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Faith No More - Zombie Eaters

My fave Patton show of the album. Riffs hard, too.

Fates Warning - The Spectre Within

Absolutely gorgeous and powerful album of complex riffs and vocals - demanding but rewarding. Real artistry - everything done up maximalist and it earns it through the quality of the songs underneath. It's a dizzying storm of music and everything is really done with a lot of care for all that.

Pantera - Mouth For War

Holy shit.

Motorhead - The Chase Is Better Than the Catch.

Heavy Load – Full Speed at High Level
Heavy Load – Metal Conquest
Heavy Load – Death or Glory
Heavy Load – Stronger than Evil

Often called "the first Swedish metal band". The regular vocals are an acquired taste but the frequent choir vocals are excellent and reminiscent of early Magnum, Queen or Blue Öyster Cult. Also, the guitar work is remarkable for its fusion of Iommi and Tipton/Downing. Right up my alley. Why didn't I come across them earlier?

Coastliner wrote:

Don't skip the comeback album from last year either, it's fucking brilliant.

KaiKasparek wrote:

People really need to stop saying reductive like it's a bad thing.

I mean it was in your post anyway. Dumb meme-y way to look at a wonderful piece of music. It's not for you but I just don't think you even tried.

Empyreal wrote:

Coastliner wrote:

Don't skip the comeback album from last year either, it's fucking brilliant.

Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.)

Immolation - Here In After

One of the most evil sounding death metal albums i've ever heard, absolutely sinister.

Realm - Endless War

God this is so fuckin good. Manic, substantial riffs, wailing awesome vocals, what else do ya need.

Coastliner wrote:

Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.)

They did have a weird 7 minute string ambient instrumental. But the actual songs are all so great - I gotta give the classic stuff more spins soon.

Empyreal wrote:

Coastliner wrote:

Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.)

They did have a weird 7 minute string ambient instrumental. But the actual songs are all so great - I gotta give the classic stuff more spins soon.

You're probably referring to the acoustic (guitar) track "Butterfly Whispering" but I meant the string section that accompanies many parts on the album, e.g. the very beginning of "Raven is Calling". On their homepage they say "Walhalla Warriors" features a real string quartet recorded in 1987. So maybe the other string sections aren't synthetic either, I don't know. Real or not real – I think everything would sound more powerful without this feature or with some cool keyboard sounds instead of strings

Dark Forest - The Battle of Badon Hill

Really good band, perfect for Spring!

Dead Congregation - Hostis humani generis

Running out of interesting things to say about this kind of death metal, so I'll just keep it short; AAARGH!

Author:	Lee Harrison [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:00 pm ]
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Morbid Angel Evil Spells Nostalgia and Mellon collie

Author:	Empyreal [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:29 pm ]
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Fates Warning - The Spectre Within Absolutely gorgeous and powerful album of complex riffs and vocals - demanding but rewarding. Real artistry - everything done up maximalist and it earns it through the quality of the songs underneath. It's a dizzying storm of music and everything is really done with a lot of care for all that.

Author:	colin040 [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:45 pm ]
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Judas Priest - Killing Machine Obviously sounds a lot more shallow and accessible than Priest's earlier stuff, but with these big hooks and Halford's supreme vocals, things turn out well enough.

Author:	Lane [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:09 pm ]
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Faith No More - Zombie Eaters My fave Patton show of the album. Riffs hard, too.

Author:	Lee Harrison [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:03 pm ]
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Lane wrote: Faith No More - Zombie Eaters My fave Patton show of the album. Riffs hard, too. After Woodpecker from Mars is my second fav song of The Real Thing… Damn 1989… The wall was still there…..

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Author:	Benedict Donald [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:52 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote: Fates Warning - The Spectre Within Absolutely gorgeous and powerful album of complex riffs and vocals - demanding but rewarding. Real artistry - everything done up maximalist and it earns it through the quality of the songs underneath. It's a dizzying storm of music and everything is really done with a lot of care for all that. Indeed. This album, and “Guardian”, remain to this day highly unique and without peer.

Author:	Ace_Rimmer [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:29 pm ]
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Motorhead - The Chase Is Better Than the Catch. Yeah Fast Eddie and Philthy were bad motherfuckers. And lets not get started on Lemmy.... I will never see Motorhead live again...

