I wish more people knew how to actually critique, which I would listen to.

I'm glad my review got you to listen to it and enjoy it, and I think all reviews should be taken that way rather than "Oh, this review is obviously trying to say they have the right opinion" when that's not what I think a review is. The point of reviews is to get people to check something out, not change the opinions of people who have already formed one for themselves. I believe the only other two negative reviews I've written are of Dream Theater's The Astonishing (Which didn't seem to piss anyone off), and Pain of Salvation's BE (I haven't actually posted it anywhere because of the reasons seen recently, but it's actually a comedic conversation review that people seem to enjoy more.)

http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/ea/ea

Digging this one quite a lot. Funeral doom made up of one 47:38 long track.