Inappropriate Ratings

to answer your two questions. 

Yes, it's impossible for me to think that people would torture themselves like that. I would never do it. 

Yes, ratings are subjective, we call ratings abuse situation when users suspiciously rate albums too high or too low. There is a suspicion and mods and admins have to get to the bottom of it. 

And BTW, this thread is solely meant to report possible abuse, to signal out users when there is suspicion of possible abuse. 

Is it so impossible to think this one person might have decided to listen to the whole discography to confirm once and for all that they don't like them? 

Ratings are completely subjective and personal, to discourage people from having an opinion and calling it ratings abuse sets a dangerous precedent. 

Also, I'm not a fan of Coheed and Cambria and happen to have two cds by them. I will probably give the one two stars(if I decide to rate or review it) and maybe two stars to the other if I don'tlike it (which seems likely). Maybe one star but I'm not sure yet. So far I only heard the one. Would that be abuse also? If not then where do we draw the line?

People are allowed to not like something. Maybe they are borrowing the albums from friends or are getting them free somehow. I find it strange too but I have seen it before and it's not breaking any rules imo.

I really appreciate the fact that you're taking this so seriously. Also, please know that you can change your individual ratings any time you like (which I have done countless times as I have gotten to know and appreciate albums and sub-genres better over the 13 years I've been on PA). 

On another personal note: I often chose to refrain from rating albums from subgenres that I was new to--out of respect for the artist's seriousness and my ignorance. Like our Silly Pup was saying above, a lot of PA's subgenres and bands were completely new to me when I arrived and, over time, they have gotten more familiar and I have even come to appreciate and like several of them--though this may depend on the plasticity of your brain, I guess (whether or not you can be open to new things).

Welcome and good luck! Most of all, I'm glad to see you are at least being adventurous and thoughtful.

Sincerely, 

Drew Fisher aka BrufordFreak 

With that said, it seems like you've at least listened to them, and didn't just click through their pages dropping simultaneous 1 star ratings so you're probably fine. The thing is with death growls is, nobody hears them for the first time and goes "Damn! This guy can sing!" Take Opeth for example, the Death Growls on top of heavy chugging riffs work as a brilliant contrast to the soft, clean and melodic passages that tradeoff with it. The appeal is that it's supposed to sound as heavy and evil as possible, pushing the boundaries of how heavy music can be. I only listen to a few bands with Death Growls, but for me to get into a band who uses them I have to invest a lot of time into understanding their unique sound to really "get it."

yes, it is breaking the rules, it's rating abuse.

The user name deafmoon was reported before, either nothing was done about him or he started all over, I do not know. 

While some Queensryche albums deserve one star, I don't know with these people to be honest. 

Their ratings need to be nuked and be given a warning. 

Are they trying to lower down rating for some band and make other album higher? These people have too much time on their hands. The stupidity of rating abuse... 

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=72614

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=71418

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=72113

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=71439

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=72472

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=64154

Lets try that one more time! John Wetton Ratings kinda sus too