Virgin Steele - The Burning of Rome (Cry for Pompeii)

Far from paradise, when the winds of war are blowing freely...

The haunted keyboards combined with the simple but effective riffs and David's vocals really kills. Easily one of the best songs this band ever came up with. Fantastic.

Tatir - Mistress of the Mountains

Slint- Spiderland

Overkill - Wish You Were Dead

Heavy FUCKING metal.

I love the line "It's all up to Batman!" line from that song. It's just so..... OVERKILL.

Aquaria - Choice Time, off Luxaeterna

It's funny how I usually hate this type of highly symphonic, "busy" power metal, but these guys really make it work. The keyboardist in particular is fantastic. The man really knows how to use tons of different resources one after the other and not make it sound like mere bombast for the sake of it.

in the woods: heart of ages

The Jesus Lizard- Liar

The Devin Townsend Band - Sunday Afternoon

Kreator – Impossible Brutality

Codeon - Deception

Listened to 3 new albums this evening.

First up was the new Unleashed. Straight up death metal, nothing terribly innovating, but entertaining!
The was Meshuggah-Koloss. I remember hearing one of their songs a few years ago and not liking it, but I decided to give them another try since they get so much positive reactions. At first I though it was too technical (not a fan of that myself), but after a while I got into a groove and started liking it. I'll have to give this some more spins!

Right now I'm listening to Soulfy's Enslaved...I didn't expect that much (I liked their previous effort though), but this is even worse than I though. Such a boring album!

Antichrist - Dark Sorcery

Not bad.

Fear Factory – Acres of Skin

Faustus - ...And Still We Suffer - Numb

Sonata Arctica - Alone in Heaven

I'm having fun. Still not as great as The Days of Grays so far, though.

The Smiths - You've Got Everything Now

My enjoyment of this band is inexhaustible.

Soilwork - Demon In Veins

today i have been in a black metal mood for the most part:

Gorgoroth: destroyer
Leviathan: demo #7 slaveship
Incantation: onward to golgotha
Abyssic Hate: suicidal emotions
Destroyer 666: cold steal for an iron age
Judas Iscariot: heaven in flames
Craft: total soul rape

Cult Of Luna - Echoes

Sargeist - Let The Devil In
Heard there are members of Behexen and had to check it out. Amazing band.

Sonata Arctica – FullMoon

Alcest - Printemps émeraude

Giving the first Alcest album a spin again today, amazing as always!

Funeral-When Light Will Dawn

Seriously one of the greatest doom metal songs I've ever heard. It's just perfect all around.

so far today:
woods of ypres: against the seasons
xasthur: nocturnal poisening
shining: eerie cold

The Atlas Moth - Perpetual Generations

Solid stoner doom with an interesting contrast in vocals.

Mogwai- Come On Die Young

Machine Head – Davidian

only song of theirs i like

YES.

Weakling - Disasters in the Sun

Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance

great album! dooooooom.

So true. That song is among my favorites of theirs, as well, and fun to play on guitar. They really present a great atmosphere along with fantastic riffs, songs, interludes, and vocals. The total package.

Manilla Road - Open the Gates

I'd like to thank that thread for making me play this again.

Silly Emp.

You don't need an excuse to blast some Manilla Road.

Cattle Decapitation - Lifestalker

It's exceedingly easy to stagnate in the relatively one-dimensional field of brutal death, but Cattle Decapitation keep twisting and bending their sound in interesting ways. I'll have to add this disc to my library soon.

Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk

Holy god. I've listened to this song numerous times now, and it still makes me cry.

unholy: from the shadows
vastum: carnal law
lunar aurora: andacht
mysticum: in the streams of inferno

Amon Amarth - Amon Amarth

This has gotta be my favorite amarth song.

Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten

Dystopia Na! - Metropolens Favn Grasoner og Vinterreduksjon

Pretty good post-rock/black metal. The band name is such a cliche post-rock band name. It even has a "!"

Ulver - Hiertets Vee

Kronos - Colossal Titan Strife