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| Author: | LilTito [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:25 pm ] |
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Likely a death metal aoty for me. 11 songs, and just no filler at all which is mighty impressive. Do check it out |
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| Author: | colin040 [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:35 pm ] |
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Hardworlder wrote: Dungeon_Vic wrote: This has been driving everyone around here CRAZY. I've only given a casual listen to half the album and I am in shock. Contender for album of the year. Canadians (Montreal). Riff-rich, US Power metal with great vocals (A friend is contemplating whether the vocals are AI trained to Yannis Papadopoulos' performance!) and some superb arrangements. Like I said, I was listening to it causally (while doing something else) but it was enough to know it's something really special. I thought some of the arrangements were weird, how it transitioned from passage to passage specifically but I caught some a-ma-zing parts. It's a bit chaotic but damn! Anyway, I am at work now but I am really, really eager to listen to this a lot more. I have no idea what to make of the album cover. Wow, yeah 2 min in and it's something else. Jesus... THE RIFFS KEEP COMING! Excellent stuff so far. |
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| Author: | e_ddi_e [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:26 pm ] |
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narsilianshard wrote: Check the reports. The band posted it to Youtube in December 2023, but Bandcamp in February 2024. Then whoever added it to the archives listed February 2023. It was added to Spotify 13 december 2023. But hey, I’m all for a bit of flexibility and wouldn’t mind counting this as a 2024 release in a poll as well. |
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| Author: | DeathfareDevil [ Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:06 am ] |
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LilTito wrote: Likely a death metal aoty for me. 11 songs, and just no filler at all which is mighty impressive. Do check it out I was already clicking play at "Norway" and "death metal" but holy hell I wasn't ready for this. Insane in the best possible way. That major-key shift in "We Prescribe" felt -- fittingly -- like a benzo kicking in. And the song with Bjorn Strid, oh man, now I want a whole album of THAT. This rules. |
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| Author: | LilTito [ Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:46 am ] |
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Not on the archives, but this is Car Bomb worship of the highest order https://westonsupermaim.bandcamp.com/al ... orrow-baby |
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| Author: | therealvivs [ Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:36 pm ] |
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LilTito wrote: Not on the archives, but this is Car Bomb worship of the highest order https://westonsupermaim.bandcamp.com/al ... orrow-baby This is bananas, holy fuck dude...!! Sweet find, thanks for sharing. |
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| Author: | ThePoop [ Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:42 pm ] |
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Just in case anyone was waiting with bated breath for Dale Earnhardt-themed heavy metal in the year 2024, I am happy to announce that your wish has been granted and it’s bad ass. I am the Intimidator https://iamtheintimidator.bandcamp.com/ ... ntimidator 
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| Author: | LilTito [ Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:50 pm ] |
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therealvivs wrote: LilTito wrote: Not on the archives, but this is Car Bomb worship of the highest order https://westonsupermaim.bandcamp.com/al ... orrow-baby This is bananas, holy fuck dude...!! Sweet find, thanks for sharing. No problem, likely an aoty for me...if only MA allowed mathcore |
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| Author: | alkostach [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:49 am ] |
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Merrimack - Of Grace and Gravity https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Merrimack/7714 Very solid french black metal. Apart from Inquisition probably the best black metal album I've heard this year so far. |
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| Author: | therealvivs [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:45 pm ] |
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ThePoop wrote: Just in case anyone was waiting with bated breath for Dale Earnhardt-themed heavy metal in the year 2024, I am happy to announce that your wish has been granted and it’s bad ass. I am the Intimidator https://iamtheintimidator.bandcamp.com/ ... ntimidator We really can have it all, can't we? What the actual fuck is this thing, even?? I'll tell you what it is - it's a 10 out of 10 and AOTY contender right there! Good God, this rips so hard. |
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| Author: | Zerberus [ Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:54 am ] |
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therealvivs wrote: We really can have it all, can't we? What the actual fuck is this thing, even?? I'll tell you what it is - it's a 10 out of 10 and AOTY contender right there! Good God, this ripps so hard. Right? It shouldn't be this good, but it really is. Some of it kinda reminds me of a mix of Judas Priest and King Gizzard's metal albums |
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| Author: | MeavyHetal [ Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:43 am ] |
