Current Member for over 3 months (at the time of review).
Pros:
Alternative, tattooed, rebellious, sounds like my college years, except for the tattooed part.
This is a large site with 1,544 scenes but take note: It has not updated since mid-November 2021. That is two months. It was averaging two scenes per month. There have been none over the last 2 months. I don’t know if the site is now dead or not.
The newer scenes can be downloaded in 4K.
If you like hardcore porn, you will probably like this site a lot. Including hardcore lesbian scenes. Which is unique to me. You don’t see really hardcore lesbian scenes on a regular basis.
Bondage, BSDM, gags are all featured in different scenes.
Cons:
It’s not updating. That is a newer problem. The last update was on November 14, 2021. I have kept up with this site for several years. I wouldn’t be surprised if it starts updating again. They seemed to be going through some changes with the types of scenes. Maybe it’s just temporary?
I believe the lesbian scenes really stand out as good. The rest of it is going to push a lot of boundaries for people. It’s quite hardcore and rough.
Bottom Line:
My original interest site was based on the fact that I was kind of alternative, rebellious young woman in college. I never did get into the tattoos. I think the star of the site, Joanna Angel, is really sexy. I had enough reason to like the site and keep up with it. I won’t talk too much more about the sudden stoppage of updates. If/when it changes, I will update the review or post a comment. Right now, it has been over 2 months since the last update. There was a change going on. The site adopted a theme of having 3-4 scenes that followed a similar story. I believe overall, the site is a definitive hit or miss site. I don’t believe there’s much middle ground for porn fans. If you dislike tattoos, the site is pretty much out for you. If you don’t like hardcore porn, the site is pretty much out for you. They’ve not found a happy medium. The lesbian scenes are even much more hardcore than we expect from two or three women.
The quality is there. They have up to 4K downloads. It’s not as hardcore or polarizing as Kink Network. It’s close. You have to throw in the tattoos. The majority of the newer scenes do take a more BDSM, bondage, gags, whips style approach. I believe that is hit or miss. I don’t mean the person swinging the whip. I really like the lesbian scenes on this site. The reason is, I have never had a lesbian encounter and there’s a part of me that believes this more hardcore style is what it would really be like. I’m not at liberty to discuss psychological and therapy topics. I do know there is a certain level of physicality in lesbian relationships. That and Joanna Dark keeps my interest on this site.
Some of the lesbian parts I have noticed: There seems to be real sub/dom tension between the women. Some of these women are not regular porn stars. I haven’t ever seen some of them on any site. The lack of an established role leads to very intense sex. It’s as if each one is trying to establish their dominance over the other. They do not leave out the parts you would expect from a lesbian scene. There is passionate kissing. You can see the escalation of emotions. The women’s bodies even react how their bodies should, between hard nipples and very wet lower regions. There is a realness there. It is why I don’t like BDSM between a male and female. Physically, the likelihood of a female being dominant over a male is just not that likely. If he’s an establish sub and likes that role. That more understandable, but it loses that tension. Someone needs to make a purely lesbian site where neither woman is the established dominant one. That is something porn lacks.
That is the strong point of the site for me. It’s enough reason to keep up with the site. I do have problems with believability in porn. Having a site where I can see and feel the tension, it fixes the believability problem.
The rest of the scenes are standard harder than normal hardcore. I’m surprised how long some of the scenes are. The people are going at it at a fevered pitch. They’re lasting 40 minutes. As a viewer, I believe that loses some of the enjoyment. It becomes punishing to watch. That is the hit or miss aspect for me. Hopefully, the site will return to updating. It is not the first time the site has had a layoff. They were shooting some scenes as self-shot to avoid the Covid restrictions. It could be anything has delayed the current updates. My recommendation is based on my own experience. If you can find certain styles of scenes on this site that, do it for you, it’s a really good site. I don’t think anyone will like all the styles of scenes. Maybe takes a little patience.
Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Site theme is models with lots of tats and piercings.
-Recent videos have your choice of definition of 160p through 2160p for download.
-The streaming option is 288p through 2160p.
-There is a daily download limit of 300 GB for videos. Which is huge. That would allow you to download about 90 4K videos per day, or 353 720p videos per day. So I don't consider that a con at all.
-Customer support is excellent. There is 24/7 for email, telephone, and live chat. I suggest using live chat, since that's the fastest way to get a response.
-They use some recognizable stunt cocks, like Steve Holmes and Markus Dupree, as well as models like AVN hall of famer Joanna Angel. So the channel uses big name talent in this niche, which I think of as extreme hardcore goth. Not my cup of tea, since I like cute teens with minimal tats and piercing.
