My updated rating system

I'm unsure how many of you have read my reviews from Transcending the Mundane, but if you have, you may notice that I gave a lot of very high marks to the albums I reviewed, rarely giving out scores lower than 9. That's because back then, I was rating things much like grades are given out in school, which is obviously the wrong way to rate items in reviews. So, at the beginning of the year I re-vamped my rating system for my reviews, which now looks like this:

10 - Perfect
9 - Nearly Perfect
8 - Exceptional
7 - Very Good
6 - Good
5 - Mediocre
4 - Forgettable
3 - Poor
2 - Bad
1 - Horrible
0 - Abysmal

This new rating system will be my guide from now on. And for clarification purposes, I'm also going to provide a list of all the albums that I previously reviewed on Transcending the Mundane, and their new, more accurate ratings. Some of the ratings aren't changed because the original rating is accurate, but most are different from my original score. Check out the full list after the jump:

Five New Reviews

Read, comment, enjoy.

Chimaira - The Infection
Devildriver - Pray for Villains
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Children of the Dark Waters
Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage II
Siebenbürgen - Revelation VI

Four new reviews

These should appeal to a lot of people. I know I'll get plenty of flack for at least one of them, but whatever. Just go read.

God Forbid - Earthsblood
Lamb of God - Wrath
Neaera - Omnicide - Creation Unleashed
Old Man's Child - Slaves of the World

New review

First one in a long time and the first of 2009.

The Agonist - Lullabies for the Dormant Mind

I'll probably be writing more reviews in the next few weeks as procrastination from schoolwork, so keep your eyes peeled for them.

Six Reviews

I posted six reviews on Transcending the Mundane today. Go check them out if you are so inclined.

Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
Cradle of Filth - Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
Light This City - Stormchaser
Neaera - Armamentarium
The Haunted - Versus
Zonaria - The Cancer Empire