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Satan does it again, y'all. "Cruel Magic" lives up to their recent classics, and is undoubtedly one of the big albums to beat this year.

I'm failing to understand the hype around the new Nocturnal Graves. Sounds very formulaic to these ears.

Apparently Death SS released an album today. Alrighty then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxiUflVwTk

Glad you liked it!
Even the band name is great, it's Swedish for "Fairy tales that leads toward the end".

Probably won't appeal to the majority of readers in this thread, but Harrow, who happen to hail from my hometown, have released an absolutely fantastic little EP which combines their usual cascadian black metal stylings with a truly remarkable offering of neofolk (see the final track especially). Ian Campbell has started to explore this path as of late with his side project Crooked Mouth, and the influence has done a great service to Harrow, who have always been a favourite of mine irrespective of our shared origins.

Check the EP "A Fire In The Mountains" out here: https://harrowblackmetal.bandcamp.com/a ... -mountains

I'm checking out Archemoron, who were mentioned earlier in this thread. This is a dang good find. Another album I'm surprised to see next to no discussion of on the Internet.

I am 3/4 of the way through the new Windfaerer album, Alma, and it's pretty rad. Anyone else heard it yet?

Xenophon wrote:

I'm checking out Archemoron, who were mentioned earlier in this thread. This is a dang good find. Another album I'm surprised to see next to no discussion of on the Internet.

It's because the kids are still busy with worshiping Bolzer or whatever the fuck their name is written like, or finding some goofy synth excepts from Burzum's long forgotten past or being over-excited about yet another stale offering from the dead horse AKA Darkthrone...
Anyways, Archemoron's 'Year of the harvester' is a massive accomplishment and surely deserves everyone's attention...

You're such an ignorant person. Unbelievable.

I want to like that new Archemoron album but it's really overlong - they know how to write killer riffs though.

And how am I ignorant? Please, do enlighten me...

joppek wrote:

nice - sounds very bölzer inspired

Not familiar with Bolzer's sound. They used to be this forum's hot topic band a couple of years ago, and everything that's being hyped, I'm trying to distance myself from, as hard as I possibly can.
Khanus' sound and aesthetics both seem pretty singular to me; I doubt whether any parallels can be drawn between the former and any other band out there...

Popularity is never a hallmark of quality, quite the contrary.

colin040 wrote:

So...what kind of bands do you listen to? :confused:

Whatever you don't listen to, most likely...

Gonna check out that Archemoron album in a sec... here's hoping it sounds like Bolzer.

ingmar birdman wrote:

Gonna check out that Archemoron album in a sec... here's hoping it sounds like Bolzer.

Don't bother...

I'm actually checking out Archemoron now, and despite Bob here being a total dork it's actually pretty damn excellent. It's got the epic moments of Primordial and the intense moments of Immortal, with a nice Greek flavor. The 81 minute runtime is pretty obnoxious though, not sure how often I'll really be able to listen to the whole thing, but it is actually great.

Hope it gets mega popular.

yo this Convulsing record is filthy

bosse de nage just shit all over everyone AOTY? i dunno. drumming of the year? yessir.

Any love for the new Primordial?

I'm midway through my first listen, and I'm enjoying what I'm hearing. Very atmospheric whilst still rocking out.

Author:	Rodman [ Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:58 pm ]
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I'm failing to understand the hype around the new Nocturnal Graves. Sounds very formulaic to these ears.

Author:	Zelkiiro [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:03 am ]
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Satan does it again, y'all. "Cruel Magic" lives up to their recent classics, and is undoubtedly one of the big albums to beat this year.

Author:	Zdan [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:21 am ]
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Zelkiiro wrote: Satan does it again, y'all. "Cruel Magic" lives up to their recent classics, and is undoubtedly one of the big albums to beat this year. This. A thousand times this. Really amazing album. The riffs, melodies, the performance, the fire. Everything one could want in a classic metal album. Now to see if they release the blood thing in non-digipack form.

Author:	pale_horse [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:42 am ]
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Rodman wrote: I'm failing to understand the hype around the new Nocturnal Graves. Sounds very formulaic to these ears. This is how I feel about Tomb Mold.

Author:	Twisted_Psychology [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:57 pm ]
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Apparently Death SS released an album today. Alrighty then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxiUflVwTk

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Author:	Zdan [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:33 pm ]
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Twisted_Psychology wrote: Apparently Death SS released an album today. Alrighty then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxiUflVwTk Not really that good but weirdly compelling.