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ThePoop wrote: Just in case anyone was waiting with bated breath for Dale Earnhardt-themed heavy metal in the year 2024, I am happy to announce that your wish has been granted and it’s bad ass. I am the Intimidator https://iamtheintimidator.bandcamp.com/ ... ntimidator This rips so fucking hard, raise hell praise Dale |
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| Author: | AlexMercer [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:16 am ] |
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Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe Maybe the album of the year. It sounds great. |
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| Author: | Bronze Age [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:30 am ] |
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These are the 2024 metal albums I like. Bruce Dickinson - Mandrake Project Sonata Artica - Cold Clear Beyond David Reece - Baptized by Fire Savage Oath - Divine Battle Myrath - Karma Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium |
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| Author: | Lagartija [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:23 pm ] |
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The new Critical Defiance (Chile death/thrash) is a total banger, as expected. While less chaotic and all-over-the-place than the previous album, it's still suitably savage while injecting a fair bit of variety into the songwriting: https://unspeakableaxerecords.bandcamp. ... -wont-fall And speaking of variety, the new Necrowretch (France death/black) is by far their most varied and 'interesting' release yet. The first couple of albums are great but very samey, ie if you've heard one track, you've heard them all. 'Swords of Dajjal' shows them trying out new ideas that work splendidly: https://necrowretch.bandcamp.com/album/swords-of-dajjal Then, of course, we have Necrophobic. There is already a thread about it, but goddamn are these guys fucking good at what they do: https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album ... t-hd-audio |
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| Author: | Xytras71 [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:06 pm ] |
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Goddammit! Is it just me or this year already leaves 2023 in a dust...and we’re not even full 3 months in yet mind you! I can barely keep up with quality releases so far this year. Already would be sad if any of my faves thus far miss top 10 of the year... in March mind you, and we haven’t heard yet from Ulcerate, Witch Vomit and Mgla. I mean, even new Borknagar is a killer, the band that I’ve never gave a chance before. At the end of 2023 I barely came up with top 10 for our poll and thanks to old dogs Cryptopsy, Autopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation and Obituary who salvaged my voting process. So far this year I feel like Vitriol is leading the pack of excellence! So here’s my quarterly go-to albums in no order: Vitriol Necrowretch Unaussprechlichen Kulten Skeletal Remains Hoplites Aborted Borknagar Chainsword Departure Chandelier Anxiously awaiting for new Ulcerate, Mgla, Witch Vomit, Engulfed and Critical Defiance to drop! What a year!!! |
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| Author: | coupdebleus [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:23 am ] |
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ThePoop wrote: Just in case anyone was waiting with bated breath for Dale Earnhardt-themed heavy metal in the year 2024, I am happy to announce that your wish has been granted and it’s bad ass. I am the Intimidator https://iamtheintimidator.bandcamp.com/ ... ntimidator https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1 ... 1.jpg?3959 This is actually amazing, the test-fueled album for pumping iron we’ve all been waiting for. I'LL GRAB A SLAB OF CONCRETE AND I'LL COOK IT UP AND EAT IT LIKE A REAL MAN |
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| Author: | lord_ghengis [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:39 am ] |
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Xytras71 wrote: Goddammit! Is it just me or this year already leaves 2023 in a dust...and we’re not even full 3 months in yet mind you! I can barely keep up with quality releases so far this year. Already would be sad if any of my faves thus far miss top 10 of the year... in March mind you, and we haven’t heard yet from Ulcerate, Witch Vomit and Mgla. I mean, even new Borknagar is a killer, the band that I’ve never gave a chance before. At the end of 2023 I barely came up with top 10 for our poll and thanks to old dogs Cryptopsy, Autopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation and Obituary who salvaged my voting process. I've gotten a lot of 7/10 stuff this year but not much in the higher registers, with most of the stuff I've mentioned in the thread so far mostly sitting around what would have been 50-100 for me last year. I have gotten a few albums which would be top 20 for that period this month though so hopefully a sign stuff is working up. Definitely as we get more heavy hitters on the way. |
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| Author: | Empyreal [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:27 am ] |
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A bunch of acts I really like have put out very strong to great work, and then I've also found some new stuff like Ponte del Diavolo, Chelsea Wolfe, Necrot, Skeletal Remains and Unaussprechlichen Kulten - a really rich year and I still got a list of shit to go and try. |
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| Author: | Frank Booth [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:08 pm ] |
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Yeah, this year has already had some bangers. Brodequin, Skeletal Remains, Slimelord, Hideous Divinity, Borknagar, Necrophobic, Job for a Cowboy, Knoll, Dissimulator, Sovereign, Vitriol, and Upon Stone all came in hot, and that's just off the top of my head. |
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| Author: | Demon Fang [ Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:03 am ] |
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Hands of Goro's also a pretty good one. Bassist of Slough Feg does some Slough Feg stuff. It's more straight-up than Slough Feg themselves have been for the past 10 or so years, and even more in-your-face than New Organon was. Nevertheless, it's got the chops to fight the fight. |
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| Author: | MikeyC [ Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:22 am ] |
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March 22 releases: Hideous Divinity - Unextinct Civerous - Maze Envy Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe Omnivide - A Tale of Fire Aberration - Refracture Critical Defiance - The Search Won't Fall Fractures in the Sky - Monolith of Avarice Atrexial - The Serpent Abomination What a stacked day of killer releases. |
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| Author: | hallowed78 [ Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:45 am ] |
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That Critical Defiance album is fantastic. |
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| Author: | Dustroy_Troly [ Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:12 pm ] |
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Demon Fang wrote: Hands of Goro's also a pretty good one. Bassist of Slough Feg does some Slough Feg stuff. It's more straight-up than Slough Feg themselves have been for the past 10 or so years, and even more in-your-face than New Organon was. Nevertheless, it's got the chops to fight the fight. Ooooh, this sounds exciting! |
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| Author: | Hardworlder [ Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:30 pm ] |
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Dustroy_Troly wrote: Demon Fang wrote: Hands of Goro's also a pretty good one. Bassist of Slough Feg does some Slough Feg stuff. It's more straight-up than Slough Feg themselves have been for the past 10 or so years, and even more in-your-face than New Organon was. Nevertheless, it's got the chops to fight the fight. Ooooh, this sounds exciting! It's pretty enjoyable |
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| Author: | Osore [ Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:16 pm ] |
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Severoth - By the Way of Light | Шляхом світла (atmospheric black metal) Serpents Oath - Revelation (black metal) |
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| Author: | Aooga [ Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:34 am ] |
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MeavyHetal wrote: ThePoop wrote: Just in case anyone was waiting with bated breath for Dale Earnhardt-themed heavy metal in the year 2024, I am happy to announce that your wish has been granted and it’s bad ass. I am the Intimidator https://iamtheintimidator.bandcamp.com/ ... ntimidator This rips so fucking hard, raise hell praise Dale Bump for more appreciation. The DIY music videos make this the complete NASCAR metal experience I never knew I wanted or needed. |
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| Author: | CoconutBackwards [ Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:16 pm ] |
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BETTER PUMP THE GASOLINE MOTHERFUCKER |
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| Author: | Empyreal [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:01 pm ] |
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Edit... the "I am the Intimidator" thing is fucking awesome, hell yes. Great brash, wild card music for weirdos. https://anubis10.bandcamp.com/album/dark-paradise Found this randomly through a review on this site... pretty cool, darker power thrash stuff. You don't get a lot like this anymore. Might have to buy it based on those singles. |
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| Author: | colin040 [ Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:32 am ] |
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The new Horrifying album goes hard; certainly recommended to fans of Incantation and similar bands. Chile does it again! https://veinsprods.bandcamp.com/album/d ... parasomnia |
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| Author: | Sick6Six [ Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:33 pm ] |
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The new Dodsrit album is the best thing I’ve heard this year |
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| Author: | hallowed78 [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:18 pm ] |
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Another strong release day. New albums, all ranging from very good to great, by Verberis, Verwoed, Above Aurora, Cantique Lépreux, Coffins and Mütiilation. Just need to check out Coffin Storm for a complete experience. |
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| Author: | MikeyC [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:52 pm ] |
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It's not on MA, but damn it, I reckon it qualifies. Kolga - Black Tides
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Would you like some blackened surf rock? Kolga's got you covered! https://kolga.bandcamp.com/album/black-tides |
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| Author: | I_Am_Vengeance [ Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:31 pm ] |
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CoconutBackwards wrote: BETTER PUMP THE GASOLINE MOTHERFUCKER BETTER PUMP THE GASOLINE MOTHERFUCKER |
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| Author: | lord_ghengis [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:05 am ] |