Author:	Ace_Rimmer [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:57 pm ]
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Pantera - Mouth For War Holy shit.

Author:	MetlaNZ [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:29 am ]
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Ace_Rimmer wrote: Pantera - Mouth For War Holy shit. Yep. Ace_Rimmer wrote: Motorhead - The Chase Is Better Than the Catch. One of the sexiest riffs in rock 'n roll.

Author:	Coastliner [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:05 am ]
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Heavy Load – Full Speed at High Level Heavy Load – Metal Conquest Heavy Load – Death or Glory Heavy Load – Stronger than Evil Often called "the first Swedish metal band". The regular vocals are an acquired taste but the frequent choir vocals are excellent and reminiscent of early Magnum, Queen or Blue Öyster Cult. Also, the guitar work is remarkable for its fusion of Iommi and Tipton/Downing. Right up my alley. Why didn't I come across them earlier?

Author:	Empyreal [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:52 am ]
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Coastliner wrote: Heavy Load – Full Speed at High Level Heavy Load – Metal Conquest Heavy Load – Death or Glory Heavy Load – Stronger than Evil Often called "the first Swedish metal band". The regular vocals are an acquired taste but the frequent choir vocals are excellent and reminiscent of early Magnum, Queen or Blue Öyster Cult. Also, the guitar work is remarkable for its fusion of Iommi and Tipton/Downing. Right up my alley. Why didn't I come across them earlier? Don't skip the comeback album from last year either, it's fucking brilliant. Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project Jethro Tull - Aqualung Neurosis - Times of Grace "Face in the Mirror" off Mandrake Project is really hitting me these days, no clue why - but he really does do the ballads well. Times of Grace is really something... not to take away from the preceding several albums but this one is so well-constructed and seems like a real mature work for them. Stunning beauty and also so much chaos and tragedy in it all.

Author:	Durag [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:06 am ]
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Gorguts - Obscura I struggle a bit with dissonant black and death metal, especially all the new blackened death bands out so went back and started listening to some of the earlier more well known stuff, and this is insane. What an album, never heard it before. Early Immolation next.

Author:	CreepingDeath16 [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:43 am ]
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Root - Hell Symphony Root - Temple in the Underworld Root - Kärgeräs Brilliant, idiosyncratic band. The Bathory influence is notable, but they have their own voice, and I don't mean just Big Boss's charismatic vocals. Next Coffin Storm and some good ol' Judas Priest.

Author:	alktrash [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:03 pm ]
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first spin for Rage "Afterlifelines" - sounds sweet for now, I'm curious for what's inside this double LP

Author:	darthlazy [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:31 pm ]
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Triumpher- Storming the Walls This is an awesome album. Very traditional sounding with some experimental stuff going on here, almost borderline black metal at times (see the song Epitaphios) This band is hard to pin down, almost Iced Earth sounding at times but still worlds apart, even reminiscent of early Ihsahn . Outstanding production. I'm loving the newer power/epic bands that Greece is cranking out lately. Between these guys, Sacred Outcry, Protean Shield, and Sacral Rage there is quite a nice circle starting to evolve there. Keep cranking em out!

Author:	LordStenhammar [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:39 am ]
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Darkthrone - Eternal Hails.... They're flat. They're very flat. I wish something would stick out from their later albums, but they're just playing their blend of metal from here to eternity with little variety. In their case it would almost be better if they recorded half good/half shit albums. At least something would stick out. Good for a couple of listens but not more.

Author:	Coastliner [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:47 am ]
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Trying to catch up on band names and artworks I know from ancient album reviews: Darxon – No Thrills: second-rate Saxon, unintelligible vocals, some good lead guitars; somehow solid but rightfully forgotten. 6/10 Railway – Climax: simple early Quiet Riot heavy rock; no substance, no fun, sorry. 5-5.5/10 High Tension – Under Tension: like Warlock/Doro with a male singer; not much substance but solid. 6.5-7/10 Faithful Breath – Live: noisy horned helmet biker fun! 7/10 Faithful Breath – the other 80s albums: between second-rate Skynyrd (4-5/10) and solid Accept-like stuff. 6.5-7/10 Stranger – The Bell: "Walls of Jericho" + heavy rock; competent but not for me. 6.5-7/10 Stranger – Pretty Angels: AOR, pop rock; flimsy but not bad at all. 6.5-7/10 Stormwitch – Walpurgis Night: like a simplified version of Paul Di'Anno's Maiden. 6.5-7/10 Up next: Stormwitch – Tales of Terror Stormwitch – Stronger than Heaven Stormwitch – The Beauty and the Beast (already listened to it years ago but can't remember anything) Stormwitch – Eye of the Storm

Author:	MeavyHetal [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:08 pm ]
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Immolation - Here In After One of the most evil sounding death metal albums i've ever heard, absolutely sinister.

