Mayhem - In the Lies Where upon You Lay

So... uh... why isn't this well-liked again? 'Cause I'm enjoying it a lot more than the 46 minutes of Attila constipation on De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.

Because his voice is still better than Maniac's spoken word sections on 'Crystallized In Pain of Deconstruction' or his screech on Wolf's Lair Abyss.

If we're talking about Ordo ad chao and his work with Sunn O))), then yes, I'll agree.

Musically speaking, though, I like this a lot more.

Fair enough. The riffs are quite sophisticated and the drumming, as triggered as it may be, works effectively. I thought he sounded worse on Ordo ad Chao to be honest.

Converge - Heaven In Her Arms

Utter surging, emotional fury. The album's most cathartic moment.

Joni Mitchell - Blue

I never listened to this type of music before, and it's pretty damn good

Monarque - "Ces immondices..."

The bad thing about Monarque's Ad Nauseam album is that their best song is right at the start of the album and I just have the urge to play it over and over again.

Comparing two interesting death metal releases from this year:

Ghoulgotha: To Starve the Cross
The coolest thing about this to me is the lead lines, which sound vaguely medieval. In that way, they're a little reminiscent of early Autopsy, and also in their embrace of doom elements. However, the writing itself is more complex than Autopsy, and I can hear shades of Immolation (tho these guys are nowhere near as heavy) or at times, Voivod. The only downside is that the record is a bit on the long side, and the tracks start to run together after a while.

Zealotry: The Last Witness
A heavier, and overall, tighter record than the Ghoulgotha (also much fewer doom elements). In fact, this record really can't stand still, and my only complaint is that it doesn't let themes go on long enough to stick. However, it's hard not to admire the compositions. There is definitely an old-school flavor to this record that's missing from most modern tech-death, and for that, I like it -- Timeghoul, Gorguts, Demilich to some extent. Nice, upfront bass work too.

Something about that band really hits a sweet spot that not many other bands have hit for me.

NP: Big Blood - Unlikely Mothers

Not liking this as much as other stuff from them, but it's definitely still great acid drenched folk

Mortician - Redrum

Man I wish more brutal death metal had a dark mood like this.

http://millenniumnc.bandcamp.com/album/ ... -call-1990

I just found out about this band and their music is fucking killer! Another lost gem of US heavy/power metal. Check out their full length too. It's a little more progressive great stuff.

Between the Buried and Me - Colors

Hmm, the band that was just a little too non-metal for this place. This piano intro at least tells me that the clean vocals don't suck; which is a good start. This little keyboard melody is sweet too.

The Legendary Pink Dots - Waiting For The Call/You ’N’ Me
Chemical Playschool Vol 1 & 2 (1981)

Cool song.

OK right now two things have somewhat killed the air on this BTBAM album - the first is that weird thing in the middle of 'Sun of Nothing' and the other is that stupid country part at the end of 'Ants of the Sky'. Why is shit like this necessary? Everything else is pretty solid -core with a lot of guitar noodling and some quiet drop-out parts, I don't need a square dancing bit at the end of my core albums, thanks.

Spirit Adrift - Specter of Ruin

Excellent Arizona doom, melodic and mournful with lots of pretty lil prog rock touches. Their debut record is coming out in just a few weeks, I highly recommend everyone get hyped for it!

Indeed - they just have such a passion and catharsis about them at all times. It's incredibly visceral music.

Jack White - Lazaretto

Same thing with White for the "sweet spot" comment for me. Such a unique vibe and feel and poetry to everything he does.

Sacrifice - Ruins of the Old

Sacrifice is one of Canada's best thrash metal acts, and my favorite from that country. They are definitely worth the listen.

Sloth "Show Flyer #25."

Just to see if it sounds any different than the rest of their other songs. Unfortunately it doesn't.

If you turn down the volume low enough, it is like soothing white noise to fall asleep to.

If their "Show flyers" are accurate, they supposably have a live gig coming up. I'm morbidly curious as to what are their live shows are actually like. Do they just sit there unmoving on stage for 25 minutes and not do anything while the speakers crackle out at the audience, or do they actually try and play some real songs?

Freedom Call - Beyond Eternity

Easily the best song Freedom Call have ever written. It's not even a contest.

^My first power metal band yay. Shame they're not so good/active anymore but Magic Kingdom carry their torch well, methinks

Mortician - Procreation of the Wicked

Aaaarghhhhhh

Bad Omen -- Megadeth

Amazing track, obvious that Carcass, Dismembered, Entombed all borrowed significantly from early Megadeth!

At Dawn They Sleep -- Slayer

^^ Ditto wrt influence on Carcass, Dismembered, Entombed!

Demolition - Aborticide

This is definitely some brutal stuff. I got the LP off of Discogs, and it was a gray vinyl. Amazing piece of work, total life changer.

Shapeshifter -- Dismember

Swedish death variant > Florida

One of Megadeth's most underrated songs. Obviously a lot of bands borrowed from Megadeth.

A Darker Place -- Enslaved



Yes. Starting leads and drums reminded me of early Swedish death. Great composition!!

Hypocrisy- Take The Throne

I can't tell if like Penetralia more than OO or I'm just more used to the sound so its easier for me to find great nuances.

Yeah, I really liked "Bad Omen"- one of my favorate songs off of "Peace Sells but Whose Buying." I love how the riff is very complex and intricate, yet still catchy as heck- a balance that few songs can really achieve that easily. I gotta go back and listen to it now.

If you want to listen to BTBAM, you're going to have to put up with a lot of those I'm afraid .

Dark Tranquillity - Of Chaos and Eternal Night

This band is pretty damn consistent, especially when compared to the likes of In Flames.

Ugh. I guess it gets more frequent the further you delve into their career?

Alan Vega - Jukebox Babe
Alan Vega (1980)

Ahuhuh..

Nailbomb - World of Shit

One of my favorite tracks from Nailbomb's only album. I wish Max and Alex had done more. This was their take on industrial metal and oh god is that guitar riff heavy!

Zealotry is a decent band - I like their old-school influence on tech-death, as you correctly pointed out - but Ghoulgotha aren't so good. I found their music way too inconsistent to really get a handle on what they wanted to do. (Admittedly I have only heard a bit from their first album, so To Starve the Cross may be different.)

Fear Factory - Digimortal

Napalm_Satan's favourite album. I like this one, even though albums such as Demanufacture and especially Mechanize have lots more upfront power to them. Digimortal contains the same type of Fear Factory, even if the songs are a little (more) simplified.

Good god. Mikey I don't get how you stomach that stuff; honestly. No amount of death metal can prepare someone for the brutal dissection that band does of the riff.

Vader - Litany

That bass drum though.... this kicks ass \m/

Welcome.

Nuclear Assault - Sin

That riff before the solo sounds very familiar. Dissection?

Deep Purple - Never Before

Fucking legendary.

James Ferraro - My Parents Think I’m Turning Into a Cockroach
Feed Me (2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG96u7_VTMw
Love this album. S-S-S-S-S-S-SHIT TV !

It kinda varies. iirc Parallax part 2 is their most straightforward newer album (the song The Black Box/Telos from that album in particular is well worth a listen).

"Crush the Cenotaph" -
Autopsy