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Can't really go wrong with any Master's Hammer photo:

Lobbed Weapons on last weekend and it was great. Very satisfying ending!

Late Night With the Devil has been on my mind a fair bit lately. Enjoyed the heck out of that one. Well overdue a rewatch. Bonus points for the Pentagram track at the beginning too.

Deicide - S/T
Gjendød - Svekkelse
Cathedral - Endtyme, The Ethereal Mirror
Death Like Mass - The Lord of Flies

I probably wouldn't have gotten into metal when I did if it hadn't been for Cathedral.
If memory serves, it was a track off The Carnival Bizarre that did the trick.
I remember being told in college that Endtyme was worth seeking out, so off to the Sound Cellar I went.
I should have checked the brown paper bag Tommy gave me, because he popped The VIIth Coming in there instead 
Got it exchanged anyway and I'll admit to being a bit disappointed when I heard this slow fucking dirge. I thought Cathedral was all groove!
I eventually came around and ended up digging it rightly. I still love the groovy era, of course.

Got the chance to see them when they supported HIM in 2004 and it was pure class. A pity that I'd only get to see them once more, but them's the breaks.

They'll always be a special band for me.

Does anyone remember a shortlived, Irish, metal-oriented social media site along the lines of Myspace? Going back around 20 years, it was only around for a year or two. Fucked if I can remember what it was called, but when I lived in Galway I met a fair few heads through it.

It wasn't Dvblinia, was it?

Funny, I bumped into Nekroculchie at Beyond the Gates last week and we had a good natter about some of the shenanigans on MI and at gigs over the years.
It was a great resource and I wouldn't have a fraction of the number of mates/contacts in the scene were it not for spending a bit too much time on there.

Svekkelse - Due in September!
https://www.osmoseproductions.com/item/2/94903-110402-1101-1-0/128359149/gjendod-(gjend%C3%B8d)-svekkelse.html

Ta for the link! Got sorted too!

Very much looking forward to this. Absolute Elsewhere is one of my favourite albums from last year and the live footage I've seen since they started touring it is cracking.
Sijjin and Oranssi Pazuzu I've seen before, with OP being particularly class. Was dying for another opportunity to see them again.

Samsung. I usually get their highest "mid" tier phone (the A5X series). Big battery, AMOLED and 120Hz screen, decent RAM, support for LDAC, 25W charging etc. Basically everything I want from a phone.

It's main use for me though is a portable music player. I've most of my digital library on a juicy micro SD card (and a big chunk of the on-board storage goes to Spotify downloads). Except now they've decided to kill off the micro SD card slot... like, fucking why? Why is my ancient Sony Ericsson from 2008 got expandable storage while a €500 quid phone in 2025 doesn't?

Strongly considering looking at different brands for the first time in a decade after this shithouse move.

I've been using Motorola since I first got a smartphone.
(Essentially) stock Android and plenty of variety, however they're definitely phasing out the 3.5mm jacks.
A fair few of them have expandable memory though, and that's pretty much a deal breaker for me.

You can pop over to gsmarena and enter your requirements here if you're not arsed looking at manufacturers one by one:
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3

Dead handy.

Portal - Vexovoid
Negura Bunget - 'n crugu bradului
Chat Pile - Cool World
Havukruunu - Tavastland
Avmakt - Satanic Inversion of....
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Forgotten Woods - Baklengs mot stupet
Drowned - Procul His

New track up here:
https://thelordweirdsloughfeg.bandcamp.com/album/traveller-supplement-1-the-ephemeral-glades

Dreaming about the cunting Leaving Cert. I'm turning 45 this year and I'm still having nightmares about those fucking exams. 

 

Not too far behind you and I'll still get the same. Either I somehow forgot to study all year or I messed up the timetable and I'm not prepared for the exam I'm about to sit.

I only knew them from that split with Urfaust.
This compilation is the business though. Might give 'em a proper listen at some stage.

What's that FW release? I actually had As The  Wolves Gather on an hour ago 

It's a compilation of As the Wolves Gather, The Curse of Mankind, Sjel av natten and some Joyless stuff.

Forgotten Woods - Baklengs mot stupet
I think it was Mr. Grim Reality who mentioned these bucks to me a while back. And I'm glad he did, because this is some outrageously good gear.

Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel