Rush - The Main Monkey Business

Death Angel - Steal the Crown

I'm really enjoying the band's post-reunion material, hopefully the new album they're ostensibly working on will be as good.

Kreator - People Of The Lie

Tiamat- The Ar

deeds of flesh: mark of the legion

Borknagar - Vinterverdets Sjelesagn. Everything in this song is awesome.

S.O.B. - Device

this album rules hard

dying fetus: stop at nothing

Fallen Christ - abduction ritual

anaal nathrakh: hell is empty and all the devils are here

Elitist - Fear in a Handful of Dust

Jute Gyte - The Natural Poverty of our Feeble and Mortal Condition

Well, he's released another album - the Black Metal ones seem to be coming out about twice a year, and are still managing to have some quality to them - I'm really enjoying this one, it's a bit doomy.

Mudvayne - Cradle

Virgin Black - Requiem Fortissimo

behexen: by blessing of satan

Gridlink - Amber Gray

I'm gonna listen to artillery's album "by inheritance" for the third time today \m/

anaal nathrakh: the codex necro

Fozzy - Let the Madness Begin

Altar Of Plagues - Earth: as a Womb (Part 1)

Though I rarely ever listen to any form black metal, outside of some Goatwhore every now and then, this is pretty damn enjoyable. Cool find (hat tip: Astrum).

Altar of Plagues is great!

Mudvayne's L.D. 50 is damn cool. One of the first heavy albums I ever bought. Some pretty twisted songs on there, like "Dig" and "Nothing To Gein." I don't even mind the interludes, and I reckon it's part of the album's charm.

After The Burial - Rareform

This one is a lot better than the follow-up In Dreams. Every song is really good and there's hooks all over the place. This could be the only good album this band makes.

Unfathomable Ruination - Carved Inherent Delusion

Crazy, chaotic, ripping brutal death. Diggin' this shit.

Nightwish - Crownless

Seriously amazing, complex and groundbreaking stuff. Unparalleled really...

Infernum - Cathari Sects

Fuck yeah Mikey! Shit slays...

Slavia - Not Even Human Fucking Beings

This is one of the greatest black metal albums I've bought in a long time. It just straight up desecrates with a vicious, scathing groove. Fucking fantastic.

Dream Theater - Lost Not Forgotten

Fäulnis - Letharg

How the fuck did this get a 40% rating?

Vektor - Asteroid

Today is definitely a Vektor day. They don't come along often, but they're enjoyable. A lot of the time, whilst describing them as "excellent", I have little desire to listen to anything of Vektor's persuasion, but occasionally, I absoloutely love their music.

Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity

Some people seem to be surprised that this album turned out so well and amazing, but I never had any doubts.

I wasn't exactly surprised, but I it turned out more enjoyable than I thought.

Fractured Insanity - When Mankind Becomes Diseased...

Destroyer 666 - Lone Wolf Winter

I listened to nocturnus-the key all the way through on my ride home from college today. It's been one of my main favorite albums for a relatively long time.

This album is a big accomplishment in terms of tallent. Just the way it sounds is kind of astounding to listen to. This album is brimming with tight, frantic and precise playing, atmosphere and fun. It is incredibly well made and old school sounding.

To me if nocturnus would have spent a little less time with busy playing and perhaps simplified themselves, it would create more catchy parts, thus it would be easier to headbang to (They pulled off nicely in the song in B.C/A.D. In my opinion). Although, I get the feeling this relentless "busy" sound is what makes them technical, and they can't deviate really to much from what makes them technical.

I wasn't fond of the ambiant passages. I feel as if the ambiant passages in "the key," perhaps tie into the lyrics(?), in some way adding a little of the Sci-fi atmosphere. I havent read the lyrics and I found myself tuning out these parts and feeling a little bored. To me though, the quality of rest of the album definitely makes up for these misgivings I have for the ambiant parts, irronically, I said I wished they would simplify themselves earlier. I suppose inconsistancy is the main gripe I have here. The whole feeling of an album is important to me when listening all the way through.

Me trying to describe this album is largely a vain effort, and I likely have end up sounding pretentious to the seasoned metalheads here. I don't mean to sound misconstrued to you when I attempt to make sense of it. I can hardly even attest to how much I love this album. If theres anyone who actually read this, I apologize. I admit I likely sound as I have no clue what i'm saying. I'm only writing this for fun, because I'm on the job and have nothing better to do \m/

Elitist - Reshape Reason

Standing In Blood is my favourite off that album, its totally fucking insane

Nightwish – She Is My Sin

Finntroll - Galgasång

Feeling Folk today~

"The Lurid Traversal Of Route 7" -
Hoover

Awesome, even if it is blatant Fugazi worship.

the key is a great album.
suffocation: close of a chapter live 2005

3 Inches of Blood - Battles and Brotherhood

Nightwish – Beauty and the Beast

Wish it had Tony Kakko like the live version