Author:	Amber Gray [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:20 pm ]
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absolutely brutal sludge that is disgustingly pleasurable to the ears with its relentless noise sea https://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/contempt

Author:	pfk505 [ Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:13 am ]
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Probably won't appeal to the majority of readers in this thread, but Harrow, who happen to hail from my hometown, have released an absolutely fantastic little EP which combines their usual cascadian black metal stylings with a truly remarkable offering of neofolk (see the final track especially). Ian Campbell has started to explore this path as of late with his side project Crooked Mouth, and the influence has done a great service to Harrow, who have always been a favourite of mine irrespective of our shared origins. Check the EP "A Fire In The Mountains" out here: https://harrowblackmetal.bandcamp.com/a ... -mountains

Author:	MikeyC [ Sat Sep 08, 2018 1:30 am ]
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e_ddi_e wrote: Glad you liked it! Even the band name is great, it's Swedish for "Fairy tales that leads toward the end". Oh that's really cool! I can only speak English so I couldn't make it out, haha, but that's a pretty clever name. I liked what I heard and have ordered a physical copy of the album. Hopefully it gets to me quick.

Author:	e_ddi_e [ Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:31 am ]
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Nice! I’m actually going to see them live in a week or so. Should be interesting.

Author:	Xenophon [ Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:54 pm ]
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I'm checking out Archemoron, who were mentioned earlier in this thread. This is a dang good find. Another album I'm surprised to see next to no discussion of on the Internet.

Author:	Xenophon [ Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:31 pm ]
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pfk505 wrote: Probably won't appeal to the majority of readers in this thread, but Harrow, who happen to hail from my hometown, have released an absolutely fantastic little EP which combines their usual cascadian black metal stylings with a truly remarkable offering of neofolk (see the final track especially). Ian Campbell has started to explore this path as of late with his side project Crooked Mouth, and the influence has done a great service to Harrow, who have always been a favourite of mine irrespective of our shared origins. Check the EP "A Fire In The Mountains" out here: https://harrowblackmetal.bandcamp.com/a ... -mountains I've been following this band for a little while, actually. This is certainly another good entry into their discography.

Author:	booK_of_blood [ Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:54 pm ]
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Xenophon wrote: I'm checking out Archemoron, who were mentioned earlier in this thread. This is a dang good find. Another album I'm surprised to see next to no discussion of on the Internet. It's because the kids are still busy with worshiping Bolzer or whatever the fuck their name is written like, or finding some goofy synth excepts from Burzum's long forgotten past or being over-excited about yet another stale offering from the dead horse AKA Darkthrone... Anyways, Archemoron's 'Year of the harvester' is a massive accomplishment and surely deserves everyone's attention...

Author:	Pitiless Wanderer [ Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:21 pm ]
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I am 3/4 of the way through the new Windfaerer album, Alma, and it's pretty rad. Anyone else heard it yet?

Author:	TheMysticWombat [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:15 am ]
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It's been a really hectic and busy year for me, so the only releases I've heard have been from Obscura and Tribulation Thrash is usually a one-dimensional genre with a terrible fanbase that's mostly stuck in the 80's; that being said, Chemicaust is fucking great and Rapture deserve FUCKING RESPECT AND HAILS FOR THE FUCKING SICK RIFFS AND DRUMMING, HOLY FUCK Holding these guys in fucking high regard along with Aspid and Ripper. Any filthy death metal riffage or caverncore I need to check out?

Author:	~Guest 171512 [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:46 pm ]
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Damn, the new Redemption album is actually REALLY good. My only experience with them before was 'The Fullness of Time', which I found dull. What's even more surprising is that Tom Englund is the singer on this record, and he sounds good for a change. I guess having good music behind him... redeemed him.

Author:	Xenophon [ Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:58 pm ]
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Pitiless Wanderer wrote: I am 3/4 of the way through the new Windfaerer album, Alma, and it's pretty rad. Anyone else heard it yet? I thought it came out on the 14th.

Author:	IntoNevermore [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:28 am ]
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I've been away from metal for a while... Coming back this year, I've been loving Inferi, Monotheist, Summoning, Rur and Monolithe. This thread never disappoints

Author:	colin040 [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:52 am ]
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booK_of_blood wrote: Xenophon wrote: I'm checking out Archemoron, who were mentioned earlier in this thread. This is a dang good find. Another album I'm surprised to see next to no discussion of on the Internet. It's because the kids are still busy with worshiping Bolzer or whatever the fuck their name is written like, or finding some goofy synth excepts from Burzum's long forgotten past or being over-excited about yet another stale offering from the dead horse AKA Darkthrone... Anyways, Archemoron's 'Year of the harvester' is a massive accomplishment and surely deserves everyone's attention... You're such an ignorant person. Unbelievable. I want to like that new Archemoron album but it's really overlong - they know how to write killer riffs though.

Author:	Xenophon [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:45 am ]
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Tbh the length of the Archemoron album (and songs) is another thing that appeals to me. Bring on more king-sized metal albums stuffed to the brim with RIFFS!

Author:	ingmar birdman [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 1:07 pm ]
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New Ride for Revenge album Sinking the Song just dropped out of nowhere this morning and obviously it's excellent. More of the same amazing filth.

