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BasqueStorm
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:24 am 
 

(2002) Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia / Constellation / My Angel on my way to work.

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Jonpo
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:50 am 
 

Griffin - Heavy Metal Attack

There's a steadiness and nuance to Griffin that I'm just starting to appreciate. Well, I guess it's really only on their debut since they inject a bunch of Slayer into their bloodstream for the next one. But on the debut! They have a very controlled approach that I've come to love. They know how to build tension and atmosphere, and when to put their foots down. Heavy Metal Attack is a great example of their atmospheric tricks at play.
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gabalgabow
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Location: France
PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:50 am 
 

MARS RED SKY

A quite good band in the slow, thick and quite disconnected style,
not bad!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGsYrbQCJwM
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Immortal666
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:12 am 
 

Raven - Fire Power

I can't believe this is the first time I'm listening to Raven. They offer catchy, punchy NWOBHM. Looking forward to digging up more of their stuff.

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televiper11
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:23 am 
 

Coroner - Sirens

Can't wait for the new record.

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Empyreal
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:04 pm 
 

Soundgarden - Uncovered

Super groovy, heavy as fuck riff - like there's fur on it almost. They don't forget the swinging, rock 'n' roll style groove - that's how you do a Sabbath tribute riff.
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Ace_Rimmer
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:10 pm 
 

Motorhead - Another Perfect Day

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TrueDynamite
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:37 pm 
 

Veonity - Christmas Time

Call it out across the land
Spread the word to every man
Veonity is coming to town!
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Haunted Shirt
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:43 pm 
 

Judas Priest - Night Comes Down

The intro to this song takes me away to another place. It mesmerizes my mind.
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Xenophon
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:04 pm 
 

Highland - Loyal to the Nightsky

Well, this is very good so far. Straightforward black metal with skillful songwriting.

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Jonpo
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:32 pm 
 

Angus - Finally Out (from the debut, Track of Doom)

STOP NOT LISTENING TO ANGUS YOU FRIGGIN' GOONS!!!!!!!
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demonomania
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:56 pm 
 

Fall of An Empire - Croweater 2

Damn, these dudes have got it goin' on. Somewhere between Soundgarden and The Sword. Looks like they're unsigned, but they shouldn't be for long.
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BastardHead
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:35 pm 
 

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Rise Against - Wolves
Y'know, I have a weird relationship with Rise Against. Y'all've seen me gush about them plenty of times so you know I'm a big fan, but whatever the most recent album is at the time, I never like it much, but whenever a newer one comes out the previous album suddenly gets better. I got into them when Appeal to Reason was their newest, and I thought it was fine but formulaic and just fluked out two amazing songs with Amerika (Post Collapse) and the obvious megasmash single Savior. Endgame came out a few years later and I thought it was fine but formulaic and just fluked out two amazing songs with Architects and the obvious megasmash single Satellite, but when I went back and listened to Appeal to Reason I found a lot of initially difficult to detect subtlety and variety, with some excellent songwriting and huge hooks (Entertainment, Kotov Syndrome, The Dirt Whispered, Hero of War, and others became new favorites). The Black Market came out a few years later and I thought it was fine but formulaic and just fluked out two amazing songs with The Great Die Off and the obvious megasma-... actually the singles weren't that great, but the other amazing song was The Eco-Terrorist in Me, but when I went back and listened to Endgame I found a lot of initially difficult to detect subtlety and variety, with some excellent songwriting and huge hooks (September's Children, Survivor's Guilt, Endgame, and especially Disparity by Design became new favorites). Now Wolves came out a few years later and I thought... well I'm not actually finished with my first listen yet but it's so far easily the most formulaic and predictable album they've released yet, with the only song standing out so far being Welcome to the Breakdown, which finally throws some bones towards their more hardcore punk influences from their roots (it even features a short blast beat!), but otherwise it's just Rise Against Singles A-G. They've definitely pinpointed the sound that gives them radio airtime and chart success and they're just milking it into oblivion. Tim's voice sounds like it's starting to break down as well, and I don't mean that raw passion he used to have before he suddenly learned how to sing in 2006, I mean he just sounds like he's raspier and not compensating for it, he's losing it. But when I went back and listened to The Black Market I found... a lot of the same boring stuff I didn't care for last time. Looks like the streak is over, gg guys. Sorry you never managed to top The Sufferer and the Witness.
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TrueDynamite
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:55 pm 
 

Rise Against - Wolves

I just listened to this and I was about to wave my arms furiously to get your attention, BH. Great timing. I liked the first few songs, but it REALLY fell to pieces after that. I didn't like the past two albums as much as everything up to Appeal, but they actually grew on me. This one is just a dud.
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Immortal666
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:07 pm 
 

Black Sabbath - After Forever

Anyone who accuses Black Sabbath of being an occult band should be made to listen to this song on repeat until they get the message through their thick skulls.

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Immortal666
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:12 pm 
 

Death - A Moment of Clarity

Another stroke of genius from Evil Chuck on Death's penultimate album.

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Black Diamond
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:21 pm 
 

Queensryche - "Screaming in Digital"

"Before the light you must know what lies behind my screams."

