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I caught them in Maryland last year and really enjoyed them
As far as I know they are still ignoring the David Vincent material so don't expect the classics. Plenty from Formulas, Gateways, and their latest release
We did it, guys. We're finally 100% complete. It's over. What a ride!
https://www.metal-archives.com/news/view/id/252
https://www.metal-archives.com/news/view/id/252
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fuckin' A. This train will not stop. I'm hype for Ossification and Chalera as well. Good to see more Cali stuff, regarding the former. And it's always a pleasure to behold Indonesian brutality.
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How would M-A ever be "fully, 100% complete" anyway? Think about it. ;)
Thrash Album Spotlight #2
Destructor - Maximum Destruction
Posting this to help shine some love on this classic from 85. Destructor from Ohio offered a brand of thrash that was not perfect, but through its sloppy execution and true drunk dudes playing thrash in a garage feel, they created an album that works on so many levels. The real highlight hear is from the guitarist Pat, who has unfortunately passed away a couple days ago. He really tied the sound together and reigned in the raw attitude, without his great anchor , the album would fail.
Highlights include the fantastic thrashers Overdose, Pounding Evil, and the title track.
Please check out this raw, full of attitude thrash classic.
Destructor - Maximum Destruction
Posting this to help shine some love on this classic from 85. Destructor from Ohio offered a brand of thrash that was not perfect, but through its sloppy execution and true drunk dudes playing thrash in a garage feel, they created an album that works on so many levels. The real highlight hear is from the guitarist Pat, who has unfortunately passed away a couple days ago. He really tied the sound together and reigned in the raw attitude, without his great anchor , the album would fail.
Highlights include the fantastic thrashers Overdose, Pounding Evil, and the title track.
Please check out this raw, full of attitude thrash classic.
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Insidious Decrepancy (TX) - Befouling the Adoration of Christ
one of my favorite musicians to arise from the TXDM scene, and certainly one of the most talented one man acts that I've ever encountered. Ripping brutal/tech death with impeccable riffing. Bonus live track to see how precise his playing is in person.
Insidious Decrepancy (TX) - Befouling the Adoration of Christ
one of my favorite musicians to arise from the TXDM scene, and certainly one of the most talented one man acts that I've ever encountered. Ripping brutal/tech death with impeccable riffing. Bonus live track to see how precise his playing is in person.
A couple of really great recent (or yet to be released) albums:
Barren Earth – A Complex of Cages
Messa – Feast for Water
https://messa666.bandcamp.com/music
Barren Earth – A Complex of Cages
Messa – Feast for Water
https://messa666.bandcamp.com/music
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Hail - Let the Wolves Lead You to Satan's Glory
Inheritance of Evilness is the only full length from somewhat obscure Finnish BM band Hail. I've always really enjoyed this album and this song in particular opens things strong. Great atmosphere in the beginning leads to some great mid-tempo BM riffing that stays quality through the whole album. There's definitely lots of Beherit and Varathron worship going on here (there's even a Varathron cover on the album) but it's all very well done. Great cover art too. Happy to have a vinyl version of this album.
Hail - Let the Wolves Lead You to Satan's Glory
Inheritance of Evilness is the only full length from somewhat obscure Finnish BM band Hail. I've always really enjoyed this album and this song in particular opens things strong. Great atmosphere in the beginning leads to some great mid-tempo BM riffing that stays quality through the whole album. There's definitely lots of Beherit and Varathron worship going on here (there's even a Varathron cover on the album) but it's all very well done. Great cover art too. Happy to have a vinyl version of this album.
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Fans of Agalloch, check out Oak Pantheon, whose new album is coming a couple weeks.
https://oakpantheon.bandcamp.com/album/sol
https://oakpantheon.bandcamp.com/album/sol
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Gruesome announced a new album, Twisted Prayers! Looks to come out June 1. Off to preorder...
http://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/twisted-prayers
http://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/twisted-prayers
a cult classic in every sense. I've always wanted to cover War Must Go On.
New Panopticon is out:
https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp....-man-on-the-once-nameless-wilderness-i-and-ii
https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp....-man-on-the-once-nameless-wilderness-i-and-ii
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BTBAM show tonight in NYC, not really feeling this tour with the supporting bands, but I love BTBAM too much to not go.
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Titan Force - Blaze of Glory
High energy power metal. Got to love Harry Conklin, dude knows how to deliver a classic
Titan Force - Blaze of Glory
High energy power metal. Got to love Harry Conklin, dude knows how to deliver a classic
First time hearing about Oak Pantheon, thanks for the recommendation. John went on to form Pillorian, which has a solid black metal debut album too. The rest of Agalloch's members went on to form Khorada, their debut album should be sometime soon this year, it's in the process of being mastered ATM.
Still sucks Agalloch as a whole is gone, one of those bands that had a unique sound. Marrow of the Spirit is my favourite album by far which I find is pretty underrated among Agalloch fans.
Still one of my favourite Agalloch tracks:
Also a recommendation of my own, if you don't know about Fen already check them out, they've always reminded me a little bit of Agalloch although some of their tracks I find are a bit hit and miss when they try do clean vocals.
