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Cheers lads.

Full album is released today - https://profaneorder.bandcamp.com/album/one-nightmare-unto-another

Stuff from this year I really liked:

Beyond Mortal Dreams - Abomination of the Flames
Autonoesis - Moon of Foul Magics
Sedimentum - Supperation Morphogenesiaque
Abyssus - Death Revival
Moon Tooth - Phototroph
Sumerlands - Dream Killer
Negative Plane - The Pact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgVyePcK68A

Just fucking amazing in every way (apart from the nameless goon guitarist's haircut)

Yes indeed. My first metal festival, what an experience seeing them annihilate the place.

These vids are going to be great to enjoy over the Xmas break.

I've been getting a lot of mileage out of this latter-era Morbid Angel vid, from around the time of 'Heretic'. Amazing sound, lots of different shots from different cameras, and an interesting setlist from an odd period in their history.

https://youtu.be/Lk_HLpznSVU

Also, against all the odds, I've been getting quite into older In Flames lately. Never thought I'd say that. But this video of them has a good sound, great setlist, and the crowd are so into they actually push the stage back into the wall.

https://youtu.be/Uas6YwNBZxE

A pair of preview tracks are up now via the Nuclear War Now! bandcamp here. Full release via LP, CD and cassette set for early 2023. For fans of Blasphemy, Demoncy, Slayer.



Thundering forth with frenzied intensity, Montreal's Profane Order return with their second full-length, 'One Nightmare Unto Another'. From its first moments, the record summons merciless blackened death metal soaked in the old blood of the 90's trailblazers. The band's first release with Nuclear War Now!, this latest release features seven tracks of rapid-fire aggression and bestial hostility.

Incubating slowly as the plague months passed, 'One Nightmare Unto Another'' reveals a rearmed and retaliatory variant of the group. Pared down to a maniac core of two members, ILLUSORY (Spectral Wound) and OLCADÓIR (Skumstrike) invoke the dark gods of ancient black and death metal. Fans of Blasphemy, Demoncy, Beherit and the wildest excesses of Slayer will find fresh meat to feast on amid the record's barbaric purity.

Packed with demented solos, seething vocals, and a pounding drum assault in the finest tradition of Canadian black/death metal, the album exhibits a violent and pitliless focus. As such, it represents a powerful and distinct follow-up to the band's acclaimed 2019 debut record, 'Slave Morality' and 2017's 'Tightened Noose of Sanctimony' EP, emitting pure hatred as the group shifts from one nightmarish era to the next.

Befitting the band's most concentrated and corrosive material yet, 'One Nightmare Unto Another' features artwork by the renowned Alex Shadrin of Nether Temple design (artwork for Morbosidad, Esoctrilihum, Tetragrammacide, and more). Acrid and reeking of disdain, this latest full-length from Profane Order offers a pitiless bludgeoning and bloodthirsty portent of further violence to come.

Nuclear War Now! are set to release 'One Nightmare Unto Another' in early 2023 on limited edition LP, CD, and cassette.

They are playing local to me next month, so like Andy, I'll have to take a stab at their last few albums and give them another go. I didn't really bother with the last one after being uninspired by 'Where Greater Men Have Fallen'. but absolutely need to give them another go.

They'll be playing with Sacramentum who will be playing all of 'Far Away from the Sun' and for once, I kind of wish Primordial would deliver a full set of oldies as well. Alas, I reckon we'll get a raft of newer cuts and just a morsel or two from 'Spirit...' or 'Journey's End'. I know I'll enjoy the set more if I do take the time to spin the newer stuff.

Lots of good bands mentioned already.

I rate Ossuary too. I've played their 'Supreme Degradation' EP to death. Really miserable death with a bit of doom. Might appeal to any 'Mental Funeral' fans. I see they are touring Europe later this year with Innumerable Forms and Faceless Burial, which sounds like a fun lineup.

Thinking of which, I really enjoyed that Innumerable Forms album from a few years back. Nothing particularly revolutionary about it but just perfectly executed.

And yeah, I am particularly looking forward to that Sedimentum album. The band shares members with Outre Tombe (who are great if you just want headbanging Morgoth / Bolt Thrower stuff) but has a bit more to them in terms of originality. Teaser track they put out sounds great.

I'm not getting into the "powerviolence" argument here, because in my book they're grindcore:  listen to Despise You. The most aggressive shit ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpuYxvFFxN8&t=678s

Always liked that Possessed cover but the way they edited in the take of the little rundown guitar riff always sounds so funny, like a saxophone collapsing on itself in the middle of the song.

Live they are savage live alright. Will give this new one a spin today.

Wormrot: Dirge or Voices
Insect Warfare: World Extermination
Gadget: The Great Destroyer
Nasum: Inhale/Exhale or Human 2.0

Pretty much all excellent.

My mate Ryan runs a cool label in the states that just put out this Hallucination Realized/Redundant Protoplasm split. The HR stuff is great
https://theundesirable.bandcamp.com/album/hallucination-realized-redundant-protoplasm-split-undesirable-024

We played with Hallucination Realized a few years back. Very good live, their singer was very polite and cordial then got onstage, off came the top, instantly raging around the place with some the most insane tatts I've ever seen.

Some recent grind from the past couple of years that really fuckin rips:

Socioclast - S/T

https://youtu.be/4PNOSJIQ98E

Internal Rot - Grieving Birth

https://youtu.be/_w7zd42pMFo

Caustic Wound - Death Posture

https://youtu.be/eWBxRYUNy9c

I admit I had ignored this lot for a long time, mainly because going on their promo shots and general get-up, I was worried they could be quite terrible euro BM. That said, I recently ended up checking out their most recent one, 'Spectres from the Old World' on someone's recommendation.

Very pleasantly surprised! I love how it kicks right out the traps. Some killer drumming and nice songwriting touches.  Whole thing hangs together very well, even if there are some slower sections that are tiny bit naff.

I've given 'Seance' a go too and it's alright. How about their old stuff? Anyone caught them live? Curious if there's a standout record that people rate.

A blast from the past here. Ray sent me this video that was taken during our set supporting Mayhem in '07. It's funny, listening back to the WOTH stuff now it sounds so utterly fucking insane to me  It made sense at the time somehow! I'm enjoying hearing it with such distance behind it. It's some truly fucked up shit, even if I say so myself.

Grave Signal:

https://youtu.be/lwPfVZ4dqhw

Immense stuff!

Great to have footage like that

One of my favorite WOTH shows alright, it saved what was otherwise a fairly poor gig and I got a kick out of everyone rammed into the TBMC being subjected to it. Really good sound for yiz, which was bizarre after AoP sounded like mush.

What do you make of the Chaotian Lorc?

Yeah like Matt said, it's good. Not surprised to see they share members with Phrenelith, first band I thought of when I put it on.

That said, still need a few more listens to see if it has staying power.

Chaotian - Effigies of Obsolescence
Luzifer - Iron Shakles
Usurper - Twilight Dominion
Vile Haint - Sacrificial Baptism in Murky Waters
Outre Tombe - Abysse Mortifère

Love the artwork. Like the bastard child of Blood Fire Death and The Sun of Tiphareth.

Oh yeah there is, I just thought this was the thread for purely giving out. 

Outside of red hot cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax, you can have a much higher standard of living than Ireland. Free healthcare across the board, still some value to be found in the housing market, very distinct seasons, great country for hiking, camping, fishing and outdoors stuff, legal weed, people generally being very chill and respectful, work culture and infrastructure that supports remote working, great music and cultural scene, I could go on.