But it's a matter of taste. If goth sluts are your fetish, you could find plenty of content to your liking.
Cons:
-The main con is the navigation. Adult Time and it's channels are difficult to navigate. You can't easily get a listing of all the videos at a channel. Or all the models at a channel.
-Memberships need to be understood before you join. The monthly membership is usually streaming only. The simplest way to get downloading privileges is to get an annual membership, but most PU members only want to join for 1 month. There is a monthly membership that gives downloading privileges, but it's hidden, and not usually visible. I suggest using live chat, to see if customer support will offer you a discounted monthly rate that includes downloading privileges. I know at least one PU member who got a monthly Adult Time membership with downloading privileges for the same price as a monthly streaming only membership.
-The acting is terrible. The plots are unbelievable.
-No model bios.
Bottom Line:
Adult Time advertises itself as the only (porn) subscription you need.
I personally think that's over-hype.
There are plenty of other porn sites worth joining.
But for fans of hardcore sex, there's no denying that Adult Time gives you plenty of bang for your buck.
You get over 250 channels, 55,000 episodes and 8 releases per day.
That covers a wide variety of niches. And most of the content is high quality: no schlocky goods on sale that I can find.
With so many niches covered, there should be plenty of hardcore action to fill your hardcore needs.
Not everyone at the PU site is thrilled with the Adult Time network.
But I personally think the Adult Time network is one of the best bargains in porn today (and that is true for the last few years).
Burning Angel used to be a separate site. But it was folded into the Adult Time network a few years ago.
I don't believe it still exists as a separate site: it only exists as a channel in the Adult Time network. Does this make a difference in your membership to Burning Angel?
Yes.
As a channel in Adult Time, navigation in Burning Angel gives you what I consider the Fucked-Up Click Navigation System. Years ago, as a separate site, it was much easier to navigate through the Burning Angel content. In today's world, as part of Adult Time, you need nimble fingers to go Click-Click-Click to find what the hell the content is at Burning Angel. I've been a member of Adult Time for about 3 years now (I know, most PU members only join for 1 month at a time), but I think some of the channels are excellent, especially Pure Taboo, and there's plenty of content for me to find. I just wish the navigation was easier, so I could find the content that I like.
What is the site theme of Burning Angel?
Hardcore sex.
With models that are heavily tattooed and heavily pierced.
The sex is a mixture of boy-girl, 2-guys-1-girl, 2-guys-2-girls, girl-girl, blowjob, vaginal, anal, BDSM, cum drinking and swallowing.
The plots are simplistic, the acting is kindergarden-level.
To watch these videos, turn off your brain, or get really drunk, or snort a couple ounces of cocaine.
Note: some of these videos show the actors drinking cocaine. I've heard of snorting cocaine, smoking cocaine, injecting cocaine, but drinking coke is a new one on me.
I guess you have to watch Burning Angel to learn the uses of cocaine.
Don't use cocaine without the supervision of your medical doctor.
Coke can be dangerous to your health.
Anyway, the plots and acting of the models are at the kindergarden level.
The fake moans and groans of excitement are patently fake.
-Note: Many of these videos have been nominated and have won AVN awards.
AVN is the adult video industry trade magazine. Burning Angel videos have won best action thriller, best sex comedy scene, best actor, best director, etc. So even though I think these videos are trash, experts in porn think they are among the best videos in porn. I think these videos are shit. But porn professionals think many of these videos are pure gold.
You need to watch a few of these videos, to see if they fit your tastes.
I'm giving Burning Angel a score of 75. That's very subjective.
Main negatives are:
The navigation is terrible.
The plots are stupid.
The acting is terrible.
The main benefit of the channel is it makes you realize how wonderful some of the other channels really are.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
Major points for artistic quality and production values of these very tattooed models having sex.
1504 scenes, newer scenes have 4K and 8 other video options from 160p to 1080p.
One update per week though they did miss a week recently.
The sex has two speeds, rough and rougher.
Interesting Halloween-themed scenes including a grown-up Wednesday Addams look-alike.
Looks like they spend a fortune on some of their scenes and that someone sat with a notebook writing every step of the scene out.
Cons:
Unique gets boring too. Though they have a story with most scenes they barely touch on it before it becomes just another porn scene except with tattooed performers.
Some of the guys are just hideous to look at.
Bottom Line:
I come from a culture that is very accepting of tattoos. In our history, they were often revered as a show of royalty. As an expat in America, I still have the intrigue towards the tattoos, but haven't got one myself.