Author:	Coastliner [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:32 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote: Coastliner wrote: Heavy Load – Full Speed at High Level Heavy Load – Metal Conquest Heavy Load – Death or Glory Heavy Load – Stronger than Evil Often called "the first Swedish metal band". The regular vocals are an acquired taste but the frequent choir vocals are excellent and reminiscent of early Magnum, Queen or Blue Öyster Cult. Also, the guitar work is remarkable for its fusion of Iommi and Tipton/Downing. Right up my alley. Why didn't I come across them earlier? Don't skip the comeback album from last year either, it's fucking brilliant. Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.) NP: Heavy Load – Riders of an Ancient Storm After that: more epic metal in the shape of Gatekeeper's "East of Sun" and "From Western Shores". Not sure yet which album and vocalist (they're both very good) I like better.

Author:	KaiKasparek [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:18 pm ]
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Empyreal wrote: KaiKasparek wrote: People really need to stop saying reductive like it's a bad thing. I mean it was in your post anyway. Dumb meme-y way to look at a wonderful piece of music. It's not for you but I just don't think you even tried. Except I did try about ten years ago. Listened to it about 8 times over a couple months. John Arch's voice got on my nerves and the songs, progressive or not, just didn't stick with me. Tower- The Black Rose

Author:	Empyreal [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:33 pm ]
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Coastliner wrote: Empyreal wrote: Coastliner wrote: Heavy Load – Full Speed at High Level Heavy Load – Metal Conquest Heavy Load – Death or Glory Heavy Load – Stronger than Evil Often called "the first Swedish metal band". The regular vocals are an acquired taste but the frequent choir vocals are excellent and reminiscent of early Magnum, Queen or Blue Öyster Cult. Also, the guitar work is remarkable for its fusion of Iommi and Tipton/Downing. Right up my alley. Why didn't I come across them earlier? Don't skip the comeback album from last year either, it's fucking brilliant. Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.) They did have a weird 7 minute string ambient instrumental. But the actual songs are all so great - I gotta give the classic stuff more spins soon. Blind Guardian - Script for My Requiem This (the full album) is really where they seemed to fully evolve into who they were... the guitar tone, the vocal production, the songwriting, everything seems like it all finally clicked into place. Iconic songs. Realm - Endless War God this is so fuckin good. Manic, substantial riffs, wailing awesome vocals, what else do ya need.

Author:	Lee Harrison [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:15 pm ]
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MeavyHetal wrote: Immolation - Here In After One of the most evil sounding death metal albums i've ever heard, absolutely sinister. They nailed…. To the gooold for the Christ’s Cage

Author:	Thexhumed [ Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:15 pm ]
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Caladan Brood - A Voice Born of Stone and Dust About time these guys release a new album

Author:	AWinterShadow [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:11 am ]
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Empyreal wrote: Realm - Endless War God this is so fuckin good. Manic, substantial riffs, wailing awesome vocals, what else do ya need. This was a gem of an album. I played this along with Artillery's "By Inheritance" practically side by side for quite a long time. Currently Playing: Tiamat - "Sumerian Cry". The music for this album is a really dirty and murky death metal that has a great low end to it. But the vocals are just slightly off, not quite being quite clear enough to really push it into classic territory. If the vocals were cleaner, more like the follow up album it would deserve a lot more acclaim. Something closer to how Cemetary's "An Evil Shade of Grey" vocals were would be preem for it. I'd love to hear someone do a cover from this album to see how good it could have been...or if I'm just looking at it through the lens of my love for the next four albums they put out.