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raspberrysoda
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 4:03 am 
 

Calling Dead Red Roses - Creeping Death

super awesome post punk with a legit black metal scream at 0:24.
and it's from 1985
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Empyreal
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:21 am 
 

Rush - Hemispheres

Rush didn't usually have the riff-intensity to be a metal band, but they did have the epic structures, the drama and the mystique of many early metal bands. I can see how they fit in.
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BasqueStorm
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:53 am 
 

Immortal666 wrote:
Death - A Moment of Clarity
Another stroke of genius from Evil Chuck on Death's penultimate album.

Best song of the album for me. :beer:

(2007) Numen - Numen.


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P.S: Next album is in the mix in a basque foggy valley! :hyper:

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:46 pm 
 

Lunar Shadow - The Hour of Dying

This is some good shit. Vocalist took a bit to grow on me.

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Ace_Rimmer
Metal freak

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:41 pm 
 

Metallica - Wasted My Hate
I know Load is often panned by metal fans but I love it.

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Haunted Shirt
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:01 pm 
 

Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin

Never heard this one before, but I was reading about it and wanted to give it a spin. This album is really bad, even by my standards. I don't know if I'm going to be able to finish it.
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televiper11
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:16 pm 
 

Destruction - Death Trap (re-recorded version)

I actually like what Destruction did with their re-recordings.

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Ace_Rimmer
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 4:48 pm 
 

Napalm Death - Killing Greed

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Black Diamond
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:15 pm 
 

Symphony X - "Fallen"

"Tonight, darkness has shadowed the light.
Symmetry divine, there's no force greater: dividing the fathers of time."

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flexodus
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:34 pm 
 

Harm's Way - "Timing"

If you were gonna make a list of the top 10 all time greatest breakdowns/fight riffs/pit anthems, about 5 of them are found on the first side of the Isolation record. The buildup and first riff of "Scrambled", the breakdown in "Timing" (probably the most violent moment on the album), that iconic midpaced thrash attack at the end of the title track, and "Breeding Grounds" has both a massively heavy chorus (VERMIN...VERMIN...) and another legendary breakdown that could just go on forever. Easily the greatest entombedcore album of all time, at least on the hardcore side of things. So fucking dismal and hopeless and suffocating, just like good death metal should be. I wonder what oldheads seeing them on the At the Gates tour thought of this shit.
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SirAngry95
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:45 pm 
 

Styx - "Southern Woman"

revisiting the Man of Miracles record and it's clicking with me a lot more than the last time i spun this album. pretty good Hard Rock album by Styx.

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Amber Gray
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:56 pm 
 

Deeper exploration of American primitivism is proving very fruitful. This album here is just some of the nicest guitar playing I've ever heard. So humble and proficient all at the same time.

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newp
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:08 am 
 

Ace_Rimmer wrote:
Metallica - Wasted My Hate
I know Load is often panned by metal fans but I love it.

Load has some good songs on it but that one is a dud, you complete and total smeghead.


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Dooders
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:08 am 
 

Cannabis Corpse - Chronic Breed

First song in 3 years, can't wait for the rest of the album. Already guessing this is gonna be on my top if all the songs are close to this level of quality.

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MetallicaTrueFan
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:25 am 
 

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was The Case

Old school 90's Hip Hop man... those rhymes and those beats are just so infectious!
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RakdosWarlord
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:31 am 
 

Forest King - Sacred Mead

This song/band is the only thing keeping my mind off being sick.

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TrueDynamite
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:29 am 
 

Avantasia - Spectres

Spectres has one of the best choruses Tobi has ever written.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:02 am 
 

televiper11 wrote:
Destruction - Death Trap (re-recorded version)

I actually like what Destruction did with their re-recordings.


Yup, I concur. The sound is modern, but better than the arguably shitty-sounding 80s records (at least the first two). They also tightened up the screws in those songs and they don't feel that sloppy. A bit of the classic charm was lost, but still very well worth it overall. I think they are doing a PledgeMusic campaign for Thrash Anthems II for some other old songs.

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Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died
I'll be the first one to say that this was a good record. Super well-written and aside from a couple of songs dragging a bit, it's a really good listen.
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LordStenhammar
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:04 am 
 

Fall of the Leafe - Fermina

August Wernicke will always be my favorite, but this is not bad either. Only thing I'm not sure about are the vocals. They don't ruin the music, but still sound rather weak.

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BasqueStorm
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:58 am 
 

Dooders wrote:
Cannabis Corpse - Chronic Breed
First song in 3 years, can't wait for the rest of the album. Already guessing this is gonna be on my top if all the songs are close to this level of quality.

Is this band worth?

(2009) Panopticon - Collapse.

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Jonpo
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:37 am 
 

Viper - Knights of Destruction (from Soldiers of Sunrise)

I've been flirting with buying this album lately. Brazilian power/speed metal from the late 80s. This is possessed of frantic songwriting, powerful vocals and some killer prominent bass work. Highly recommended!
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Paganbasque
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:49 am 
 

Myrkur-Måneblôt

The new track has everything I like from Myrkur. Mixture of voices and a beautiful medieval-esque section in the middle of the song. Nice!

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colin040
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Location: Netherlands
PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:04 am 
 

Fields of the Nephilim - Endemoniada

Elizium doesn't do much for me so far, but this album sounds cool. Should have checked out this band way earlier.

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