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Hoping this gets put on Google Play today. Otherwise I might just pay for it tonight when I get home from work. My #1 most anticipated release this year. Can't wait to hear it.
Probably a shit opinion for Whitechapel fans, but I've just learned about them via their new album and I'm enjoying it. They're playing a few hours away over the summer, though I have a different show to go to.
Autumn Eternal is my favorite but any of the last 3 are good places to start I think. Kentucky has more of the folk elements and Roads to the North is more "metal". I think Autumn Eternal is a good mix of the 2.
cheers. Yeah I essentially had them on queue a few years ago when I was finally getting into Wolves in the Throne Room and just never got around to it. Seems as good a time as ever to try them out. Also just reminded myself I need to get Thrice Woven.
Not sure how much of a while is "a while", but are you familiar with Vektor?
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Speaking of thrash, I spun Repentless again today and I think I'm more on board with it now that's it had time to digest. Slayer did a decent job with it. There's maybe one or two borderline tracks, but overall I enjoyed it.
Here's some thrash from Bangladesh of all places. Pretty solid if you ask me. It's a bit heavier which I like.
https://exalterthrash.bandcamp.com/album/persecution-automated-thrash-metal
For death metal, I ran across this band LIK and a new video they have out. Never heard of them, but their pretty solid and have a new album coming this month I believe.
I see Exmortus has a new album coming out. I really need to pick up their older albums at some point too. These guys have the cheesiest album covers though.
https://exmortus-official.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-steel
And on the black metal front, at least one youtuber I follow, possibly a second, recommended Nocternity which I finally got around to and holy shit I ended up buying nearly everything they have. The album art is pretty amazing to me. It's like Dark Souls come to life. Musically, this is a bit slower than I care for, but it kind of puts you in a trance listening to it. This particular album is Harps of the Ancient Temples but I grabbed their other stuff too. It's up on streaming sites if interested.
https://nocternity.bandcamp.com/album/harps-of-the-ancient-temples-2
Here's some thrash from Bangladesh of all places. Pretty solid if you ask me. It's a bit heavier which I like.
https://exalterthrash.bandcamp.com/album/persecution-automated-thrash-metal
For death metal, I ran across this band LIK and a new video they have out. Never heard of them, but their pretty solid and have a new album coming this month I believe.
I see Exmortus has a new album coming out. I really need to pick up their older albums at some point too. These guys have the cheesiest album covers though.
https://exmortus-official.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-steel
And on the black metal front, at least one youtuber I follow, possibly a second, recommended Nocternity which I finally got around to and holy shit I ended up buying nearly everything they have. The album art is pretty amazing to me. It's like Dark Souls come to life. Musically, this is a bit slower than I care for, but it kind of puts you in a trance listening to it. This particular album is Harps of the Ancient Temples but I grabbed their other stuff too. It's up on streaming sites if interested.
https://nocternity.bandcamp.com/album/harps-of-the-ancient-temples-2
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Nervosa just announced a new album today. So get your neck ready. Their last album was thrasherific
http://nervosa-brazil.bandcamp.com/album/downfall-of-mankind
http://nervosa-brazil.bandcamp.com/album/downfall-of-mankind
Funny, Nocternity is a band that I used to dig when I was heavily into metal a decade ago and I only just found out they had a "recent" album so I got it last night. I only made it a few songs in but Harps of the Ancient Temples seems pretty good. I'm glad to see he's still putting out quality music. I don't know if the Nocternity guy still runs Kyrck Productions, but it's worth looking into pretty much everything he ever put out on that label. He has a real ear for sound (which is to say he always puts out shit that I like). He also makes and sells (or did?) the armor he wears on the album covers through his label.
I'm listening to Debauchery (USA)'s Dead Scream Symphony this morning. It's one of my most listened to albums of all time and I'm still disappointed he (being the guy behind Judas Iscariot and a dozen other bands) never put out anything else under this name:
Supposedly all the vocals are screams from actual mental patients
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Today, after 12:00 noon CET+2, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and tomorrow a family and friends feast usually takes place outdoors with traditional Greek music and the roasting of a lamb or a goat along with many delicacies and, quite often, a lot of wine involved.
So, nothing more appropriate for today than the following song of a group i do not listen to (their vocals are often terrible and their lyrics is not of my preference) yet this song rocks.
Also, here's a nice Metal ballad.
Today, after 12:00 noon CET+2, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and tomorrow a family and friends feast usually takes place outdoors with traditional Greek music and the roasting of a lamb or a goat along with many delicacies and, quite often, a lot of wine involved.
So, nothing more appropriate for today than the following song of a group i do not listen to (their vocals are often terrible and their lyrics is not of my preference) yet this song rocks.
Also, here's a nice Metal ballad.
Don't care for their more recent stuff, but the first two albums are classics!
(I am well aware of the metal cliché of this phrase. Not my fault if it's often true. xD)
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Yea I think Nocternity guy still makes armour but it looks like just chainmail. The website is pretty basic. I went digging around trying to buy some cd's. Ended up in a few different places.