Maybe it's just me thinking too much, but do people with tattoos always have rough sex? Does it come with the territory? I like rough sex porn. It's just it seems like every scene here is recorded in double speed.
Some of the models are really pretty. Some of them look like their tattoos make them prettier. A lot of the guys on here look like a full body tattoo would be an improvement.
They have 1,504 scenes, streaming player works great, I only download the scenes with models I like (Karma RX, Lily Lane, Gina Valentina) are a few of those. I do think Gina's inclusion is funny. She's nothing like most of these models when it comes to number of tattoos or piercings, but she's a very pretty woman.
If you're into anal they have 330 scenes with anal. It honestly seems like more than that after watching multiple scenes all with anal.
I think the best scenes on here are the solo scenes. There are only 132, but you do get very rough masturbation from those 132 scenes. It fills in a niche that isn't very popular. Most solo scenes stay firmly in the softcore genre. Joanna Angel, one of the most prolific models on the site has an outstanding balcony masturbation scene. I really think they should focus on releasing more of these solo scenes. The last one was nearly 18 months ago.
That is my one major complaint. The scenes over the last year are interchangeable. They're still creative, they're still different than normal porn, but only until you get over the shock of the body art.
It's a polarizing site to me. There are people who will hate it for all the tattoos and implants and there are people who will love it just for those reasons. I know a site like this promotes an alternative lifestyle and that's where I think they miss. An alternative lifestyle would have solo, lesbian, orgies, swingers, but instead, the majority of scenes are just male/female.
It's recommended for those that like tattoos and if you are into solo scenes the ones here are very good.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Large site. Over 1,500 scenes.
-Each scene comes with a photo set.
-PU discount for the first month
-Exclusive content. However, many tube sites might feature some of the Burning Angel content, as a form of cross-advertising.
-Actively updating. 1 new video per week.
Cons:
-Pre-checked cross-sale. Standard for porn sites.
-You don't get bonus sites with a membership.
-This is not precisely a con. Burning Angel is one of the over 140 channels (sites are called channels by the Adult Time network) included in an Adult Time membership.
So if you get Adult Time membership thrown in as an add-on by joining one of its members sites, this is a great deal. But Adult Time membership is random, even though Adult Time ended its beta testing in January 2019. So if you get Adult Time for free (through a membership in one of its satellite sites, that is a great deal. If you don't get Adult Time for free through a membership in one of its satellite sites, that's a lousy deal.
Bottom Line:
Site focuses on punk rock porn: what does that mean? Most models feature lots of tats, piercings, and are young models who love to get banged.
The girls or women don't care if they are banged by one guy, or more than one. The more the merrier, so the girls can fill their pussy, mouth, ass, hands, and if one or more girls want to join in, the more the merrier.
This is not a heartcore site. The girls get off of hard rock sex, not love or tenderness.
And if the sex turns kinky, go for it:
The Burning Angel site also encourages a community interest for fans.
There is a store where you can purchase items for the fan base, a blog where fans can discuss their likes and dislikes, and even live events where fans can meet some real live angels in person.
So one of the main selling points for the site is the sense of community it creates.
You can post ideas and opinions to like-minded fans about punk rock porn. Even get to meet and greet some of the performers from the Burning Angel site at live events.
As far as the videos and photo sets, they are professionally shot:
Are the videos and photo sets worth keeping?
If you are a fan of alt rock porn, the videos and photo sets are definitely worth keeping.
This is a niche that is far removed from heartcore porn.
Maybe it's an acquired taste, or if you're bored with traditional porn, you can check out this offering.
Some of the videos are definitely weird.
Not the normal erotic or hardcore porn.
There is a video of Chloe Cherry (also known as Chloe Courture) where she's wearing heavy black make-up (Chloe Cherry is a slim, cute blonde normally) who cuts up and destroys her dolls, then masturbates like she fucking nuts, than a man comes into the room. He's supposed to be her father, at least he's called Daddy Small Hands, and he fucks her pussy and ass in punishment for her bad behavior. Except Chloe loves to fuck, so it's not really punishment. Weird video, I'm still trying to understand it, and how it's supposed to be erotic. I don't mind dark videos, but what's supposed to turn me on here?
Fantasizing about brutally fucking a cute girl who's sick in the head?
Or maybe she's just bored, not sick in the head.
Whatever.
