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Wasn't Conor the Bogs lad shipping from Ireland for them at one stage?

He runs the label ya, but afaik it was always distributed via plastichead in the uk.

Some cool stuff posted in here, particularly the reminder to listen to more primitive man. Saw them a few weeks ago and they are unbelievably heavy, great band.

Here's another one for the thread, main riff in from skin to liquid is so fucking meaty!

https://cannibalcorpse.bandcamp.com/track/from-skin-to-liquid

And im thick, when I logged in to my account proper I get the same result. Balls. That sucks!

Regarding customs - Maybe I've just been getting lucky but havent been stung with the various import fees in a good while. This extra €3.60 and an post admin fee of €7 on top is gonna get me im sure!

Anyway back on topic, every track Ive heard so far has been killer lads, and the gig in the sound house was great a few weeks back. More gigs plz.

Checked it myself as I ordered from em not so long ago and it wasnt that painful. Its coming out as €11 for the Cd, and €2.30 for shipping when I add to basket on bandcamp. Maybe yer shipping was still set to U.S? I had to manually change mine to Ireland.

Either way, only just occurred to me that the new customs bollox will be a pain in the fucking hole for getting music 

Yeah thats a cool track, looking forward to more.

It's a strange one. Some of my friends/ work colleagues are into what I would call "tantrum metal", and they'll send me a link for an absolute dud from Lorna Shore or something and I just don't hear anything of what I would consider heavy. There's no danger, or malice or magic to it. Just the sonic equivalent of Tom and Jerry violence.

This is an example of what I would consider to be proper heavy. But in some circles it's old fashioned and twee.

https://youtu.be/bZwvEEYrM78?si=Rd4uFo5PjZcVuB35

That excoriate album is sweet, haven't heard it in a good while.

I was away in Romania for work last year and some of the other researchers were into, as you put it, tantrum metal. We had a few nice evenings just sitting around sharing tunes and chatting shit, despite little common ground on what we'd consider heavy. Anyway, surprisingly, they all could not stomach Subterraen by Moss. I was on a doom buzz at the time so alot of that sorta thing was put on. Two of them specifically told me stuff that slow and heavy makes them feel like they're going to have a panic attack, and that moss tune was the worst offender for inducing anxiety

So I'll throw that one in here because of the anecdote:

https://mossdoom.bandcamp.com/track/subterraen

As for my own selection, I think Id have to hand it to Malthusian, the opening to Hallicinogen is what comes to mind. Some rabid magic there, really grabs you by the balls immediately.

A saturn with a saroo flashcart could be a much cheaper option for you. Theres alot of neogeo ports on the system and the set-up is relatively cheap by comparison. A saturn would set you back about €100 if you keep an eye out for a good second hand deal on adverts or the likes, hdmi converter and saroo about €15 and €50 respectively off aliexpress. I have that set up and its great, had no compatibility issues with games, even fan translated japanese releases.

I hear ya on the soldering, Ive modded a few bits n bobs like that in the past but these days I cba

Has anyone ordered the Neo Geo AES+? I was considering getting it until I saw the games are going to be €80 each. It's cartridges so a step in the right direction since it won't have digital downloads.

Not myself anyway. Looks like a cool piece of kit but anything NeoGeo is a rich mans game. Even the flashcarts for Aes cost hundreds if I recall.

Has that ship not already sailed a decade or so ago thou really? Like, bar stuff like in house nintendo developed titles, most physical copies of games are effectively just download codes on disks that require immediate day 1 updates anyway to be functional?

Suppose Im a little out of the loop, I live in a retro/indie games bubble for 99% of my gaming, only emerging to buy a AAA title that would get a physical release every few years when fromsoft or the likes put something out.

Id say my buying habits are 50% weird digital only steam games, 50% decades out of print retro stuff, so maybe I'm missing the problem as im not the target demographic.

Will have to pull myself away from my snes binge to give it a go, never played it either and ya can't argue with free.

Playing through breath of fire 1 atm, and while good, the translation is dire 😅 to the point of not knowing what items even are e.g "ProtnB - this can be used in battle" 

Finished actraiser 2 last week, despite the shite people say about it not having sim elements like the first one, its class. A feast for anyone who enjoys Castlevania IV, Hagane or the likes.

All this metallica talk reminds me, I stuck on Lulu about a week ago out of sheer morbid curiosity. Dear lord! Got as far as Lou Reed waffling about "a coloured mans dick" before I busted into laughter and couldnt take it anymore. The thing is about 90 mins long, now thats the true metallica endurance test! 

Also, metal had become a laughing stock until Metallica came along? So we're talking about the early 80s? 😄 🤣

Metallica have been working tirelessly for 40 years and Im still a total laughing stock 

Crossed paths with him a few times over the years, very passionate and pleasant lad to chat to. Very fond memories of an Okus gig he put on in Roscommon of all places. RIP Phil.

That was good craic, good turnout for a Thursday and every band put on a good show. Abigail Williams drummer was very impressive.

Yeah the Pav looks like a cool venue, have never been in there!

On route to dublin now, hyped up after these reports!