Iron Maiden - Heaven Can Wait

I haven't been listening to Maiden very much recently, but Somewhere in Time is just a brilliant album.


No problem! And I agree, Armoured Angel does indeed rule.

Big End Bolt - Killstruments & Deathods (2016)
Brutal Death

Groovy as fuck: Check
Actual songwriting: Check
Interesting bass: Check
Non-puke vocals: Check
Doesn't sound like 50 other bands: Check
Instant headbanging: Check

Burzum - Filosofem

That story about Marduk getting shut down inspired me.

Rush - Subdivisions

My all-time favorite Rush song!!!

^ A good choice for sure.

Candlemass - Incarnation Of Evil

Leif Edling hates this album but it's my favorite of theirs. Just nonstop hooks and inimitable style and character. Every song is brimming with unforgettable melodies.

Judas Priest - Rock Hard Ride Free

Priest's ultimate party song!

Electric and The Cult absolutely rule. One of my favorite old school hard rock bands.


That song is just too good indeed.

That is one of many overlooked yet fantastic songs by Maiden along with "Another Life," "22 Acacia Avenue," "The Duellists" and "Sea of Madness" to name just a few.


Scorpions - "He's a Woman, She's a Man"

Even if it's entirely inadvertent or coincidental, this song offers a little taste of what would become thrash a few years later.

Is Heaven Can Wait really overlooked? I always saw it as a highlight of the album. Maybe that isn't actually the general consensus though.

I'd make another np, but it's still just Waterfall Cove. Absolutely gorgeous. This is now my new favorite of his new stuff.

I suppose that's debatable, but I don't recall ever seeing it hailed in any manner close to the way(s) that "Hallowed Be Thy Name," "Run to the Hills," "The Trooper," "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Wasted Years," "Infinite Dreams" and so forth is/are. Then again, it's also entirely possible that I missed the damn song for however many years since I listened to Somewhere in Time from beginning to end for the first time in about a decade just last month, and as I encountered "Heaven Can Wait," I thought "HOLY FUCKING SHIT, WHERE WAS THIS SONG ALL MY LIFE?!?!" If the latter is more accurate, maybe I'm exaggerating how "overlooked" the song actually is.


Scorpions - "Born to Touch Your Feelings"

An Earlier and Vastly Superior Version of "Still Loving You"?

Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep by Nile

I'm not crying softly because I missed them and Overkill and Glutton For Punishment (killer local MN death metal) last night, what are you talking about?

Immolation - When the Jackals Come

This is pretty fucking cool actually.

Fen - "Sentinel"

Lost, Unknown, Forgotten...

Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father

Said to be their most Nu Metal song... nah it was just their most modern sounding song at the time. It is aggressive as fuck!!!

Darkthrone - Total Death

One of the most underrated releases in their discography. Better than some of the albums that came after it for sure.

Heaven Can Wait is like Mandatory Suicide. It's a good tune, but for whatever dumb fucking reason they end up being the live representatives for their respective albums when there are at least 4 or 5 better choices. With regards to the statement in bold, the title track was would gave me that feeling right when I first heard it.

As for the Scorpions, absolutely not. That song is so gay I like to refer to it as "Born To Touch Your Penis." Though I will say the second half would have made great ending music for "Grave of the Fireflies."

Garden of Shadows - Oracle Moon

A great opener on a fantastic album.

Tesseract - Nocturne

The vocals on this are so much like Leprous that it actually caught me off guard when I first heard it. Great song, either way.

Invasion - Dying On The Beaches Of Normandy

A fresh discovery - this some nice old school death/thrash. Riffs for days.

Twisted Sister - Destroyer

Too heavy to be Hair Metal...

Bathory - The Return...

Put this on after playing Blood Fire Death. I've listened this the least of the first three, but it works. Love the guitar sound. Something about this brings a washing machine to mind.

Black Sabbath - When Death Calls

Blimey, I forgot how amazing the atmosphere was on this song. Really should give the entire album a listen sometime soon. Shame Nicholls died recently, only just realised he was great.

"TELL ME. TELL ME."

Battle Beast - Straight to the Heart

This is really 80s rock sounding - not nearly as intense as their old stuff. Also pretty Sabatonish which isn't a good thing - but they're better than Sabaton these days anyway.

edit: The title track is actually really fun. Catchy, hard hitting metal. Bit shallow but eh.

I've been listening to the new Immolation album constantly. This thing really rips. Basically everything I always hoped the latter days of their career would be. Sort of feels like a "best of" album in the sense that there's a little bit taken from every era, technique and composition-wise, on display here.

That era of Sabbath is so good and so underrated. Awesome stuff. That track in particular is one of my faves on that album.

Portal - Swarth

Holyyyy shit.

(2016) Deftones - Gore.
Coming back from work. It's starting to click after some time to rest.

Wow I haven't listened to that album in a LONG time. There's not a bad song on it though.

Trollech - Ljesi

Criminally underrated Pagan BM album, the others they've released might not be as good, but this one truly deserves a listen.

King Diamond - Sleepless Nights

This is what I had this weekend, as I got all caught up on the Walking Dead.

Mütiilation - Destroy Your Life for Satan

Raw and filthy.
Lovely!

Good, right? Portal are one of my country's finest exports.

Car Bomb - Meta

Easily their best album. Easily. This is the album they have wanted to make since they started, and they finally cracked it. So much groove, and they use djent to enhance their songs in the best possible ways. And with half the album containing the best this particular genre has to offer, it's no wonder Meta will be grooving along nicely for years.

Yeah, no kidding. That music sounds like it could swallow worlds whole if that even makes sense.


Nokturnal Mortum - Nechrist

*headdesk*

I hated Portal when I first heard them many years ago. I just didn't become captured by their music or the atmosphere they were trying to create. Also, on a smaller scale, I always think the best metal isn't Australian, haha. However, after a while, I ended up clicking with it and now they're really cool. Still haven't seen them live, sadly.

Faith - Salvation Lies Within

Some good Swedish doooooooooooooooooom.

I mean Austrailia have what, Portal, Ne Obliviscaris and Destroyer 666, and A LOT of other stuff I'm forgetting/don't know about. Also it was a bunch of Aussies that wrote Transcendence into the Peripheral. All great bands/albums.

Rest assured it took me a while to get them too, and seeing them live sounds like a monstrous experience.

They also had ARMOURED ANGEL who totally rule.

Also, let's not forget these beasts:

We also have Psycroptic and Midnight Odyssey which aren't too bad in small doses. I look forward to seeing Portal live one day!


Oh, man, these guys suck. Unfortunately they're from the city of Wollongong, which is nearby to where I live. One of their music videos was shot in the basketball arena there, haha.

Rotten Sound - Exit

This is ferocious and fantastic. They never quite got back to the level paved from this and Murderworks, but they're a great band nonetheless.

I think Abuse to Suffer was super great and probably the closest they've ever gotten to replicating Exit (which is untouchable and possibly my favorite grind album of all time). And yes, Metal sucks eggs. They're one of those bands you knew was going to suck right away, they didn't even try to trick you.


Light Bringer - Scenes of Infinity
This entire album has the most insane bass in the history of weeb metal and Venus is the catchiest song ever written.

WASP - Fistful Of Diamonds

Hair Metal for MEN!!!