Second thoughts: Chloe is bored. And she is a goth chick. That's why the heavy black make-up and the clown-like costume. So she cuts up her dolls. Her "Daddy" comes in, sees the mess that her cut-up dolls make, and treats Chloe roughly. She loves being dominated.
The rough and harsh tone of his voice. He rips off her clothes, she licks and sucks his cock, then he fucks her pussy and ass, and she's in heaven: Daddy loves her, after all.
She's so happy now, that when Daddy finishes fucking her, she sticks one of the dolls up her ass.
End of story. Great action. Great plot. A twisted love story. (That was supposed to be ironic.)
A contrasting video: featuring Lola Fae as a goth chick (Lola Fae is a cute, slender white chick) with Steve Holmes playing her man servant. The video is titled: Goth Anal Whores 2 - Arya Fae.
Arya plays a goth chick who is not crazy, just bored. Holmes, who is in his 40s, is her personal man servant. He serves her wine, then caresses her all over with his fingers and tongue (in her ass and pussy and tits and mouth), then fucks her like crazy.
She is moaning and groaning and screaming with fake excitement.
This video is easier to understand than the Chloe Cherry video, but not much more exciting.
These videos have to fit into your fantasy to turn you on.
I appreciate more the videos at Teen Mega World and the Diesel network: those videos offer cute young teens, with less make-up, less tattoos, less fake moans and groans. The action, although fantasy, is more real.
Porn is personal. I once read that Michael Rennie, the actor in The Day the Earth Stood Still, put on a rubber wet suit to have sex with some heiress (this was many years ago).
I think she threw him out of the room. Not her thing. True story.
So porn is personal. Sex is personal. What rocks your boat can make the other person seasick (or just laugh).
The goth chick or heavy make-up or heavy tattoos or piercings or loud fake moans and fake groans and fake screams of excitement that Burning Angel features is not my thing.
But if you are into anal, goth chicks getting fucked, you can see if these videos have any interest for you.
My interest was that I got this as a free offering in the Adult Time network, that was given to me as a free offering with 21 Sextury.
I was told by 21 Sextury customer support that anyone joining any of the Adult Time member sites would get an Adult Time membership.
This was proved wrong:
I have a 1-year membership in Devils Film.
I also have a 1-year membership in New Sensations.
Membership in either one of those two sites should, according to 21 Sextury customer support, have given me a membership in Adult Time.
REVIEW CONTINES IN REPLY SECTION BELOW:
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- A nice change of pace site that also gave me access to Adult Time.
- I like alternative women, tattoos, and there is a lot of both on here. Would be a con for some.
- You also get a broader range of body types on this site, which is a major plus for me.
- Ran by Gamma, fairly easy sign-up and cancel but both could be easier, see cons.
- There's a good blend of content, you'll see threesomes, MMF, group lesbian and should say most everything is hardcore. There's not a lot of softer content but there's also not any too extreme hardcore either.
- Most of the models are very attractive.
- I would like to list navigation as a pro but the Adult Time hub takes the site over and you have to work with Adult Time's still clunky navigation. That to me is a Pro-Con.
Cons:
- One pre-checked cross-sale and after unchecking it and submitting payment, the same exact offer popped up on my screen. I consider this borderline unethical because the pop-up lands in the middle of your screen and looks very much like the "enter site" screens you see on some sites. Not a huge deal but why would someone join another site when they're given Adult Time?
- I won't say the action is 100% formulaic but most of the scenes do have a similar feel. You kind of get the feeling the "different" style of models is the unique part of this site. And that's okay but should be noted.
- Adult Time might have a negative to it that I just noticed and will go into in the Bottom Line.
Bottom Line:
I've been a member at Burning Angel several times over the last few years. Not surprising to those that know me, I originally joined it to get some exclusive scenes of one of my all-time favorite models, Regan Reese. There are several regular models on here that I do collect too, so a join each year or every 6 months is normal.
The con about Adult Time: I joined Burning Angel for $15, then I see that I have Adult Time which would keep some paying members for more than a month. The price after the promo month is $30 a month. I normally wouldn't notice that but I've been trying to figure out how these sites are just "giving" us access to Adult Time without an extra charge. I also wouldn't have thought about it if not for the pop up mentioned in the cons. As soon as you give me reason to question ethics, I start noticing other things I normally wouldn't have noticed.
I personally like Adult Time but it complicates sites that I collect from. And I have one yearly membership that gives me access to Adult Time, already. I would wonder if they've considered giving you the option to turn off Adult Time access? Especially for those of us that have more than one membership that gives access to it. I'm starting to think about potential problems that I and at least one other PU member had with Met-Art's Network consolidating your logins to their various sites (I lost access for 3 days). I stand by something I said way back in 2007 on a review, porn sites should use the KISS system of Keep It Simple, Stupid. No offense is meant, my dad used to say it to me about everything.