Author:	Coastliner [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:16 am ]
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Empyreal wrote: Coastliner wrote: Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.) They did have a weird 7 minute string ambient instrumental. But the actual songs are all so great - I gotta give the classic stuff more spins soon. You're probably referring to the acoustic (guitar) track "Butterfly Whispering" but I meant the string section that accompanies many parts on the album, e.g. the very beginning of "Raven is Calling". On their homepage they say "Walhalla Warriors" features a real string quartet recorded in 1987. So maybe the other string sections aren't synthetic either, I don't know. Real or not real – I think everything would sound more powerful without this feature or with some cool keyboard sounds instead of strings. Now playing: some old Talon albums, long forgotten German priest-style metal. First listen. There are so many old seggcond-tier bands with half-familiar names and cover artworks I never heard a single note of. Yesterday I treated myself to my first couplegg of seconds of Tygers of Pan Tang, and maybe there'll be more seggconds in the foreseeable future. Spoiler: show egg

Author:	Empyreal [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:36 am ]
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Coastliner wrote: Empyreal wrote: Coastliner wrote: Yep, that was actually the first one I listened to a couple of weeks ago. A seamless continuation of the old stuff. (I could have done without the synthetic strings though.) They did have a weird 7 minute string ambient instrumental. But the actual songs are all so great - I gotta give the classic stuff more spins soon. You're probably referring to the acoustic (guitar) track "Butterfly Whispering" but I meant the string section that accompanies many parts on the album, e.g. the very beginning of "Raven is Calling". On their homepage they say "Walhalla Warriors" features a real string quartet recorded in 1987. So maybe the other string sections aren't synthetic either, I don't know. Real or not real – I think everything would sound more powerful without this feature or with some cool keyboard sounds instead of strings Ah yeah it did occur to me that's what you meant. I really like those sections - sounds fucking cool and gives it all a different vibe.

Author:	alktrash [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:48 am ]
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just playing LP reissues of both Warbringer "Walking into nightmares" & "World turns asunder" the first still got the fresh crush of their first release, while the second is closer to what I've heard from them later for now imo this second is a bit underrated on there (first listening maybe 79% for 1st & 82% for 2d roughly) < edit: nah i don't know nice to ear an Unleashed cover (I'm not yet to the Motorhead one)

Author:	forestcorpse [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:04 pm ]
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Old Nick - Iam Vampire Castle Awesome as always from this band!

Author:	colin040 [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:54 pm ]
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Dead Congregation - Hostis humani generis Running out of interesting things to say about this kind of death metal, so I'll just keep it short; AAARGH!

Author:	forestcorpse [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:16 pm ]
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Dark Forest - The Battle of Badon Hill Really good band, perfect for Spring!

Author:	darthlazy [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:52 pm ]
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Fides Inversa- Historia Nocturna Black Metal from Italy, perfect for an Easter Sunday. Love the cover art on this one. Great album.

Author:	Hardworlder [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:53 pm ]
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forestcorpse wrote: Dark Forest - The Battle of Badon Hill Really good band, perfect for Spring! I absolutely love Dark Forest. NP- Fatal Fire - Arson Almost gave it a pass, but it's actually pretty good. Interesting high energy riffs and some great vocal hooks by their frontwoman.

Author:	Lee Harrison [ Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:17 pm ]
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colin040 wrote: Dead Congregation - Hostis humani generis Running out of interesting things to say about this kind of death metal, so I'll just keep it short; AAARGH! Must give a shot at Blaspherian,Goreaphobia and Imprecation But maybe you know them… Cccp Emilia Paranoica Kuuullltttt

Author:	AWinterShadow [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:03 am ]
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Currently Playing: "Dawn of Perishness" by Therion from 'Symphony Massess: Ho Drakon Ho Megas' While "Theli" really kicked off the 'Symphonic Metal' trend, for me it's this album that was it's inverted counterpart. I believe it's the peak of Therion's Death Metal sound and it just drops me in that pure energy state where you just want to mosh and head bang to get it all out.

Author:	forestcorpse [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:44 am ]
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Grausamkeit - Ewiger Holokaust Excellent stuff!

Author:	MetlaNZ [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:14 am ]
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Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project Fuck yes! Bruce Bruce back where he belongs with Roy Z making music that's a million times better than Maiden. These songs are fuckin glorious.

Author:	Lane [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:13 am ]
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^ Great stuff, definitely. Gets even better with repeated listenings. Thulcandra - Under a Frozen Sun Yeah, I hear the Dissection influence... I really haven't listened to this band before.