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[Eoin McLove]

Sunny O)))- Monoliths and Dimensions. I find myself in the mood for these lads lately. Long time since I've listened to them.

[Anvil]

Fall of the Idols - Contradictory Notes
Ereb Altor - Gastrike
Worm - Necropalace (absolutely love this)
Sacral Rage - Illusions in Infinite Void
Doomsword - The Eternal Battle

[Carnage]

Sunny O)))- Monoliths and Dimensions. I find myself in the mood for these lads lately. Long time since I've listened to them.

First time I played that the dog ran and hid. Great album indeed.

[Thorn]

Oppressor - Agony 8.5/10
Second full length from 1996, brutal technical Death Metal in the vein of Suffocation/Gorguts, bit of Pestilence..Never knew this band back in the day so kudos to Hammerheart for bringing them to light again.

Ravenspell - Obsidian King 8/10
Fresh out on Fighter Records, debut from these Canadians is hugely impressive and engaging from the get-go, if you don't dig this you probably aren't into Heavy Metal.

Wildhunt - Aletheia 8/10
The Austrians have really hit a winning formula on their second album released earlier this year, Trad Metal with Prog flourishes, Manilla Road and Slough Feg fans welcome here.

Bathory - Requiem 8/10
Quorthon gets his savage South American thrash on and goes on the rampage
after spending the previous two records stuck on the longboat.

Zatyr - Ornament of Proposition 7/10
Daft title aside this was an enjoyable 20 odd minutes of dark, ominous Heavy Metal from Gothenburg in 2019, never did pick up the subsequent full length though.

Tokyo Blade - Tokyo Blade 7/10
Solid '83 NWOBHM debut from the Blade though after Sunrise In Tokyo it's sundown for me, can't have me no Blue Mountains Of Virginia, no Siree.

[OpenSores]

Just listening to the Ravenspell album, it's class!

[Emphyrio]

HIM - Greatest Love Songs

Ya fuckit, still great.

[Thorn]

Just listening to the Ravenspell album, it's class!

Isn't it, great energy to it.

[Pentagrimes]

Khanate - Things Viral

picked up the reissues of this and the self titled on vinyl recently (just in time for the sunny weather ) and thoroughly enjoying reaquainting myself with this gem in particular.

[Eoin McLove]

Sunny O)))- Monoliths and Dimensions. I find myself in the mood for these lads lately. Long time since I've listened to them.

First time I played that the dog ran and hid. Great album indeed.

I completely ignored it for years. I enjoyed Sunn O))) live on the couple of occasions I caught them but never much bothered with them on CD. The new songs they've posted have sounded good to me so I lobbed Monoliths on out of curiosity. I love Atilla's vocals and the orchestral quality of the noise that's going on behind the riffs in some of these songs. Kind of not a million miles away from the new Qrixkuor in effect.

[Mithrandir]

Riot - Fire Down under

I've had this one for years and go back to it every so often as I always hear people laud it as some sort of masterpiece but I still find it so so dull and uninteresting bar a few moments here and there.

[Jward]

Riot - Fire Down under

I've had this one for years and go back to it every so often as I always hear people laud it as some sort of masterpiece but I still find it so so dull and uninteresting bar a few moments here and there.

Giving it a go now

Opening 2 tracks are great 

Not masterpiece material, but still rockin'

[Mithrandir]

Give Thundersteel or give death!!!

[Jward]

Riot - Fire Down under

I've had this one for years and go back to it every so often as I always hear people laud it as some sort of masterpiece but I still find it so so dull and uninteresting bar a few moments here and there.

Giving it a go now

Opening 2 tracks are great 

Not masterpiece material, but still rockin'

I turned it off

Fist 3 songs are great

4th track is more an AOR song

Next song is a bit weak

Then it just seems to lose conviction/focus, swaying too much stylistically

Then one of those sad acoustic intros to a song ... that was me done!

Not sure of the singer either. He started to annoy me 

[Jward]

Sunny O)))- Monoliths and Dimensions. I find myself in the mood for these lads lately. Long time since I've listened to them.

First time I played that the dog ran and hid. Great album indeed.

Ha Ha !!!
The poor dog
He preferred their demo era

There's a lot in that album.
Must throw it on

[OpenSores]

Black Lung - Forever Beyond
Weedpecker - V
Tar Pond - Petrol
Exxûl - Sealed into None
Ravenspell - Obsidian King