Damn, this is awful news, Mark was down in my gaff in Monaghan a few times..ah this is shocking
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Currently spinning the recent Nile CD, The Underworld Awaits Us All.

Quote from: Thorn on September 24, 2025, 04:44:10 PMDamn, this is awful news, Mark was down in my gaff in Monaghan a few times..ah this is shocking

He was one of a kind mate,he will be sorely missed

Yeah..I'm still reeling from this news, we had a mutual friend in Francis from The Angry Host so there were a couple of hazy sessions in Monaghan, always remember him as somewhat of a gentle giant, you always knew you were in the presence of a lifer, a guy who loved his Metal and Hard Rock , an easy guy to talk to and get on with but you never felt you had to say anything ..if that makes sense, just comfortable in his company. I remember getting a little bit of a kick out of him coming back to my place and going through my collection, affirmation from him on various albums he pulled out...ah, this is so sad, thank you for marking his passing on here, will have to dig out that first Arcane Sun album. I was stoked when I realised he played on that record halfway through one of those sessions, a real cool thing to be able to drop into the conversation!
Slainte Mark lad, may you find your peace beyond.
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Quote from: Thorn on September 24, 2025, 09:16:44 PMYeah..I'm still reeling from this news, we had a mutual friend in Francis from The Angry Host so there were a couple of hazy sessions in Monaghan, always remember him as somewhat of a gentle giant, you always knew you were in the presence of a lifer, a guy who loved his Metal and Hard Rock , an easy guy to talk to and get on with but you never felt you had to say anything ..if that makes sense, just comfortable in his company. I remember getting a little bit of a kick out of him coming back to my place and going through my collection, affirmation from him on various albums he pulled out...ah, this is so sad, thank you for marking his passing on here, will have to dig out that first Arcane Sun album. I was stoked when I realised he played on that record halfway through one of those sessions, a real cool thing to be able to drop into the conversation!
Slainte Mark lad, may you find your peace beyond.

What a beautiful tribute my friend,one of my lasting memories is when I arrived in to his house with obituary slowly we rot on cassette,he couldn't get over how cool the cover art was hahahaha,from that it was a friendly competition who could get the heaviest music out there,we both picked up eaten back to life on vinyl the same day hahahaha,his knowledge was unbelievable and later on in life he travelled a lot to see the bands we loved,I asked him the last time we chatted from all the live shows he had been to what was his favourite and without thinking he said six feet under in Germany was his most favourite show,we chatted about the time we met morbid angel after the show at the Rosetta bar in Belfast way back in the early 90's,his humour was amazing,I gave him my signed copy of unleashed where no life dwells and you'd swear I gave him a bar of gold,as you said he was a lifer,anytime I seen mark I was always in a death metal shirt and that started a conversation that lasted an hour or more,music,craic and everything in-between,a beautiful soul taken to soon

The horns were raised to the stars over the mountains tonight, Rest In Peace Brother.
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Quote from: Thorn on September 24, 2025, 11:15:37 PMThe horns were raised to the stars over the mountains tonight, Rest In Peace Brother.

🤘

Savage Master - Dark & Dangerous
Witch Hazel - V: Lamentations
Witchcraft - Idag (The fuzzy doom stuff is excellent.  Acoustic stuff is nice but more fuzzy doom please).
Vitriolic - Black Steel Vengeance
Desaster - Kill All Idols (it isn't bad but not an album I can see myself going back to very much).
Megaton Sword - Might & Power.
Fractal Universe - The Great Filter
Axetasy - Withering Tides

Arcane Sun - st (terrible that it takes a tragedy to remind me of this album and how good it is)
Primordial - Imramma
Mourning Beloveth - Dusk
Thy Sinister Bloom - everything

Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life

Kylesa - "Exhausting Fire"

The Obsessed - "Lunar Womb" & "The Church Within".

Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast. Still think this is one of their best.

FNM - Angel Dust.

Morbid Angel - Covenant, top 5 death metal album for me.

Quote from: Pentagrimes on September 25, 2025, 11:03:56 AMArcane Sun - st (terrible that it takes a tragedy to remind me of this album and how good it is)


I was thinking the  same thing listening to it last night. Prior to last night it had been a long time since  I listened  to it.

Minenwerfer - Alpenpasse

Deathrow - Riders of Doom.
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Old Forest - Sutwyke
Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell
Craft - Terror Propaganda
At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth

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Cannibal Corpse: The Wretched Spawn
Watain: Casus Luciferi
Slomatics: Atomicult
Godflesh: Selfless - came out 31 years ago today, be rude not to.