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Quote from: leatherface on April 15, 2026, 08:03:26 PMVenator: Psychodrome  (cass)

Quality NWOBHM worship .

Got it on tape too, format fits the music eh

Yep, all great, those speed metal style riffs in the last song though 

Quote from: leatherface on April 15, 2026, 08:03:26 PMVenator: Psychodrome  (cass)

Quality NWOBHM worship .

Got it on tape too, format fits the music eh

Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom 8/10
Fifth one back in 2008, the band rather conveniently discovering the journal of a madman in their ex mental institution rehearsal space to base this on. Hmm. Ghost Trail though, what a track.

Iced Earth -Iced Earth 8/10
Not the first album that would spring to mind for a Morrisound 1990 recording but a strong debut from Schaeffer, songs like Colors and When The Night Comes would later be elevated to a whole new level when Matt Barlow joined.

Vircolac - Veneration 7.5/10
Delved back into Vircolac's third outing which traverses a range of styles and moods but ultimately succeeds in its grimy, earthy savageness.

Undeath - It's Time To Rise...From The Grave 7/10
From '22, Undeath's brand of chunky old school Death Metal sounding straight from the swamp, didn't like the follow up so much for some reason, may have to give it another go.

Karloff - Raw Nights 6/10
13 minutes of raucous ,lo-fi punky black n roll in the vein of Midnite, BAT etc..

Cathedral - The Guessing Game 4/10
Anyone's guess what Cathedral were thinking with this midlife crisis of an album, a disjointed ,85 mins that fails to throw up anything much of metallic meatiness other than The Casket Chasers. Ooh yeah.

Venator: Psychodrome  (cass)

Quality NWOBHM worship .

What's hilarious is even after all that shite he's still just a regular-lookong lad.

The depressing thing is the fact that there has to be statements me to the effect of "what these chuds are doing is bad, so please don't do that or allow your kids".

Like you'd think that'd be pretty obvious if you possess more than two braincells, but here we are.

Yeah I can't find any reference to Chambers with ST at all.

MA says Thundercat joined ST in 2002. He turned 18 in October that year (his brother is almost exactly two years older).

Unreal.

Asrar did LPs and CDs of all of the studio material in 2024.

Quote from: Eoin McLove on April 08, 2026, 12:19:54 PMThe 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.

Oops, didn't read the thread properly. Never heard of  Chambers playing with ST. Ron Bruner was indeed their drummer at the time, he and Stephen were fucking kids when they played the Music Centre, Stephen was still a teenager, I think?

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Quote from: Ducky on April 10, 2026, 10:51:55 PMKendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly.

For my money, the greatest hip-hop album ever recorded. Press play on track one and there's George Clinton, fuck me.

Apparently was a big inspiration for Bowie's Blackstar.

It feels like the last true all-timer classic album. I can't think of anything released since that would sit right up there in the pantheon of the all-time blockbuster greats.

Quote from: Jward on April 11, 2026, 07:23:43 AMI remember being amazed at the quality of quests; the production; the amount of jazz; the delivery; variety

Cover is savage too

I've always had at least a cursory interest in hip-hop, and remember buying this close to release for my cousin for his birthday (he's my main exposure to hip-hop). We went in blind, and both had a moment of "fuck is that George Clinton?", as we both enjoy funk. It's directly responsible for my cousin getting into jazz.

Also on the first track was an utterly filthy bassline, and we both said "must be Bootsy", but no, it was a lad we didn't know before named Thundercat. Which leads nicely to my current listening...

Thundercat - "Distracted". It's funky, soulful, virtuosic. More importantly, the songs are all catchier than chlamydia.

Came full circle and was at his gig with my cousin on Good Friday. Was also the album launch day. Gig was crazy, the first half hour was a jazz fusion detonation, didn't expect that. Also didn't expect him to be casually hanging out at the merch stall after singing albums. I felt like the only person in line with a CD to get signed instead of vinyl!

He's a generational talent, and kinda blows my mind he was playing bass with Suicidal Tendencies for a decade before doing his solo/Kendrick thing.

My first exposure to him was through ST. I was at Hellfest sometime in the 2000s and I was checking ST out for the first time because I knew they were related to thrash. It was him on bass and Dennis Chambers on drums (didn't know either at the time) and they both were an unbelievable force of nature. I remember thinking at the time what are these two doing in a thrash band  ST were completely awesome in general too though. One of the best shows I've ever seen. I've seen ST many times since then, but none of the times were anywhere near as good as that Hellfest show with Thundercat and Chambers.

Was Chambers with ST for just the one gig? I can't find any reference to him with them.

I know their drummer for most of the 00s was Ronald Bruner (AKA Thundercat's brother).