Burning Angel, years ago, was one of those sites that mostly flew under the radar due to the alternative/tattoos look of their models but now that tattoos are more common, you'll see a lot of mainstream porn stars on here too. I'll add a bit of humor, at least for me, I don't think I realized some of these models had tattoos! I have had a huge attraction to Regan Reese, who was one of the first mainstream, heavily-tattooed models, for over 10 years. I've explained that also as having met Regan and would say I consider her a friend now. She was nothing like I expected her to be and to whatever extent, I think that opened my mind more towards the heavily-tattooed models.
The site itself has most everything you could want. The newest videos have up to 4K option, there are multiple video resolutions available from tiny (360p) to 1080p on the majority of the scenes on the site. Joanna Angel is credited as the mind behind the site and she's one of the models I collect from this site. They also have screencap downloads. There are over 400 models, it does include males so probably 300-350 females. There are 937 videos as of today (1/22/2019), according to the site's main page but I'm a little disappointed over the Adult Time access or what I would call "takeover" of the site.
If you accidentally click "videos", you're going to be taken back to the Adult Time videos. If you search in Adult Time for "Burning Angel" it doesn't come up. It's also not listed in the 140 sites section. Luckily, one of the newest updates on Adult Time is a Burning Angel video. I clicked it and was able to click the "Burning Angel" tag on it and get back to just Burning Angel content.
That to me is a major problem. I don't care if it's in Beta. I joined Burning Angel not a Beta of Adult Time. I appreciate Adult Time for what it is, a clunky, massive catalog of porn. I appreciate Burning Angel for what it is, a niche site that almost zero of the other Adult Time sites are like. Not having it in the sites list or being able to even find it in a search within Adult Time is poor business. I've said it before, I'm not a computer programmer but I know it can't be that hard to get all the sites listed within the hub.
So, my feeling is Burning Angel, for those that like alternative/tattooed models, is close to a solid 90 by itself. With Adult Time making me jump through hoops to get back to the Burning Angel content, it's a low to mid-80s site. I'm sure they will get this all fixed eventually and I'll have a more positive view of Adult Time. As of right now, it's burdening sites like Burning Angel. What I mean by that is, I joined for the niche of Burning Angel's models. Not in the mood for regular, mainstream models.
This problem can be best shown by my above part where I clicked on "videos" on Burning Angel's page and it took me to Adult Time's videos. I was able to search within Burning Angel's models but I'm sure there's a model tab somewhere on there that will send me to Adult Time's models and not just the Burning Angel ones.
I would almost say it's the best of tattooed/alternative models but I really don't know of many of other sites that focus on this niche. It's recommended and hopefully they'll do something to improve the integration with Adult Time. It makes me wonder how many other sites Adult Time gives access to but aren't listed.
Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
- Around 1500 scenes, even more photo sets (I'll revisit this point in the cons) and regular updates. (about 250 anal scenes if that's why you joined)
- Really unique style with a "dark" bend to it. A lot of Gothic make up and clothing.
- The preview of the site is what you get. I really appreciate the honest approach to showing exactly what kind of and how much content you will get when you join.
- Good navigation, decent download speeds overall technically good site (but be aware it uses the same design as evil angel, hardx and a handful of other sites)
- Good diversity of models within the "alt-chick" "punk" aesthetic.
- Models seem to genuinely have fun and the shots are for the most part fun and lighthearted.
Cons:
- Some scenes have too much make-up and even some Halloween make-up that make it hard to focus on the models.
- A lot of scenes have two photo sets one with just glamour shots of the female and another set with the action. I kind of wish the two would be combined, or at least named something similar so I could pair them up later. As other reviews mention, the photos are all labeled as a number so you have to go back and update the folder with the name of the models (really small issue if you don't care about photos)
- If the punk theme of the site doesn't appeal to you there's not much variation. Tattoos on female models are also the norm, so if that's not your thing this won't work.
Bottom Line:
I love this site, the models are incredibly hot, the action is varied and fun and there is plenty of hardcore to enjoy.
I believe the site was started by Joanna Angel and she is the main performer in a lot of scenes. However, she is also directing and adding her own flavor to many other movies, making the site really feel like her vision. And it is a great vision. I really enjoy female porn directors as I feel their scenes end up feeling somehow more intimate with the female models acting more like themselves, really hamming it up in a goofy script then getting really involved in the action.
