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The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud- The Smell of Blood But Victory DCD.
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud- Amara Tanta Tyri CD.

Where did you get them Andy? Been interested in that band for years but only a youtube listener thus far.

It's deadly. A natural continuation of the Watching style. While there's a few hints of 40 watt sun in there for me it's actually far more Warning than I would have expected. Super excited to hear more.

Is there talk of gigs over here? I never saw them originally either. Only 40WS which never did much for me. It would be lovely to see them surrounded by other middle aged, balding doomsters crying over our respective mid life crises 

Black Magick SS - scarlet desires

More tunes in the vein of the previous two albums. Great oul fun.
On Spotify now as well.

I haven't heard all bands outputs and if it's clearly in their shit/modern era i haven't heard it so it doesn't count.

Eg

Slayer
Best: live undead
Worst: south of heaven
Overrated: reign in blood.
I have only heard single songs post-south of heaven....

Metallica
Best: puppets
Worst: black

Burzum
Best: HLTO
Worst: fallen

COF
Best: dusk
Worst: midian

Maiden
Best: the song Wasted Years
Worst: lot of competition here

D666
Best: Unchain
Worst: wildfire

Mgla
Best: whtn
Worst: exercises

Malthusian
Best: first demo
Worst: debut album

Mourning Beloveth
Best: a disease for the ages
Worst: rust

Primordial
Best: spirit
Worst: redemption

Dead Can Dance
Best: spleen
Worst: spirit chaser

DI6
Best: nada
Worst: all pigs must die

Steely Dan
Best: scam
Worst: countdown

Ulver
Best: nattens
Worst: blood inside

I will stop now as this could go on all night and I need to get up and check on lambs in the morning 

That's a shitter about the guy from Abyssic Hate. What a fucking great album Suicidal Emotions is. Even though I find DSBM highly cringe and the lyrics on this particular album are certainly no exception. Terrible.

I hope it was natural causes anyway. Being a middle aged man isn't easy.

Far cry from Dublin Doom Day in (I think) 2010 that had the first Hour of 13 gig. MI at the time was buzzing in anticipation and the day itself didn't disappoint. I've often said to many, including Mark the promoter, that it was the best gig I was ever at. The pre printed "i was there" t shirts confirmed that we knew something special was on the cards. Such a pity that this reprise gig has generated seemingly no interest or comments in comparison. Was it well attended? Maybe people are talking about it on tiktok or FB or whatever the current shrine of vanity is in vogue now...

If I recall correctly Stampin Ground played Fredz in Cork either 99 or 2000. I was at it after a long bus down from Ros with Nerdlinger and a few other local punks. It was called Fuck Witness as I think it was on the same weekend as a Guinness sponsored event at Slane or whatever that the whole country was going to. It was a good laugh but it's probably the last time I listened to Stampin Ground 

https://youtu.be/qDOABCOEeQY?si=vB-E3f3ewtKKFdcc

Debut album out. I haven't listened to it yet but I enjoy the demo a lot.

That Entombed photo is one of the all time iconic metal shots. Agreed that Morbid Angel had some sensational early photos as well. Attitude oozing out of the image.

Blasphemy is another famous one for these threads, but I'm getting annoyed tapping on this fuck of thing so look them up yourselves. I'm away out for a smoke.

Another good one from that album that hasn't had the same meme impact, or whatever you call that.

That Immortal one always make me think Abbath has a shark mouth on his stomach.

I could be wrong but I always thought the crouched guy on the left was Abbath and the belly lad was Horgh. I bought that album in the Sound Cellar in 99 and that was a time when I absolutely pored over every letter and image of a cd booklet but maybe I'm mistaken after all these years?

Jail for these types needs to be a cold, spartan cell, 24/7. Life and no chance of release. You'd have the humanitarians out looking to make things easier for them of course. Playstations and bags of smuggled drugs etc.

I walked along the quays in Dublin yesterday. Cunts openly doing drugs on the street not far from Guinness brewery, one of our primary tourist attractions. Terrible look. I walked along it again this morning and the they were all out again in the same place getting free grub from some bullshit charity. Fill their bellies so they can they can make a show of the city centre again for the day. Fuck that enabling shit. It's crazy carry on.

Thought Primordial were class. That's the band I know and love. Brilliant set list. So refreshing to hear much of the classic era delivered with such intensity. AA is a great vocalist if only he would stick to that gravely style which was the hallmark of that era. Very little in the way of the modern clean wail last night. I would have preferred if they did Storm instead of TTND. I think those three albums would run better together and TTND was the beginning of the end for me.

Coscradh was decent. A band that never fully clicked with me. Think they started late and only got 20 minutes.

Bolzer was fine but are much diminished from the act that blew minds when they emerged first around 15 years ago.

I had a snooze up in the balcony area during Saor. Great band for that. I don't mind pagan/folk metal but it's extremely difficult to do right. They lack a bit of an edge. Too soft. Your man's first band Askival were better. Polish band Stworz are an example of a band who pull off the pagan/folk style convincingly.

Good turn out. Crowd seemed well in to it. The pints I was drinking were 8.80 robbing cunts. Also the after party seemed a bit flat. Emptied out early I though.

Top night anyway and again hats off to Primordial for proving they are the top dogs in Irish metal.

Going by the positivity in this thread it looks like I might have to give Qrixkuor another go. I have the demo and Three Devils Dance ep and that was enough for me. I'd had enough of that style of DM so promptly forgot about the band but interesting to hear they have since evolved.

Foulest Semen was the high point for me. I didn't really get in to the following two albums at all. Must get them back on rotation seeing as I'm driving an antique with a cd tray and no working Bluetooth 

Then I'll check out the newest gear. Was great excitement back in the day when Ruins first started playing live. Was some experience those early gigs.