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[Mr Barlow]

The Obsessed - The Obsessed
Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
Megaton sword - Might & Power
Green Lung - This Heathen Land
Yob - Our Raw Heart
Malokarpatan - Nordkarpatenland

[Ducky]

Days of the New - s/t (the first one)

FNM - Angel Dust, KfaD

Spawn of Possession - Noctambulant

Slint - Spiderland

Helmet - Strap it On.

[Cailleach]

Drüben - Volden er Naturens Mejsel
Drudkh -   All belong to the Night

[Eoin McLove]

Days of the New - s/t (the first one)

FNM - Angel Dust, KfaD

Spawn of Possession - Noctambulant

Slint - Spiderland

Helmet - Strap it On.

I had a bit of a like/hate relationship with The Days of the New back then. It was catchy enough but massively contrived as well. I haven't heard it since the 90s so my only lingering impression is of the vocalist doing a blatant Layne Staley.

[Carnage]

It's one of those albums that's hard to get through, not because it's bad but yeah - contrived suits it perfectly. His voice is a cross between all of the grunge singers combined IMO, you can hear a lot of Vedder in it mainly. I bought the next two albums as well, they're pretty forgettable TBH.

Nicole Scherzinger was in the band at one stage, bizarrely.

[91/30]

On CD

High Spirits- white EP
Iron Maiden - piece of mind
Black Sabbath- Mob Rules
Horslips - Live in NY - London 1977

[Maggot Colony]

Graveland - 1050 Years of Pagan Cult
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

[Bürggermeister]

Coroner - Death Cult demo
Always gas hearing Tom G throwing shapes over Coroner music

[Mr Barlow]

Pray to the moon, when it is round
Death with you shall then abound
What you seek, for can't be found
In sea or sky or underground...

    

[Ducky]

Days of the New - s/t (the first one)

FNM - Angel Dust, KfaD

Spawn of Possession - Noctambulant

Slint - Spiderland

Helmet - Strap it On.

I had a bit of a like/hate relationship with The Days of the New back then. It was catchy enough but massively contrived as well. I haven't heard it since the 90s so my only lingering impression is of the vocalist doing a blatant Layne Staley.

Same as that, even now. Some great tunes (Touch Peel and Stand, The Downtown in particular), but as you say, it's all a bit contrived. I remember any time loading the CD into the hifi I always thought "like fuck you had 70+ minutes of worthwhile music".

I must give the second album a go again, about the only thing I remember about it is your one from The Pussycat Dolls featuring on it prominently.

[Mr Barlow]

Indian - From All Purity

Savage.....

[Eoin McLove]

Graveland- Thousand Swords.
Veles- The Black Ravens Flew Again.
Alice in Chains- Facelift.

[DeadGoon]

ISIS - Oceanic
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
Trials - This Ruined World
Turnstile - Time & Space
Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge

[Mr Barlow]

Vastum - Inward To Gethsemane

[Thorn]

Random selections throwing up some crackers this week, high scores abound...

Therion - Lepaca Kliffoth 10/10
A band in transition here but this opus captured a perfect balance between their DM roots and the overt pomp and circumstance to come.

Bathory - Blood On Ice 9/10
The album that was originally intended to be Blood Fire Death but was revived later as this epic, expansive, folk tale.

Deicide - Overtures Of Blasphemy 9/10
Still being floored by how unexpectedly killer this one was, definite third best effort for me behind the terrible twosome.

Liege Lord - Master Control 9/10
Savage American 80's Power Metal that really didn't needn't the admittedly ripping cover of 'Kill The King' slapped in the middle of it.

Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen 8.5/10
A quality, multi-layered release that saw the band drop the blasting fury of The Seed Of Tyrants into an otherwise, weighty and melancholic affair.

Testament - Dark Roots Of The Earth 8.5/10
Great collection of songs from Testament here, the best of their comeback albums for me.

In The Woods - Cease The Day 8/10
James Fogarty's black snarl kept this one on the dark side of that In The Woods/ Green Carnation spectrum

Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral 8/10
Grand Death Metal gangbang , I still prefer Akerfeldt's presence though

Runemagick - The Supreme Force Of Eternity 8/10
Only previously had this on the arse end of a C90 until Ol (St)Nick intervened this year with a nice, shiny new vinyl reissue, the original and best from Runemagick.

Tankard - Zombie Attack 7.5/10
1986, the year of Master of Puppets, Reign In Blood, Peace Sells....and this punked up little runt snapping around their heels