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[Trev]

Dream Theater - Dream Theater

Always seemed like a bit of an overlooked album, sandwiched between their first one with Mangini, and the absolute nadir of The Astonishing. Decent enough though

[Eoin McLove]

Mysteries- In the Darkness and Sodomy.

[Mithrandir]

New Sargeist has sneaked out, one listen on YouTube but it's a mandatory purchase for me. They really do fit more quality riffs into one song than a lot of BM bands manage on an album.

Oh I'll need to get on this, I'm only a recent Sargeist convert and have had Let the Devil in on heavy rotation the last couple of months.

[Mithrandir]

Satyricon - DMT
Abhorration - Demonolatry
Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse
Forbidden Temple - In The Rotten Grave
Goatlord  - Reflections of the Soltice
Belial - Wisdom of darkness
Funereal Presence  - The Archer Takes Aim

[Anvil]

Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short. 
Grand Magus - Sunraven
Benediction - Ravages of Empires
Hexecutor - ...Where Spirit Withers In it's Flesh Constraint
Seven Sisters - Shadow of a Fallen Star PT 2.
Challenger - Force of Nature

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

With all the Mourning Beloveth chat, it popped into my head to see what Adrian was up to these days. Turns out he's in a kind of post-rock/neofolk/doom project with Brian and Darren! They released this full album last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf0jlzRpxxU

The first track didn't grab me, but it picked up from there.

[mickO)))]

New Sargeist has sneaked out, one listen on YouTube but it's a mandatory purchase for me. They really do fit more quality riffs into one song than a lot of BM bands manage on an album.

It's Shatraug now on vocals and he does not sound good. By the looks of the recent live videos his stage presence is awful. Seen them live twice once with Hoath Torog in 2014 and then the second time with Profundus in 2017. Hoath was the best but Profundus was also great. I wouldn't be too bothered seeing them live with the current line-up.

[Ducky]

Incantation - "Diabolical Conquest". A feral animal of a record.

[Maggot Colony]

Incantation - "Diabolical Conquest". A feral animal of a record.

Savage album. Almost as good as Onward to Golgotha which is one of the greatest death metal album ever made.

NP Putrid Offal - Sicknesses Obsessions

[Thorn]

New Sargeist has sneaked out, one listen on YouTube but it's a mandatory purchase for me. They really do fit more quality riffs into one song than a lot of BM bands manage on an album.

It's Shatraug now on vocals and he does not sound good. By the looks of the recent live videos his stage presence is awful. Seen them live twice once with Hoath Torog in 2014 and then the second time with Profundus in 2017. Hoath was the best but Profundus was also great. I wouldn't be too bothered seeing them live with the current line-up.

Yep that's the only gripe with the new one, the vocals are a pretty monotonous drone throughout, totally at odds with the constant shifts in mood provided by the excellent riffage.

[leatherface]

Sacred Steel- Ritual Supremacy 7.5/10
Always had a soft spot for these boys, the small fish in the big pond of German Heavy Metal and Thrash.
Album number ten now is business as usual but the band sound fresh and energetic, delivering another batch of classic Metal tracks ensured to keep my spot soft.

Sacred Steel are an acquired taste for some people but , those people are posers!    great band!.


NP:

Nuclear Assault: Handle With Care (LP)

Kiss: Animalize (CD)

Feinstein: Third Wish (CD)

[Thorn]

Hear! Hear! Wargods Of Metal 

[Eoin McLove]

With all the Mourning Beloveth chat, it popped into my head to see what Adrian was up to these days. Turns out he's in a kind of post-rock/neofolk/doom project with Brian and Darren! They released this full album last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf0jlzRpxxU

The first track didn't grab me, but it picked up from there.

Yeah I've dipped in and out of it. Would like a cd.

[Ducky]

Incantation - "Diabolical Conquest". A feral animal of a record.

Savage album. Almost as good as Onward to Golgotha which is one of the greatest death metal album ever made.

Aye, a real "do I take the Porsche or Ferrari this weekend" conundrum when firing either of them on.

[The Great Cull]

Paradise Lost - Obsidian
Sepultura - Quadra