Speaking of hammy, almost every scene has some funny element to it (a naked model doing yoga in front of two distracted guys, a student helping a teacher "hack" the school network, adult Wednesday Adams and so on). This intro goes for about a minute or two and just adds some comedy, before the action get's started. Some DVD's it's more pronounced than others (unsurprisingly "THE WALKING DEAD A HARDCORE PARODY" has more of a plot than "Stockings". Then again the walking dead parody also has zombie sex, which I can now safely say is not my thing.)
Overall I'd say most scenes go more towards the hardcore side of things, with some double anal action, plenty of deepthroating and rough sex. However it never crosses the line into BDSM and the models seem to be having a great time.
All of the praise above comes, of course, with the caveat that you have to like Tattooed girls with an emo looks and way too much dark makeup. The site caters to a specific audience and if you don't enjoy Hot Topic this site might not be for you. On the other hand this site offered me the opportunity to see some models I thought I knew very well in a different light(Holly Hendrix & Chloe Cherry in dark makeup in the same scene is a must buy in my book)
If that last paragraph didn't scare you off, I'd say this site is well worth it, especially if you catch it on sale
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
PU/TBP Discounted price.
Excellent site preview.
Good sized collection, 1385 scenes taken from 157 full length DVDs and 2864 photo sets.
Regular updates, usually around 2 scenes and 3 to 4 photo sets per week.
Latest videos have a choice of 7 download options, 1080p, 720p,540p, 480p, 360p, 240p, and 160p with the same options available to stream.
Most photo sets 1280 x 1980 with zip downloads.
Video file names include title of scene and names of performers.
Good download speeds.
Cons:
Rip off regional pricing from the UK, $1 (USD) = £1 (GBP) then another 20% on top allegedly for UK VAT sales tax.
Pre-checked cross sales.
Incomplete model index.
Zip file names just numbers.
None of the photo sets have any posting dates.
Oldest videos 2009 and before max at 480p.
Bottom Line:
Burning Angel describes itself as the home of Punk Rock porn where you can find girls sporting the alternative look, goths, emos, metal chicks, many are heavily tattooed with multiple body piercings. The action covers the entire range from softcore solo posing through to lesbian, boy/girl action, threesomes and more. The star of the site is Joanna Angel, porn actress turned director and she herself features in 508 videos and 469 photo sets within the site.
The main browsing categories on the site are videos, DVDs, pics and girls. Selecting videos brings up all the scenes starting with the most recent, you can also select to view them by most viewed and highest rated. Each scene comes with a brief written description and there's also a trailer with every scene usually 1-2 minutes long to give you a good idea of the action. Most of the1080p scenes that I downloaded had a bit rate around 6000k although I have seen bit rates as high as 9000k. I mostly found myself downloading the format they call web hd which was 960 x 540 and 2000k and I was actually quite surprised how good these looked on my 24 inch monitor especially considering they were only around 350 MB for a 25 minute video compared to over 1 GB for the 1080p or 800 MB for the 720p.
Selecting Girls brings up the model index which can be sorted by most recent, most popular and alphabetically. There are 271 girls listed here in the model index however when I started browsing through the photo set pages I found a large number of girls who don't appear here in the model index. From what I can tell the girls listed in the model index are the ones who have videos; if a girl only has photo sets and no videos she doesn't appear in the model index so if you prefer photos as I do then you will need to go through the pages of photo sets otherwise you could miss out on something like another 130 girls.
If you select the photos option it brings up 41 pages of photo sets at 70 sets per page. It was going to the last pages with the oldest photo sets where I found a lot of my favourite models and photo sets on this site. Back in the early days of the site the models seemed to have more of an amateur look about them and the photo sets seemed a lot more creative with regards to outfits and backgrounds. A lot of the newer sets seem to have a more repetitive look about them often with the same white background.
Although I've never had a membership at Burning Angel before I get the impression the site used to be more of a community featuring people who are into the body art lifestyle. Many of the girls have an extensive biography on their model pages including what music, films, video games etc they are in to. There's a community section on the site that features a forum, blogs and an events listing and the girls used to actively participate in the site replying to user comments but I don't see a lot of activity going on these days. There's hardly any activity in the forum and the last blog post was 9 months ago.