Author:	PvtNinjer [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:54 pm ]
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The new Thou record Magus is approaching AOTY levels

Author:	theagentcoma [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:15 pm ]
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yo this Convulsing record is filthy

Author:	booK_of_blood [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:59 pm ]
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colin040 wrote: You're such an ignorant person. Unbelievable. I want to like that new Archemoron album but it's really overlong - they know how to write killer riffs though. ...Said the guy whose sole reasoning for not listening to a great metal album is the fact it's (too ?) long. WTF? And how am I ignorant? Please, do enlighten me...

Author:	ingmar birdman [ Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:10 pm ]
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Gonna check out that Archemoron album in a sec... here's hoping it sounds like Bolzer.

Author:	TheMysticWombat [ Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:09 am ]
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booK_of_blood wrote: And how am I ignorant? Please, do enlighten me... oh boy booK_of_blood wrote: joppek wrote: nice - sounds very bölzer inspired Not familiar with Bolzer's sound. They used to be this forum's hot topic band a couple of years ago, and everything that's being hyped, I'm trying to distance myself from, as hard as I possibly can. Khanus' sound and aesthetics both seem pretty singular to me; I doubt whether any parallels can be drawn between the former and any other band out there... booK_of_blood wrote: Popularity is never a hallmark of quality, quite the contrary. booK_of_blood wrote: colin040 wrote: So...what kind of bands do you listen to? Whatever you don't listen to, most likely... booK_of_blood wrote: ... booK_of_blood wrote: It's because the kids are still busy with worshiping Bolzer or whatever the fuck their name is written like, or finding some goofy synth excepts from Burzum's long forgotten past or being over-excited about yet another stale offering from the dead horse AKA Darkthrone... booK_of_blood wrote: ... anyways...you should listen to Bölzer...since you're not familiar with their sound...son...

Author:	e_ddi_e [ Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:31 am ]
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Vodun – Ascend So ... what is this? Well ... Afro-psych-doom and they like to spell their band name VŌDŪN! It's a 3 piece band from the UK and this is their second album. I've never heard about them before so I have no idea if this sound like their last album. Anyway I think the songs are catchy as hell, riffing is good and the singers voice is powerful. I like it, but it's not exactly black-grind-lo-fi-crust. Band names that comes to mind when I hear this is Gozu, Oceans of Slumber (inevitable) and Gossip. If they all started playing an European version of Stoner-desert-fuzz. Oh well, not your typical band, but they are on the archives.

Author:	booK_of_blood [ Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:20 pm ]
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ingmar birdman wrote: Gonna check out that Archemoron album in a sec... here's hoping it sounds like Bolzer. Don't bother...

Author:	BastardHead [ Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:00 pm ]
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booK_of_blood wrote: ingmar birdman wrote: Gonna check out that Archemoron album in a sec... here's hoping it sounds like Bolzer. Don't bother... I'm actually checking out Archemoron now, and despite Bob here being a total dork it's actually pretty damn excellent. It's got the epic moments of Primordial and the intense moments of Immortal, with a nice Greek flavor. The 81 minute runtime is pretty obnoxious though, not sure how often I'll really be able to listen to the whole thing, but it is actually great. Hope it gets mega popular.

Author:	rexxz [ Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:23 pm ]
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book_of_butt is a notorious hater and loser, so I wouldn't take anything he says worth a grain of salt. I am also going to check that out simply because he said not to.

Author:	Zelkiiro [ Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:49 pm ]
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rexxz wrote: book_of_butt This has no business making me laugh as much as it has.

Author:	e_ddi_e [ Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:47 am ]
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Tomb of Finland - Frozen Beneath Blackened melo-death-doom from ... yeah you guessed it - Finland! It probably won't end up in many top 10 lists this year - but it does have some great songs on it. I also like that it's some good tempo changes in most songs to keep me interested a bit further. So all in all, good job!

Author:	Sick6Six [ Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:52 pm ]
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BastardHead wrote: I'm actually checking out Archemoron now, and despite Bob here being a total dork it's actually pretty damn excellent. It's got the epic moments of Primordial and the intense moments of Immortal, with a nice Greek flavor. The 81 minute runtime is pretty obnoxious though, not sure how often I'll really be able to listen to the whole thing, but it is actually great. Hope it gets mega popular. Yeah, it's really good. I also don't think I ever made it through the full album, but I'll make a point to get back to it. theagentcoma wrote: yo this Convulsing record is filthy Yup, I blasted it again on the way to work today, I love the last 2 songs (before the cover) especially. Edit: wait, no, I also love Relent... ok the whole album!

Author:	PhilosophicalFrog [ Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:36 pm ]
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bosse de nage just shit all over everyone AOTY? i dunno. drumming of the year? yessir.

Author:	Sick6Six [ Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:44 pm ]
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Pretty good little split release by Mavorim and Totenwache today. I had only heard of Mavorim who is a 1 man band from Germany, both bands have very similar mid-paced melodic style. https://totenwache.bandcamp.com/album/verbrannte-erde

Author:	Epicureo [ Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:00 pm ]
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PhilosophicalFrog wrote: bosse de nage just shit all over everyone AOTY? i dunno. drumming of the year? yessir. Astonishing drumming for real, their drummer can do no wrong.