Murmur: Murmur

Loving this album. it's kinda like freejazz black metal. one of the guys was in the Flying Luttenbachers so that might have something to do with it as well.

The Black Dahlia Murder - Goat of Departure

autothrall, awesome as he may be, is not allowed to call this band mallcore or an At The Gates clone anymore. At least not after Everblack.

One if the best black metal bands from here. I remember listening to them on 3 Hours Of Power/Full Metal Racket (radio show here) and they were quite often played

Bretwaldas Of Heathen Doom - Grey Wolf

This band is so underrated. Melodic doom with some crust and Lemmy style vocals

Summoning - Caradhras

man what a disappointment, so...uneventful. Even for Summoning.

Big fan of Summoning but the latest album does nothing for me really

Arsaidh-Carved in Stone

This album is just brilliant, awesome folk black metal in the Scottish way, excellent.

And this weekend:

Ered Wethrin(USA)-Ered Wethrin(Sverige)-Emyn Muil(Italy)

Thas an epic trilogy!

I consider it better than (2006) Summoning - Oath Bound.

Flammifer from (2013) Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn (Limited Deluxe Edition).
First 3 songs of the album are PERFECT!

Pelican - Glimmer

The ultimate background music.

I really disagree I love Oath Bound

Good boy Lord_Brendan, I also love OB which is actually my favourite Summoning album, alongside Minas Morgul.

By the way:

Slepinir-Warriors of Thor

Epic viking metal from England.

Herne - Metamorphosis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ0PsdMGFJM More UK Pagan black metal. Well, 50/50 with a German

Bastard Priest - Ghouls of the Endless Night [album]

This is crushing and filthy; nobody informed me that Entombed and Hellhammer spawned a child...

Weh's album Folkloren

Very good neofolk. I think it sounds similar to stuff like Neun Welten or Darkwoods

Dan Swanö – Add Reality

I fucking adore this song. Moontower is an exceptional album.

Fen - Exile's Journey

Rather good black metal.

I's Between Two Worlds - "Mountains"

I haven't listened to this album in a while. I'd forgotten how much I like it.

Riot – Thundersteel

EVIL ONES BEWARE

Kawir - To Uranus

Not had hardly any previous experience with Kawir, but this EP is a rather badass compilation with some seriously good material on it. The first three tracks feature some very full, well fleshed out compositions with lots of sweet riffwork and thick layers, really heady and moody shit. The older stuff that follows isn't quite as good but is still pretty ripping stuff, primordial work in the Hellenic tradition.

Anthrax - Among the living

Sometime we must go oldschool

I am a big fan of Kawir. I first remember downloading a track called To Cavirs out of curiosity many years ago. Not long ago I bought the Ophiolatreia album which is a very solid album. I love the song Rhea (Meter Theon)

Forefather - Engla Tocyme

I am a bit of a Forefather fanboy. I think this album doesn't get as much attention as it warrants which is a shame. It is very different to the later stuff, with barely any harsh vocals at all, plus being more an epic mid paced album. Steadfast seems to overshadow any talk of them on here

Wodensthrone-Heófungtíd

I still love the debut, what an amazing piece of atmospheric pagan black metal, I hope they will release a third cd being more influenced by the debut rather than the sophomore one.

Annihilator - Liquid Oval

Not bad, instrumental from Carnival Diablos.

Svarti Loghin - Empty World

Stumbled upon this in one of the Rec topics. Very interesting black metal, even uplifting

Sonata Arctica – Broken

A grower of a song, probably my least favourite off WHG though.

Absu - Preclusion to Cythraul

I haven't listened to Absu in years; finally got around to listening to them properly today, and I'm already very impressed, five minutes into the record. The drumming is monstrous.

Leviathan - Liar of Nazareth

Been spinning a lot of Leviathan stuff latley, and it's all excellent stuff!

Dr. Dre - The Message

Such a fucking honest song. Heartfelt.

Acid Bath - When The Kitestring Pops

Badder than Satan fucking a swarm of bees

Morbus Chron- It Stretches in the Hollow

I really, really, really, really, REALLY fucking hated Sleepers in the Rift. Still, I figure I would check this album out. So far, I can already tell it's better than Sleepers in the Rift, which isn't hard. Still haven't come to a complete opinion.

Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon

First "cosmic" black metal album

Borknagar - Epochalypse

Probably my favorite song by them.

Skyforger - Battle of Plakani, Battle of Veisi

In the mood for some of the least commercial music I have - been listening to too much clean stuff today!

Edguy – Babylon

BABYLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

Scar Symmetry - The Illusionist

Criminally catchy and Alvestam's voice rules.

Anacrusis - Sound the Alarm, off Screams and Whispers

I haven't touched this for a long time. It feels like a bucket of freezing cold water to the face.

Light Bringer - Eau Rouge

This is one really awesome instrumental with an amazing jam-like feel to it. Plus, the musicianship and technique is pretty insane.

Xandria - Soulcrusher

It's a shame this vocalist is out of the band after only one album. Neverworld's End is so good, but I have no idea what to expect from the followup, which is apparently a couple months away.

That's one of my favorites from that album. Its probably the jazziest thing I've heard on a power metal album, and it actually sounds good too. Have you ever heard Alhambra? That's Yuhki (Galneryus)'s side-project. Light Bringer's bassist Hibiki plays on that. The musicianship on that is even more insane. Initially, I was kinda surprised by Eau Rouge, but after hearing "Estasion'aburasadora", its inclusion wasn't much of a shock.

NP: Dragon Guardian & Knights of Round - 忠臣蔵鬼倒伝

One of my more pleasant surprises from this year so far.

Skull Fist - Cold Night

Heavy/Speed metal in the vein of Enforcer. I'm late to get into this band. Currently checking out the debut album and it sounds solid. There's a new album too, anyone's heard it yet?

Light Bringer rules! First and last tracks have to be my favorite from that album.

Cranking Defenders of the Faith. This album is quite nice to have on, every time I enjoy it more than I expect to.