Overall as a photo collector of solo models I got plenty out of the site for my money. My only complaint is the way I get shafted by their biller Trustcharge every time I use them and end up paying more than 50% more than the listed dollar price. Luckily I joined on a cheap special offer but with the threat of a recurring price of equal to nearly $48 dollars I was only ever going to stick around for the one month.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Large site
- Updates regularly
- Good variation in body types
- Variation in level of tattoos and piercings
- Class-leading video quality in newer videos
- Many download options
- Streaming available (with options)
- Supports download managers
- Fans of Joanna Angel should definitely join – lots to see
- TBP discount
Cons:
- No zips for pics
Bottom Line:
The first time I joined this site I surprised even myself as I’m not a big fan of tattoos and piercings. Or so I thought.
The site seems to be quite a bit different now than the last time I reviewed it. Back in 2009 when dracken commented on it, and even as recently as a year ago when I reviewed it, the site had a ‘community’ feel to it, like it wasn’t necessarily a professional porn site but a site owned and run by people into this lifestyle. (That was and still is highlighted by the obvious connection that Joanna Angel has with this site. Any of her fans NEED to get a membership here.) The site still has that feel to it with the blogs, a forum, event listings and chats, but it is clearly more ‘professional’ now.
The last time I reviewed the site it was broken down into several sub-sites. Those are listed in my previous review if you’re interested in seeing what those were. Those divisions seem to be gone now in favor of putting all the videos up on the main page and relying on a pull-down menu to sort by niche. This may be a personal thing, but I prefer the new way: all the scenes are right there and there are convenient ways to sort by star or niche.
The site is part of the Fame Digital family of sites. In my opinion, Fame has the porn Midas touch in that they nail the Holy Trinity for porn sites: the porn is incredibly hot with high production values, the site is well organized, and the porn is easy to access for streaming or downloads. The only caveat with Fame is that you need to track which of their billing companies you paid through because you’ll need to know that when it comes time to cancel.
Another way the site is different now is that they use a look more common to other Fame sites: the scene thumbnail opens into a page where all your options for streaming and downloads are in sub-menus. If you’re familiar with any of Fame’s sites you’ll realize that this is both intuitive and easy to use. Also like other Fame sites, this one offers some of the widest choices for streaming and downloads. Other porn companies need to copy this. The oldest videos on the site date from 2008 and are available for download in either WMV or MP4 in 160p, 240p, 360p and 480p. Obviously these aren’t great, but they look okay and they were great when they were uploaded. The really good news, however, is that like most Fame sites, this site jumped into HD early: videos uploaded as early as mid-2009 offer both 720p and 1080p in MP4 format. This was way ahead of the curve for most adult sites in 2009. The icing on the cake is that however fame encodes its scenes, in either 720 or 1080 they look amazing. Some sites offer 1080 that still looks pixilated. Please Fame, if you’re reading this please offer encoding lessons to other sites. Or just buy them out.
I downloaded the 1080p versions and those come in at 1980x1280 and 6800kb/s bitrate.
The site currently has 719 scenes of varying length. The scenes run the gamut from solo, POV, b/g, group, g/g, anal; in other words, just what you’d expect from an adult site. The models also have some variation so depending on the look you like you’re apt to find lots to satisfy you. The site updates frequently and regularly with several scenes being added weekly.
If the site has one glaring fault it’s that pics are still not offered in zips. I know this is primarily a video site, but for those who like to collect photos of their favorite models it would be a good idea to offer zips.
Download managers are supported and like other Fame sites this one has resolved the issue of short-duration time-outs. Links don’t last forever, but they will last about an hour and that is a huge improvement over what was offered even a year ago.
So that leaves dealing with the 800lb gorilla in the room: that the models don’t sport a mainstream look. If that is an absolute deal-breaker for you, then there is no way you’d like this site. If, however, you have even a remote interest in this niche then I highly recommend checking this site out. The models are all really beautiful and but for the tattoos and piercings they look like the beautiful models that work in other parts of the porn industry. There are varying levels of body modifications too: not all the models are heavily tattooed and pierced; some are very light on both. Katie St. Ives, for example, is on this site and I doubt many would consider her a niche model.
The bottom line is that just in the past year this site has made some changes that, while subtle, have made a great site even better. It’s a large and growing site that offers excellent quality (in production values and in how they look on your monitor or TV) at a discounted price and features unique-but-beautiful models. What’s not to like? I highly recommend joining.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- There is a cross-sell on the sign up page but it isn’t pre-checked
- Bills through CCBill
- Great chance to see some new models
- Many familiar porn models appear
- Many download options for newer videos
- Supports download managers
Cons:
- No zips on pics
- Pics relatively low resolution
- No search function
- No specific tags
Bottom Line:
I have to confess that I never expected to be writing a review of a site featuring models with tattoos and piercings, Goth models, punk models and others along that theme. I’m as anti-tattoo as the next guy, except that it turns out I’m not. I’m still anti-tattoo and piercing unless the model goes all the way.
