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Cruel Force - Haneda. Not a bad album but the drummer must have got a set of rototoms for Christmas or something. Exact same Pleasure To Kill intro style drum fill every 10 seconds. Headwrecking.

I had been looking for something similar to Barnes era Cannibal Corpse recently and these lads fit the bill nicely. Saw the name in the 'now listening' thread for their demo, but the full length sounds even better. Complete caveman death metal, some of the riffs sound almost too simplistic at times, but they manage to keep the songs interesting. Heavy influence from 'Considered Dead' and 'The Dead Shall Inherit'.

Can't put my finger exactly on what makes this album so great, but I have been listening to it for weeks now. It reminds me of Eternal - Cryptic Lust, simple death metal executed perfectly.

https://youtu.be/lMJlI2yBkxs?is=0-uPV0XkysCNO38M

Just to note, this same lad is planning on selling his entire LP collection. I would say there is easily 30 grand worth of classics in there. Worth keeping an eye on.

Serious signing for the label and a seriously impressive label to sign to. Immense.

Well that was fucking great. Missed Death The Leveller due to pints but Primordial were excellent. Hadn't seen them in a venue that small in a long long time.

Definitely agreed on the Sexmag and Necromaniac. The Necromaniac in particular is one of the most interesting metal albums in the last few years, can't be easy to meld so many styles together and still have the album flow so well.

I think overall album of the year for me is Vultures Vengeance - Dust Age. Their earlier stuff was good but this is another level altogether. Like a mix of Cirith Ungol, Crimson Glory, Adramelch and Twisted Tower Dire. The best heavy metal album I've heard in years.

Coroner - No More Colour. For years I had lumped it in alongside Grin and assumed it was some sort of stop/start shite so didn't even bother listening to it. Great album.

Monstrosity - In Dark Purity I somehow had never heard years after buying Imperial Doom. Much slicker obviously but some class songs on there.

Was in the mood for some Florida style death metal during the week and Eternal - Cryptic Lust fit the bill very nicely. Really solid album.

Some class recommendations here...cheers! Definitely some bands I had overlooked in the past (especially Gorefest) but time for a revisit I think.

Looking for any and all recommendations for any newer bands or older obscure bands taking heavy influence from these albums... shameless ripoffs welcome! Closest ones I have found so far is

Exhumed - Gore Metal, Anatomy is Destiny
General Surgery - Necrology

This overlooked technical death metal ripper.

Great list Thorn. I've about 5-6 albums there that are right up my alley but haven't heard. That's the weekends driving tunes sorted.

The full album is up, I just linked to one track there. LP has been out for a few weeks at this stage.

One man band comprised of Nate Garrett from Spirit Adrift. This is basically a Type O Negative tribute band, to the extent that people thought it was AI generated up until it was announced who was behind the album. Shameless ripoff or not, it's a class listen.

https://youtu.be/teE_1veQ8-0?si=zkJyaJF4Z57BXd_G

The Ninth Gate is a great watch. Gets a bit farcical around the middle but manages to pull it off. Only film I can tolerate Depp in to be honest. Soundtrack is phenomenal, same composer as Bram Stokers Dracula.

Finally got around to watching Alien Romulus. A good watch ruined by some absolutely fucking pointless references to the older Alien films and some very dodgy CG for one character in particular. Shame really as Alvarez is a fairly competent director.