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Didn't hit up quite as much in March as in the first two months of the year, and I've got a few heavy hitters on that didn't get around to list, but despite that I did start filling out that "top end" in March. Still nothing I'd say is a real contender for AotY for me or anything, or maybe even top 10, but definitely some stuff that'll be in that "here's the next thirty which I really don't think should be slept on" tier. The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards of a Futile Heaven This isn't metal but The Body is on MA so in the year end charts it's viable so I'll put it on this one. This is like harrowing death industrial with a pretty sounding singer of which there is a little bit of already, but mixed with The Body's willingness to push into absolutely massive droning noisy climaxes with boiling kettle vocals. It's a style I enjoy already and giving it an extra level of extremity to dip into at the big moments elevates it higher again. Dionysiaque - Diogonos Trad/epic doom made by extreme metal dudes, so it's got extra dynamics of being willing to drop into some evil trem or harsher sonic spaces. A bit like Fvneral Fvkk in that sense, but a lot more rocking and down to earth than that. Defect Designer - Chitin After Suppression in 2022 and Conjureth last year it appears we're getting a yearly entry into OSDM played with tech death skillsets and for the third time in a row I really like it. Dirty and grounded enough to get away with how flashy and creative a lot of the ideas are. Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe Yeah it's too clean and there is a criminal lack of ping, but man, they don't make them like Brodequin anymore. It's just so fast and blasty and in an era where BDM is all about the slams or arty transgressions into noisy chaos it's just neat to remember you can just be really, really, really fast too. The cleanliness does hold it under last year's Torsofuck in terms of "hey remember what BDM used to do" releases, but it's good. Convulsing - Perdurance Fairly darn gorked dissodeath. I think they had better stuff in the past, but it's still fairly neat stuff which isn't 80% jangly arpeggios like most of the shit in the genre these days. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield I dunno how much of my appreciation for this is just being in awe of how enthused and how good it sounds from a band of geriatrics, but hey, I appreciate it nonetheless. I'm not even a JP fan but I'm impressed. Aberration - Refracture A disso'd up caverncore-y thing along the lines of early Abyssal and Portal which utilizes very long songs to both kinda meander around a bit in the murk but also reach peaks of chaotic catharsis that make the wait worthwhile. Exceptionally great climax to the album which makes it good enough for a mention on its own. Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished Fucky occasionally doomy death metal with interesting cover art, dunno if it's just the colour scheme there but maybe gave me some hints of Weeping Sores discordant jangling but nowhere near as demented as that. Enjoyable if not particularly notable. |
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| Author: | SanPeron [ Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:17 pm ] |
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If you guys are into Portal and experimental extreme weird shit, try this album, is oddly relaxing. |
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| Author: | nephilim80 [ Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:58 am ] |
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Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Spectral Voice - Sparagmos Motherwood - A Fading Elegy My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding Hauntologist - Hollow Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light Khold - Du dømmes til Død Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished Hamferð - Men Guðs hond er sterk Sovereign - Altered Realities Cosmic Void - Subterranean Rivers Necrophobic - In the Twilight Grey Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart Borknagar - Fall Updating my last post with albums i've listened to recently. Already including MDB's album, which actually grew on me a lot lately. |
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| Author: | Metal_Detector [ Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:41 am ] |
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I AM THE INTIMIDATOR is actual art, holy shit. I am in awe. lord_ghengis wrote: . Dionysiaque - Diogonos Trad/epic doom made by extreme metal dudes, so it's got extra dynamics of being willing to drop into some evil trem or harsher sonic spaces. A bit like Fvneral Fvkk in that sense, but a lot more rocking and down to earth than that. Seconding this one as well. Super cool doom with heavy bass, extreme elements, and some proggy parts with chords reminiscent of Voivod at points (at least to my ears). The vocals are quite bold but I got acclimated to them before long. |
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| Author: | Disembodied [ Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:45 am ] |
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SanPeron wrote: If you guys are into Portal and experimental extreme weird shit, try this album, is oddly relaxing. I'm resisting listening to this because as a chemistry nerd "hydrolysated" isn't a word. |
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| Author: | Empyreal [ Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:32 am ] |
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Metal_Detector wrote: I AM THE INTIMIDATOR is actual art, holy shit. I am in awe. It's exactly how humor should be handled in metal for my tastes anyway... raw, goofy, but the music is still fucking badass. Then he even lapses into what seems like pretty serious themes at times too. The music is just flawless trad metal. |
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