The biggest surprise for me was how conventional the porn here actually is. I don’t know what I was expecting, but whatever it was I was wrong. This is a typical porn network that just happens to showcase models with a look that is slightly out of mainstream.
The main page is laid out as you’d expect with any network: there are tabs for going to pictures, videos, the individual sites, or sorting by model. One choice conspicuous by its absence is a search function. If it exists on the network I haven’t found it yet. (This lack of search is further worsened by the lack of scene tags. Tags exist, but are too broad to be of a lot of use in specific searches.)
The network is made up of eight individual sites. (Cum on My Tattoo, Fuck me in the Bathroom, Heavy Metal Pussy Party, Joanna Angel, POV Punx, Punk Porn, Punk Schoolgirls and Big Boobs are Cool – I’ll post some stats as a comment on each site’s PU page.) While several of the sites have a reason for being stand-alone, several others could just as easily be grouped together. This is neither positive or negative, it’s just a fact.
Each site is laid out in the same way: the site opens into a page where there are thumbnails for 20 scenes per page. Under each thumbnail is some basic information about the scene, including a scene name, the genre (girl/boy, solo, etc.), the running length, user ratings and the female star.
When you select a scene you get a larger thumbnail and four small thumbnails to give you some idea of what’s in store. Each scene has multiple options for downloads. You can download a trailer, the full scene or the full scene broken down into parts. I have to question the value of offering the scene in parts in 2012, but maybe there are still people with slow internet connections. For each of those options there are usually some choices for file type and resolution. MPEGs are offered (in resolutions up to 1400x800 – 5000kb/s and 24fps – depending on the upload date, of course), as are WMVs in high and low resolutions and a mobile version. These options decrease as you get into older files. Prior to 2010 MPEGs weren’t offered but Quicktime files were. The oldest scenes on the network, which date back to 2007, are often only available in one resolution and only in WMV. The resolution on the oldest scenes is low at 480x360, 1800kb/s and 30fps.
This is being a bit picky, but the way the download options are laid out with the trailer as the first option made it too easy to select that instead of the full scene. It didn’t happen to me, but it required that I pay more attention than I’d normally do when just downloading porn. Even having a trailer as a download option seems odd to me, but at least they could put it lower in the option list.
The site supports download managers and I had no problem with the links timing out.
The network bills through CCBill so you have confidence in that. There is a cross-sell, but it isn’t pre-checked.
If the site has a major flaw it is how they provide pictures. I don’t normally download photos but in this case I was looking forward to doing so. I had flagged several models that I really liked that are rare on more mainstream sites and wanted photos too. I was disappointed to see that zips aren’t available and that even if they were, the resolution isn’t great. The newest photos are 1080x720. I know that isn’t bad, but they could be better. Older photos are obviously a lower resolution. I gave up on getting photos since having to save each one individually seems like too much work for porn. The lack of zips really needs to be addressed.
I know this is highly subjective, but I found most of the models on the site to be very attractive. I do question why some models appear on the site though. Katie St. Ives has a few scenes here and I’d not normally think of her when I think tattoos, piercings, Goth or punk. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take any of Katie’s scenes when I can get them, but it just doesn’t seem to be a good fit.
Dracken posted a comment back in ’09 that the network appeared to be a ‘community’ site for people who like the Goth / Punk / etc. look and lifestyle. That is true. There are blogs and forums for the look, the music and the life. I’m only interested in the naked chicks so I really can’t comment on the non-porn parts of the network.
The bottom line is that this is an excellent network. It is well laid out, easy to use and offers some great porn. If you’re like me and want to push your porn boundaries a bit then I’d highly recommend starting with Burning Angel. The models are beautiful and the scenes are hot.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
I've grown restless on other alt-porn sites, so I was happy to stumble across Minx. In addition to being an exotic looking, tattooed beauty, she seems very real and down-to-earth. The candid photos are particularly cute. The photo sets are creative, well-lit, and artistic, but Minx knows what we're really there to see, and she delivers every time. "Frame Sanguine" is my favorite set so far, but some of the sets are quite unusual for a porn site.
Cons:
I'd like more videos. Maybe camshows.
Bottom Line:
Great site if you're looking for genuine, un-corporate alt-porn made by a pervy girl.
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